“I Drove All Night” by Cyndi Lauper (Uploaded to YouTube by Cyndi Lauper) It’s also notable that 38 Special and Survivor, bands that featured creative cores who frequently wrote songs together and for each other, ended up with the same number of Top 40 hits. Winwood, Franklin, and Diamond were solidly in their third decades of making hits. They include: Michael McDonald (7 across solo, duet, and Doobie Brothers) Christopher Cross, 38 Special, Survivor, and Juice Newton (8) and David Bowie, Steve Winwood, Foreigner, Donna Summer, Toto, Loverboy, Aretha Franklin, Neil Diamond, Jeffrey Osborne, Dan Fogelberg, Def Leppard, and Bon Jovi (all with 9). The rest are a mix of music biz veterans who had strong showings in ’70s that carried over, as well as some new faces.
Perhaps the most astonishing is Janet Jackson, who notched seven hits from her 1986 album Control, but not any others her huge run that kicked off from Rhythm Nation 1814 started in 1990. The Close-to-10 Club: A number of acts came close to 10 Top 40 hits in the decade, some of whom are surprising for not having more. “Love’s Been A Little Bit Hard On Me” by Juice Newton (Uploaded to YouTube by JuiceNewtonVEVO)
