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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.
List of years in music (Table) … 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 – 1988 – 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 … Related time period or subjects … 1985 • 1986 • 1987 – 1988 – 1989 • 1990 • 1991 … … 1950s • 1960s • 1970s – 1980s – 1990s • 2000s • 2010s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Contents 1 Events 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Albums released 4.1 January 4.2 February 4.3 March 4.4 April 4.5 May 4.6 June 4.7 July 4.8 August 4.9 September 4.10 October 4.11 November 4.12 December 4.13 Release Date Unknown 5 Biggest hit singles 5.1 U.S. Best Selling Singles 6 Top 5 selling albums of the year in the US 7 Top hits 8 Acclaimed Music 8.1 Acclaimedmusic.net's Top Albums from 1988 8.2 Acclaimedmusic.net's Top Songs from 1988 9 Classical music 9.1 Opera 10 Musical theater 11 Births 12 Deaths 13 Awards 13.1 Grammy Awards 13.2 Country Music Association Awards 13.3 Eurovision Song Contest 14 Charts 15 See also 16 References 17 External links // Events This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2008) January 1 - André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert. January 3 - The Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, California, USA, is broadcast. February 13 - Michael Jackson purchases a ranch in Santa Ynez, California, USA. He called his new home "Neverland". February 16 - Billy Vera receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. February 17 - A 12-year old Mötley Crüe fan in Florida, USA, is badly burned while trying to imitate a stunt in the band's Live Wire music video. Mötley Crüe issue a statement saying the band's stunts should not be tried at home.citation needed February 24 - Alice Cooper announces that he is going to run for Governor of Arizona, USA. March 10 - During a concert in Perth, Western Australia, George Michael thanks Tipper Gore, head of the Parents Music Resource Center, for helping the sales of his Faith album.citation needed March 12 - Record producer Jimmy Iovine presents the Special Olympics with a donation of US$5 million, which is raised with the release of the A Very Special Christmas album. March 13 - The 77s, House of Freaks and The Alarm perform at Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California, USA. Neil Young is in attendance.citation needed April 19 - Former rock and roll singer Sonny Bono is inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs, California, USA. April 30 - The Eurovision Song Contest, held in the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion, Dublin, is won by French-Canadian singer Celine Dion, representing Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi". May 1 - Citing the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, a judge drops all charges filed against singer Billy Joel. Joel was being sued by Jack Powers for defamation following an interview with Playboy magazine in which he called Powers a "creep".citation needed June 18 - Depeche Mode's final concert of their world tour takes place in the Rose Bowl stadium near Los Angeles with 80,000 spectators which is the significant moment in the bands career. July 1 - Quartetto Cetra play their last concert. August 20 - Two people are crushed to death at the annual Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, UK. during the Guns N' Roses set. August 28 - While travelling down the Ventura Freeway in southern California, USA, the motorhome carrying the Charlie Daniels band bursts into flames. Daniels and his band members escape without injury. September 10 - Billboard magazine publishes its Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for the first time. October 10 - Genesis'88 stage their first illegal Acid House Party in the UK. November - The "Guess The Eddies" contest begins, inviting people to guess the identities of the six members of the rock band The Swirling Eddies. November 24 - Keith Richards and The X-Pensive Winos open their U.S. tour in Atlanta, Georgia.citation needed December 4 - Singer Roy Orbison gives his last concert in Akron, Ohio, USA, before his death from a massive heart attack. December 28 - A few days before the release of her new album Like A Prayer, Madonna files assault charges against her husband, Sean Penn. Though she later drops the charges, the couple separate three days later and are divorced in the following year. December 31 - Genesis'88 & Sunrise/Back to the Future stage the biggest acid house party in the world in a warehouse in Hackney, London, UK, with 5,000 people attending.citation needed Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra.1 Andrew Davis becomes musical director of Glyndebourne. Acid house music sweeps the UK. The year would later be known as the "Second Summer of Love". Compact discs outsell vinyl records for the first time. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" experiences a surge in popularity in the USA sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures dancing to the song. The California Raisins version of the song peaks at number 84 on Billboard's Hot 100. Fish leaves British neo-progressive rock group Marillion. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1988 Bands disbandedSee Musical groups disestablished in 1988
Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 4 L.A. Guns L.A. Guns - B'Sides Themselves Marillion B-sides compilation 15 History of a Time to Come Sabbat - 18 Blow Up Your Video AC/DC Australia 19 So Far, So Good... So What! Megadeth - 25 Shove It The Cross - 26 Skyscraper David Lee Roth - ? If I Should Fall from Grace with God The Pogues - Tear Down These Walls Billy Ocean - February Day Album Artist Notes 1 Ain't Misbehavin' UFO mini-album 2 Lita Lita Ford - 16 All About Eve All About Eve - Starfish The Church - Nada como el sol Sting EP 23 Goin' Off Biz Markie - 29 The Frenz Experiment The Fall - Now and Zen Robert Plant - ? Falling Up Kevin Ayers - Idlewild Everything but the Girl - I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen - Live+1 Frehley's Comet Live EP +1 studio track If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em Ted Nugent - Hard Machine Stacey Q - March Day Album Artist Notes 7 Past Masters, Volume One The Beatles Compilation Past Masters, Volume Two The Beatles Compilation 13 Don't Blow Your Top KMFDM - 14 Viva Hate Morrissey UK From Langley Park to Memphis Prefab Sprout - 16 Green Thoughts The Smithereens - 21 Surfer Rosa Pixies UK 23 No Exit Fates Warning - Up Your Alley Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm Joni Mitchell - 28 Out of the Silent Planet King's X - Odyssey Yngwie Malmsteen - 29 Simple Pleasures Bobby McFerrin - ? Heart Attack Krokus - Kingdom Come Kingdom Come - On Target Fastway - The Pictorial Jackson Review Felt - Push Bros - April Day Album Artist Notes 2 Now That's What I Call Music 11 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 3 Heart of Gold Sofia Rotaru - Naked Talking Heads - 5 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman - Conscious Party Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers - 11 Hairway to Steven Butthole Surfers - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Iron Maiden - 12 Lap of Luxury Cheap Trick - Even Worse "Weird Al" Yankovic - This Note's for You Neil Young and the Bluenotes - 13 Diamond Sun Glass Tiger - 18 Crossroads Eric Clapton Box Set The Innocents Erasure - Savage Amusement Scorpions - 21 Hang Time Soul Asylum - 26 Racing after Midnight Honeymoon Suite - Shadowland k.d. lang - Guitar Frank Zappa Live 27 Operation: Mindcrime Queensrÿche - ? In Effect Mode Al B. Sure! - In Heat Black 'N Blue - Ainsi Soit Je... Mylène Farmer - Over the Edge Hurricane - Barbed Wire Kisses The Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation Life's Too Good The Sugarcubes - May Day Album Artist Notes 1 The First of a Million Kisses Fairground Attraction - Stay on These Roads a-ha - 2 Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge - Big Deal Killer Dwarfs US; released May 9 in Canada The Great Adventures of Slick Rick Slick Rick - 3 Scenes from the Southside Bruce Hornsby and the Range - Vivid Living Colour - The Madness The Madness - Open Up and Say...Ahh! Poison - 10 By All Means Necessary Boogie Down Productions - Lovesexy Prince - The New Order Testament - 14 Stronger Than Pride Sade UK 16 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 Frank Zappa Live 17 Perfect Machine Herbie Hancock - Ram It Down Judas Priest - 18 Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off! Various Artists Compilation Battalions of Fear Blind Guardian - 23 Out of Order Rod Stewart - Up Your Alley Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - 24 Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart Camper Van Beethoven - Second Sighting Frehley's Comet - OU812 Van Halen - 30 Down in the Groove Bob Dylan - ? Greatest Hits Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel Greatest Hits The Abbey Road E.P. Red Hot Chili Peppers EP June Day Album Artist Notes 6 Provision Scritti Politti - Sur la Mer The Moody Blues - 13 Forever Your Girl Paula Abdul - Survive Nuclear Assault - Conscience Womack and Womack - 18 Ain't Complaining Status Quo - 19 Outrider Jimmy Page - 20 Don't Be Cruel Bobby Brown - Chicago 19 Chicago - Reg Strikes Back Elton John - Irish Heartbeat Van Morrison & The Chieftains - Confessions of a Pop Group The Style Council - Roll with It Steve Winwood - 21 Long Live the Kane Big Daddy Kane - 22 Heavy Nova Robert Palmer - 27 20 Years of Jethro Tull Jethro Tull Box Set Outside the Gate Killing Joke - Riders Radio Theater Riders in the Sky - 28 Lead Me On Amy Grant - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy - In God We Trust Stryper - ? Close Kim Wilde - Coming Back Hard Again The Fat Boys - Dream of Life Patti Smith - The House of Love The House of Love - Tighten Up, Vol. 88 Big Audio Dynamite - Y Kant Tori Read Y Kant Tori Read featuring Tori Amos July Day Album Artist Notes 4 Kylie Kylie Minogue - 5 Long Cold Winter Cinderella - Temple of Low Men Crowded House - South of Heaven Slayer - 11 Substance Joy Division Compilation Wings of Heaven Magnum - UB40 UB40 - 18 Time Odyssey Vinnie Moore - 23 Now That's What I Call Music 12 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 25 View from the House Kim Carnes - Follow the Leader Eric B & Rakim - ? Wide Awake in Dreamland Pat Benatar - Imaginos Blue Öyster Cult - Nobody's Perfect Deep Purple Live Britny Fox Britny Fox - Let It Roll Little Feat - Reek of Putrefaction Carcass - Cocktail Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack August Day Album Artist Notes 2 People Hothouse Flowers - A Salt with a Deadly Pepa Salt-n-Pepa - Greatest Hits Live Carly Simon Live 8 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Robert Cray - Dragon's Kiss Marty Friedman Debut Straight Outta Compton N.W.A. - 9 Danzig Danzig - Out of This World Europe - 10 Winger Winger Debut 15 Short Sharp Shocked Michelle Shocked - 23 Dangerous Age Bad Company - Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction - Two Nuns and a Pack Mule Rapeman - 25 …And Justice for All Metallica - 27 So Good Mica Paris - ? Chameleon Days Yanni - Don't Forget the Struggle, Don't Forget the Streets Warzone - Chimes of Freedom Bruce Springsteen Live EP Greg Howe Greg Howe - In Battle There Is No Law Bolt Thrower - Interior Design Sparks - Revolutions Jean Michel Jarre - 16 Lovers Lane The Go-Betweens - Small World Huey Lewis & The News - Sunshine on Leith The Proclaimers - Wild Wild West The Escape Club - September Day Album Artist Notes 5 Peepshow Siouxsie and the Banshees - 6 Hangin' Tough New Kids on the Block - 8 Suffer Bad Religion - 12 VIVIsectVI Skinny Puppy - Ancient Heart Tanita Tikaram - 13 New Jersey Bon Jovi - Truth and Soul Fishbone - See the Light Jeff Healey Band - Power Ice T - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today Suicidal Tendencies - 16 Eazy-Duz-It Eazy-E - Tougher Than Leather Run-D.M.C. - Spirit of Eden Talk Talk - 18 State of Euphoria Anthrax - 19 Tender Prey Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Blue Bell Knoll Cocteau Twins - Watermark Enya - Blow My Fuse Kix - Staring at the Sun Level 42 UK 20 Any Love Luther Vandross - 25 Lincoln They Might Be Giants - 26 Boingo Alive Oingo Boingo Compilation + Live 27 Land of Dreams Randy Newman - 28 Let's Get It Started MC Hammer Capitol re-release of 1987 debut ? It Takes Two Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - Perpetual Burn Jason Becker - Buster: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Phil Collins et al. Soundtrack Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 Helloween - Metal Rhythm Gary Numan - Peace in Our Time Big Country - Vixen Vixen - What Up, Dog? Was (Not Was) - October Day Album Artist Notes 1 Breakwater Lennie Gallant - 3 Talk Is Cheap Keith Richards - 4 BulletBoys BulletBoys - Silhouette Kenny G - No Rest for the Wicked Ozzy Osbourne - Critical Beatdown Ultramagnetic MCs - 10 Imagine: John Lennon John Lennon et al. Soundtrack Barcelona Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé - Rattle and Hum U2 Soundtrack; Studio + Live 11 The Land of Rape and Honey Ministry - Introspective Pet Shop Boys - 15 Nö Sleep at All Motörhead Live 17 Copperhead Road Steve Earle - Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys - 18 Giving You the Best That I Got Anita Baker - Everything The Bangles - Big Thing Duran Duran - Daydream Nation Sonic Youth - 19 Look Sharp! Roxette - 24 The Serpent's Egg Dead Can Dance - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 Traveling Wilburys - 25 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 Frank Zappa Live 31 Bug Dinosaur Jr. - I Am Kurious Oranj The Fall - Quiet Riot Quiet Riot - Ultramega OK Soundgarden Debut ? California American Music Club - Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 Boney M. Remix Money for Nothing Dire Straits Greatest Hits Rage T'Pau U.K. November Day Album Artist Notes 1 20 Harry Connick, Jr. - Shaday Ofra Haza - Reach for the Sky Ratt - 7 The Memphis Sessions Wet Wet Wet - 8 Green R.E.M. - 12 C.K. Chaka Khan - 14 All or Nothing Milli Vanilli Debut, Europe 15 American Dream Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Greatest Hits Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Journey Greatest Hits 16 Beast from the East Dokken Live Smashes, Thrashes & Hits Kiss Greatest Hits Remixed +2 new tracks Kings of Metal Manowar - Goodbye Girl Miyuki Nakajima - 21 Hold an Old Friend's Hand Tiffany - 22 Delicate Sound of Thunder Pink Floyd Live Beaches soundtrack Bette Midler Soundtrack 23 Ancient Dreams Candlemass - 28 Hold Me in Your Arms Rick Astley UK 29 G N' R Lies Guns N' Roses - ? Gems Aerosmith Greatest Hits Bummed Happy Mondays - The Living Years Mike + The Mechanics - Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine Debut December Day Album Artist Notes 1 Almost Acoustic Jerry Garcia Live 3 Now That's What I Call Music XIII (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 7 The Trinity Session Cowboy Junkies RCA Re-release Release Date Unknown Sketsa Rembulan Emas - Ebiet G. Ade The Light - Afrika Bambaataa & Family 47 Song Demo - Anal Cunt STP Not LSD - Angry Samoans Pound For Pound - Anvil Sinta - Asin Distant Thunder - Aswad Live - Bad Brains Sour Mash - Beasts of Bourbon Twice the Love - George Benson The Chess Box - Chuck Berry (compilation) Everybody Needs the Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers (compilation) I Used to Be an Animal - Eric Burdon You've Always Got the Blues - Kate Ceberano My Nation Underground - Julian Cope Earth Covers Earth - Current 93 Swastikas for Noddy - Current 93 Wyau - Datblygu Leprosy - Death Flying Colours - Chris de Burgh Total Devo - Devo What Good Is Grief to a God? - D.I. Rough Night in Jericho - Dreams So Real The Dubliner's Dublin - The Dubliners Fearless - Eighth Wonder Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge Remote - Hue & Cry 69 - A R Kane Fabulous Disaster - Exodus (Europe, not released in the United States until next year2) Only Life - The Feelies Train Above the City - Felt Streets of This Town - Frehley's Comet Second Sighting - Steve Forbert Front by Front - Front 242 Convergence - Front Line Assembly Corrosion - Front Line Assembly Disorder - Front Line Assembly You Must Be Certain of the Devil - Diamanda Galás Today - Galaxie 500 Gipsy Kings - Gipsy Kings Hell-O - GWAR Radio Free Albemuth - Stuart Hamm Young Man Running - Corey Hart The Xenon Codex - Hawkwind Sam & Friends - Sam Hui Tucker - Joe Jackson (OST) Colin James - Colin James Straight out the Jungle - The Jungle Brothers In the Spirit of Things - Kansas The Live Album - Robert Earl Keen Outside the Gate - Killing Joke "Them" - King Diamond King Kobra III - King Kobra Lucille - Little Richard Lillian Axe - Lillian Axe Chobba B C.C.C.P. - Paul McCartney (limited release) Children - The Mission El Mundo - Mitsou Read All About It - Newsboys Yeah, Whatever - Moev Soliloquy for Lilith - Nurse With Wound Power Metal - Pantera Joy - Teddy Pendergrass The Indescribable Wow - Sam Phillips Lovely - The Primitives North and South - Gerry Rafferty Nothing Exceeds Like Excess - Raven New Light Through Old Windows - Chris Rea Nothing Wrong - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry O Melancolía - Silvio Rodríguez Hit Me With The Surreal Feel - Kim Salmon And The Surrealists Volunteer - Sham 69 Hallowed Ground - Skin Yard Prison Bound - Social Distortion The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes - Thompson Twins Prostitute - Toyah Against the Flow - Upper Hutt Posse A Classic Guide To No Man's Land - Various Artists Let It Bee - Voice of the Beehive The Live Brain Wedgie/WAD - Ween Fur - Jane Wiedlin Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams E Tü - Upper Hutt Posse Flag - Yello Golden Tops The Zorros Biggest hit singlesThe following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1988.
# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 5 Enya Orinoco Flow 1988 UK 1 - Oct 1988, Holland 1 - Nov 1988, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1988, Éire 1 - Oct 1988, Scrobulate 1 of new age, Poland 2 - Dec 1988, Germany 1 - Jan 1989, Sweden 1 - Nov 1988, Norway 1 - Nov 1988, Austria 1 - Dec 1988, France 1 - Oct 1988, RYM 18 of 1988, US BB 24 - Mar 1989, POP 34 of 1989, Germany 242 of the 1980s 1 Phil Collins A Groovy Kind of Love 1988 UK 1 - Sep 1988, US BB 1 - Sep 1988, Holland 1 - Sep 1988, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1988, Poland 1 - Sep 1988, Éire 1 - Sep 1988, Norway 2 - Sep 1988, Italy 2 of 1988, Germany 3 - Jan 1989, Sweden 4 - Sep 1988, Austria 6 - Nov 1988, South Africa 11 of 1989, Australia 23 of 1988, US BB 26 of 1988, US CashBox 29 of 1988, POP 65 of 1988, Germany 103 of the 1980s, RYM 193 of 1988 3 Belinda Carlisle Heaven is a Place On Earth 1988 UK 1 - Dec 1987, US BB 1 - Oct 1987, Sweden 1 - Jan 1988, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1988, Norway 1 - Jan 1988, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1988, Germany 4 - Jan 1988, South Africa 4 of 1988, Holland 7 - Jan 1988, Austria 10 - Mar 1988, Australia 10 of 1988, Poland 15 - Nov 1987, US BB 17 of 1987, Italy 31 of 1988, RYM 53 of 1987, POP 72 of 1987, Germany 344 of the 1980s 4 U2 Desire 1988 UK 1 - Oct 1988, Poland 1 - Oct 1988, Éire 1 - Sep 1988, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1988, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Apr 1989, Holland 2 - Sep 1988, US BB 3 - Oct 1988, KROQ 4 of 1988, Norway 5 - Oct 1988, Switzerland 9 - Oct 1988, Italy 10 of 1988, Germany 11 - Oct 1988, Sweden 12 - Oct 1988, Austria 23 - Nov 1988, RYM 65 of 1988, Acclaimed 2038 2 Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry Be Happy 1988 US BB 1 - Aug 1988, Austria 1 - Nov 1988, Germany 1 - Jan 1989, Australia 1 for 7 weeks May 1989, Grammy in 1988, UK 2 - Sep 1988, Holland 2 - Oct 1988, Switzerland 2 - Oct 1988, Norway 5 - Oct 1988, South Africa 5 of 1989, Sweden 13 - Oct 1988, Poland 13 - Sep 1988, POP 13 of 1988, Germany 23 of the 1980s, US CashBox 28 of 1988, Scrobulate 92 of happy, RYM 94 of 1988, Italy 97 of 1989, RIAA 301 U.S. Best Selling SinglesThe following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the U.S. of 1988.
Position Song Title Artist Highest Position weeks at #1 1 Faith George Michael 1 4 2 Need You Tonight INXS 1 1 3 Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison 1 1 4 Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley 1 2 5 Sweet Child O' Mine Guns N' Roses 1 2 Top 5 selling albums of the year in the US George Michael - Faith Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing Def Leppard - Hysteria Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction Michael Jackson - Bad Top hits "1-2-3" - Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine "A Little Respect" - Erasure "Acid Man" - Jolly Roger "Age Of Reason" - John Farnham "All Fired Up" - Pat Benatar "Angel of Harlem" - U2 "Angel" - Aerosmith "Another Lover" - Giant Steps "Any Love" - Luther Vandross "Another Weekend" - Five Star "Anything For You" - Gloria Estefan "Atmosphere" - Joy Division (re-release) "Bad Medicine" - Bon Jovi "Bass (How Low Can You Go)" - Simon Harris "Bad Young Brother" - Derek B "Beat Dis" - Bomb The Bass "Behind the Wheel" - Depeche Mode (released in 1987) "Better Be Home Soon" - Crowded House "Big Fun" - Inner City "Blue Monday 1988" - New Order (remix) "Born to Be My Baby" - Bon Jovi "Boys (Summertime Love)" - Sabrina Salerno (released in 1987) "Breakfast in Bed" - UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde "Bring the Noise" - Public Enemy "Buffalo Stance" - Neneh Cherry "Burn It Up" - Beatmasters featuring PP Arnold "Car Wash/Is It Love You're After" - Rose Royce (re-release) "Cars And Girls - Prefab Sprout "Can You Party" - Royal House "Catch My Fall" - Billy Idol "Chains of Love" - Erasure "Check This Out" - LA Mix "Circle in the Sand" - Belinda Carlisle "Come Into My Life" - Joyce Sims (released in 1987) "Copperhead Road" - Steve Earle "Crash" - The Primitives "Cross My Heart" - Eighth Wonder "Cult of Personality" - Living Colour "Desire" - U2 "Devil Inside" - INXS "Dignity" - Deacon Blue "Dirty Diana" - Michael Jackson "Divine Emotions" - Narada Michael Walden "Doctorin the House" - Coldcut featuring Yazz and the Plastic Population "Doctorin the Tardis - The Timelords "Domino Dancing" - Pet Shop Boys "Don't Believe the Hype" - Public Enemy "Don't Blame It on That Girl / Wap-Bam-Boogie" - Matt Bianco "Don't Make Me Wait/Megablast" - Bomb The Bass "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin "Dreaming" - OMD "Drop The Boy" - Bros "Endless Summer Nights" - Richard Marx "Everlasting" - Natalie Cole "Everyday Is Like Sunday" - Morrissey "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Poison "Everything Your Heart Desires" - Hall & Oates "Express Yourself" - N.W.A. (released in 1990 in the UK) "Fake 88" - Alexander O'Neal (remix) "Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman "Fiesta" - Pogues "Fine Time" - New Order "First Time" - Robin Beck "Follow the Leader" - Eric B. & Rakim "Foolish Beat" - Debbie Gibson "Four Letter Word" - Kim Wilde "Forever Young" - Rod Stewart "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" - Billy Ocean "Girlfriend" - Pebbles (released in 1987) "Give Me The Reason" - Luther Vandross "Giving You the Best That I Got" - Anita Baker "Got My Mind Set on You" - George Harrison "Goodgroove" - Derek B "Good Life" - Inner City "Good Tradition" - Tanita Tikaram "Hands to Heaven" - Breathe "Happy Ever After" - Julia Fordham "Heart" - Pet Shop Boys "Heat It Up" - Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring Two Men & A Drum Machine "Heatseeker" - AC/DC "Heaven is a Place on Earth" - Belinda Carlisle (released in 1987) "Hey Manhattan!" - Prefab Sprout "Hey Mister Heartache" - Kim Wilde "Hold On to the Nights" - Richard Marx "Hole In My Heart" - Cyndi Lauper "Hot in the City" - Billy Idol "House Arrest (The Beat Is Law)" - Krush (released in 1987) "Hustle! (To the Music...)" - The Funky Worm "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That" - Elton John "I Don't Want to Live Without You" - Foreigner "I Don't Want to Talk About It" - Everything but the Girl "I Gave It Up (When I Fell In Love)" - Luther Vandross "I Get Weak" - Belinda Carlisle "I Know You Got Soul" - Eric B. & Rakim "I Hate Myself for Loving You" - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "I Owe You Nothing" - Bros "I Need You" - BVSMP "I Saw Him Standing There - Tiffany "I Should Be So Lucky" - Kylie Minogue "I Want You Back" - Bananarama "I Want Your Love" - Transvision Vamp "I'll Be There for You" - Bon Jovi "I'll Be With You" - T'Pau "I'll House You" - Richie Rich meets The Jungle Brothers "I'm Not Scared" - Eighth Wonder "I'm Real" - James Brown featuring Full Force "I'm Too Scared" - Steven Dante "Im Nin'Alu" - Ofra Haza "In My Dreams" - Will Downing "In The Air Tonight" - Phil Collins (remix) "Is This Love" - Whitesnake "It Must Have Been Love" - Magnum "It Takes Two" - Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock "Jack To The Sound Of The Underground" - Hithouse "Joe le Taxi" - Vanessa Paradis (released in 1987) "John Skero Goes West" - John Skero "Johnny B. Goode" - Judas Priest "Jour de neige" - Elsa Lunghini "Just Like Paradise" - David Lee Roth "Kokomo" - The Beach Boys "Lead Me On" - Amy Grant "Left to My Own Devices" - Pet Shop Boys "Look Away" - Chicago "Love Bites" - Def Leppard (released in 1987) "Love Changes (Everything)" - Climie Fisher (remix/released in 1987) "Lucretia My Reflection" - Sisters of Mercy "Make It Real" - The Jets "Make Me Lose Control" - Eric Carmen "Mary's Prayer" - Danny Wilson (released in 1987) "Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson "Maybe (We Should Call It A Day)" - Hazel Dean "Mercedes Boy" - Pebbles "Mistletoe and Wine" - Cliff Richard "Monkey" - George Michael "Moonchild" - Fields of the Nephilim "Mountain Song" - Jane's Addiction "Mystify" - INXS (released 1989 in the UK) "Need You Tonight" - INXS (released in 1987) "Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley (released in 1987) "Never Knew Love Like This" - Alexander O'Neal "Never Tear Us Apart" - INXS "Never Trust a Stranger" - Kim Wilde "New Sensation" - INXS "Nothing But A Good Time" - Poison "Nothing Can Divide Us" - Jason Donovan "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" - Glenn Medeiros "Nuit de folie" - Début de Soirée "On the edge of a broken heart" - Vixen "One More Try" - George Michael "One" - Metallica "Orange Crush" - R.E.M. (released 1989 in the UK) "Orinoco Flow" - Enya "Paradise" - Sade "Paradise City" -Guns N' Roses "Parents Just Don't Understand" - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince "The Payback Mix" - James Brown "People Are Strange" - Echo & the Bunnymen "People Have the Power" – Patti Smith "Piano in the Dark" - Brenda Russell "Pink Cadillac" - Natalie Cole "Pour Some Sugar on Me" - Def Leppard (released in 1987) "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" - Mylène Farmer "Push It/Tramp" - Salt-N-Pepa "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" - Annie Lennox & Al Green "Quelque chose dans mon cœur" - Elsa Lunghini "Quelque part au Soleil" - Dalida (inédit) "Rag Doll" - Aerosmith "Real Gone Kid" - Deacon Blue "Revolution Baby" - Transvision Vamp "Rise To The Occasion (Hip Hop Mix)" - Climie Fisher (remix/released in 1987) "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" - Mel & Kim (released December 1987) "Rok Da House" - The Beatmasters featuring The Cookie Crew (remix/released in 1987) "Roll With It" - Steve Winwood "Roses Are Red" - Mac Band featuring McCampbell Brothers "Run's House" - Run-D.M.C. "Saved By Love" - Amy Grant "I Say a Little Prayer" - Bomb The Bass "Seasons Change" - Exposé "Shaday" - Ofra Haza "Shake for the Sheik" - The Escape Club "Shake Your Thang (It's Your Thing)" - Salt-N-Pepa featuring E.U. "Ship Of Fools" - Erasure "Sidewalking" - The Jesus and Mary Chain "Sign Your Name" - Terence Trent D'Arby (released in 1987) "Simply Irresistible" - Robert Palmer "Smooth Criminal" - Michael Jackson "So Excellent / I Go! I Go!" - Kylie Mole "Stakker Humanoid" - Humanoid "Stand" - R.E.M. "Stand Up for Your Love Rights" - Yazz "Stay on These Roads" - a-ha "Stop!" - Erasure "Stop This Crazy Thing" - Coldcut featuring Junior Reid & The Ahead Of Our Time Orchestra "Straight Outta Compton" - N.W.A. "Stutter Rap ( No Sleep 'Til Bedtime )" - Morris Minor and the Majors "Superfly Guy" - S-Express "Suedehead" - Morrissey "Superstitious" - Europe "Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns N' Roses (released in 1987) "Tell It to My Heart" - Taylor Dayne "Tell Me True" - Juice Newton "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll" - AC/DC "The Blood That Moves The Body" - a-ha "The Great Commandment" - Camouflage "The Jack That House Built" - Jack 'N' Chill (released in 1987) "The King Of Rock 'N' Roll - Prefab Sprout "The Lover In Me- Sheena Easton "The Lovers" - Alexander O'Neal "The Only Way Is Up" - Yazz and the Plastic Population "The Party" - Kraze "The Promise" - When in Rome "The Race" - Yello "The Twist (Yo Twist)" - Fat Boys & Chubby Checker "There's More To Love" - Communards "Theme from S-Express" - S-Express "This Brutal House" - Nitro Deluxe "This Is Your Life" - The Blow Monkeys "Tired of Getting Pushed Around" - Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet "Tougher Than The Rest" - Bruce Springsteen "Together Forever" - Rick Astley "Touched by the Hand of God" - New Order "Twist in My Sobriety" - Tanita Tikaram "Twist and Shout" - Salt-N-Pepa "Two Hearts" - Cliff Richard "Two Strong Hearts" - John Farnham "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)" - Elsa Lunghini and Glenn Medeiros "Waiting For A Star To Fall" - Boy Meets Girl (released on December 10, 1988) "We Call it Acieeed!" - D Mob featuring Gary Haisman "Wee Rule" - Wee Papa Girl Rappers "Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns N' Roses (released in 1987) "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" - Alexander O'Neal "What You See Is What You Get" - Glen Goldsmith "Whats' On Your Mind(Pure Energy) - Information Society "What I Am" - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (released 1989 in the UK) "When We Was Fab" - George Harrison "When Will I Be Famous" - Bros "When You Come" - Crowded House "When You Put Your Heart In It" - Kenny Rogers "Wild: Wild West!" - Escape Club "Wild World" - Maxi Priest "Wishing Well" - Terence Trent D'Arby (released in 1987) "Yé ké yé ké" - Mory Kanté "You Are The One" - a-ha "You Came" - Kim Wilde "You Placed A Chill In My Heart - Eurythmics Acclaimed Music Acclaimedmusic.net's Top Albums from 1988 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back — Public Enemy Daydream Nation — Sonic Youth Surfer Rosa — Pixies Straight Outta Compton — N.W.A Nothing's Shocking — Jane's Addiction Tracy Chapman — Tracy Chapman Spirit of Eden — Talk Talk Isn't Anything — My Bloody Valentine I'm Your Man — Leonard Cohen Green — R.E.M. Tender Prey — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds If I Should Fall from Grace with God — The Pogues 16 Lovers Lane — The Go-Betweens By All Means Necessary — Boogie Down Productions Lucinda Williams — Lucinda Williams Acclaimedmusic.net's Top Songs from 1988 Teen Age Riot — Sonic Youth There She Goes — The La's Freak Scene — Dinosaur Jr. It Takes Two — Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock Fuck tha Police — N.W.A Fast Car — Tracy Chapman Buffalo Stance — Neneh Cherry Gigantic — Pixies Don't Believe the Hype — Public Enemy Where Is My Mind? — Pixies Waiting Room — Fugazi Everyday Is Like Sunday — Morrissey The Mercy Seat — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Straight Outta Compton — N.W.A Voodoo Ray — A Guy Called Gerald Classical music Gerald Barry - Cheveux-de-frise Luciano Berio - Sequenza XI George Crumb - Zeitgeist (Tableaux Vivants) for two amplified pianos Peter Maxwell Davies - oboe concerto, trumpet concerto no. 1 (from the Strathclyde Concertos) Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 9 for violin and tape Joël-François Durand - Die innere Grenze for string sextet Lorenzo Ferrero - La cena delle beffe (incidental music) Michael Finnissy - Red Earth for orchestra Henryk Górecki - String Quartet No. 1, "Already it is Dusk" Stephen Hartke - Pacific Rim Overture Vagn Holmboe - Symphony No. 12, M. 338 António Chagas Rosa - Piano Sonata Bogusław Schaeffer - Concerto for Piano Duet and Orchestra Alfred Schnittke - Piano Quartet; Symphony No. 5/ Concerto Grosso No. 4; Concerto for Piano four hands and Orchestra; Klingende Buchstaben Peter Sculthorpe - Kakadu Philip Sparke - Concerto Grosso Tōru Takemitsu - Tree Line for chamber orchestra John Tavener - The Akathist of Thanksgiving Takashi Yoshimatsu - Concerto for Bassoon "Unicorn Circuit" Opera Philip Glass - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof Karlheinz Stockhausen – Montag aus Licht Musical theater Bitter Sweet (Noel Coward) - London revival Chess (Tim Rice, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus) - Broadway production The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber) - Broadway production Sarafina Broadway production Births January 14 Jordy, French singer Mikalah Gordon, American Idol contestant January 25 - Yasmien Kurdi, Fillipina pop singer February 3 - Cho Kyu Hyun, Korean pop singer February 7 - Ai Kago, Japanese pop singer February 18 - Shim Chang Min, Korean pop singer February 20 - Rihanna, Barbadian pop singer February 23 - Ashley Cooper, New Zealand pop singer February 27 - JD Natasha, American Latin music artist February 28 - Milly Edwards, Australian Idol contestant March 2 - Nadine Samonte, German pop singer March 6 - Agnes Carlsson, Swedish pop singer March 10 - Patrick Henry Hughes, American tenor and trumpeter April 6 - Raymond David Henriksen, Norwegian singer April 24 - Natalie Zahra, Australian Idol contestant April 25 - Sara Paxton, American singer/actress April 29 - Younha, Japanese & Korean pop singer May 2 - Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese jazz musician May 5 Adele, English singer Brooke Hogan, American pop singer Skye Sweetnam, Canadian pop singer May 13 - Casey Donovan, Australian Idol winner May 24 - Billy Gilman, American country singer June 1 - Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer June 6 - Neha Kakkar, Indian pop singer June 12 - Dave Melillo, American singer-songwriter June 16 - Keshia Chante, Canadian urban singer June 20 - May J., Japanese R&B singer June 22 - Miliyah Kato, Japanese R&B singer June 28 - Julian Waterfall Pollack, jazz pianist and composer June 29 - Martina Šindlerová, Slovak pop singer July 2 - Amali Ward, Australian Idol contestant July 7 - Kaci Brown, American pop/R&B singer July 12 - Melissa O'Neil, Canadian Idol winner July 25 - Sarah Geronimo, Fillipina pop singer August 2 - Brittany Hargest, American pop singer August 14 - Shahd Barmada, Arabian Idol contestant August 27 - Alexa Vega, American pop singer August 31 - Megan McCauley, American pop singer September 6 - Gustav Schäfer, drummer of German band Tokio Hotel September 16 - Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter September 22 - Bethany Dillon, American Christian music artist September 30 - Jyongri, Japanese pop singer October 4 - Jessica Benson, American R&B singer October 11 - Knut Eirik Kokkin, Norwegian singer October 20 - Risa Niigaki, Japanese pop singer October 23 - Caleigh Peters, American pop singer November 10 - Chisaki Hama, Japanese singer November 28 - Scarlett Pomers, American singer/actress December 19 - Paulina Gretzky, American pop singer December 23 - Eri Kamei, Japanese pop singer December 26 - Veronika Eberle, German violinist December 27 - Hayley Williams, American singer (Paramore) December 30 - James Halldisambiguation needed, British singer-songwriter December 31 - Holly Holyoake, soprano Deaths January 13 - Radamés Gnattali, Brazilian composer, 81 January 15 - Andy Gibb, singer, 30 (myocarditis) January 19 - Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor February 9 - Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor and opera administrator February 14 - Frederick Loewe, composer of musicals, 86 February 16 - Jean Carignan, fiddler, 71 February 27 - Gene de Paul, pianist and composer March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, singer and actress March 7 - Divine, singer and drag entertainer, 42 (heart failure) March 8 - Henryk Szeryng, violinist March 10 - William Wordsworth, Scottish composer March 15 - Frank Perkins, American song composer March 20 - Gil Evans, Canadian jazz pianist, composer and bandleader April 3 - Kai Ewans, Danish jazz musician April 7 - Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer April 9 Brook Benton, 56 (complications of spinal meningitis) David Prater, of Sam & Dave, 50 (car accident) April 15 - Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist, 33 (complications of AIDS) April 29 - James McCracken, tenor May 1 - Claude Demetrius, songwriter May 10 - Ciaran Bourke, folk musician (The Dubliners), 53 (brain damage) May 13 - Chet Baker, jazz musician, 58 (head injuries from fall) May 21 - Sammy Davis, Sr., vaudeville performer May 22 - Dennis Day, US singer June 25 - Hillel Slovak, Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarist, 26 (speedball overdose) July 2 - Eddie Vinson, jazz/blues musician July 18 Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor Nico, German singer, 49 (brain haemorrhage) July 20 - Richard Holm, German operatic tenor August 8 - Félix Leclerc, folk singer August 9 - Giacinto Scelsi, composer August 14 - Roy Buchanan, American guitarist, 48 (suicide) [[August 24 Kenneth Leighton, English composer Nat Stuckey, American country singer August - Tenor Saw, dancehall artist, 22 (road accident) September 23 - Arwel Hughes, composer and conductor September 26 - Lord Melody, calypso musician, 62 October 7 - Billy Daniels, singer, 73 October 15 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, British Parsi composer, music journalist and pianist October 18 - Sir Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer October 19 - Son House, blues musician October 20 - Mogens Wöldike, Danish conductor November 13 Antal Doráti, conductor Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer November 24 - Irmgard Seefried, operatic soprano, 69 November 26 - Antonio Estévez, composer December 2 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) December 6 - Roy Orbison, singer, 52 (heart attack) December 16 - Sylvester, R&B singer, disco performer, 41 (complications from AIDS) December 21 - Paul Avron Jeffreys, Cockney Rebel December 25 - Evgeny Golubev, Russian composer Awards The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan, and The Supremes. Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1988 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Charts List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1988 (U.S.) See also Record labels established in 1988 References ^ unattributed (undated). "Curriculum vitae (conductor)". unidentified publisher. http://www.peter-ruzicka.de/eng/peter_ruzicka_eng.html. Retrieved 2008-09-02. ^ According to Encyclopaedia Metallum, Exodus' album Fabulous Disaster was released in Europe in 1988 by UK label Music for Nations, and in the US in January 1989 by Combat/Relativity Records. External links
