Jeffrey Osborne — “The Borderlines”

Entered Top 40:   March 2, 1985
2 weeks 
Peaked at: 38

It’s more Jeffrey Osborne. His 1984 Don’t Stop album did not include his duet with Joyce Kennedy, “The Last Time I Made Love,” but its title track was a #6 R&B hit, hitting #44 overall. Its followup, “The Borderlines,” did crack the Top 40 and hit #7 R&B. With its romantic-caper subject matter and travelogue music video, it was slightly ahead of the Miami Vice phenomenon. That show premiered about a week before the Don’t Stop LP dropped, and quickly became known for a lot of musicians taking on guest-acting roles. Never Osborne though.

Don’t Stop’s third single, “Let Me Know,” didn’t crack the R&B top 40, nor the Hot 100. Osborne would be back in 1986 with the #2 R&B “You Should Be Mine (the Woo Woo Song)” (#13 overall). He’d get a #1 R&B solo hit in 1988 with “She’s on the Left,” which just missed the pop Top 40 (#48).