Other #1 songs on August 6, 1987
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

One Promise Too Late

Reba McEntire

#1 dance track

Strangelove

Depeche Mode

#1 R&B song

The Pleasure Principle

Janet Jackson

#1 song in the UK

La Bamba

Los Lobos

Notable August 6 Birthdays
Born in the 1980s

Leslie Odom Jr.

Actor, Singer and Songwriter

Born August 6, 1981

Garrett Weber-Gale

Swimmer

Born August 6, 1985