DEF: ABC “When Smokey Sings”

Between 1982 and 1987 Sheffield, England-based band ABC appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart seven times, with five of those singles reaching the Top 40 and two climbing to the Top 10. Amid all of those appearances, the band’s biggest hit was the last of those hits. On this date in 1987, that single — “When Smokey Sings” — rose to a peak position of number 5, where it would spend one week. Today, ABC’s biggest hit is the Daily Eighties Flashback.