1988 in music




music-related events during 1988



This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.



















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Contents






  • 1 Specific locations


  • 2 Specific genres


  • 3 Events


    • 3.1 January–March


    • 3.2 April–June


    • 3.3 July–September


    • 3.4 October–December


    • 3.5 Also in 1988




  • 4 Bands formed


  • 5 Bands disbanded


  • 6 Albums released


    • 6.1 January–March


    • 6.2 April–June


    • 6.3 July–September


    • 6.4 October–December


    • 6.5 Release date unknown




  • 7 Singles released in 1988


  • 8 Biggest hit singles


    • 8.1 U.S. best selling singles




  • 9 Top selling albums of the year in the US


  • 10 Top hits


  • 11 Classical music


    • 11.1 Opera




  • 12 Jazz


  • 13 Musical theater


  • 14 Musical films


  • 15 Births


  • 16 Deaths


  • 17 Awards


    • 17.1 Grammy Awards


    • 17.2 Eurovision Song Contest




  • 18 Charts


  • 19 US Top 40 Hits


  • 20 See also


  • 21 References


  • 22 External links





Specific locations



  • 1988 in British music

  • 1988 in Norwegian music



Specific genres



  • 1988 in country music

  • 1988 in heavy metal music

  • 1988 in hip hop music

  • 1988 in jazz



Events



January–March




  • 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, USA, is broadcast.[citation needed]


  • January 20 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony inducts The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan and The Supremes.[1]


  • January 28 – A Tampa, Florida, man files an unusual lawsuit against Mötley Crüe. Matthew John Trippe, who has a history of mental health issues and trouble with the law, claims that he was secretly hired to pose as Nikki Sixx and toured, wrote and recorded with the band for a time during 1983 and 1984.[2] Trippe drops the lawsuit in 1993.


  • March 26 – "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson from the Bad album tops the Billboard Hot 100. It's the first time in history a solo artist has had four Number One singles from the same album.[3]



April–June




  • April 7 – Alice Cooper almost dies on stage when one of the props, the Gallows, malfunctions.[4]


  • April 19 – Former rock and roll singer Sonny Bono is inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs, California, USA.[citation needed]


  • April 25 – Rock supermanager Doc McGhee is sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to charges of drug smuggling stemming from a 1982 seizure of nearly 40,000 pounds of marijuana entering North Carolina from Colombia.[5]


  • 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".[6]


  • May 14 – Atlantic Records stages a concert at Madison Square Garden celebrating its Fortieth birthday with performances by many of the label's greatest acts of the past. Artists include Crosby, Stills & Nash, Iron Butterfly, Ruth Brown, Foreigner and Wilson Pickett, but the most talked-about performance is by a reunited Led Zeppelin with Jason Bonham on drums.[7]


  • May 27 – The Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 commences in East Troy, Wisconsin. Van Halen headlines with the other acts on the bill consisting of Metallica, Scorpions, Dokken and Kingdom Come.[citation needed]


  • June 27 – Motown Records is sold to MCA and an investment firm for $61 million.[8]



July–September




  • July 2 – Michael Jackson with fifth single from Bad, "Dirty Diana", he broke the record to have five consecutive charting singles from same album at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, is the first artist and only male in history to achieve this.[citation needed]


  • August 12 – Public Enemy garners publicity by staging a concert at Riker's Island prison for 250 inmates and 100 journalists.[9]


  • September 6–9 – Elton John auctions off many items from his personal collection, including memorabilia and stage-worn clothing, at Sotheby's for a total of $8.5 million. John had been known for wearing flamboyant stage costumes during the glam rock era of the 1970s, but he increasingly abandoned them in later years.[citation needed]


  • September 10 – Billboard magazine publishes its Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for the first time.


  • September 24 – James Brown faces a variety of charges after leading police on an interstate chase, after reportedly breaking into a seminar in an Augusta, Georgia, building he owned an office in, waving a gun and demanding to know who had used his restrooms. Earlier in the year Brown had been arrested on drug and firearms-related charges.[10]


  • September 25 – The Aalto Theatre, Essen, Germany, opens with a performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.[11]



October–December




  • October 10 – The new Cairo Opera House is inaugurated by President Hosni Mubarak and Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, brother of the Emperor of Japan. The opening ceremony includes a kabuki performance in recognition of the funds donated by Japan.[12]


  • November 7 – John Fogerty wins a self-plagiarism lawsuit with Fantasy Records. The record label had contended that Fogerty's 1985 comeback hit "The Old Man Down the Road" was too similar to his 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival song, "Run Through the Jungle".[13]


  • November 12 – U2's Rattle and Hum hits the Number One spot on the U.S. charts, the first double album to do so since Bruce Springsteen's The River in 1980.[14]


  • December 4 – Singer Roy Orbison gives his last concert in Akron, Ohio, USA, before his death from a heart attack.[citation needed]


  • December 28 – Madonna is subpoenaed to testify, against her stalker, her soon-to-be divorced husband Sean Penn, at the Criminal Courts Building in Malibu, California, USA. Penn was arrested by a security guard outside her estate in Los Angeles in November 1987 for trespassing on her property and threatening to attack or kill her and also cut her hair.


  • December 31 – The seventeenth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Natalie Cole, Taylor Dayne, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Richard Marx, Reba McEntire and Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.[citation needed]



Also in 1988




  • Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra.[15]


  • Andrew Davis begins a term as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and is appointed musical director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, effective with the 1989 season.[16]

  • "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 the Billboard Hot 100.



Bands formed


  • See Musical groups established in 1988


Bands disbanded


See Musical groups disestablished in 1988



Albums released



January–March
















































































































































































































































































































Date
Album
Artist
Notes

J
A
N
U
A
R
Y

4
B'Sides Themselves Marillion B-sides compilation
L.A. Guns L.A. Guns -
11
Live: The Road The Kinks Live
18
Blow Up Your Video AC/DC Australia
Prison Bound Social Distortion -
If I Should Fall from Grace with God The Pogues -
19
So Far, So Good... So What! Megadeth -
Tell It to My Heart Taylor Dayne -
25
Shove It The Cross -
26
Skyscraper David Lee Roth -
?
Never Die Young James Taylor -
State of Mind Front Line Assembly -
Tear Down These Walls Billy Ocean -
Newbuild 808 State -

F
E
B
R
U
A
R
Y

2
Ain't Misbehavin' UFO mini-album
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen -
Lita Lita Ford -
Live+1 Frehley's Comet Live EP +1 studio track
4
Space Wrangler Widespread Panic Debut Album
8
Who Killed The JAMs? The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu -
16
All About Eve All About Eve -
Nada como el sol Sting EP
Starfish The Church -
Tattooed Beat Messiah Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction -
17
Making Trouble Geto Boys -
23
Goin' Off Biz Markie -
29
The Frenz Experiment The Fall -
Now and Zen Robert Plant -
?
Children The Mission -
Falling Up Kevin Ayers -
Hard Machine Stacey Q -
Idlewild Everything but the Girl -
If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em Ted Nugent -
Pinker and Prouder Than Previous Nick Lowe -

M
A
R
C
H

1

The Seventh One
Toto
The Whitey Album Ciccone Youth -
7
Past Masters The Beatles Compilation
8
Racing After Midnight Honeymoon Suite -
14
From Langley Park to Memphis Prefab Sprout -
Viva Hate Morrissey UK
15
Naked Talking Heads -
16
Green Thoughts The Smithereens -
21

Now That's What I Call Music 11 (UK series)
Various Artists Compilation
Surfer Rosa Pixies UK
23
Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm Joni Mitchell -
25
Heart Attack Krokus -
To the Power of Three Emerson, Berry & Palmer -
The World's Greatest Entertainer Doug E. Fresh -
28
Out of the Silent Planet King's X -
On Target Fastway -
Push Bros -
29
Lefty Art Garfunkel -
?
The Pictorial Jackson Review Felt -


April–June










































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Date
Album
Artist
Notes

A
P
R
I
L

5
Conscious Party Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers -
He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince -
Stronger Than Pride Sade UK
8
Odyssey Yngwie Malmsteen -
11
Hairway to Steven Butthole Surfers -
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Iron Maiden -
This Note's for You
Neil Young and the Bluenotes
-
12
Colors Various Artists Soundtrack
Even Worse "Weird Al" Yankovic -
Lap of Luxury Cheap Trick -
13
Diamond Sun Glass Tiger -
Shove It The Cross -
15
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman -
16
Savage Amusement Scorpions -
18
Barbed Wire Kisses The Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation
Eden Alley Timbuk3 -
The Innocents Erasure -
Reba Reba McEntire -
20
History of a Time to Come Sabbat -
25
Hang Time Soul Asylum -
The Xenon Codex Hawkwind -
26
Guitar Frank Zappa Live
27
Flirt Evelyn King -
?
Ainsi soit je... Mylène Farmer -
Aliens Ate My Buick Thomas Dolby -
All That Jazz Breathe -
Crossroads Eric Clapton Box Set
Fur Jane Wiedlin -
Heart of Gold Sofia Rotaru -
I Am Kurious Oranj The Fall -
In Effect Mode Al B. Sure! -
Life's Too Good The Sugarcubes -
The Mona Lisa's Sister Graham Parker -
North and South Gerry Rafferty -

M
A
Y

1
The First of a Million Kisses Fairground Attraction -
2
Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge -
3
The Madness The Madness -
Open Up and Say... Ahh! Poison -
Operation: Mindcrime Queensrÿche -
Scenes from the Southside Bruce Hornsby and the Range -
Stay on These Roads a-ha -
Vivid Living Colour -
5
The New Order Testament -
10
Joy Teddy Pendergrass -
Lovesexy Prince -
12
Invisible Lantern Screaming Trees -
16
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 Frank Zappa Live
17
Battalions of Fear Blind Guardian -
In the City of Angels Jon Anderson -
Ram It Down Judas Priest -
18
Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing Off Various Artists Compilation
21
Long Cold Winter Cinderella -
23
Out of Order Rod Stewart -
Up Your Alley Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -
24
OU812 Van Halen -
Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart Camper Van Beethoven -
Second Sighting Frehley's Comet -
30
Down in the Groove Bob Dylan -
31
By All Means Necessary Boogie Down Productions -
?
The Abbey Road E.P. Red Hot Chili Peppers EP
A Bell Is a Cup Wire -
Live 1980/86 Joe Jackson Live
People Hothouse Flowers -
Perfect Machine Herbie Hancock -
Power Metal Pantera -
Total Devo Devo -

J
U
N
E

1
Close Kim Wilde -
6
Britny Fox Britny Fox -
Sur la Mer The Moody Blues -
7
Strictly Business EPMD -
12
In Battle There Is No Law Bolt Thrower -
13
Ain't Complaining Status Quo -
Conscience Womack and Womack -
Forever Your Girl Paula Abdul -
Survive Nuclear Assault -
17
Open All Night The Georgia Satellites -
19
Let It Bee Voice of the Beehive -
Outrider Jimmy Page -
20
Chicago 19 Chicago -
Confessions of a Pop Group The Style Council -
Destiny Saxon -
Don't Be Cruel Bobby Brown -
Heart Break New Edition -
Instinct Iggy Pop -
21
Information Society Information Society -
Long Live the Kane Big Daddy Kane -
Lullaby Book of Love -
Roll with It Steve Winwood -
22
Heavy Nova Robert Palmer -
24
Fearless Eighth Wonder -
Reg Strikes Back Elton John -
27
20 Years of Jethro Tull Jethro Tull Box Set
Riders Radio Theater Riders in the Sky -
28
In God We Trust Stryper -
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy -
Lead Me On Amy Grant -
29
Dimension Hatröss Voivod -
30
Indispensable: The Best of Michael Franks Michael Franks Compilation
?
Coming Back Hard Again The Fat Boys -
Dream of Life Patti Smith -
Nobody's Perfect Deep Purple Live
Outside the Gate Killing Joke -
Provision Scritti Politti -
Small World Huey Lewis and the News -
Tighten Up Vol. 88 Big Audio Dynamite -
Y Kant Tori Read Y Kant Tori Read featuring Tori Amos


July–September







































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Date
Album
Artist
Notes

J
U
L
Y

4
Kylie Kylie Minogue -
5
South of Heaven Slayer -
11
Substance Joy Division Compilation
UB40 UB40 -
Wild Wild West The Escape Club -
Wings of Heaven Magnum -
12
Brian Wilson Brian Wilson -
23

Now That's What I Call Music 12 (UK series)
Various Artists Compilation
25
View from the House Kim Carnes -
?
The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes Thompson Twins -
Cocktail Various Artists Soundtrack
Imaginos Blue Öyster Cult -
The Indescribable Wow Sam Phillips -
Let It Roll Little Feat -
Reek of Putrefaction Carcass -
Temple of Low Men Crowded House -
Train Above the City Felt -
Wide Awake in Dreamland Pat Benatar -

A
U
G
U
S
T

1
Chimes of Freedom Bruce Springsteen Live EP
Red Rose for Gregory Gregory Isaacs -
2
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam -
Greatest Hits Live Carly Simon Live
A Salt with a Deadly Pepa Salt-n-Pepa -
4
Follow the Leader Eric B & Rakim -
8
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Robert Cray -
Dragon's Kiss Marty Friedman Debut
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A -
What Good Is Grief to a God? D.I. -
9
Out of This World Europe -
10
Winger Winger Debut
12
Leprosy Death -
15
Short Sharp Shocked Michelle Shocked -
Soul Searchin' Glenn Frey -
The Eight Legged Groove Machine The Wonder Stuff Debut
23
Dangerous Age Bad Company -
Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction -
Two Nuns and a Pack Mule Rapeman -
24
Young Man Running Corey Hart -
27
So Good Mica Paris -
28
Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2 Helloween -
30
Chameleon Days Yanni -
Danzig Danzig -
Other Roads Boz Scaggs -
Slow Turning John Hiatt -
?
16 Lovers Lane The Go-Betweens -
Interior Design Sparks -
Revolutions Jean Michel Jarre -
Sunshine on Leith The Proclaimers -
Viva Santana! Santana Compilation with unreleased tracks

S
E
P
T
E
M
B
E
R

5
Peepshow Siouxsie and the Banshees -
Rank The Smiths Live
6
Hangin' Tough New Kids on the Block -
...And Justice for All Metallica -
8
Suffer Bad Religion -
11
Hell-O GWAR -
12
VIVIsectVI Skinny Puppy -
13
Ancient Heart Tanita Tikaram -
Eazy-Duz-It Eazy-E -
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today Suicidal Tendencies -
Power Ice-T -
See the Light Jeff Healey Band -
Them King Diamond -
Truth and Soul Fishbone -
16
Spirit of Eden Talk Talk -
Tougher Than Leather Run-D.M.C. -
19
Blow My Fuse Kix -
Blue Bell Knoll Cocteau Twins -
New Jersey Bon Jovi -
State of Euphoria Anthrax -
Tender Prey Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Watermark Enya -
20
Any Love Luther Vandross -
BulletBoys BulletBoys -
Workers Playtime Billy Bragg -
21
Pound for Pound Anvil -
25
Lincoln They Might Be Giants -
26
Boingo Alive Oingo Boingo Compilation + Live
28
Let's Get It Started MC Hammer
Capitol re-release of 1987 debut
No Rest for the Wicked Ozzy Osbourne
Epic/CBS
?
Big Time Tom Waits Live
Buster
Phil Collins et al.
Soundtrack
It Takes Two Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock -
La pistola y el corazón Los Lobos -
Land of Dreams Randy Newman -
Metal Rhythm Gary Numan -
Peace in Our Time Big Country -
Staring at the Sun Level 42 UK
Vixen Vixen -


October–December



































































































































































































































































































































































































































Date
Album
Artist
Notes

O
C
T
O
B
E
R

1
Breakwater Lennie Gallant -
3
Flying Colours Chris de Burgh -
Talk Is Cheap Keith Richards -
4
Critical Beatdown Ultramagnetic MCs -
Silhouette Kenny G -
10
Barcelona
Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé
-
Imagine: John Lennon
John Lennon et al.
Soundtrack
Rattle and Hum U2 Soundtrack; Studio + Live
11
Introspective Pet Shop Boys -
The Land of Rape and Honey Ministry -
Touch Sarah McLachlan
Arista Records re-release
14
Broadway the Hard Way Frank Zappa Live
15
Nö Sleep at All Motörhead Live
17
Copperhead Road Steve Earle -
New Light Through Old Windows Chris Rea Remixes
18
Big Thing Duran Duran -
Everything The Bangles -
Giving You the Best That I Got Anita Baker -
Negotiations and Love Songs Paul Simon Compilation
Daydream Nation Sonic Youth -
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 Traveling Wilburys -
21
Look Sharp! Roxette -
24 Into a Secret Land Sandra -
24
The Serpent's Egg Dead Can Dance -
25
Till I Loved You Barbra Streisand -
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 Frank Zappa Live
28
Living Years Mike + The Mechanics -
31
Bug Dinosaur Jr. -
Choba B CCCP Paul McCartney USSR-only release
Ultramega OK Soundgarden Debut
?
Amnesia Richard Thompson -
California American Music Club -
Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88 Boney M. Remix
Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys -
In the Spirit of Things Kansas -
Money for Nothing Dire Straits Compilation
My Nation Underground Julian Cope -
QR Quiet Riot -
Rage T'Pau UK

N
O
V
E
M
B
E
R

1
20 Harry Connick, Jr. -
American Dream Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young -
Flag Yello -
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick Slick Rick -
Oasis Roberta Flack -
Reach for the Sky Ratt -
Shaday Ofra Haza -
7
The Memphis Sessions Wet Wet Wet -
8
Gems Aerosmith Compilation
Green R.E.M. -
Straight out the Jungle The Jungle Brothers -
14
All or Nothing Milli Vanilli -
15
Greatest Hits Fleetwood Mac Compilation +2 new tracks
Greatest Hits Journey Compilation
The Live Album Robert Earl Keen -
Smashes, Thrashes & Hits Kiss Compilation Remixed +2 new tracks
The Trinity Session Cowboy Junkies -
16
Beast from the East Dokken Live
Goodbye Girl Miyuki Nakajima -
18
Kings of Metal Manowar -
21
Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine Debut

Now That's What I Call Music XIII (UK series)
Various Artists Compilation
22
Beaches Bette Midler Soundtrack
CK Chaka Khan -
Delicate Sound of Thunder Pink Floyd Live
23
Ancient Dreams Candlemass -
26
Hold Me in Your Arms Rick Astley UK
29
G N' R Lies Guns N' Roses -
?
Bummed Happy Mondays -
Hold an Old Friend's Hand Tiffany -
Mademoiselle chante... Patricia Kaas -
Tucker Joe Jackson -

D
E
C
E
M
B
E
R

6
Almost Acoustic Jerry Garcia Live
9
Empnefsi! Anna Vissi -
?
The Best Years of Our Lives Neil Diamond -
Sub Pop 200 Various Artists -


Release date unknown











Singles released in 1988





















































Date
Song
Artist
January 16

Man in the Mirror

Michael Jackson
April 16

Please Don't Go Girl

New Kids on the Block
April 18

Dirty Diana

Michael Jackson
May 16

Don't Be Cruel

Bobby Brown
July 11

Another Part of Me

Michael Jackson
October 11

My Prerogative

Bobby Brown
October 24

Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson
November 7

You Got It (The Right Stuff)

New Kids on the Block
December 27

Roni

Bobby Brown


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 United Kingdom UK 1 – Sep 1988, US BB 1 – Sep 1988, Netherlands 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 United States 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, Netherlands 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 Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind 1988 United Kingdom UK 1 – Dec 1987 (3 weeks), Sweden 1 – Dec 1987 (8 weeks), Switzerland 1 – Jan 1988 (18 weeks), Poland 1 – Jan 1988 (20 weeks), Germany 1 – Jan 1988 (4 months), Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks – May 1988, Europe 1 for 5 weeks – Jan 1988, Germany 1 for 6 weeks – Jan 1988, Austria 2 – Feb 1988 (5 weeks), Belgium 2 – Dec 1987 (11 weeks), Netherlands 3 – Dec 1987 (10 weeks), Norway 3 – Jan 1988 (10 weeks), US Billboard 4 – Mar 1988 (15 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jan 1988), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1988), South Africa 11 of 1988, Switzerland 15 of 1988, KROQ 18 of 1988, RYM 33 of 1987, POP 38 of 1988, Italy 58 of 1988, US Radio 69 of 1988 (peak 4 7 weeks), Germany 136 of the 1980s (peak 1 11 weeks)
4 Belinda Carlisle Heaven is a Place On Earth 1988 United States 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, Netherlands 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
5 Rick Astley Take Me To Your Heart 1988 United Kingdom UK 1 – Oct 1988, Netherlands 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


U.S. best selling singles


The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the U.S. in 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


Top selling albums of the year in the US




  1. George Michael – Faith


  2. Madonna – You Can Dance


  3. Michael Jackson – Bad


  4. Guns N' Roses – Appetite for Destruction



Top hits



  • "1-2-3" – Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine

  • "Angel of Harlem" – U2

  • "Angel" – Aerosmith

  • "Another Lover" – Giant Steps

  • "Another Weekend" – Five Star

  • "Any Love" – Luther Vandross

  • "Anything For You" – Gloria Estefan

  • "Atmosphere" – Joy Division (re-release)

  • "Bad Medicine" – Bon Jovi

  • "Beat Dis" – Bomb The Bass

  • "Behind the Wheel" – Depeche Mode (released in 1987)

  • "Better Be Home Soon" – Crowded House

  • "Big Fun" – Inner City

  • "The Blood That Moves The Body" – a-ha

  • "Blue Monday 1988" – New Order (remix)

  • "Born to Be My Baby" – Bon Jovi

  • "Boys (Summertime Love)" – Sabrina Salerno (released in 1987)

  • "Bring the Noise" – Public Enemy

  • "Buffalo Stance" – Neneh Cherry

  • "Candle In The Wind" – Elton John (live)

  • "Car Wash/Is It Love You're After" – Rose Royce (re-release)

  • "Cars And Girls – Prefab Sprout

  • "Chains of Love" – Erasure

  • "Circle in the Sand" – Belinda Carlisle

  • "Crash" – The Primitives

  • "Cross My Heart" – Eighth Wonder

  • "Cult of Personality" – Living Colour

  • "Desire" – U2

  • "Devil Inside" – INXS

  • "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 Talk Dirty to Me" – Jermaine Stewart

  • "Don't Believe the Hype" – Public Enemy

  • "Don't Blame It on That Girl" – Matt Bianco

  • "Don't Make Me Wait/Megablast" – Bomb The Bass

  • "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin

  • "Dreaming" – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

  • "Drop the Boy" – Bros

  • "Edge of a Broken Heart" – Vixen

  • "Endless Summer Nights" – Richard Marx

  • "Everlasting" – Natalie Cole

  • "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" – Poison

  • "Everything Your Heart Desires" – Hall & Oates

  • "Fake 88" – Alexander O'Neal (remix)

  • "Fast Car" – Tracy Chapman

  • "Fiesta" – The Pogues

  • "The Flame" – Cheap Trick

  • "Fine Time" – New Order

  • "First Time" – Robin Beck

  • "Foolish Beat" – Debbie Gibson

  • "Four Letter Word" – Kim Wilde

  • "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" – Billy Ocean

  • "Girlfriend" – Pebbles

  • "Girl You Know It's True" – Milli Vanilli

  • "Giving You the Best That I Got" – Anita Baker

  • "Got My Mind Set on You" – George Harrison

  • "Good Life" – Inner City

  • "Good Tradition" – Tanita Tikaram

  • "The Great Commandment" – Camouflage

  • "Hands to Heaven" – Breathe

  • "Heart" – Pet Shop Boys

  • "Heaven is a Place on Earth" – Belinda Carlisle (released in 1987)

  • "Hey Mister Heartache" – Kim Wilde

  • "Hold Me In Your Arms" – Rick Astley

  • "Hold On to the Nights" – Richard Marx

  • "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" – Cyndi Lauper

  • "Hot in the City" – Billy Idol

  • "House Arrest (The Beat Is Law)" – Krush (released in 1987)

  • "Hungry Eyes" – Eric Carmen

  • "Hustle! (To the Music...)" – The Funky Worm

  • "I Can't Help It" – Fun Fun

  • "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" – Elton John

  • "I Don't Want to Be a Hero" – Johnny Hates Jazz

  • "I Don't Want to Live Without You" – Foreigner

  • "I Don't Want to Talk About It" – Everything but the Girl

  • "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 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 Always Love You" – Taylor Dayne

  • "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

  • "Im Nin'Alu" – Ofra Haza

  • "In The Air Tonight" – Phil Collins (remix)

  • "Is This Love" – Whitesnake

  • "It Takes Two" – Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock

  • "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" – Rick Astley

  • "I Want to Be Your Man" – Roger

  • "Jody" – Jermaine Stewart

  • "Joe le Taxi" – Vanessa Paradis (released in 1987)

  • "Johnny B. Goode" – Judas Priest

  • "Jour de neige" – Elsa Lunghini

  • "Just Got Paid" – Johnny Kemp

  • "Just Like Paradise" – David Lee Roth

  • "The King of Rock 'N' Roll" – Prefab Sprout

  • "Kokomo" – The Beach Boys

  • "Left to My Own Devices" – Pet Shop Boys

  • "A Little Respect" – Erasure

  • "Look Away" – Chicago

  • "Love Bites" – Def Leppard (released in 1987)

  • "Love Changes (Everything)" – Climie Fisher (remix/released in 1987)

  • "The Lover In Me" – Sheena Easton

  • "Lucretia My Reflection" – The 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

  • "Mercedes Boy" – Pebbles

  • "Mistletoe and Wine" – Cliff Richard

  • "Monkey" – George Michael

  • "My Prerogative" – Bobby Brown

  • "Mystify" – INXS (released 1989 in the UK)

  • "Need You Tonight" – INXS (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

  • "Nothin' but a Good Time" – Poison

  • "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" – Glenn Medeiros (United Kingdom peak)

  • "Nuit de folie" – Début de Soirée

  • "One More Try" – George Michael

  • "One" – Metallica

  • "The Only Way Is Up" – Yazz and the Plastic Population

  • "Orange Crush" – R.E.M. (released 1989 in the UK)

  • "Orinoco Flow" – Enya

  • "Pamela" – Toto

  • "Paradise" – Sade

  • "Paradise City" – Guns N' Roses

  • "Parents Just Don't Understand" – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

  • "The Payback Mix" – James Brown

  • "People Are Strange" – Echo & the Bunnymen

  • "People Have the Power" – Patti Smith

  • "Perfect Strangers" – Anne Murray

  • "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

  • "The Race" – Yello

  • "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.

  • "Rush Hour" – Jane Wiedlin

  • "I Say a Little Prayer" – Bomb The Bass

  • "Say It Again" – Jermaine Stewart

  • "Secret Land" – Sandra

  • "Shaday" – Ofra Haza

  • "Shake for the Sheik" – The Escape Club

  • "Shake Your Thang (It's Your Thing)" – Salt-N-Pepa featuring E.U.

  • "Shattered Dreams" – Johnny Hates Jazz (USA release)

  • "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 Emotional" – Whitney Houston (released in 1987)

  • "Spotlight" – Madonna

  • "Spring Love" – Stevie B

  • "Stakker Humanoid" – Humanoid

  • "Stand" – R.E.M.

  • "Stand Up for Your Love Rights" – Yazz

  • "Stay on These Roads" – a-ha

  • "Stop!" – Erasure

  • "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)

  • "Take Me To Your Heart" – Rick Astley

  • "Teen Age Riot" – Sonic Youth

  • "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll" – AC/DC

  • "Theme from S-Express" – S-Express

  • "Tougher Than the Rest" – Bruce Springsteen

  • "Together Forever" – Rick Astley

  • "Touched by the Hand of God" – New Order

  • "Toy Soldiers" – Martika

  • "Tribute (Right On)" – The Pasadenas

  • "The Twist (Yo Twist)" – Fat Boys & Chubby Checker

  • "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)

  • "Walking Away" – Information Society

  • "The Way You Make Me Feel" – Michael Jackson

  • "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)

  • "We'll Be Together" – Sandra

  • "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" – Alexander O'Neal

  • "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" – Information Society

  • "What I Am" – Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (released 1989 in the UK)

  • "What You See Is What You Get" – Madonna

  • "When You Come" – Crowded House

  • "When You Put Your Heart In It" – Kenny Rogers

  • "Wild World" – Maxi Priest

  • "Wishing Well" – Terence Trent D'Arby (released in 1987)

  • "A Word in Spanish" — Elton John

  • "Yé ké yé ké" – Mory Kanté

  • "You Are the One" – a-ha

  • "You Came" – Kim Wilde

  • "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" – Eurythmics



Classical music




  • Gerald Barry – Cheveux-de-frise


  • Luciano Berio – Sequenza XI


  • George Crumb – Zeitgeist (Tableaux Vivants) for two amplified pianos


  • 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


  • Wojciech Kilar – Choralvorspiel (Choral Prelude) for chamber string orchestra


  • Witold Lutosławski – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra


  • Frederik Magle – We Are Afraid (Vi er bange), cantata for choir and chamber orchestra[17]


  • Carin Malmlöf-Forssling – String Quartet No. 1, "Silverkvartetten"


  • António Chagas Rosa – Piano Sonata


  • Kaija Saariaho – Petals for cello and electronics


  • Bogusław Schaeffer – Concerto for Piano Duet and Orchestra


  • Alfred Schnittke

    • Concerto for Piano four hands and Orchestra

    • Piano Quartet

    • Symphony No. 5 (Concerto Grosso No. 4)

    • Klingende Buchstaben




  • Peter Sculthorpe – Kakadu


  • Philip Sparke – Concerto Grosso


  • Bent Sørensen


    • Angels' Music for string quartet


    • Camelot by Night for bass flute and guitar


    • La Notte for piano and orchestra




  • 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 (La Scala, Milan, May 7)



Jazz




Musical theater




  • Bitter Sweet (Noël Coward) – London revival


  • Chess (Tim Rice, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus) – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre and closed after 65 performances


  • The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre, and has the longest continuous run in Broadway history, with over 10,000 performances to date


  • Sarafina – Broadway production opened at the Cort Theatre and ran for 597 performances



Musical films



  • Bird

  • Bridge

  • The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

  • Daisy

  • Dhwani

  • Imagine: John Lennon

  • La Bailanta

  • Moonwalker

  • Rattle and Hum

  • Satisfaction

  • Tapeheads

  • Tougher Than Leather



Births




  • January 14


    • Jordy, French singer


    • Mikalah Gordon, American Idol contestant




  • January 15


    • Skrillex, American electronic dance music producer


    • Jessica Poland, American singer-songwriter




  • January 16 – FKA Twigs, English singer


  • January 21 – Rapsody, American rapper


  • January 25 – Yasmien Kurdi, Filipina pop singer


  • February 3 – Cho Kyu Hyun, Korean pop singer


  • February 6 – Bailey Hanks, American actress and singer


  • February 7 – Ai Kago, Japanese pop singer


  • February 8 – Ao Li, Chinese operatic bass-baritone


  • February 13 – Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter, poet, dj and music producer


  • February 17 – Rod Michael, American singer (B3)


  • February 18 – Changmin ("Max"), Korean pop singer


  • February 20 – Rihanna, Barbadian pop singer-songwriter, performer, actress, business woman, designer, producer


  • February 23 – Ashley Cooper, New Zealand pop singer


  • February 25 – Big Sean, American rapper (Jhene Aiko, Ariana Grande, Naya Rivera, GOOD Music)


  • February 27 – JD Natasha, American Latin music artist


  • February 28 – Milly Edwards, Australian Idol contestant


  • March 2


    • Nadine Samonte, German pop singer


    • Kate Alexa, Australian pop rock singer


    • Esther Povitsky, American actress, singer, comedian, writer, and producer




  • March 6 – Agnes Carlsson, Swedish pop singer


  • March 8 – Benny Blanco, American record producer, songwriter, musician


  • March 10 – Patrick Henry Hughes, American tenor and trumpeter


  • March 15 – Lil Dicky, American comedy-rapper


  • March 16 – Jhené Aiko, American singer-songwriter and rapper


  • March 17 – Grimes (born Claire Boucher), Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, feminist, activist and producer


  • March 31 – Conrad Sewell, Australian singer/songwriter


  • April 6 – Raymond David Henriksen, Norwegian singer


  • April 24 – Natalie Zahra, Australian Idol contestant


  • April 25 – Sara Paxton, American singer/actress


  • April 27


    • Lizzo, American alternative hip hop artist


    • Pop Wansel, American record producer, musician and songwriter




  • April 29 – Younha, Japanese & Korean pop singer


  • May 2 – Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese jazz musician


  • May 5


    • Adele, English singer-songwriter


    • Brooke Hogan, American actress, singer-songwriter, and professional wrestler


    • Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and music video director (Sumo Cyco)




  • May 8 – Trisha Paytas, American Internet personality, actress, singer, and songwriter


  • May 13 – Casey Donovan, 2004 Australian Idol winner


  • May 18 – Tanner Wayne, American drummer (Underminded, Chiodos, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids)


  • May 24 – Billy Gilman, American country singer


  • June 1


    • Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer


    • Héloïse Letissier, French singer-songwriter (Christine and the Queens)




  • June 6 – Neha Kakkar, Indian pop singer


  • June 11 – Weyes Blood, American musician


  • June 12 – Dave Melillo, American singer-songwriter


  • June 14 – Kevin McHale (actor), American actor, singer, dancer and radio personality


  • June 16


    • Keshia Chante, Canadian urban singer


    • Banks, American singer-songwriter




  • June 18 – Josh Dun, American multi instrumentalist and producer (House Of Heroes, Twenty One Pilots)


  • June 20 – May J., Japanese R&B singer


  • June 22


    • Miliyah Kato, Japanese R&B singer


    • Vicky Psarakis, a Greek American vocalist-singer-songwriter, lead singer of The Agonist




  • June 27 – Colin Tilley, American music video director and film maker


  • June 28 – Julian Waterfall Pollack, American jazz pianist and composer


  • June 29 – Martina Šindlerová, Slovak pop singer


  • July 2 – Amali Ward, Australian Idol contestant


  • July 6


    • Brittany Underwood, American actress and singer


    • Katy Tiz, British singer




  • July 7 – Kaci Brown, American pop/R&B singer


  • July 11 – Natalie La Rose, Dutch singer, songwriter and dancer


  • July 12 – Melissa O'Neil, Canadian Idol winner, Canadian singer, and actress


  • July 13


    • Tulisa Contostavlos, British singer-songwriter and member of N-Dubz


    • Colton Haynes, American actor, model and singer




  • July 17 – Anderson East, American rhythm and blues singer/songwriter


  • July 20 – Julianne Hough, American dancer, singer, and actress.


  • July 25 – Sarah Geronimo, Filipina pop singer


  • July 28 – Nick Santino, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (A Rocket to the Moon)


  • August 2 – Brittany Hargest, American pop singer


  • August 4 – Tom Parker, English singer-songwriter, former member of The Wanted


  • August 13 – MØ, Danish singer-songwriter


  • August 14 – Shahd Barmada, Arabian Idol contestant


  • August 19 – Hoodie Allen, American rapper, singer and songwriter


  • August 21 – Kacey Musgraves, American country singer-songwriter


  • August 23 – Alice Glass, Canadian singer and songwriter


  • August 25 – Alexandra Burke, English singer, songwriter and actress, Winner of X Factor


  • August 26 – Evan Ross, American actor and musician (Diana Ross. Ashlee Simpson)


  • August 27 – Alexa Vega, American musical performer, actor, pop singer


  • September 6


    • Gustav Schäfer, drummer of German band Tokio Hotel


    • Max George (singer), British singer, songwriter and actor




  • September 16 – Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter


  • September 19 – Reigan Derry, Australian singer and songwriter


  • September 22 – Bethany Dillon, American Christian-music artist


  • September 26


    • Lilly Singh, Canadian vlogger, singer, rapper and artist


    • James Blake (musician), English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer




  • September 28


    • Esmée Denters, Dutch singer, and you-tuber


    • Hana Mae Lee, American actress, model, singer and fashion designer (Pitch Perfect)




  • September 30 – Jyongri, Japanese pop singer


  • October 3 – ASAP Rocky, American rapper, producer, part of the ASAP mob


  • October 4


    • Jessica Benson, American R&B singer


    • Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer




  • October 11 – Knut Eirik Kokkin, Norwegian singer


  • October 12 – Calum Scott, British singer-songwriter


  • October 17


    • Dami Im, Korean-born Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist


    • Nikki Flores, American Independent pop singer, musician, songwriter, and vocal producer.




  • October 20


    • Risa Niigaki, Japanese pop singer


    • ASAP Ferg, American rapper, part of the ASAP mob




  • October 23 – Caleigh Peters, American pop singer


  • October 28 – Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer


  • November 6 – Emma Stone, American actress, musical star and singer


  • November 10 – Chisaki Hama, Japanese singer


  • November 16 – Siva Kaneswaran, British singer, model, actor and songwriter

    • Sampha, British singer, songwriter and record producer



  • November 28 – Scarlett Pomers, American singer/actress


  • December 1


    • Tyler Joseph, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and rapper (Twenty One Pilots)


    • Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer and model




  • December 7


    • Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer (Sucker Punch, God Help The Girl, Plush)


    • Tinie Tempah, English rapper, singer and songwriter.




  • December 14


    • Vanessa Hudgens, American actor, singer, dancer


    • Awkwafina, American rapper, comedienne, actor




  • December 19


    • Paulina Gretzky, American pop singer


    • Casey Burgess, Australian singer-songwriter and actress




  • December 21 – Alexa Goddard, English pop and R&B singer, Youtuber


  • December 23 – Eri Kamei, Japanese pop singer


  • December 26 – Veronika Eberle, German violinist


  • December 27 – Hayley Williams, American singer, songwriter, and musician (Paramore)


  • December 28 – Florrie, English singer, songwriter, drummer and model


  • December 30 – James Hall, British singer-songwriter


  • December 31 – Holly Holyoake, Welsh classical soprano singer

  • Unknown: Jihae (rock musician), South Korean singer and actress



Deaths




  • January 3 – John Dopyera, stringed instrument maker, 94


  • January 19 – Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor


  • February 3 – Radamés Gnattali, Brazilian composer, 81


  • February 9 – Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor and opera administrator


  • February 14 – Frederick Loewe, composer of musicals, 86


  • February 16 – Jean Carignan, fiddler, 71


  • February 17 – Alexander Bashlachev, Russian singer, 27 (falling from height)


  • February 24 – Memphis Slim, blues musician, 72


  • February 27 – Gene de Paul, pianist and composer, 68


  • 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 10 – Andy Gibb, singer, 30 (myocarditis)


  • March 12 – Gianna Pederzini, operatic mezzo-soprano, 88


  • 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, 61


  • May 1 – Claude Demetrius, songwriter


  • May 10 – Ciarán 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, 87


  • May 22 – Dennis Day, US singer, 72


  • May 25 – Martin Slavin, composer and music director, 66


  • June 22 – Jesse Ed Davis, guitarist, 43


  • June 25


    • Hillel Slovak, Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarist, 26 (speedball overdose)


    • Jimmy Soul, American singer, 45 (heart attack)




  • July 2 – Eddie Vinson, jazz/blues musician, 70


  • July 18


    • Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor, 64


    • Nico, German singer, 49 (brain haemorrhage)




  • July 20 – Richard Holm, German operatic tenor

  • August – Tenor Saw, dancehall artist, 21 (road accident)


  • August 8 – Félix Leclerc, folk singer, 74


  • August 9 – Giacinto Scelsi, composer, 83


  • August 14 – Roy Buchanan, American guitarist, 48 (suicide)


  • August 22 – Frances James, operatic soprano, 85


  • August 24


    • Kenneth Leighton, English composer


    • Nat Stuckey, American country singer




  • September 17 – Hilde Gueden, operatic soprano, 71


  • September 22 – Rezső Sugár, Hungarian composer, 68


  • 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, English composer, music critic and pianist


  • October 18 – Sir Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer


  • October 19 – Son House, blues musician


  • October 20 – Mogens Wöldike, Danish conductor


  • November 8 – Warren Casey, US theatre composer, lyricist, writer, and actor, 53 (AIDS-related)


  • November 13


    • Antal Doráti, conductor, 82


    • Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer, 86




  • November 24 – Irmgard Seefried, operatic soprano, 69


  • November 26 – Antonio Estévez, composer


  • November 30 – Charlie Rouse, saxophonist, 64


  • 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 Jeffreys, bassist (Cockney Rebel), 36 (killed in the crash of Pan Am Flight 103)


  • December 25 – Evgeny Golubev, Russian composer, 78


  • date unknown


    • Kenneth Morris, gospel composer and publisher, 71


    • Håkan Parkman, Swedish composer, arranger and choral director, 33 (drowned)





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


Eurovision Song Contest


  • Eurovision Song Contest 1988


Charts


  • List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1988 (U.S.)


US Top 40 Hits


  • Billboard Top 40 of 1988


See also


  • Record labels established in 1988


References





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