Billboard #1 Hits: #629: ‘Always’- Atlantic Starr. June 13, 1987. #1 for 1 week in Billboard Hot 100.

• Single: ‘Always’- Atlantic Starr
• Record Company- Warner Bros.
• Genre: R&B, Pop
• Written by David Lewis, Jonathan Lewis and Wayne Lewis
• Time: 4:47
• B-side; ‘Always; [instrumental]
• Album-All In The Name Of Love
• Grade: B-
• Peaked at #1 1 week in Billboard Hot 100. #3 in UK Singles Chart, #1 in Canada.

Atlantic Starr- an urban contemporary band from White Plains, New York from 1981-94 had 10 Hot 100 hits- with 4 making the Top 40. Before ‘Always’ they had a big hit in 1985 with ‘Secret Lovers’- and after ‘Always’ another #3 hit in 1992 with ‘Masterpiece.’ ‘Always’ their only #1 came from their 7th album. They had 27 hits on the R&B singles chart.