CCM Magazine Rock Airplay chart - Sept. 23, 1986

Here is CCM Magazine's Rock Airplay Chart from Sept. 23, 1986 (30 years ago):

1. Goin' Thru The Motions - Michael W. Smith
2. Sand In The Hand - Sheila Walsh
3. Mourning Into Dancing - 441
4. Testify - Bash-N-The-Code
5. Everywhere I Go - The Call
6. Over The Edge - Geoff Moore
7. Line Of Fire - Brent Lamb
8. Pray In The USA - Morgan Cryar
9. Blind Lead The Blind - Solid Rock
10. Convertibles - WhiteHeart
11. Competition - DeGarmo & Key
12. The More I Know You - Leslie Phillips
13. 15 Doors - Youth Choir
14. I Still Believe - The Call
15. Getting Closer - Phil Keaggy

Many of the classic CCM fans here will have memories with these songs.

 

I had just gotten into Christian Rock in 1986. The only thing that was on my playlist from here was "15 Doors." Really liked that entire album, actually. But I looked at the CCM charts similarly to how I looked at the other charts; mostly not my thing.
Cool post though, Brad.

 

Charts by nature are designed for mass appeal as you know highway chile.

 

The "Contemporary" chart of the same week:
1. Rocketown - Michael W. Smith
2. Seventy Times Seven - David Meece
3. Christian - Sheila Walsh
4. This Town - Rob Frazier
5. Hold On To The Fire - Greg X. Volz
6. Love - Matthew Ward
7. Pray In The USA - Morgan Cryar
8. Psalm 55 - Leslie Phillips
9. Hope Of The Broken Hearted - Bryan Duncan
10. Lonely People - Dan Peek
11. Love Around The World - Leon Patillo
12. Dance - Vector
13. Testify - Bash-N-The-Code
14. Everlasting Joy - Paul Smith
15. The Future - First Call

 

Two songs from The Big Picture. I certainly listened to that tape a lot back in the day, and I think I will pull it up on Spotify. It'll be interesting to see how many songs I can still sing along with.

i 2 Eye and Go West Young Man were the two MWS records I listened to the most as a teen. "Place in this World" was so perfectly designed to hit teens seeking to know themselves. I listened to that one over and over - I'll bet I could even hum along with the guitar solo still.

 

Was there a Christian Hard Rock/Metal chart in 1986? I'll bet there was by 1990 or so.

 

I have no idea.

 

CCM Magazine's Rock airplay chart Dec. 15, 1986:
1. Wear Your Colors - Rick Cua
2. Every Moment - DeGarmo & Key
3. Life Of Crime - A.D.
4. Love For The Common Man - Chris Eaton
5. Back To The Street - Petra
6. Fear Only You - The Choir
7. Threshing Floor - Steve Camp
8. The Pool - Daniel Amos
9. Read The Book (Don't Wait For The Movie) - WhiteHeart
10. True Confessions - Tonio K
11. Pray In The USA - Morgan Cryar
12. Never Give Up - Sheila Walsh
13. You Are Loved - Altar Boys
14. Hold On To The Fire - Greg X. Volz
15. Rock The Planet - Billy Sprague
16. Calling On You - Stryper
17. Wired For Sound - Michael W. Smith
18. Love Can Do - Amy Grant
19. Mourning Into Dancing - 441
20. On With The Fight - Allies

 

All CCM Magazine Rock airplay charts:

April 13, 1989: CCM Rock 4/13/‘89 by Bill Moore

May 18, 1987: CCM Rock 5/18/‘87 by Bill Moore

October 7, 1991: CCM Rock 10/7/91 by Bill Moore

 

The 1986 chart I just posted has some good stuff on it, especially Every Moment by D&K for one of the highlights, another being Love Can Do by Amy Grant, Wired For Sound by MWS, the Chris Eaton track is great, lots of Stryper fans on this forum and they will be happy with Calling On You, Greg X. Volz's Hold On To The Fire being another great one, Allies put out a lot of great music and Bob Carlisle was the lead vocalist.

 

Ahh. "The Pool". What a great, great song. It was the First DA song I owned on CD by virtue of it being on a Frontline sampler.

It's also interesting to me that Youth Choir had morphed into The Choir by December. The difference a few months and one album can make.

 

There's some great stuff on this list. I wonder how well it holds up?

I'll bet Allies doesn't. I know Altar Boys is pretty dated-sounding, but that's a terrific song.

 

Man! I loved WhiteHeart in the late 80s & early 90s....haven't even thought about them in years! Need to find my CDs!

 

Check it out on YouTube, Spotify, etc. DeGarmo & Key of course holds up.

 

Their stuff holds up very well.

 

Freedom is still a great album. Gordon Kennedy is one of my all time favorite guitarists.

 

Plus Rick Florian is an excellent rock vocalist.

 

I wore that tape out in high school. I used to play "Bye Bye Babylon" over and over.

 

This is a photo of this exact chart:

 

I bet that as you see these best selling CCM album charts, that a lot of you will have memories of this stuff. Many of the CCM albums that a lot of the fans on this forum still like to this day are on this chart.

 

I own 22 from the list of 50, and seven out of ten from five years earlier. Pretty surreal to see Tonio K just above Jimmy Swaggart. Go Tonio! Thanks for posting this!

 

You're welcome

 

I still love The Call. I was kind of surprised to see them represented on a CCM chart - actually two tracks on the Sept. '86 chart.

When I saw Russ Taff live in '90 he did a fantastic cover of "I Still Believe".

 

"Russ Taff: I Still Believe" movie

 

Yes. Russ' version of that song is top notch. It is, in fact the title for the documentary film on Russ life which is coming out this fall.