The #1 song on August 31, 1987

La Bamba By Los Lobos

Other #1 songs on August 31, 1987

UK #1 Song

Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley

#1 R&B Song

Love is a House
The Force M.D.s

#1 Country Song

She's Too Good to Be True
Exile

#1 Dance Track

When Smokey Sings / Chicago
ABC

Notable August 31 birthdays in the 1980s

Dezmon Briscoe

Born August 31, 1989
Matt Adams

Born August 31, 1988
Ryan Kelley

Born August 31, 1986
Ryan Kesler

Born August 31, 1984
Larry Fitzgerald

Born August 31, 1983
Ian Crocker

Born August 31, 1982