Who sang the song which was before Loverboy on  the U.S. Billboard Hot 100?
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Loverboy (Billy Ocean song) "Loverboy" was Billy Ocean's second single from his 1984 album, "Suddenly". It was produced by Keith Diamond and reached a chart high of number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (behind "Careless Whisper" by Wham! featuring George Michael) as well as hitting number 20 on the soul chart, and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1985. It also reached the top spot of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the U.S., in an extended version. The track was released on the Jive label under the catalogue reference, JIVE 80. This song was played in the 1st episode of the BBC One's British medical soap Casualty back on 6th September 1986.
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Careless Whisper "Careless Whisper" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Michael (sometimes credited to "Wham! featuring George Michael" in Japan, Canada and the United States). It was released on 24 July 1984, by Epic Records in the United Kingdom, Japan and other countries, and by Columbia Records in North America. The song was George Michael's first solo single, although he was still performing in Wham! at the time (the song is included on Wham!'s album "Make It Big").
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Lonely Boy (Andrew Gold song) "Lonely Boy" is an international hit song from 1977, written and recorded by Andrew Gold in 1976 for his album "What's Wrong with This Picture?" It spent five months on the American charts, peaking at number seven in both Canada and the United States, and number 11 in the United Kingdom. While "Lonely Boy" would be Gold's biggest U.S. hit, his "Never Let Her Slip Away" achieved greater success in the U.K.
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Lover Alot "Lover Alot" is a single by American hard rock band Aerosmith that was released August 22, 2012. It is included on Aerosmith's 15th studio album, "Music from Another Dimension!".
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Girl on TV "Girl On TV" is a song written and recorded by the American boy band LFO. It was released in November 1999, from their album LFO. The song was also their second single and peaked at number 10 in the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 on November 30 (after reaching the Top 40 on November 16) and number 6 in the UK, where it was their biggest hit. "Girl on TV" was certified Gold by RIAA in 2000 for the shipment of over 500,000 copies in the US.
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Lovin' Every Minute of It (song) "Lovin' Every Minute of It" is a song released in 1985 on the Canadian rock band Loverboy's album of the same title. The song reached #9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single later that year. It was written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. In Canada, the song peaked at #11.
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Heartbreaker (Dolly Parton song) "Heartbreaker" is a song written by Carole Bayer Sager and David Wolfert, and recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released in July 1978 as the first single and title track from the album "Heartbreaker". The song topped the U.S. country singles chart, for three consecutive weeks, in mid-1978. "Heartbreaker" also peaked at #37 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and #12 on the Easy Listening chart.
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Making Love Out of Nothing at All "Making Love Out of Nothing At All" is a power ballad written and composed by Jim Steinman and first released by Australian soft rock band Air Supply for their 1983 compilation album "Greatest Hits". It reached number 2 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 for three weeks (behind "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, giving Steinman a consecutive peak of two songs).
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Make Love Like a Man "Make Love Like a Man" is a 1992 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album "Adrenalize". The song reached No. 3 on the Album Rock Tracks chart and No. 36 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in the United States.
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The One (Elton John song) "The One" is the first single from Elton John's 1992 album, also called "The One". It reached #9 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100, #1 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart and #10 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also a #1 hit on Canada's "RPM 100" national singles chart on 5 September 1992.
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Weekend (Wet Willie song) "Weekend'" is a 1979 hit song by the American group Wet Willie. It peaked at number 29 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 during the summer of the year.
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Midnight Blue (Lou Gramm song) "Midnight Blue" is the first single released by Lou Gramm from his debut solo album "Ready or Not" in 1987. The single spent five weeks at number one on the "Billboard" Hot Album Rock Tracks, starting on February 14, 1987, and peaked at number five on the "Billboard" Hot 100, Gramm's highest-charting solo hit.
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Loverboy (Loverboy album) Loverboy was the debut album released by the rock band Loverboy in 1980.
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Finally (CeCe Peniston album) Finally is the debut album by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on January 28, 1992 by A&M Records. Prior to the release of this album, Peniston released her debut single "Finally", which topped the US "Billboard" Hot Dance Music Club Play chart on October 26, 1991, peaking eventually at number five on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and at number two in the UK Singles Chart. The album yielded two additional singles which achieved dance number one status in the US; "We Got a Love Thang", co-written by Chantay Savage, and "Keep On Walkin'", written in collaboration with Kym Sims. Both songs entered the UK Singles Chart top 10 and the "Billboard" Hot 100 top 20 in the US. Despite the success of the singles, the album itself climbed only to number seventy on the US "Billboard" 200. However, during its thirty-six weeks long presence in the chart it sold over 554,000 copies in the US. The album peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart. The total worldwide sales of the album surpassed 3,000,000 units. Two further tracks were released from the album which were more in the R&B field; "Inside That I Cried" charted at number ten in the US R&B chart and at number forty-two in the UK, while "Crazy Love" peaked at number thirty-one in the US and at number forty-four in the UK. The album was part of the resurgence of dance music in the United States during the mid-1990s.
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Jacky Ward Jacky Ward (born November 18, 1946, Groveton, Texas, United States) is an American country music artist. Between 1972 and 1982 he released four albums with Mercury Records, and charted more than fifteen singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-peaking single, "A Lover's Question", reached No. 3 on the charts in 1978. In Ward's career, he recorded three duets with Reba McEntire, including McEntire's first Top 40 country hit, "Three Sheets in the Wind". After leaving Mercury in the early 1980s, Ward briefly signed to Asylum Records, releasing a cover of Ricky Nelson's "Travelin' Man" that year. Although he released four singles for the label, Ward never issued an album on Asylum, and left the country music business in the late 1980s.
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I've Been in Love Before (song) "I've Been in Love Before" is a song by English rock band Cutting Crew. Written by lead singer Nick Van Eede, it was released as the second single from the band's debut album, "Broadcast" (1986). It reached No. 9 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, making the song their second biggest hit in the United States.
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Love Came to Me "Love Came to Me" is a song written by Dion DiMucci and John Falbo and performed by Dion featuring The Del-Satins. The song reached #10 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and #24 on the R&B chart in 1962. It was featured on his 1963 album, "Love Came to Me".
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Sunny (song) "Sunny" is a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century".
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My Kinda Lover "My Kinda Lover" is the title of a hit song written and performed by American rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier. It was the third and final single released from his Triple Platinum 1981 album "Don't Say No", following "In the Dark".
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Blue (Da Ba Dee) "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is a song by the Italian music group Eiffel 65. It was released on 15 January 1999 as the lead single from their debut album "Europop". The song is the group's most popular single, reaching number one in many countries such as Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Australia, and Germany, as well as reaching number six on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the United States. In the United Kingdom, the song originally entered the top 40 purely on import sales. It was only the third single to do this.
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Polly (The Kinks song) Polly, sometimes mislabeled as Pretty Polly, is a song by British rock group The Kinks. It was released as the B-side of their 1968 single "Wonderboy". "Wonderboy" peaked at number 36 on the UK Singles Charts, becoming the first major Kinks single since 1964 to be a relative commercial failure. It also peaked at number six in The Netherlands.
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Keep It Up Keep it Up was the third album released by the rock band Loverboy in late June 1983. With new hit tracks like "Hot Girls in Love", the album became an instant hit, and reached #7 on the charts, as did the previous album released by the band.