1988 in music
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[edit] Events
- Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Andrew Davis becomes musical director of Glyndebourne.
- January – Broadcast of 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.
- Acid house music sweeps the UK. The year would later be known as the "Second Summer of Love".[citation needed]
- February 13 - Michael Jackson purchases a ranch in Santa Ynez, California. He calls 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 is badly burned while trying to imitate a stunt in the band's "Live Wire" music video. The boy suffered burns over ten percent of his body. Mötley Crüe issued 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.
- 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 $5 million, which was raised with the release of the A Very Special Christmas album.[citation needed]
- April to July - Suicidal Tendencies records How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today, which will be a blockbuster album on September 13.
- March 13 - The 77s, House of Freaks and The Alarm perform at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California. 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.
- May 1 - Citing the 1st Amendment, 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]
- July 1 - Quartetto Cetra's last concert.
- August 20 - Two people are crushed to death at the annual Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington during the Guns N' Roses set.[citation needed]
- August 28 - While traveling down the Ventura Freeway in Southern California, the motor home carrying the Charlie Daniels band bursts into flames. Daniels and his band members escape without injury.[citation needed]
- September 10 - Billboard publishes its Modern Rock chart for the first time.
- October 10 - Acid House: Genesis'88 stage their first illegal Acid House Party in UK.[citation needed]
- Alice Cooper begins production of his definitive comeback album Trash.
- 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.
- Compact discs outsell vinyl records for the first time.[citation needed]
- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" experiences a surge in popularity sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures dancing to the song. The California Raisins version of the song peaks at No. 84 on Billboard's Hot 100.
- December 4 - singer Roy Orbison gives his last concert in Akron, Ohio, before his death from a massive heart attack.
- December 28 - Just days shortly before her release of her new album Like A Prayer, Madonna files assault charges against husband Sean Penn. Though she later drops the charges, the couple separate three days later and are divorced soon after the song even named the album after it in 1989.[citation needed]
- December 31 - Acid House: Genesis & Sunrise/Back to the Future stage the biggest Acid Party in the world in a warehouse in Hackney, UK (5,000 people).[citation needed]
[edit] Bands formed, careers began
- After 7
- Anal Cunt
- Barenaked Ladies
- B'z
- Baha Men
- Cypress Hill
- Deftones
- Dream Warriors
- The Fauves
- Guttermouth
- Jesus Jones
- Megatherion (pre-Therion)
- Morrissey begins solo career
- Mr. Big
- Nine Inch Nails
- Pennywise
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Sublime
- The April Skies
- The Sundays
- The Swirling Eddies
- Traveling Wilburys
- Turbonegro
- Warrior Soul
[edit] Bands Disbanded
- The Bangles (reformed in 2000)
- Big Black
- Boøwy
- The Cars
- The Communards
- Reagan Youth (reformed in 2006)
- The Damned
- Dokken
- Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) (reformed in 2000)
- Face to Face
- Fish leaves British neo-progressive rock group Marillion.
- Heaven 17
- The Housemartins
- Lords of the New Church
- The Sound
- Supertramp
- Til Tuesday
[edit] Albums released
| Contents: | Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December |
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[edit] 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 | - |
| ? | Battalions of Fear | Blind Guardian | - |
[edit] February
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lita | Lita Ford | - |
| 16 | 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
[edit] 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 | - |
| Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm | Joni Mitchell | - | |
| 28 | Out of the Silent Planet | King's X | - |
| Odyssey | Yngwie Malmsteen | - | |
| 29 | Simple Pleasures | Bobby McFerrin | - |
| ? | On Target | Fastway | - |
| The Pictorial Jackson Review | Felt | - | |
| Kingdom Come | Kingdom Come | - | |
| Heart Attack | Krokus | - | |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | UFO | mini-album | |
| Now That's What I Call Music 11 (UK series) | Various Artists | Compilation |
[edit] April
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 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 | Even Worse | "Weird Al" Yankovic | - |
| This Note's for You | Neil Young and the Bluenotes | - | |
| 13 | Diamond Sun | Glass Tiger | - |
| 18 | Lap of Luxury | Cheap Trick | - |
| 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 | - | |
| 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 | - | |
| Guitar | Frank Zappa | Live |
[edit] May
[edit] June
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Provision | Scritti Politti | - |
| 13 | Forever Your Girl | Paula Abdul | - |
| Survive | Nuclear Assault | - | |
| 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 | - | |
| 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 | - | |
| ? | Tighten Up, Vol. 88 | Big Audio Dynamite | - |
| Coming Back Hard Again | The Fat Boys | - | |
| The House of Love | The House of Love | - | |
| Y Kant Tori Read | Y Kant Tori Read | featuring Tori Amos | |
| Dream of Life | Patti Smith | - |
[edit] 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 |
| UB40 | UB40 | - | |
| 18 | Time Odyssey | Vinnie Moore | - |
| 25 | View from the House | Kim Carnes | - |
| Follow the Leader | Eric B & Rakim | - | |
| ? | Wide Awake in Dreamland | Pat Benatar | - |
| Imaginos | Blue Öyster Cult | - | |
| Britny Fox | Britny Fox | - | |
| Nobody's Perfect | Deep Purple | Live | |
| Cocktail soundtrack | Various Artists | Soundtrack | |
| Now That's What I Call Music 12 (UK series) | Various Artists | Compilation |
[edit] August
[edit] September
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | - | |
| Vixen | Vixen | - | |
| What Up, Dog? | Was (Not Was) | - |
[edit] October
[edit] November
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Harry Connick, Jr. | - |
| Reach for the Sky | Ratt | - | |
| 8 | Green | R.E.M. | - |
| 14 | All or Nothing | Milli Vanilli | 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 | - | |
| Isn't Anything | My Bloody Valentine | - | |
| Now That's What I Call Music XIII (UK series) | Various Artists | Compilation |
[edit] December
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almost Acoustic | Jerry Garcia | Live |
| 7 | The Trinity Session | Cowboy Junkies | RCA Re-release |
[edit] Unknown date
- I Used To Be An Animal - Eric Burdon
- 47 Song Demo - Anal Cunt
- Pound For Pound - Anvil
- 69 - A R Kane
- Sinta - Asin
- Sour Mash - Beasts of Bourbon
- You've Always Got the Blues - Kate Ceberano
- My Nation Underground - Julian Cope
- Earth Covers Earth - Current 93
- Swastikas for Noddy - Current 93
- What Good Is Grief to a God? - D.I.
- Wyau - Datblygu
- Leprosy - Death
- Nur für dich - Die Flippers
- Rough Night in Jericho - Dreams So Real
- Sketsa Rembulan Emas - Ebiet G. Ade
- Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge
- Only Life - The Feelies
- Train Above the City - Felt
- Streets Of This Town - 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
- Shada y - Ofra Haza
- 50 Gates Of Wisdom - Ofra Haza
- Sam & Friends - Sam Hui
- Colin James - Colin James
- Straight out the Jungle - The Jungle Brothers
- The Live Album - Robert Earl Keen
- "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)
- El Mundo - Mitsou
- Read All About It - Newsboys
- Soliloquy for Lilith - Nurse With Wound
- Outside the Gate - Killing Joke
- Power Metal - Pantera
- The Indescribable Wow - Sam Phillips
- Nothing Wrong - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
- O Melancolía - Silvio Rodríguez
- Hit Me With The Surreal Feel - Kim Salmon And The Surrealists
- Hallowed Ground - Skin Yard
- Prison Bound - Social Distortion
- 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
- Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
- E Tü - Upper Hutt Posse
- Flag - Yello
- Golden Tops The Zorros
[edit] Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1988.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 2 - Jan 1989, Sweden 3 - Nov 1988, Norway 5 - Nov 1988, Austria 8 - Dec 1988, France 9 - Oct 1988, RYM 18 of 1988, US BB 24 - Mar 1989, POP 34 of 1989, Germany 242 of the 1980s |
[edit] U.S. Best Selling Singles
The 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 |
[edit] Top 5 selling albums of the year in the US
- George Michael - Faith
- Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing
- Def Leppard - Hysteria
- INXS - Kick
- Michael Jackson - Bad
[edit] Top hits
- "1-2-3" - Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine
- "A Little Respect" - Erasure
- "Age Of Reason" - John Farnham
- "Angel of Harlem" - U2
- "Angel" - Aerosmith
- "Another Lover" - Giant Steps
- "Anything for You" - Gloria Estefan
- "Bad Medicine" - Bon Jovi
- "Beat Dis!" - Bomb The Bass
- "Better Be Home Soon" - Crowded House
- "Born to Be My Baby" - Bon Jovi
- "Boys (Summertime Love)" - Sabrina Salerno (released in 1987)
- "Chains Of Love" - Erasure
- "Check This Out" - LA Mix
- "Circle in the Sand" - Belinda Carlisle (released in 1987)
- "Copperhead Road" - Steve Earle
- "Crash" - The Primitives
- "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
- "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin
- "Drop The Boy"- Bros
- "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Poison
- "Forever Young" - Rod Stewart
- "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" - Billy Ocean
- "Got My Mind Set on You" - George Harrison
- "Heaven is a Place on Earth" - Belinda Carlisle (released in 1987)
- "Hole In My Heart" - Cyndi Lauper
- "I Get Weak" - Belinda Carlisle (released in 1987)
- "I Hate Myself for Loving You" - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
- "I Should Be So Lucky" - Kylie Minogue
- "I Want You Back" - Bananarama
- "I'll Be There for You" - Bon Jovi
- "Im Nin'Alu" - Ofra Haza
- "Is This Love" - Whitesnake
- "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
- "Look Away" - Chicago
- "Love Bites" - Def Leppard (released in 1987)
- "Love Changes (Everything)" - Climie Fisher
- "Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson
- "Mountain Song" - Jane's Addiction
- "Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley
- "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.
- "Orinoco Flow" - Enya, Irish singer
- "Parents Just Don't Understand" - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
- "People Are Strange" - Echo & the Bunnymen
- "People Have the Power" – Patti Smith
- "Pour Some Sugar on Me" - Def Leppard (released in 1987)
- "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" - Mylène Farmer
- "Push It" - Salt-N-Pepa
- "Quelque chose dans mon cœur" - Elsa Lunghini
- "Quelque part au Soleil" - Dalida (inédit)
- "Rag Doll" - Aerosmith
- "Revolution Baby" - Transvision Vamp
- "Roll With It" - Steve Winwood
- "Saved By Love" - Amy Grant
- "Seasons Change" - Exposé
- "Shaday" - Ofra Haza
- "Ship Of Fools" - Erasure
- "Simply Irresistible" - Robert Palmer
- "Smooth Criminal" - Michael Jackson
- "So Excellent / I Go! I Go!" - Kylie Mole
- "Stand" - R.E.M.
- "Stay on These Roads" - a-ha
- "Stop!" - Erasure
- "Stutter Rap ( No Sleep 'Til Bedtime )" - Morris Minor and the Majors
- "Suedehead" - Morrissey
- "Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns N' Roses (released 1987)
- "Tell It to My Heart" - Taylor Dayne (released in 1987)
- "The Promise" - When in Rome
- "Theme from S-Express" - S-Express
- "Together Forever" - Rick Astley
- "Twist in My Sobriety" - Tanita Tikaram
- "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 30, 1988)
- "We Call it Acieeed!" - D-Mob featuring Gary Haisman
- "Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns N' Roses (released in 1987)
- "What I am" - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
- "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
- "Wishing Well" - Terence Trent D'Arby
- "You Are The One" - a-ha
- "Paradise City" -Guns N' Roses
[edit] 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
- 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
- Nicholas Jackson - Variations on ‘Praise to the Lord, the Almighty’
- António Chagas Rosa - Piano Sonata
- 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"
[edit] Opera
[edit] 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
[edit] Births
- January 14 - Jordy, French singer
- January 14 - 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 - Brooke Hogan, American pop singer
- May 5 - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian pop singer
- May 13 - Casey Donovan, Australian Idol winner
- May 17 - Kate Markin, Best Aussie Out 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 19 - Magdalena Diaków, Polish pop singer
- June 20 - May J., Japanese R&B singer
- June 22 - Miliyah Kato, Japanese R&B singer
- 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 16 - Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter
- September 16 - Danne-Danger, Swedish Guitar Hero
- 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
- October 24 - Cory Bold, American hip hop musician
- November 10 - Chisaki Hama, Japanese singer
- November 28 - Scarlett Pomers, American singer/actress
- December 17 - Jessica H.o., Korean pop singer
- December 19 - Paulina Gretzky, American pop singer
- December 23 - Eri Kamei, Japanese pop singer
- December 27 - Hayley Williams, American singer, Paramore
- December 30 - James Hall, British singer-songwriter
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 - Radamés Gnattali, Brazilian composer
- January 15 - Andy Gibb, singer, horror drug overdose
- January 19 - Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor
- February 9 - Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor and opera administrator
- February 14 - Frederic Loewe, composer of musicals
- February 27 - Gene De Paul, pianist and composer
- March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, singer
- March 7 - Divine, singer
- March 8 - Henryk Szeryng, violinist
- March 10 - William Wordsworth, Scottish composer
- March 15 - Frank Perkins, American song composer
- April 7 - Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer
- April 9 - Brook Benton, complications of spinal meningitis.
- April 9 - Dave Prater, of Sam & Dave, car accident
- April 15 - Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist, from complications of AIDS
- April 29 - James McCracken, tenor
- May 1 - Claude Demetrius, songwriter
- May 10 - Ciaran Bourke, The Dubliners
- May 13 - Chet Baker, jazz musician
- May 21 - Sammy Davis, Sr., vaudeville performer
- May 22 - Dennis Day, US singer
- June 25 - Hillel Slovak, Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarist
- July 2 - Eddie Vinson, jazz/blues musician
- July 18 - Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor
- August 8 - Félix Leclerc, folk singer
- August 9 - Giacinto Scelsi, composer
- September 23 - Arwel Hughes, composer and conductor
- September 26 - Lord Melody, calypso musician
- October 7 - Billy Daniels, singer
- October 18 - Sir Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer
- October 19 - Son House, blues musician
- October 20 - Mogens Wöldike, Danish conductor
- November 11 - William Ifor Jones, conductor
- November 13 - Antal Doráti, conductor
- November 26 - Antonio Estévez, composer
- December 2 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
- December 6 - Roy Orbison, singer, heart attack.
- December 16 - Sylvester James, R&B singer, disco performer
- December 25 - Evgeny Golubev, Russian composer
[edit] Most Critically Acclaimed Songs of 1988
This list is taken from Acclaimedmusic.net.[1]
Songs
- 1. "Teenage Riot", Sonic Youth
- 2. "F*** tha Police", N.W.A.
- 3. "Freak Scene", Dinosaur Jr.
- 4. "It Takes Two", Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
- 5. "Fast Car", Tracy Chapman
- 6. "Buffalo Stance", Neneh Cherry
- 7. "Gigantic", Pixies
- 8. "Don't Believe the Hype", Public Enemy
- 9. "Straight Outta Compton", N.W.A.
- 10. "Waiting Room", Fugazi
[edit] 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.
