Question: It was this day in Rock History in 1987, this guy scored his first US No.1 single, which was taken from the film ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’. Who was it?
Answer: It was Bob Seger with ‘Shakedown’. The song was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but it lost both awards to Dirty Dancing’s ‘(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life’.