1988 in music

none December 2010 August 2011 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988. 1988 1988 music radio television film Specific locations 1988 in British music 1988 in Japanese music 1988 in Norwegian music 1988 in Scandinavian music Specific genres 1988 in country music 1988 in heavy metal music 1988 in hip-hop music 1988 in jazz 1988 in progressive rock Events January–March January 20 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony inducts The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan and The Supremes.https://www.rockhall.com/inductees?name=&field_inductee_induction_year=1988-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_induction_category=All Induction Explorer Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 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.Persall Steve June 16, 1988 A Pair of Sixxes? Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 528 30 Trippe drops the lawsuit in 1993. March 2 – The 30th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in New York, hosted by Billy Crystal. U2's The Joshua Tree wins Album of the Year, Paul Simon's "Graceland" wins Record of the Year and Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram's "Somewhere Out There" wins Song of the Year. Jody Watley wins Best New Artist. March 10 - Pop star Andy Gibb dies at a hospital in Oxford, England five days after his 30th birthday. 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.May 5, 1988 Jackson Rules Charts Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 525 22 April–June April 7 – Alice Cooper almost dies on stage when one of the props, the Gallows, malfunctions.http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/timelines/t-ryfay.php SickthingsUK – The Unofficial Alice Cooper Site www.sickthingsuk.co.uk December 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20120318030447/http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/timelines/t-ryfay.php March 18, 2012 dead mdy-all April 19 – Former rock and roll singer Sonny Bono is inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs, California, USA.Niemann Greg 2022-10-14 CV History: His Candidacy Was at First Considered a Joke—but Mayor Sonny Bono Helped Palm Springs Become the Place It Is Today http://cvindependent.com/2022/10/cv-history-his-candidacy-was-at-first-considered-a-joke-but-mayor-sonny-bono-helped-palm-springs-become-the-place-it-is-today/ 2024-06-18 Coachella Valley Independent en-US 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.DeCurtis Anthony June 16, 1988 McGhee Placed on Probation Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 528 29 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".http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=304 Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision.tv 2017-02-02 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.Pond Steve June 30, 1988 Atlantic's Birthday Bash Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 529 48–50, 66 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.December 2012 June 10 – Singing Revolution begins in Estonia.http://www.onthisdeity.com/10th-june-1988-%E2%80%93%C2%A0the-singing-revolution/ 10th June 1988 – the Singing Revolution Dorian Cope presents On This Deity 2024-04-13 June 18 – Depeche Mode play to a crowd of 60,000 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The concert was filmed and recorded by D. A. Pennebaker for the group's documentary-concert film and live album 101. June 27 – Motown Records is sold to MCA and an investment firm for $61 million.Ressner Jeffrey August 11, 1988 Motown Records Sold Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 532 17 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.December 2012 August 12 – Public Enemy garners publicity by staging a concert at Riker's Island prison for 250 inmates and 100 journalists.December 15, 1988 August Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 541/542 84 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.December 2012 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.Ressner Jeffrey November 3, 1988 James Brown Arrested After Car Chase Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 538 27 September 25 – The Aalto Theatre, Essen, Germany, opens with a performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.Dietmar N. Schmidt (ed.): Das Theater von Alvar Aalto in Essen. Baedeker, Essen 1988, 3-920138-03-1 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.About Cairo Opera House. https://web.archive.org/web/20130317092702/http://www.cairoopera.org/about.aspx March 17, 2013 Accessed 7 March 2013 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".Goldberg Michael January 12, 1989 Fogerty Wins Unusual Self-Plagiarism Suit Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 543 15 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.Ressner Jeffrey January 12, 1989 Bono Less Than Boffo at Box Office Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 543 16 November 19 – The 17th OTI Festival, held at the Teatro Nacional Cervantes in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is won by the song "es Todavía eres mi mujer no", written by Carlos Castellón, and performed by Guillermo Guido es representing Argentina. December 4 – Singer Roy Orbison gives his last concert in Akron, Ohio, USA, before his death from a heart attack.https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/08/obituaries/roy-orbison-52-a-singer-famed-for-plaintive-pop-anthems-dies.html Roy Orbison, 52, a Singer Famed For Plaintive Pop Anthems, Dies Pareles Jon 1988-12-08 The New York Times 2019-05-09 en-US 0362-4331 December 28 – Madonna calls sheriff's officers to the Malibu, California home she shared with her soon-to-be ex-husband Sean Penn.http://gawker.com/did-sean-penn-beat-up-madonna-an-archaeology-of-hollyw-1748746261 Did Sean Penn Beat Up Madonna? An Archaeology of Hollywood's Most Explosive Rumor Trotter J. K. Gawker December 23, 2015 en 2019-05-09 December 31 – The 17th 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.https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/464521/dick-clarks-new-years-rockin-eve-89 https://web.archive.org/web/20201025160435/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/464521/dick-clarks-new-years-rockin-eve-89 dead October 25, 2020 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '89 (1988) - Overview - TCM.com Turner Classic Movies en 2019-05-09 Also in 1988 Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra.Dörte Schmidt, "Ruzicka, Peter", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 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.Alan Blyth, "Davis, Sir Andrew (Frank)", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). "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 January 2026 DateAlbumArtistNotes JANUARY4 B'Sides Themselves Marillion B-sides compilation L.A. Guns L.A. Guns Debut11 Live: The Road The Kinks Live18 If I Should Fall from Grace with God The Pogues - Prison Bound Social Distortion -19 So Far, So Good... So What! Megadeth - Tell It to My Heart Taylor Dayne -21 Skyscraper David Lee Roth -? Never Die Young James Taylor - Newbuild 808 State - State of Mind Front Line Assembly - FEBRUARY1 Blow Up Your Video AC/DC -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 track4 Space Wrangler Widespread Panic Debut8 The Seventh One Toto - Who Killed The JAMs? The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu -12 Don't Blow Your Top KMFDM -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 - Underneath the Radar Underworld Debut17 Making Trouble Geto Boys -23 Goin' Off Biz Markie -29 Now and Zen Robert Plant - Children The Mission - The Frenz Experiment The Fall - Idlewild Everything but the Girl - Kingdom Come Kingdom Come Debut? Corrosion Front Line Assembly - Falling Up Kevin Ayers - Hard Machine Stacey Q - If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em Ted Nugent - Pinker and Prouder Than Previous Nick Lowe -MARCH1 The Whitey Album Ciccone Youth -7 A Fierce Pancake Stump - Past Masters The Beatles Compilation Tear Down These Walls Billy Ocean -8 Racing After Midnight Honeymoon Suite -14 From Langley Park to Memphis Prefab Sprout - Viva Hate Morrissey UK15 Naked Talking Heads -21 Now That's What I Call Music 11 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation Surfer Rosa Pixies UK22 Green Thoughts The Smithereens -23 Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm Joni Mitchell - No Exit Fates Warning -24 Chase the Kangaroo The Choir -25 Heart Attack Krokus - The World's Greatest Entertainer Doug E. Fresh -28 Wings of Heaven Magnum - On Target Fastway - Out of the Silent Planet King's X - Push Bros Debut The Tenement Year Pere Ubu -29 Lefty Art Garfunkel -? Destiny Saxon - House Tornado Throwing Muses - Love Hysteria Peter Murphy - Lovely The Primitives Debut The Pictorial Jackson Review Felt - What Up, Dog? Was (Not Was) - Xenophobia (Why?) Spy vs. Spy - April–June January 2026 DateAlbumArtistNotes APRIL5 Conscious Party Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince -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 - Aliens Ate My Buick Thomas Dolby - Shove It The Cross Debut14 Vanishing Vision X Japan Debut; then known as X18 Barbed Wire Kisses The Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation Crossroads Eric Clapton Box Set Savage Amusement Scorpions - Eden Alley Timbuk3 - The Innocents Erasure - Reba Reba McEntire -20 History of a Time to Come Sabbat -25 Hang Time Soul Asylum - Life's Too Good The Sugarcubes - The Madness The Madness - The Xenon Codex Hawkwind -26 Guitar Frank Zappa Live Refuge Denied Sanctuary Debut27 Flirt Evelyn King -? Live 1980/86 Joe Jackson Live Ainsi soit je... Mylène Farmer - Fur Jane Wiedlin - Heart of Gold Sofia Rotaru - The Mona Lisa's Sister Graham Parker - MAY1 The First of a Million Kisses Fairground Attraction - Rehab Doll Green River -2 Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge Debut3 Stronger Than Pride Sade - In Effect Mode Al B. Sure! - The Madness The Madness - Operation: Mindcrime Queensrÿche - Scenes from the Southside Bruce Hornsby and the Range - Stay on These Roads a-ha - Vivid Living Colour - When in Rome When in Rome -5 The New Order Testament -9 Open Up and Say... Ahh! Poison - Hide Your Heart Bonnie Tyler - North and South Gerry Rafferty -10 Joy Teddy Pendergrass - Lovesexy Prince -12 Invisible Lantern Screaming Trees -13 Ram It Down Judas Priest -16 The House of Love The House of Love Debut Tougher Than Leather Run-D.M.C. - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 Frank Zappa Live17 Battalions of Fear Blind Guardian Debut In the City of Angels Jon Anderson -23 OU812 Van Halen - Out of Order Rod Stewart - Up Your Alley Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -24 Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart Camper Van Beethoven - Total Devo Devo - 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 - Perfect Machine Herbie Hancock -JUNE4 Volunteer Sham 69 -5 People Hothouse Flowers Debut 6 Britny Fox Britny Fox Debut Provision Scritti Politti - 7 Strictly Business EPMD Debut What More Can I Say? Audio Two -10 Small World Huey Lewis and the News -13 Close Kim Wilde - Ain't Complaining Status Quo - Conscience Womack and Womack - Sur la Mer The Moody Blues - Guy Guy - Survive Nuclear Assault -20 Nobody's Perfect Deep Purple Live Outrider Jimmy Page - Chicago 19 Chicago - Roll with It Steve Winwood - Reg Strikes Back Elton John - Confessions of a Pop Group The Style Council - Don't Be Cruel Bobby Brown - Let It Bee Voice of the Beehive - Heart Break New Edition - Instinct Iggy Pop -21 Forever Your Girl Paula Abdul - Information Society Information Society - In Full Gear Stetsasonic - Long Live the Kane Big Daddy Kane - Lullaby Book of Love -24 Fearless Eighth Wonder - Power Metal Pantera -27 Heavy Nova Robert Palmer - 20 Years of Jethro Tull Jethro Tull Box Set Eternal Nightmare Vio-lence Debut Outside the Gate Killing Joke - 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? Blind The Icicle Works - Coming Back Hard Again The Fat Boys - Dream of Life Patti Smith - Tighten Up Vol. 88 Big Audio Dynamite - Y Kant Tori Read Y Kant Tori Read featuring Tori Amos July–September DateAlbumArtistNotes JULY4 Kylie Kylie Minogue - Wide Awake in Dreamland Pat Benatar -5 South of Heaven Slayer - Temple of Low Men Crowded House - Long Cold Winter Cinderella -11 Substance Joy Division Compilation UB40 UB40 - Wild Wild West The Escape Club -12 Brian Wilson Brian Wilson -23 Now That's What I Call Music 12 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation25 View from the House Kim Carnes -26 A Salt with a Deadly Pepa Salt-N-Pepa -28 Reek of Putrefaction Carcass -? Imaginos Blue Öyster Cult - The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes Thompson Twins Remixes Cocktail Various Artists Soundtrack Train Above the City Felt - AUGUST1 Winger Winger Debut Chimes of Freedom Bruce Springsteen Live EP Punishment for Decadence Coroner - Red Rose for Gregory Gregory Isaacs - So Good Mica Paris -2 Back to Avalon Kenny Loggins - Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam - Greatest Hits Live Carly Simon Live Let It Roll Little Feat - The Rumour Olivia Newton-John - Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth Rich Mullins -4 Follow the Leader Eric B & Rakim -5 Simple Pleasures Bobby McFerrin -8 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Robert Cray - Dragon's Kiss Marty Friedman Debut Strong Enough to Bend Tanya Tucker - What Good Is Grief to a God? D.I. -9 The Indescribable Wow Sam Phillips - It Takes Two Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock Debut Out Of This World Europe -12 Hangin' Tough New Kids on the Block - Leprosy Death -13 Colin James Colin James Debut15Dangerous Age Bad Company - Homesick Heroes Charlie Daniels - Short Sharp Shocked Michelle Shocked - Soul Searchin' Glenn Frey -23Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction -Two Nuns and a Pack Mule Rapeman -24 Young Man Running Corey Hart -26 Interior Design Sparks -29 Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II Helloween -30 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time Various Artists - Chameleon Days Yanni - Danzig Danzig - Other Roads Boz Scaggs - Slow Turning John Hiatt - Vixen Vixen -? 16 Lovers Lane The Go-Betweens - Interior Design Sparks - Perpetual Burn Jason Becker Debut Viva Santana! Santana Compilation with unreleased tracks Tucker Joe Jackson SoundtrackSEPTEMBER 1Cold Lake Celtic Frost - I 2 (EYE) Michael W. Smith -5 Rank The Smiths Live Peepshow Siouxsie and the Banshees -6 ...And Justice for All Metallica -8 Suffer Bad Religion -12 Spirit of Eden Talk Talk - Ancient Heart Tanita Tikaram - Sunshine on Leith The Proclaimers - VIVIsectVI Skinny Puppy -13 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 US Truth and Soul Fishbone -16 From Enslavement to Obliteration Napalm Death -19 Watermark Enya - Staring at the Sun Level 42 UK Buster Phil Collins et al. Soundtrack State of Euphoria Anthrax - Blow My Fuse Kix - Blue Bell Knoll Cocteau Twins - New Jersey Bon Jovi - Tender Prey Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -20 Any Love Luther Vandross - BulletBoys BulletBoys - Land of Dreams Randy Newman - Workers Playtime Billy Bragg -21 B'z B'z Debut Pound for Pound Anvil -25 Lincoln They Might Be Giants -26 Revolutions Jean Michel Jarre - Peace in Our Time Big Country - Metal Rhythm Gary Numan - Strip-mine James - Boingo Alive Oingo Boingo Compilation + Live28 Let's Get It Started MC Hammer Capitol re-release of 1987 debut ? Big Time Tom Waits Live Born 2 B Blue Steve Miller - Godflesh Godflesh EP Hallowed Ground Skin Yard - Hell-O Gwar - In Battle There Is No Law Bolt Thrower - La pistola y el corazón Los Lobos - Thaw Foetus Interruptus https://www.allmusic.com/album/thaw-mw0000198241 Thaw AllMusic January 18, 2026 Harper, Jim October–December DateAlbumArtistNotes OCTOBER1 Breakwater Lennie Gallant -3 Nö Sleep at All Motörhead Live Flying Colours Chris de Burgh - Talk Is Cheap Keith Richards -4 Critical Beatdown Ultramagnetic MCs - Silhouette Kenny G -10 Rattle and Hum U2 Soundtrack; Studio + Live Introspective Pet Shop Boys - Barcelona Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé - Imagine: John Lennon John Lennon et al. Soundtrack11 The Land of Rape and Honey Ministry - Touch Sarah McLachlan Arista Records re-release14 Money for Nothing Dire Straits Compilation Broadway the Hard Way Frank Zappa Live17 Big Thing Duran Duran - Blood Fire Death Bathory - Eponymous R.E.M. Compilation New Light Through Old Windows Chris Rea Remixes Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys - Copperhead Road Steve Earle -18 Daydream Nation Sonic Youth - Everything The Bangles - Negotiations and Love Songs Paul Simon Compilation Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 Traveling Wilburys US Giving You the Best That I Got Anita Baker - Martika Martika Debut21 Look Sharp! Roxette Sweden QR Quiet Riot -24 Living Years Mike + The Mechanics US Rage T'Pau - The Serpent's Egg Dead Can Dance - I Am Kurious Oranj The Fall - Into a Secret Land Sandra -25 In the Spirit of Things Kansas - Till I Loved You Barbra Streisand - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 Frank Zappa Live27 El Ritmo Mundial Los Fabulosos Cadillacs -31 Ultramega OK Soundgarden Debut Choba B CCCP Paul McCartney USSR-only release Bug Dinosaur Jr. -? No Rest for the Wicked Ozzy Osbourne - Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88 Boney M. Remix Amnesia Richard Thompson - My Nation Underground Julian Cope - NOVEMBER1 American Dream Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 20 Harry Connick Jr. - Flag Yello - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick Slick Rick - Oasis Roberta Flack - Reach for the Sky Ratt - Shaday Ofra Haza -7 Beast from the East Dokken Live The Memphis Sessions Wet Wet Wet -8 Green R.E.M. - Straight out the Jungle The Jungle Brothers -10 California American Music Club -11 My Gift to You Alexander O'Neal -14 All or Nothing Milli Vanilli -15 Greatest Hits Journey Compilation Smashes, Thrashes & Hits Kiss Compilation Remixed +2 new tracks Gems Aerosmith Compilation The Live Album Robert Earl Keen Live The Trinity Session Cowboy Junkies -16 Goodbye Girl Miyuki Nakajima - Leprosy Death -18 Kings of Metal Manowar - Reel Life Boy Meets Girl -21 Greatest Hits Fleetwood Mac Compilation +2 new tracks Delicate Sound of Thunder Pink Floyd Live Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine Debut Now That's What I Call Music XIII (UK series) Various Artists Compilation The Land Before Time: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Bummed Happy Mondays -22 Beaches Bette Midler Soundtrack CK Chaka Khan -23 Ancient Dreams Candlemass -25 Hold an Old Friend's Hand Tiffany -28 Hold Me in Your Arms Rick Astley UK29 G N' R Lies Guns N' Roses -?Front By FrontFront 242 - Mademoiselle chante... Patricia Kaas -DECEMBER6 Almost Acoustic Jerry Garcia Live9 Empnefsi! Anna Vissi -13 The Best Years of Our Lives Neil Diamond -28 Sub Pop 200 Various Artists - Release date unknown Atomic Arena – Barren Cross Aural Guerrilla – The Ex Can't Buy a Miracle – Randy Stonehill The Chess Box – Chuck Berry (compilation) Don't Forget the Struggle, Don't Forget the Streets – Warzone The Dubliner's Dublin – The Dubliners English Rebel Songs 1381-1984 – Chumbawamba Flowers in the Rain (album) – Mad at the World Ghost Stories - The Dream Syndicate Go Off! – Cacophony Greg Howe – Greg Howe Home Is Where the Heart Is – David Grisman Honeymoon in Red – Honeymoon in Red Human Sacrifice – Vengeance Rising I Crush Bozo - Happy Flowers In America – Defunkt Irène Schweizer & Günter Sommer – Irène Schweizer and Günter Sommer I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits – My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult I Used to Be an Animal – Eric Burdon In Heat – Black 'N Blue Irish Heartbeat – Van Morrison & The Chieftains King Kobra III – King Kobra Let's Go Scare Al – Gear Daddies Let's Spin! – The Swirling Eddies Little Love Affairs – Nanci Griffith Live – Bad Brains The Live Brain Wedgie/WAD – Ween Live to Die – Bride Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams Mistress Music – Burning Spear Nothing Exceeds Like Excess – Raven Nothing Wrong – Red Lorry Yellow Lorry On Fire! – Petra Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child – Phil Keaggy Prostitute – Toyah Radio Free Albemuth – Stuart Hamm Remote – Hue & Cry Rough Night in Jericho – Dreams So Real Savvy Show Stoppers – Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet Shadowland – k.d. lang Shake Sugaree - Taj Mahal Silence Screams - REZ Soliloquy for Lilith – Nurse With Wound Something in Return – Jimmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films – Various Artists STP Not LSD – Angry Samoans Streets of This Town – Steve Forbert Swastikas for Noddy – Current 93 The Talking Animals – T-Bone Burnett Tender Pervert – Momus Time Odyssey – Vinnie Moore Today – Galaxie 500 Tommy Page – Tommy Page The Winter of '88 – Johnny Winter Workin' Band – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Yeah, Whatever – Moev Singles released in 1988 DateSongArtistJanuary 16"Man in the Mirror"Michael JacksonFebruary 25"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"Whitney HoustonApril 16"Please Don't Go Girl"New Kids on the BlockApril 18"Dirty Diana"Michael JacksonMay 16"Don't Be Cruel"Bobby BrownJune 10 "Waiting for a Star to Fall" Boy Meets Girl June 27"Girl You Know It's True"Milli VanilliJuly 11"Another Part of Me" Michael JacksonOctober 11"My Prerogative"Bobby BrownOctober 24"Smooth Criminal" Michael JacksonNovember 7"You Got It (The Right Stuff)"New Kids on the BlockDecember 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 UK UK 1 - Sep 1988 (15 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Sep 1988 (25 weeks), Holland 1 - Sep 1988 (12 weeks), Switzerland 1 - Oct 1988 (23 weeks), Poland 1 - Sep 1988 (17 weeks), Belgium 1 - Oct 1988 (10 weeks), Eire 1 for 2 weeks - Sep 1988, Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Oct 1988, Australia 1 for 1 week - Nov 1988, Europe 1 for 1 week - Oct 1988, Norway 2 - Sep 1988 (16 weeks), Italy 2 of 1988, Germany 3 - Jan 1989 (5 months), ODK Germany 3 - Sep 1988 (23 weeks) (13 weeks in top 10), Springbok 3 - Jan 1989 (4 weeks), Sweden 4 - Sep 1988 (7 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1989), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1989), Austria 6 - Nov 1988 (4 months), Japan (Tokyo) 7 - Nov 1988 (12 weeks), Canada 7 of 1988, South Africa 11 of 1989, US Radio 23 of 1988 (peak 1 8 weeks), Australia 23 of 1988, US BB 29 of 1988, US CashBox 29 of 1988, ARC 41 of 1988 (peak 1 12 weeks), POP 65 of 1988, Brazil 75 of 1989, Germany 103 of the 1980s (peak 3 16 weeks), UKMIX 770, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Sep 1988), RYM 193 of 1988 2 Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry Be Happy 1988 USA US Billboard 1 - Jul 1988 (26 weeks), Austria 1 - Nov 1988 (4 months), Germany 1 - Jan 1989 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Oct 1988 (23 weeks) (10 weeks at number 1) (15 weeks in top 10), Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Oct 1988, Australia 1 for 6 weeks - Nov 1988, Europe 1 for 6 weeks - Nov 1988, Germany 1 for 10 weeks - Nov 1988, Grammy in 1988, UK 2 - Sep 1988 (11 weeks), Holland 2 - Oct 1988 (11 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Oct 1988 (21 weeks), Belgium 2 - Oct 1988 (10 weeks), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1989), Springbok 4 - Dec 1988 (11 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1989), Norway 5 - Oct 1988 (10 weeks), South Africa 5 of 1989, Sweden 13 - Oct 1988 (4 weeks), Poland 13 - Sep 1988 (11 weeks), POP 13 of 1988, Canada 14 of 1988, Japan (Tokyo) 19 - Nov 1988 (4 weeks), Germany 23 of the 1980s (peak 1 16 weeks), Switzerland 26 of 1989, US CashBox 28 of 1988, Brazil 30 of 1988, US Radio 32 of 1988 (peak 1 8 weeks), US BB 37 of 1988, Scrobulate 92 of happy, Italy 97 of 1989, RIAA 301, RYM 94 of 1988 3 U2 Desire 1988 Ireland UK 1 - Oct 1988 (13 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 - Nov 1988 (14 weeks), Poland 1 - Oct 1988 (13 weeks), Italy 1 for 2 weeks - Oct 1988, Eire 1 for 4 weeks - Sep 1988, Canada RPM 1 for 4 weeks - Nov 1988, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1988, Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Oct 1988, Holland 2 - Sep 1988 (11 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Oct 1988 (17 weeks), Belgium 3 - Oct 1988 (9 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1989), KROQ 4 of 1988, Norway 5 - Oct 1988 (8 weeks), Canada 5 of 1988, Switzerland 9 - Oct 1988 (12 weeks), ODK Germany 9 - Oct 1988 (14 weeks) (3 weeks in top 10), Italy 10 of 1988, Germany 11 - Oct 1988 (2 months), Sweden 12 - Oct 1988 (3 weeks), Holland free40 20 of 1988, Austria 23 - Nov 1988 (1 month), ARC 34 of 1988 (peak 1 12 weeks), US Radio 54 of 1988 (peak 3 8 weeks), US BB 56 of 1988, Acclaimed 2038 (1988), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Oct 1988), RYM 65 of 1988 4 Billy Ocean Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car 1988 Trinidad/UK US Billboard 1 - Feb 1988 (20 weeks), Holland 1 - Jan 1988 (13 weeks), Norway 1 - Feb 1988 (13 weeks), Belgium 1 - Jan 1988 (15 weeks), Eire 1 for 1 week - Feb 1988, Canada RPM 1 for 4 weeks - Apr 1988, Canada 1 of 1988, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Apr 1988, Springbok 1 - Apr 1988 (23 weeks), UK 3 - Feb 1988 (11 weeks), Switzerland 3 - Mar 1988 (13 weeks), Germany 3 - Mar 1988 (3 months), ODK Germany 3 - Feb 1988 (18 weeks) (9 weeks in top 10), Australia 4 of 1988, US CashBox 6 of 1988, US Radio 6 of 1988 (peak 1 10 weeks), Sweden 7 - Feb 1988 (3 weeks), South Africa 7 of 1988, Austria 8 - Apr 1988 (4 months), US BB 15 of 1988, Poland 19 - Mar 1988 (10 weeks), ARC 23 of 1988 (peak 1 13 weeks), Switzerland 26 of 1988, Brazil 52 of 1988, OzNet 261, Germany 303 of the 1980s (peak 3 11 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Mar 1988) 5 Guns 'N Roses Sweet Child o' Mine 1988 US US Billboard 1 - Jun 1988 (24 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1988, US (Sup) Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 2008), US Radio 4 of 1988 (peak 1 10 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 2005), US BB 5 of 1988, UK 6 - Aug 1988 (52 weeks), ARC 6 of 1988 (peak 1 14 weeks), Brazil 6 of 1988, POP 6 of 1988, nuTsie 8 of 1980s, France 10 - Sep 1988 (1 week), Switzerland 15 - Jun 1989 (6 weeks), Scrobulate 15 of hard rock, Vinyl Surrender 18 (1987), Holland 24 - Sep 1988 (10 weeks), 24 in 2FM list, Sweden 27 - Jul 2008 (1 week), Belgium 29 - Oct 1989 (1 week), Poland 33 - Sep 1988 (5 weeks), TheQ 36, UK Songs 2013-23 peak 40 - Jan 2014 (5 weeks), Canada 50 of 1988, Japan (Tokyo) 72 - Nov 1988 (2 weeks), DMDB 83 (1988), Acclaimed 109 (1987), Belgium 180 of all time, Rolling Stone 196, RIAA 210, RYM 10 of 1988 U.S. best selling singles The following singles achieved the highest chart positions https://web.archive.org/web/20121015145854/http://musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1988.htm October 15, 2012 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 2 Top selling albums of the year in the US George Michael – Faith Madonna – You Can Dance Michael Jackson – Bad Guns N' Roses – Appetite for Destruction Top 40 Chart hit singles The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the U.S. in 1988.March 2024 Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s) "1-2-3" Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine June 1988 3 9 3 ( United States) See chart performance entry "Angel" Aerosmith January 1988 3 69 3 (United States) 2 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) - 14 (Canada) "Angel of Harlem" U2 December 1988 14 9 1 (Canada, New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Another Lover" Giant Steps June 1988 13 n/a 13 (United States) 10 (U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play) - 12 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles) "Another Weekend" Five Star May 1988 n/a 18 12 (Ireland) 23 (U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles) - 24 (Netherlands [Dutch Single Top 100]) "Any Love" Luther Vandross August 1988 44 31 31 (Australia) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles) - 12 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "Anything For You" Gloria Estefan March 1988 1 10 1 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 2 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]/[Single Top 100]) - 3 (U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs) - 5 (Belgium) - 11 (Australia) - 19 (Ireland) "Atmosphere" (re-release) Joy Division August 1988 n/a 34 5 (New Zealand) n/a "Blue Monday 1988" New Order April 1988 68 3 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Breakaway" Big Pig May 1988 60 89 1 (New Zealand) 7 (U.S. Billboard Dance Club SOngs) - 8 (Australia) - 10 (Canada) "Buffalo Stance" Neneh Cherry November 1988 3 3 2 (Greece, Switzerland, West Germany) See chart performance entry"Cuddly Toy" Roachford May 1988 25 4 4 (US Billboard Hot 100) See chart performance entry "I Owe You Nothing" Bros June 1988 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Knocked Out" Paula Abdul May 1988 41 21 21 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Man in the Mirror" Michael Jackson February 1988 1 21 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Never Tear Us Apart" INXS August 1988 7 24 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry "New Sensation" INXS May 1988 3 25 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Nothin' but a Good Time" Poison April 1988 6 35 6 (US Billboard Hot 100) 10 (Australia) - 19 (US Mainstream Rock [Billboard]) "Simply Irresistible" Robert Palmer June 1988 2 44 1 (Australia) 1 (U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) - 2 (U.S. Cash Box) - 2 (Canada) - 6 (New Zealand) - 10 (France) - 57 (West Germany) "Under the Milky Way" The Church February 1988 24 90 22 (Australia) See chart performance entry Other Chart hit singles 30em "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 (released in 1987) "Buffalo Stance" – Neneh Cherry "Candle In The Wind" – Elton John (live) "Cars And Girls" – Prefab Sprout "Chains of Love" – Erasure "Circle in the Sand" – Belinda Carlisle "Como Tu Mujer" – Rocío Dúrcal "Crash" – The Primitives "Cross My Heart" – Eighth Wonder "Cult of Personality" – Living Colour *Dear (Cobalt no Kanata e)" – Yōko Oginome "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 Believe the Hype" – Public Enemy "Don't Make Me Wait/Megablast" – Bomb the Bass "Don't Talk Dirty to Me" – Jermaine Stewart "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin "Dreaming" – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark "Endless Summer Nights" – Richard Marx "Est-ce que tu viens pour les vacances ?" – David et Jonathan "Ėtoile des neiges" – Simon et les Modanais "Everlasting" – Natalie Cole "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" – Poison "Everything Your Heart Desires" – Hall & Oates "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 "Free Nelson Mandela" – Special AKA "Fría Como el Viento" – Luis Miguel "Fu-ji-tsu" – Shizuka Kudo "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" – Billy Ocean "Girlfriend" – Pebbles "Girl You Know It's True" – Milli Vanilli "La Gitane (Ma tête tourne...)" – Félix Gray "Giving You the Best That I Got" – Anita Baker "Good Life" – Inner City "Good Tradition" – Tanita Tikaram "Got My Mind Set on You" – George Harrison "The Great Commandment" – Camouflage "Hands to Heaven" – Breathe "Heart" – Pet Shop Boys "Heaven Knows" - Robert Plant "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 "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 Don't Want Your Love" - Duran Duran "I Get Weak" – Belinda Carlisle "I Hate Myself for Loving You" – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "I Know You Got Soul" – Eric B. & Rakim "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 Want to Be Your Man" – Roger "I'll Always Love You" – Taylor Dayne "I'll Be There for You" – Bon Jovi "I'll Be With You" – T'Pau "Im Nin'Alu" – Ofra Haza "I'm Not Scared" – Eighth Wonder "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 (#1 Canada)https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?IdNumber=5653&app=rpm RPM Weekly 1 October 1988 Library and Archives Canada 20 March 2024 "Joe le taxi" – Vanessa Paradis (released in 1987) "Johnny B. Goode" – Judas Priest "Jour de neige" – Elsa Lunghini (#2 France)https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-02-25.pdf European Airplay Top 50 Music & Media 6 8 25 February 1989 21 29800226 World Radio History 8 October 2021 "The King of Rock 'N' Roll" – Prefab Sprout "Kokomo" – The Beach Boys "Left to My Own Devices" – Pet Shop Boys "Les Parfums de sa vie (Je l'ai tant aimée)" – Art Mengo "A Little Respect" – Erasure "Look Away" – Chicago "Love Bites" – Def Leppard (released in 1987; #1 US) "The Lover In Me" – Sheena Easton "Lucretia My Reflection" – The Sisters of Mercy "Make It Real" – The Jets (#4 US) "Make Me Lose Control" – Eric Carmen "Man in the Mirror" – Michael Jackson "Mercedes Boy" – Pebbles (#2 US) "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 (#2 Switzerland, #4 Ireland, Canada) "Pour Some Sugar on Me" – Def Leppard (released in 1987; #2 US) "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" – Mylène Farmer (#1 France) "Push It/Tramp" – Salt-N-Pepa "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" – Annie Lennox & Al Green "Quand je t'aime" – Demis Roussos (#3 FR) "Quelque chose dans mon cœur" – Elsa Lunghini (#2 FR) "Quelque part au Soleil" – Dalida "Rag Doll" – Aerosmith "Real Gone Kid" – Deacon Blue "Revolution Baby" – Transvision Vamp "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 "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 (#7 Germany; #9 Switzerland) "Shaday" – Ofra Haza "Shake Your Thang (It's Your Thing)" – Salt-N-Pepa featuring E.U. "Shattered Dreams" – Johnny Hates Jazz (USA release) "Ship of Fools" – Erasure "Ship of Fools" – Robert Plant "Sidewalking" – The Jesus and Mary Chain "Sign Your Name" – Terence Trent D'Arby (released in 1987) "Simply Irresistible" – Robert Palmer "Slip Away" – Gregg Allman "Smooth Criminal" – Michael Jackson "So Emotional" – Whitney Houston (released in 1987) "Spotlight" – Madonna "Stand" – R.E.M. "Stand Up for Your Love Rights" – Yazz "Stay on These Roads" -a-ha “Staying Together” – Debbie Gibson "Stop!" – Erasure "Stutter Rap (No Sleep 'Til Bedtime)" – Morris Minor and the Majors (#4 UK, #2 Australia) "Superfly Guy" – S-Express "Suedehead" – Morrissey "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 "Touched by the Hand of God" – New Order "Tougher Than the Rest" – Bruce Springsteen "Together Forever" – Rick Astley "Toy Soldiers" – Martika "Tribute (Right On)" – The Pasadenas "Twist and Shout" – Salt-N-Pepa "Twist in My Sobriety" – Tanita Tikaram "The Twist (Yo Twist)" – Fat Boys & Chubby Checker "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 (#9 US) "The Way You Make Me Feel" – Michael Jackson "We Call It Acieed" – D Mob featuring Gary Haisman (#3 UK) "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 I Am" – Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (released 1989 in the UK; #1 Canada) "What You See Is What You Get" – Madonna "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" – Information Society (#3 US) "When It's Love" - Van Halen "Wild World" – Maxi Priest "Wishing Well" – Terence Trent D'Arby (released in 1987) "Yé ké yé ké" – Mory Kanté (#1 Belgium, Finland, Netherlands, Spain) "You Came" – Kim Wilde "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" – Eurythmics Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)"A Little Respect" Erasure July 1988 See Chart performance entry"Ain't No Half-Steppin'" Big Daddy Kane July 1988 53 (US Billboard Hot Black Singles)"Ana Ng" They Might Be Giants April 1988 11 (US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks)"Bring the Noise" Public Enemy February 1988 56 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks)"Carolyn's Fingers" Cocteau Twins June 1988 2 (US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)}"Cars and Girls" Prefab Sprout February 1988 41 (Australia) - 44 (UK Singles Chart)"Children's Story" Slick Rick April 1988 2 (US Billboard Hot Rap Singles) - 5 (US Billboard Hot Black Singles) - 39 (US Billboard Dance Club Songs)"Coldsweat" The Sugarcubes January 1988 2 (UK Indie Charts) - 65 (UK Singles Chart)"Crash" The Primitives February 1988 See Chart performance entry"Cult of Personality" Living Colour July 1988 See Chart performance entry"Deanna" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds October 1988 4 (UK Indie Charts)"Devil Inside" INXS February 1988 See Chart performance entry"Dominion" The Sisters of Mercy February 1988 7 (Ireland) - 13 (UK Singles Chart) - 30 (US Billboard Dance Club Songs)"Elephant Stone" The Stone Roses September 1988 86 (Australia) - 4 (Ireland) - 8 (UK Singles Chart) Note: The reissue of the single charted in 1990."Everyday Is Like Sunday" Morrissey May 1988 3 (Irish Singles Chart) - 9 (UK Singles Chart) - 76 (Dutch Single Top 100)"Fast Car" Tracy Chapman April 1988 See Chart performance entry"Feed Me with Your Kiss" b/w "Keep the Glove" My Bloody Valentine September 1988 n/a"Follow the Leader Eric B. & Rakim July 1988 11 (US Billboard Dance Club Songs) - 16 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 21 (UK Singles Chart) - 75 (Netherlands)"Freak Scene" b/w "Believe Me" Dinosaur Jr. October 1988 n/a"Gigantic" Pixies August 1988 93 (UK Singles Chart)"I Believe In You" Talk Talk September 1988 43 (New Zealand) - 65 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 85 (UK Singles Chart)"If I Should Fall from Grace with God" The Pogues January 1988 See Chart performance entry"Into Temptation Crowded House December 1988 20 (Dutch Single Top 100) - 38 (New Zealand) - 59 (Australia) - 64 (Canada)"Left to My Own Devices" Pet Shop Boys November 1988 See Chart performance entry"Lucretia My Reflection The Sisters of Mercy June 1988 20 (UK Singles Charts) - 22 (Ireland) - 30 (US Billboard Dance Club Songs)"The Mercy Seat" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds June 1988 3 (UK Indie Charts)"Mother" Danzig August 1988 See Chart performance entry"New Sensation" INXS January 1988 See Chart performance entry"Never Tear Us Apart" INXS June 1988 See Chart performance entry"Orange Crush" R.E.M. December 1988 See Chart performance entry"Orpheus" David Sylvian May 1988 n/a"Reptile" The Church July 1988 94 (Australia) - 27 (U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart)"Sidewalking" The Jesus and Mary Chain March 1988 20 (Irish Singles Chart) - 23 (New Zealand) - 30 (UK Singles Chart) - 95 (Europe)"Sister Madly" Crowded House August 1988 26 (New Zealand) - 66 (Australia) - 92 (Canada)"South of Heaven" Slayer July 1988 n/a"Streets of Your Town" The Go-Betweens July 1988 30 (New Zealand) - 68 (Australia) - 80 (UK Singles Chart)"Suedehead" Morrissey February 1988 2 (Irish Singles Chart) - 5 (UK Singles Chart) - 18 (Finland) - 30 (Dutch Single Top 100) - 45 (Australia)"The Evil That Men Do" Iron Maiden August 1988 n/a"The King of Rock 'n' Roll" Prefab Sprout March 1988 6 (Ireland) - 7 (UK Singles Chart)"Teen Age Riot" b/w "Silver Rocket"/"Kissability" Sonic Youth October 1988 20 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay)"There She Goes" The La's November 1988 See Chart performance entry"Trick of the Light" The Triffids January 1988 73 (UK Singles Chart) - 77 (Australia)"Touch Me I'm Sick" Mudhoney August 1988 n/a"Under the Milky Way" The Church February 1988 See chart performance entry"Was There Anything I Could Do?" The Go-Betweens October 1988 16 (US Modern Rock Tracks [Billboard])"You Made Me Realise" My Bloody Valentine August 1988 2 (UK Indie Chart) Other Notable singles 30em "A Kissed Out Red Floatboat" - Cocteau Twins "Can You Feel It" - Fingers Inc. "Christine" - The House of Love "Destination" - The Church "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie" - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie "Hail" - Straitjacket Fits "House We Used to Live In" - The Smithereens "Is This the Life" - Cardiacs "Liar, Liar" - Debbie Harry "Nobody's Twisting Your Arm" b/w "I'm Not Always So Stupid" - The Wedding Present "Secret Garden" - T'Pau "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" – They Might Be Giants "Thousands Are Sailing" - The Pogues "Tugboat" - Galaxie 500 "Only Dreaming (Wide Awake)" - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry "Out of My Hands" - Died Pretty "Surrender" – Suicide "Towers of Strength" – Died Pretty "Viento" - Caifanes 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 – 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Australian Idol contestant Markéta Irglová, Czech songwriter March 2 James Arthur, English singer-songwriter Kate Alexa, Australian pop rock singer Esther Povitsky, American actress, singer, comedian, writer and producer Nadine Samonte, German pop singer March 6 – Agnes Carlsson, Swedish pop singerhttps://www.facebook.com/AgnesOfficial/ Agnes English biography agnescarlsson.se Agnes Carlsson and Roxy Recordings 17 January 2010 March 8 Benny Blanco, American record producer, songwriter, musician (Dating Selena Gomez) Johnny Ruffo, Australian singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and television presenter (d. 2023) March 10 – Patrick Henry Hughes, American tenor and trumpeter March 15 – Lil Dicky, American comedy-rapper March 16 – Jhené Aiko, American singer-songwriter and rapperhttps://www.grammy.com/artists/jhene-aiko/18275 Jhené Aiko Grammys 1 November 2020 March 17 – Grimes (born Claire Boucher), Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, engineer, record producer, visual artist, feminist, activist and producer (collaborator of Hana) March 18 Agir, Portuguese singer and composerhttps://www.last.fm/pt/music/AGIR/+wiki Biografia de AGIR – Músicas gratuitas, vídeos, shows, estatísticas e fotos na Last.fm. Last.fm pt 16 September 2017 Soukaina Boukries, Moroccan singer March 21 – Gabriela Isler, Venezuelan model and beauty queen March 25 Big Sean, American rapper Ryan Lewis, American musician Wesley Klein, Dutch singer March 27 – Jessie J, English singer-songwriterJessie J Nice to Meet You https://books.google.com/books?id=7OtWA2CuN7gC&pg=PT10 27 September 2012 Simon and Schuster 978-1-4711-2580-5 10 March 31 – Conrad Sewell, Australian singer-songwriter April 12 – Jessie James Decker, American country pop singer April 17 – Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer (One Ok Rock) April 19 – Alfie Arcuri, Australian singer-songwriter April 22 – Léo Santana, Brazilian singer, composer, and percussionist April 24 – Natalie Zahra, Australian Idol contestant April 25 – Sara Paxton, American singer, actress April 27 Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer Lizzo, born Melissa Jefferson, American singer-songwriter, actress, rapper and activist Pop Wansel, American record producer, musician and songwriter April 29 Younha, Japanese and Korean pop singer Michael Ray, American country music singer-songwriter May 5 Adele, English singer-songwriterhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jan/27/popandrock.britawards2008 Mad about the girl The Guardian London 27 January 2008 23 April 2010 Sylvia Patterson https://web.archive.org/web/20101120110927/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jan/27/popandrock.britawards2008 20 November 2010 live Brooke Hogan, American actress, singer-songwriter and wrestler Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress and music video director (Sumo Cyco) May 8 – Trisha Paytas, American Internet personality, actress and singer-songwriter May 11 Ace Hood, American rapper Nikki Cleary, American pop-rock singer May 13 – Casey Donovan, Australian Idol winner, 2004 May 15 – Lunice, Canadian record producer and DJ (TNGHT) May 18 – Tanner Wayne, American drummer (Underminded, Chiodos and Scary Kids Scaring Kids) May 19 - Anyma, American DJ and producer (Tale of Us) May 21 – Park Gyu-ri, South Korean idol singerMark Russell K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution 94 https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ 29 April 2014 Tuttle Publishing 978-1-4629-1411-1 May 22 – Roy English, also known as Jagwar Twin, American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer May 24 – Billy Gilman, American country singer May 27 - J-Min, South Korean singer-songwriter June 1 Héloïse Letissier, French singer-songwriter (Christine and the Queens) Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer June 2 Danny Parker, American songwriter Bảo Thy, Vietnamese singer and actress June 3 – Dave East, American rapper June 6 – Neha Kakkar, Indian pop singer June 7 – Michael Cera, Canadian actor, comedian, producer and singer-songwriter((Editors of Chase's)) Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA313 24 September 2019 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-64143-316-7 313 June 9 – Mae Whitman, American actress, voice actress and singerhttp://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99026349.html Whitman, Mae, 1988- Library of Congress Name Authority File 2018-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20180716082409/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99026349.html 2018-07-16 live June 11 – Weyes Blood, American musician June 12 – Dave Melillo, American singer-songwriter June 14 – Kevin McHale, American actor, singer, dancer and radio personalityGlee: Kevin McHale http://www.wetpaint.com/glee/kevin-mchale live https://web.archive.org/web/20150108122106/http://www.wetpaint.com/glee/kevin-mchale January 8, 2015 Wetpaint June 16 Banks, American singer-songwriterhttps://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/jillian_rose_banks_born_1988_18362295 Jillian Rose Banks, Born 06/16/1988 in California California Birth Index June 16, 2018 Keshia Chanté, Canadian urban singer June 18 – Josh Dun, American multi-instrumentalist and producer (House Of Heroes, Twenty One Pilots)rhttp://www.fueledbyramen.com/news/happy-birthday-josh-dun-93901 Happy Birthday Josh Dun! Fueled by Ramen June 18, 2013 June 27, 2014 May 5, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160505155913/http://www.fueledbyramen.com/news/happy-birthday-josh-dun-93901 dead June 20 – May J., Japanese R&B singer June 21 – Beatrice Egli, Swiss singer June 22 Miliyah Kato, Japanese R&B singer Vicky Psarakis, Greek-American vocalist-singer-songwriter, lead singer of The Agonist June 23 Isabella Leong, Hong Kong singer, actress and model Jasmine Kara, Swedish singer-songwriter June 24 – Nichkhun Horvejkul, Thai singer 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 June 30 – Jai Paul, English songwriter, record producer and recording artist July 2 – Amali Ward, Australian Idol contestant July 6 Katy Tiz, British singer Brittany Underwood, American actress and singer July 7 – Kaci Brown, American pop/R&B singer July 8 Reinaldo Zavarce, Venezuelan actor and singer Shocka, English rapper and mental health advocate 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, English singer-songwriter and member of N-DubzTulisa - The Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=4TatDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT9 6 August 2012 John Blake 978-1-78219-043-1 9 Colton Haynes, American actor, model and singer Mitch Rowland, American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Harry Styles) July 17 – Anderson East, American rhythm and blues singer/songwriter July 19 – Charlene Soraia, English singer-songwriter and mental health activist July 20 – Julianne Hough, American dancer, singer and actressJoel Whitburn Joel Whitburn's Music Stars: Brief Bios of Every Recording Artist who Ever Charted https://books.google.com/books?id=V-NWAAAAYAAJ 2009 H. Leonard Corporation 978-0-89820-176-5 121 July 24 – Han Seung-yeon, South Korean singer and actressMark Russell K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution 94 https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ April 29, 2014 Tuttle Publishing 978-1-4629-1411-1 July 25 – Sarah Geronimo, Filipina pop singer July 28 – Nick Santino, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (A Rocket to the Moon) July 31 – Ruston Kelly, American country singer-songwriter (Kacey Musgraves) August 1 – Olia Tira, Moldovan singer August 2 Chris Sebastian, Australian singer-songwriter (two time contestant of The Voice Australia, one time on Seal get to round 16 (2012) and won on team Kelly Rowland (2020), brother of Guy Sebastian) Brittany Hargest, American pop singer August 3 Sierra Ferrell, American singer-songwriter and musician Shelley FKA DRAM, American rapper, singer, and record producer August 4 – Tom Parker, English singer-songwriter (The Wanted) (d. 2022) August 11 – Hoàng Thùy Linh, Vietnamese singer and actress August 13 – MØ, Danish singer-songwriter August 16 – Rumer Willis, American singer and actress August 18 – G-Dragon, Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and producer August 19 – Hoodie Allen, American rapper, singer-songwriter August 21 Paris Bennett, American singer Kacey Musgraves, American country singer-songwriter((Editors of Chase's)) Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA421 24 September 2019 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-64143-316-7 421 August 23 – Alice Glass, Canadian singer-songwriter August 24 – Kelly Lee Owens, Welsh electronic musician August 25 – Alexandra Burke, English singer-songwriter and actress, X Factor winnerAlexandra Burke - A Star is Born https://books.google.com/books?id=xzitDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT11 15 October 2009 John Blake 978-1-78418-520-6 11 August 26 Erik Hassle, Swedish pop singer-songwriter Evan Ross, American actor and musician (Diana Ross, Ashlee Simpson) August 27 – Alexa Vega, American musical performer, actor and pop singer September 3 – Devon Welsh, Canadian singer-songwriter (Majical Cloudz, Grimes) September 6 Max George, English singer-songwriter and actor Gustav Schäfer, German rock drummer (Tokio Hotel) September 12 Amanda Jenssen, Swedish singer Petros Iakovidis, Greek singer Matt Martians, American record producer September 14 – Muni Long, American singer and songwriter September 16 – Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter September 19 – Reigan Derry, Australian singer-songwriter September 22 – Bethany Dillon, American Christian-music artist Sana Saeed, Indian actress September 26 James Blake, English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer (Jameela Jamil, Theresa Waymen)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH2Bw8dusHg https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pH2Bw8dusHg 2021-12-11 live James Blake on his 23rd Birthday, Limit To Your Love YouTube 26 September 2011 18 February 2013 Lilly Singh, Canadian vlogger, singer, rapper and artist September 27 – Alma, French singer-songwriterHB-Abada Gabrielle Eurovision 2017 : ALMA, itinéraire d'une enfant de Miami gâtée par la voix... Le Courrier de Floride 2 April 2017 https://courrierdefloride.com/2017/04/02/eurovision-2017-alma-itineraire-dune-enfant-de-miami-gatee-voix/ 14 April 2017 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20170415013425/https://courrierdefloride.com/2017/04/02/eurovision-2017-alma-itineraire-dune-enfant-de-miami-gatee-voix/ 2017-04-15 dead September 28 Esmée Denters, Dutch singer and YouTuber Hana Mae Lee, American actress, model, singer and fashion designer (Pitch Perfect) September 30 – Jyongri, Japanese pop singer October 2 – Andreas Moe, Swedish singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist October 2 – Brittany Howard, American singer-songwriter October 3 – A$AP Rocky, American rapper, producer, part of the ASAP mobASAP Rocky https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/soundof/2012/artists/asaprocky/#p00mbxh5 BBC June 17, 2013 December 30, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111230132514/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/soundof/2012/artists/asaprocky/#p00mbxh5 live (Rihanna) October 4 Jessica Benson, American R&B singer Melissa Benoist, American actress and singerRose Lacey O'Connell Michael Sandberg Bryn Elise Stanhope Kate Goldberg Lesley August 28, 2015 Next Gen Fall TV: 10 Stars Poised for Breakouts The Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/next-gen-fall-tv-10-817493 live December 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20161129043945/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/next-gen-fall-tv-10-817493 November 29, 2016 October 5 – Kevin Olusola, Nigerian musician, beatboxer, cellist, rapper, record producer and singer-songwriter October 5 – Maja Salvador, Filipino actress and television personality October 5 – Bahar Kizil, German singer and songwriter October 11 – Knut Eirik Kokkin, Norwegian singer October 12 – Calum Scott, English singer-songwriter October 13 – Đông Nhi, Vietnamese singer October 14 Kobra Paige, Canadian singer and songwriter Pia Toscano, American singer 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 A$AP Ferg, American rapper, part of the ASAP mob Balqees, Emirati singer October 28 – Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer October 30 – Janel Parrish, American actress and singer November 2 – Elgiazar Farashyan, Belarusian singer November 6 Emma Stone, American actress, musical star and singer Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer and drag queen, Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winnerhttp://conchitawurst.com/bio/ Conchita Wurst: Biography 26 May 2015 ConchitaWurst.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150525014439/http://conchitawurst.com/bio/ 25 May 2015 November 7 – Tinie Tempah, English rapper, singer-songwriterhttp://www.capitalfm.com/artists/tinie-tempah/photos/facts/ Tinie Tempah: Ten Facts About The 'Trampoline' Rapper Capitalfm.com 27 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923124456/http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/tinie-tempah/photos/facts/ 23 September 2015 live November 8 – Pauli Lovejoy, English drummer, recording artist, music director and model November 10 Chisaki Hama, Japanese singer Cazzi Opeia, Swedish DJ, producer, singer and songwriter November 16 Siva Kaneswaran, Irish singer, model, actor and songwriter Sampha, English singer-songwriter and record producer November 26 – Blake Harnage, American songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer November 28 – Scarlett Pomers, American singer/actress November 30 – Eir Aoi, Japanese singerhttp://www.aoieir.com/bio/ Biography 藍井エイル（Aoi Eir）Official Website March 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130205004715/http://www.aoieir.com/bio/ February 5, 2013 live December 1 Tyler Joseph, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and rapper (Twenty One Pilots) Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer and model (lolawolf)https://books.google.com/books?id=vq4DAAAAMBAJ&q=zoe+kravitz+born+venice&pg=PA57 Bonet, Kravitz Have Baby Girl 7 Lbs., Name Her Zoe Jet December 19, 1988 57 Johnson Publishing Company December 6 – Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian musicianhttp://www.allstarz.ee/vaata_artiste/502.html Sandra Nurmsalu Allstarz.ee et 31 May 2019 December 7 Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer (Sucker Punch, God Help the Girl, Plush) Toru Yamashita, Japanese singer (One Ok Rock) Benjamin Clementine, English-born singer-songwriter Min, Vietnamese singer December 12 – Hahm Eun-jung, South Korean singerhttp://www.hancinema.net/korean_Ham_Eun-jeong.php Ham Eun-jeong (함은정, Korean actress, singer) HanCinema en-US 2017-11-20 December 14 Awkwafina, American rapper, comedienne, actor Vanessa Hudgens, American actor, singer, dancer December 16 – Park Seo-joon, South Korean actor and singer December 17 – Jessi, American-South Korean rapper and singer (Uptown) December 19 – Casey Burgess, Australian singer-songwriter and actress December 20 – Mária Čírová, Slovak singer December 21 – Alexa Goddard, English pop/R&B singer, YouTuber December 23 – Eri Kamei, Japanese pop singer December 25 – Marco Mengoni, Italian singer-songwriterhttps://notiziemusica.it/la-vita-privata-di-marco-mengoni/curiosita/ December 25, 2020 Tutto su Marco Mengoni, una delle più belle voci del nostro pop Notizie Musica Lorenzo Martinotti it February 15, 2021 December 26 – Veronika Eberle, German violinist December 27 Hayley Williams, American singer-songwriter, musician, businesswoman and activist (Paramore) Lou Yixiao, Chinese singer December 28 – Florrie, English singer-songwriter, drummer and model. December 30 – Leon Jackson, Scottish singer December 31 – Holly Holyoake, Welsh classical soprano singer Deaths January 3 – John Dopyera, stringed instrument maker, 94 January 19 – Evgeny Mravinsky, conductorObituary for Yevgeny Mravinsky The Musical Times 129 1741 151 1988 February 3 – Radamés Gnattali, Brazilian composer, 81Gnattali Nelly Radamés Gnattali: Sonatina em ré maior para flauta e piano https://books.google.com/books?id=yrb0nJ2OXB4C&pg=PA4 17 January 2026 1997 Irmãos Vitale Rio de Janeiro 978-85-85188-71-9 4–5 Radamés Gnattali February 9 – Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor and opera administrator February 14 – Frederick Loewe, composer of musicals, 86Steven Suskin Show Tunes, 1905-1991: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers : Revised and Expanded https://books.google.com/books?id=BpoYAAAAIAAJ 1992 Limelight Editions 978-0-87910-146-6 364 February 16 – Jean Carignan, fiddler, 71 February 17 – Alexander Bashlachev, Russian singer, 27 (suicide by jumping)Birgit Beumers Pop Culture Russia! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle Bloomsbury Publishing 2005 9781851094646 xvi February 24 – Memphis Slim, blues musician, 72 February 27 – Gene de Paul, pianist and composer, 68 March 6 – Jeanne Aubert, singer and actress, 88 March 7 – Divine, singer and drag entertainer, 42 (heart failure)Bernard Jay Not Simply Divine https://books.google.com/books?id=m0jQr2HfvsoC&pg=PA12 10 August 1994 Simon and Schuster 978-0-671-88467-3 12 March 8 – Henryk Szeryng, violinistKrajowa Agencja Informacyjna (Poland) Biuletyn informacyjny https://books.google.com/books?id=9AfVAAAAMAAJ 1988 5 March 10 – William Wordsworth, Scottish composer March 10 – Andy Gibb, singer, 30 (myocarditis)https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-12-mn-868-story.html Gibb's Death Tied to Natural Causes 12 March 1988 LA Times UPI 19 April 2012 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 20 - Frederick Sharp, English baritone, 762002 Sharp, Frederick (Charles) Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O003372 Elizabeth Forbes Sharp, Frederick April 29 – James McCracken, tenor, 61 May 1 – Claude Demetrius, songwriter May 10 – Ciarán Bourke, folk musician (The Dubliners), 53 (brain damage)Dubliner Ciarán Bourke https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0502/959721-dubliner-ciaran-bourke/ 2026-01-16 RTÉ Archives en May 13 – Chet Baker, jazz musician, 58 (head injuries from fall)Jeroen de Valk Chet Baker: His Life and Music https://books.google.com/books?id=kG0ZAQAAIAAJ 2000 Berkeley Hills Books 978-1-893163-13-3 2 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 12 – Marcel Poot, Belgian composer, 87 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, 64The Annual Obituary St. Martin's 1993 944 Nico, German singer, 49 (brain haemorrhage)The New York Times Biographical Service https://books.google.com/books?id=_j4oAQAAIAAJ 1988 New York Times & Arno Press 830 July 20 – Richard Holm, German operatic tenor July 28 – Pete Drake, American record producer and pedal steel guitar player, 55 (emphysema) August – Tenor Saw, dancehall artist, 21 (road accident) August 8 – Félix Leclerc, folk singer, 74National Library of Canada National Library News: Nouvelles de la Bibliothèque Nationale https://books.google.com/books?id=ILXiAAAAMAAJ 1988 National Library of Canada 1 August 9 – Giacinto Scelsi, composer and poet, 83Mark Morris A Guide to 20th-century Composers https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph8KAQAAMAAJ 1996 Methuen 978-0-413-45601-4 268 August 14 Roy Buchanan, American guitarist, 48 (suicide) Robert Calvert, South African writer, poet, and musician, 43 (heart attack)Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples https://books.google.com/books?id=8gkKAQAAMAAJ 2000 MUZE 978-0-19-531373-4 141 August 19 – Sir Frederick Ashton, British choreographer, 83The New York Times Biographical Service https://books.google.com/books?id=_j4oAQAAIAAJ 1988 New York Times & Arno Press 923 August 22 – Frances James, operatic soprano, 85 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frances-james-emc Frances James Susan Wilson Encyclopedia of Music in Canada Historica Canada 18 January 2026 August 24 Kenneth Leighton, English composer, 58 (cancer) 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 pianistRoberge, Marc-André (2020). Opus sorabjianum: The Life and Works of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. Retrieved 1 August 2020. October 18 – Sir Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer October 19 – Son House, blues musicianNick Talevski The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries https://books.google.com/books?id=beMTAQAAIAAJ 1999 Omnibus 978-0-7119-7548-4 195 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, 82John Warrack Ewan West The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera https://books.google.com/books?id=WbDbuLJPKBgC&pg=PA136 7 March 1996 Oxford University Press, USA 978-0-19-280028-2 136 Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer, 86 November 24 – Irmgard Seefried, operatic soprano, 69Paul Griffiths The Penguin Companion to Classical Music https://books.google.com/books?id=NHnuAAAAMAAJ 2005 Penguin Group 978-0-14-051559-6 729 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)Brock Helander The Rockin' '60s: The People who Made the Music https://books.google.com/books?id=0A31AAAAMAAJ 1999 Schirmer Books 978-0-02-864873-6 274 December 13 – André Jaunet, 77, French-born Swiss flautist 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 December 26 – Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer, 91Vincent J. Cincotta Zarzuela: The Spanish Lyric Theatre : a Complete Reference https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxMYAQAAIAAJ 2003 University of Wollongong Press 978-0-86418-700-0 85 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 Country Music Association Awards 1988 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Charts List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1988 1988 in British music#Charts List of Oricon number-one singles of 1988 See also Record labels established in 1988 References 35em Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year