This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.
[edit] Events - January 3 - The Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, California, USA, is broadcast.
- February 13 - Michael Jackson purchases a ranch in Santa Ynez, California, USA. He calls his new home "Neverland".
- February 16 - Billy Vera receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
- February 17 - A 12-year old Mötley Crüe fan in Florida, USA, is badly burned while trying to imitate a stunt in the band's Live Wire music video. Mötley Crüe issue a statement saying the band's stunts should not be tried at home.[citation needed]
- February 24 - Alice Cooper announces that he is going to run for Governor of Arizona, USA.
- March 10 - During a concert in Perth, Western Australia, George Michael thanks Tipper Gore, head of the Parents Music Resource Center, for helping the sales of his Faith album.[citation needed]
- March 12 - Record producer Jimmy Iovine presents the Special Olympics with a donation of US$5 million, which is raised with the release of the A Very Special Christmas album.
- March 13 - The 77s, House of Freaks and The Alarm perform at Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California, USA. Neil Young is in attendance.[citation needed]
- April 19 - Former rock and roll singer Sonny Bono is inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs, California, USA.
- April 30 - The Eurovision Song Contest, held in the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion, Dublin, is won by French-Canadian singer Celine Dion, representing Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi".
- May 1 - Citing the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, a judge drops all charges filed against singer Billy Joel. Joel was being sued by Jack Powers for defamation following an interview with Playboy magazine in which he called Powers a "creep".[citation needed]
- June 18 - Depeche Mode's final concert of their world tour takes place in the Rose Bowl stadium near Los-Angeles with 80 000 spectators which is the significant moment in the bands career.
- July 1 - Quartetto Cetra play their last concert.
- August 20 - Two people are crushed to death at the annual Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, UK. during the Guns N' Roses set.
- August 28 - While travelling down the Ventura Freeway in southern California, USA, the motorhome carrying the Charlie Daniels band bursts into flames. Daniels and his band members escape without injury.
- September 10 - Billboard magazine publishes its Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for the first time.
- October 10 - Genesis'88 stage their first illegal Acid House Party in the UK.
- November - The "Guess The Eddies" contest begins, inviting people to guess the identities of the six members of the rock band The Swirling Eddies.
- November 24 - Keith Richards and The X-Pensive Winos open their U.S. tour in Atlanta, Georgia.[citation needed]
- December 4 - Singer Roy Orbison gives his last concert in Akron, Ohio, USA, before his death from a massive heart attack.
- December 28 - A few days before the release of her new album Like A Prayer, Madonna files assault charges against her husband, Sean Penn. Though she later drops the charges, the couple separate three days later and are divorced in the following year.
- December 31 - Genesis'88 & Sunrise/Back to the Future stage the biggest acid house party in the world in a warehouse in Hackney, London, UK, with 5,000 people attending.[citation needed]
- Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra.[1]
- Andrew Davis becomes musical director of Glyndebourne.
- Acid house music sweeps the UK. The year would later be known as the "Second Summer of Love".
- Compact discs outsell vinyl records for the first time.
- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" experiences a surge in popularity in the USA sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures dancing to the song. The California Raisins version of the song peaks at number 84 on Billboard's Hot 100.
- Fish leaves British neo-progressive rock group Marillion.
[edit] Bands formed [edit] Bands disbanded [edit] Albums released [edit] January [edit] February [edit] August [edit] September [edit] October [edit] November [edit] December [edit] Release Date Unknown [edit] Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1988. | # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries | | 1 | Phil Collins | A Groovy Kind of Love | 1988 |  | UK 1 - Sep 1988, US BB 1 - Sep 1988, Holland 1 - Sep 1988, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1988, Poland 1 - Sep 1988, Éire 1 - Sep 1988, Norway 2 - Sep 1988, Italy 2 of 1988, Germany 3 - Jan 1989, Sweden 4 - Sep 1988, Austria 6 - Nov 1988, South Africa 11 of 1989, Australia 23 of 1988, US BB 26 of 1988, US CashBox 29 of 1988, POP 65 of 1988, Germany 103 of the 1980s, RYM 193 of 1988 | | 2 | Bobby McFerrin | Don't Worry Be Happy | 1988 |  | US BB 1 - Aug 1988, Austria 1 - Nov 1988, Germany 1 - Jan 1989, Australia 1 for 7 weeks May 1989, Grammy in 1988, UK 2 - Sep 1988, Holland 2 - Oct 1988, Switzerland 2 - Oct 1988, Norway 5 - Oct 1988, South Africa 5 of 1989, Sweden 13 - Oct 1988, Poland 13 - Sep 1988, POP 13 of 1988, Germany 23 of the 1980s, US CashBox 28 of 1988, Scrobulate 92 of happy, RYM 94 of 1988, Italy 97 of 1989, RIAA 301 | | 3 | Belinda Carlisle | Heaven is a Place On Earth | 1988 | | UK 1 - Dec 1987, US BB 1 - Oct 1987, Sweden 1 - Jan 1988, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1988, Norway 1 - Jan 1988, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1988, Germany 4 - Jan 1988, South Africa 4 of 1988, Holland 7 - Jan 1988, Austria 10 - Mar 1988, Australia 10 of 1988, Poland 15 - Nov 1987, US BB 17 of 1987, Italy 31 of 1988, RYM 53 of 1987, POP 72 of 1987, Germany 344 of the 1980s | | 4 | U2 | Desire | 1988 |  | UK 1 - Oct 1988, Poland 1 - Oct 1988, Éire 1 - Sep 1988, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1988, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Apr 1989, Holland 2 - Sep 1988, US BB 3 - Oct 1988, KROQ 4 of 1988, Norway 5 - Oct 1988, Switzerland 9 - Oct 1988, Italy 10 of 1988, Germany 11 - Oct 1988, Sweden 12 - Oct 1988, Austria 23 - Nov 1988, RYM 65 of 1988, Acclaimed 2038 | | 5 | Enya | Orinoco Flow | 1988 | | UK 1 - Oct 1988, Holland 1 - Nov 1988, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1988, Éire 1 - Oct 1988, Scrobulate 1 of new age, Poland 2 - Dec 1988, Germany 2 - Jan 1989, Sweden 3 - Nov 1988, Norway 5 - Nov 1988, Austria 8 - Dec 1988, France 9 - Oct 1988, RYM 18 of 1988, US BB 24 - Mar 1989, POP 34 of 1989, Germany 242 of the 1980s | [edit] U.S. Best Selling Singles The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the U.S. of 1988. [edit] Top 5 selling albums of the year in the US - George Michael - Faith
- Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing
- Def Leppard - Hysteria
- Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
- Michael Jackson - Bad
[edit] Top hits [edit] Classical music [edit] Musical theater [edit] Births - January 14:
- January 25 - Yasmien Kurdi, Fillipina pop singer
- February 3 - Cho Kyu Hyun, Korean pop singer
- February 7 - Ai Kago, Japanese pop singer
- February 18 - Shim Chang Min, Korean pop singer
- February 20 - Rihanna, Barbadian pop singer
- February 23 - Ashley Cooper, New Zealand pop singer
- February 27 - JD Natasha, American Latin music artist
- February 28 - Milly Edwards, Australian Idol contestant
- March 2 - Nadine Samonte, German pop singer
- March 6 - Agnes Carlsson, Swedish pop singer
- March 10 - Patrick Henry Hughes, American tenor and trumpeter
- April 6 - Raymond David Henriksen, Norwegian singer
- April 24 - Natalie Zahra, Australian Idol contestant
- April 25 - Sara Paxton, American singer/actress
- April 29 - Younha, Japanese & Korean pop singer
- May 2 - Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese jazz musician
- May 5 - Adele, English singer
- May 5 - Brooke Hogan, American pop singer
- May 5 - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian pop singer
- May 13 - Casey Donovan, Australian Idol winner
- May 17 - Kate Markin, Best Aussie Out winner
- May 24 - Billy Gilman, American country singer
- June 1 - Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer
- June 6 - Neha Kakkar, Indian pop singer
- June 12 - Dave Melillo, American singer-songwriter
- June 16 - Keshia Chante, Canadian urban singer
- June 19 - Magdalena Diaków, Polish pop singer
- June 20 - May J., Japanese R&B singer
- June 22 - Miliyah Kato, Japanese R&B singer
- June 29 - Martina Šindlerová, Slovak pop singer
- July 2 - Amali Ward, Australian Idol contestant
- July 7 - Kaci Brown, American pop/R&B singer
- July 12 - Melissa O'Neil, Canadian Idol winner
- July 25 - Sarah Geronimo, Fillipina pop singer
- August 2 - Brittany Hargest, American pop singer
- August 14 - Shahd Barmada, Arabian Idol contestant
- August 27 - Alexa Vega, American pop singer
- August 31 - Megan McCauley, American pop singer
- September 6 - Gustav Schäfer, Drummer to German band Tokio Hotel
- September 16: Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter
- September 22 - Bethany Dillon, American Christian music artist
- September 30 - Jyongri, Japanese pop singer
- October 4 - Jessica Benson, American R&B singer
- October 11 - Knut Eirik Kokkin, Norwegian singer
- October 20 - Risa Niigaki, Japanese pop singer
- October 23 - Caleigh Peters, American pop singer
- October 24 - Cory Bold, American hip hop musician
- November 10 - Chisaki Hama, Japanese singer
- November 28 - Scarlett Pomers, American singer/actress
- December 19 - Paulina Gretzky, American pop singer
- December 23 - Eri Kamei, Japanese pop singer
- December 27 - Hayley Williams, American singer, Paramore
- December 30 - James Hall, British singer-songwriter
[edit] Deaths - January 13 - Radamés Gnattali, Brazilian composer
- January 15 - Andy Gibb, singer, 30 (myocarditis)
- January 19 - Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor
- February 9 - Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor and opera administrator
- February 14 - Frederic Loewe, composer of musicals
- February 27 - Gene de Paul, pianist and composer
- March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, singer and actress
- March 7 - Divine, singer and drag entertainer, 42 (heart failure)
- March 8 - Henryk Szeryng, violinist
- March 10 - William Wordsworth, Scottish composer
- March 15 - Frank Perkins, American song composer
- March 20 - Gil Evans, Canadian jazz pianist, composer and bandleader
- April 3 - Kai Ewans, Danish jazz musician
- April 7 - Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer
- April 9:
- April 15 - Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist, 33 (complications of AIDS)
- April 29 - James McCracken, tenor
- May 1 - Claude Demetrius, songwriter
- May 10 - Ciaran Bourke, folk musician (The Dubliners), 53 (brain damage)
- May 13 - Chet Baker, jazz musician, 58 (head injuries from fall)
- May 21 - Sammy Davis, Sr., vaudeville performer
- May 22 - Dennis Day, US singer
- June 25 - Hillel Slovak, Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarist, 26 (speedball overdose)
- July 2 - Eddie Vinson, jazz/blues musician
- July 18
- July 20 - Richard Holm, German operatic tenor
- August 8 - Félix Leclerc, folk singer
- August 9 - Giacinto Scelsi, composer
- August 14 - Roy Buchanan, American guitarist, 48 (suicide)
- August 24
- August - Tenor Saw, dancehall artist, 22 (road accident)
- September 23 - Arwel Hughes, composer and conductor
- September 26 - Lord Melody, calypso musician
- October 7 - Billy Daniels, singer
- October 15 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, British Parsi composer, music journalist and pianist
- October 18 - Sir Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer
- October 19 - Son House, blues musician
- October 20 - Mogens Wöldike, Danish conductor
- November 11 - William Ifor Jones, conductor
- November 13:
- November 26 - Antonio Estévez, composer
- December 2 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
- December 6 - Roy Orbison, singer, 52 (heart attack)
- December 16 - Sylvester, R&B singer, disco performer, 41 (complications from AIDS)
- December 21 - Paul Avron Jeffreys , Cockney Rebel
- December 25 - Evgeny Golubev, Russian composer
[edit] Most Critically Acclaimed Songs of 1988 This list is taken from Acclaimedmusic.net.[2] Songs - 1. "Teenage Riot", Sonic Youth
- 2. "F*** tha Police", N.W.A.
- 3. "Freak Scene", Dinosaur Jr.
- 4. "It Takes Two", Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
- 5. "Fast Car", Tracy Chapman
- 6. "Buffalo Stance", Neneh Cherry
- 7. "Gigantic", Pixies
- 8. "Don't Believe the Hype", Public Enemy
- 9. "Straight Outta Compton", N.W.A.
- 10. "Waiting Room", Fugazi
[edit] Awards [edit] Grammy Awards [edit] Country Music Association Awards [edit] Eurovision Song Contest [edit] Charts [edit] See also [edit] References - ^ unattributed (undated). "Curriculum vitae (conductor)". unidentified publisher. http://www.peter-ruzicka.de/eng/peter_ruzicka_eng.html. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
- ^ Acclaimed Music
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