1988 IN MUSIC

Contents

Events

Bands formed, careers began

Bands Disbanded

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

Top hits

Classical music

Musical theater

Births

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Charts

List of No. 1 Hits

See also

External links

Events

★ Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra.

★ Andrew Davis becomes musical director of Glyndebourne.

★ January – Broadcast of the Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, California.

★ Acid house music sweeps the UK. The year would later be known as the "Second Summer of Love".

★ February 13 - Michael Jackson purchases a ranch in Santa Ynez, California. He calls his new home "Neverland".

★ February 16 - Billy Vera receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame

★ February 17 - A 12-year old Mötley Crüe fan in Florida is badly burned while trying to imitate a stunt in the band's "Live Wire" music video. The boy suffered burns over ten percent of his body. Mötley Crüe issued a statement saying the band's stunts should not be tried at home.

★ February 24 - Alice Cooper announces that he is going to run for Governor of Arizona.

★ March 10 - During a concert in Perth, Western Australia, George Michael thanks Tipper Gore, head of the Parents Music Resource Center, for helping the sales of his ''Faith'' album.

★ March 12 - Record producer Jimmy Iovine presents the Special Olympics with a donation of $5 million, which was raised with the release of the ''A Very Special Christmas'' album.

★ April to July - Suicidal Tendencies records ''How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today'', which will be a blockbuster album on September 13

★ March 13 - The 77s, House of Freaks and The Alarm perform at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California. Neil Young is in attendance.

★ April 19 - Former rock and roll singer Sonny Bono is inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs, California.

★ May 1 - Citing the 1st Amendment, a judge drops all charges filed against singer Billy Joel. Joel was being sued by Jack Powers for defamation following an interview with ''Playboy magazine'' in which he called Powers a "creep".

★ July 1 - Quartetto Cetra's last concert.

★ August 20 - Two people are crushed to death at the annual Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington during the Guns N' Roses set.

★ August 28 - While traveling down the Ventura Freeway in Southern California, the motor home carrying the Charlie Daniels band bursts into flames. Daniels and his band members escape without injury.

★ October 10 - Acid House: Genesis'88 stage their first illegal Acid House Party in UK.

★ Alice Cooper begins production of his definitive comeback album ''Trash''.

★ November - The "Guess The Eddies" contest begins, inviting people to guess the identities of the six members of the rock band The Swirling Eddies.

★ Compact discs outsell vinyl records for the first time.

★ "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" experiences a surge in popularity sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures dancing to the song. The California Raisins version of the song peaks at No. 84 on Billboard's Hot 100.

★ December 4 - singer Roy Orbison gives his last concert in Akron, Ohio.

★ December 28 - Madonna files assault charges against husband Sean Penn. Though she later drops the charges, the couple separate three days later, and are divorced in 1989.

★ December 31 - Acid House: Genesis & Sunrise/Back to the Future stage the biggest Acid Party in the world in a warehouse in Hackney, UK (5,000 people)

Bands formed, careers began

★ After 7

★ Anal Cunt

★ Barenaked Ladies

★ B'z

★ Baha Men

★ Cypress Hill

★ Deftones

★ Dream Warriors

★ The Fauves

★ Guttermouth

★ Jesus Jones

★ Morrissey begins solo career

★ Mr. Big

★ Nine Inch Nails

★ Pennywise

★ The Smashing Pumpkins

★ Sublime

★ The Sundays

★ The Swirling Eddies

★ Traveling Wilburys

★ Turbonegro

★ Warrior Soul

Bands Disbanded

★ The Bangles (reformed in 2000)

★ Big Black

★ Boøwy

★ The Cars

★ The Communards

★ The Damned

★ Dokken

★ Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)

★ Face to Face

★ Fish leaves British neo-progressive rock group Marillion.

★ Heaven 17

★ The Housemartins

★ Hüsker Dü

★ Lords of the New Church

★ The Sound

★ Supertramp

★ Til Tuesday

Albums released

★ ''101'' - Depeche Mode

★ ''Look Sharp!'' - Roxette

★ ''47 Song Demo'' - Anal Cunt

★ ''Riders Radio Theater'' - Riders in the Sky

★ ''Shada y'' - Ofra Haza

★ ''50 Gates Of Wisdom'' - Ofra Haza

★ ''Blow Up Your Video'' - AC/DC

★ ''Forever Your Girl'' - Paula Abdul (début)

★ ''Moss Side Story'' - Barry Adamson

★ ''California'' - American Music Club

★ ''Y Kant Tori Read'' - Tori Amos (début)

★ ''State of Euphoria'' - Anthrax

★ ''Pound For Pound'' - Anvil

★ ''69'' - A R Kane

★ ''Saints Will Conquer'' - Armored Saint

★ ''Sinta'' - Asin

★ ''Them'' - King Diamond

★ ''The Dark Sides'' - King Diamond

★ ''Hold Me In Your Arms'' - Rick Astley

★ ''Suffer'' - Bad Religion

★ ''Sour Mash'' - Beasts of Bourbon

★ ''Perpetual Burn'' - Jason Becker

★ ''Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart'' - Camper Van Beethoven

★ ''Wide Awake in Dreamland'' - Pat Benatar

★ ''Tighten Up, Vol. 88'' - Big Audio Dynamite

★ ''Small Block'' - Big Drill Car (EP)

★ ''Leather Donut'' - Black Eye Compilation

★ ''In Heat'' - Black N' Blue (final album)

★ ''In Battle There Is No Law'' - Bolt Thrower

★ ''New Jersey'' - Bon Jovi

★ ''Britny Fox'' - Britny Fox (début)

★ ''Bullet Boys'' - BulletBoys (début)

★ ''Hairway to Steven'' - Butthole Surfers

★ ''Brave'' - Kate Ceberano

★ ''Tracy Chapman'' - Tracy Chapman (début)

★ ''Chicago 19'' - Chicago

★ ''Starfish'' - The Church

★ ''Long Cold Winter'' - Cinderella

★ ''I'm Your Man'' - Leonard Cohen

★ ''The Trinity Session'' - Cowboy Junkies

★ ''Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' - Robert Cray

★ ''Dangerous Age'' - Bad Company

★ ''Earth Covers Earth'' - Current 93

★ ''Swastikas for Noddy'' - Current 93

★ ''What Good Is Grief to a God?'' - D.I.

★ ''Danzig'' - Danzig (début, Glenn Danzig's 3rd band following The Misfits & Samhain)

★ ''Wyau'' - Datblygu

★ ''Leprosy'' - Death

★ ''Baroque in the Future'' - Deja-vu

★ ''Nur für dich'' - Die Flippers

★ ''Bug'' - Dinosaur Jr.

★ ''Money for Nothing'' - Dire Straits

★ ''Beast from the East'' - Dokken (live album)

★ ''Rough Night in Jericho'' - Dreams So Real

★ ''Big Thing'' - Duran Duran

★ ''Copperhead Road'' - Steve Earle

★ ''Eazy-Duz-It'' - Eazy-E

★ ''Sketsa Rembulan Emas'' - Ebiet G. Ade

★ ''Watermark'' - Enya

★ ''The Innocents'' - Erasure

★ ''Follow The Leader'' - Eric B & Rakim

★ ''Wild Wild West'' - The Escape Club

★ ''Melissa Etheridge'' - Melissa Etheridge

★ ''Out of This World'' - Europe

★ ''Fabulous Disaster'' - Exodus

★ ''The Frenz Experiment'' - The Fall

★ ''I Am Kurious Oranj'' - The Fall

★ ''Ainsi Soit Je...'' - Mylene Farmer

★ ''On Target'' - Fastway (final album)

★ ''No Exit'' - Fates Warning

★ ''Only Life'' - The Feelies

★ ''The Pictorial Jackson Review'' - Felt

★ ''Train Above the City'' - Felt

★ ''Truth and Soul'' - Fishbone

★ ''Streets Of This Town'' - Steve Forbert

★ ''Lita'' - Lita Ford

★ ''Live+1 EP'' - Frehley's Comet

★ ''Second Sighting'' - Frehley's Comet

★ ''Front by Front'' - Front 242

★ ''Fugazi'' - Fugazi (début EP)

★ ''You Must Be Certain of the Devil'' - Diamanda Galás

★ ''Breakwater'' - Lennie Gallant (début)

★ ''Almost Acoustic'' - Jerry Garcia

★ ''Gipsy Kings'' - Gipsy Kings

★ ''16 Lovers Lane'' - The Go-Betweens

★ ''Lead Me On'' - Amy Grant

★ ''The Sweet Children'' - Green Day

★ ''G N' R Lies'' - Guns N' Roses

★ ''Hell-O'' - GWAR (début)

★ ''Radio Free Albemuth'' - Stuart Hamm (solo début)

★ ''Bummed'' - Happy Mondays

★ ''Racing after Midnight'' - Honeymoon Suite

★ ''The House of Love'' - The House of Love

★ ''Greg Howe'' - Greg Howe

★ ''Sam & Friends'' - Sam Hui

★ ''Over The Edge'' - Hurricane (début)

★ ''Seventh Son of a Seventh Son'' - Iron Maiden

★ ''Colin James'' - Colin James

★ ''Nothing's Shocking'' - Jane's Addiction

★ ''20 Years of Jethro Tull'' - Jethro Tull

★ ''Reg Strikes Back'' - Elton John

★ ''Greatest Hits'' - Journey

★ ''Ram It Down'' - Judas Priest

★ ''Straight Out The Jungle'' - The Jungle Brothers

★ ''Shadowland'' - k.d. lang

★ ''The Live Album'' - Robert Earl Keen

★ ''Big Deal'' - Killer Dwarfs

★ ''Smashes, Thrashes & Hits'' - Kiss

★ ''King Kobra III'' - King Kobra (final album)

★ ''Blow My Fuse'' - Kix

★ ''Kylie'' - Kylie (début album)

★ ''L.A. Guns'' - L.A. Guns (début)

★ ''Lucille'' - Little Richard

★ '' - John Lennon (soundtrack)

★ ''Lillian Axe'' - Lillian Axe

★ ''Vivid'' - Living Colour

★ ''Honeymoon In Red'' - Lydia Lunch

★ ''Pontiac'' - Lyle Lovett

★ ''The Madness - The Madness

★ ''Odyssey'' - Yngwie Malmsteen (or Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force)

★ ''So Far, So Good... So What!'' - Megadeth

★ ''Chobba B C.C.C.P.'' - Paul McCartney (limited release)

★ ''...And Justice for All'' - Metallica

★ ''The Land of Rape and Honey'' - Ministry

★ ''El Mundo'' - Mitsou (début)

★ ''Time Odyssey'' - Vinnie Moore

★ ''Irish Heartbeat'' - Van Morrison with The Chieftains

★ ''Viva Hate'' - Morrissey

★ ''No Sleep At All'' - Motörhead (live album)

★ ''Isn't Anything'' - My Bloody Valentine

★ ''The Law of Things'' - The Bats

★ ''Goodbye Girl'' - Miyuki Nakajima

★ ''Land of Dreams'' - Randy Newman

★ ''Read All About It'' - Newsboys

★ ''Tender Prey'' - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

★ ''If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em'' - Ted Nugent (last solo album before forming the 90's band Damn Yankees)

★ ''Soliloquy for Lilith'' - Nurse With Wound

★ ''Straight Outta Compton'' - N.W.A

★ ''The Lion and the Cobra'' - Sinéad O'Connor

★ ''No Rest for the Wicked'' - Ozzy Osbourne

★ ''Outrider'' - Jimmy Page

★ ''Force Majuer'' - Doro Pesch (former Warlock vocalists solo début album)

★ ''Introspective'' - Pet Shop Boys (EP)

★ ''The Indescribable Wow'' - Sam Phillips

★ ''Delicate Sound of Thunder'' - Pink Floyd

★ ''Surfer Rosa'' - Pixies

★ ''Now and Zen'' - Robert Plant

★ ''Open Up and Say...Ahh!'' - Poison

★ ''Lovesexy'' - Prince

★ ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' - Public Enemy

★ '' - Queensrÿche

★ ''Quiet Riot'' - Quiet Riot

★ ''Tornado'' - The Rainmakers

★ ''Green'' - R.E.M.

★ ''Abbey Road EP'' - Red Hot Chili Peppers

★ ''Nothing Wrong'' - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

★ ''Talk Is Cheap'' - Keith Richards

★ ''O Melancolía'' - Silvio Rodríguez

★ ''Skyscraper'' - David Lee Roth

★ ''Hit Me With The Surreal Feel'' - Kim Salmon And The Surrealists

★ ''Savage Amusement'' - Scorpions

★ ''Greatest Hits Live'' - Carly Simon

★ ''Hallowed Ground'' - Skin Yard

★ ''VIVIsectVI'' - Skinny Puppy

★ ''South of Heaven'' - Slayer

★ ''Dream of Life'' - Patti Smith

★ ''Green Thoughts'' - The Smithereens

★ ''Prison Bound'' - Social Distortion

★ ''Daydream Nation'' - Sonic Youth

★ ''Ultramega OK'' - Soundgarden

★ ''Beaches'' - Soundtrack

★ ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' - Soundtrack

★ ''Hard Machine''- Stacey Q

★ ''Out Of Order'' - Rod Stewart

★ ''In God We Trust'' - Stryper

★ ''How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today'' - Suicidal Tendencies

★ ''Life's Too Good'' - The Sugarcubes

★ ''Junekbox'' - Jamaaladeen Tacuma

★ ''The New Order'' - Testament

★ ''Lincoln'' - They Might Be Giants

★ ''Hold an Old Friend's Hand'' - Tiffany

★ ''Ancient Heart'' - Tanita Tikaram

★ ''The New Order'' - Testament

★ ''Toots in Memphis'' - Toots

★ ''Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1'' - Traveling Wilburys

★ ''E Tu'' - Upper Hutt Posse

★ ''The Live Brain Wedgie/WAD'' - Ween

★ ''Lucinda Williams'' - Lucinda Williams

★ ''Winger'' - Winger (debut)

★ ''Roll With It'' - Steve Winwood

★ ''Rattle and Hum'' - U2

★ ''Ain't Misbehavin''' - UFO

★ ''E Tü'' - Upper Hutt Posse

★ ''OU812'' - Van Halen

★ ''3'' - Violent Femmes

★ ''Vixen'' - Vixen (debut)

★ ''Chameleon Days'' - Yanni

★ ''Flag'' - Yello

★ ''This Note's For You'' - Neil Young

★ ''Guitar'' - Frank Zappa

★ ''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1'' - Frank Zappa

★ ''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2'' - Frank Zappa

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1988.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Bobby McFerrin	Don't Worry Be Happy	1988	UK 2 - Sep 1988, US BB 1 - Aug 1988, US CashBox 28 of 1988, Holland 2 - Oct 1988, Sweden 13 - Oct 1988, Austria 1 - Nov 1988, Switzerland 2 - Oct 1988, Norway 5 - Oct 1988, Germany 23 of the 1980s, Germany 1 - Jan 1989, Australia 1 for 7 weeks May 1989, Grammy in 1988, RYM 94 of 1988, POP 13 of 1988, RIAA 301, Scrobulate 92 of happy
2	Belinda Carlisle	Heaven Is a Place on Earth	1988	UK 1 - Dec 1987, US BB 1 - Oct 1987, US BB 17 of 1987, Holland 7 - Jan 1988, Sweden 1 - Jan 1988, Austria 10 - Mar 1988, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1988, Norway 1 - Jan 1988, Australia 10 of 1988, Germany 344 of the 1980s, Germany 4 - Jan 1988, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1988, South Africa 4 of 1988, RYM 53 of 1987, POP 72 of 1987
3	Phil Collins	A Groovy Kind of Love	1988	UK 1 - Sep 1988, US BB 1 - Sep 1988, US BB 26 of 1988, US CashBox 29 of 1988, Holland 1 - Sep 1988, Sweden 4 - Sep 1988, Austria 6 - Nov 1988, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1988, Norway 2 - Sep 1988, Australia 23 of 1988, Germany 103 of the 1980s, Germany 3 - Jan 1989, Eire 1 - Sep 1988, RYM 193 of 1988, POP 65 of 1988
4	Enya	Orinoco Flow	1988	UK 1 - Oct 1988, US BB 24 - Mar 1989, Holland 1 - Nov 1988, Sweden 3 - Nov 1988, France 9 - Oct 1988, Austria 8 - Dec 1988, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1988, Norway 5 - Nov 1988, Germany 242 of the 1980s, Germany 2 - Jan 1989, Eire 1 - Oct 1988, RYM 18 of 1988, POP 34 of 1989, Scrobulate 1 of new age
5	Billy Ocean	Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car	1988	UK 3 - Feb 1988, US BB 1 - Feb 1988, US CashBox 6 of 1988, Holland 1 - Jan 1988, Sweden 7 - Feb 1988, Austria 8 - Apr 1988, Switzerland 3 - Mar 1988, Norway 1 - Feb 1988, Australia 4 of 1988, Germany 303 of the 1980s, Germany 3 - Mar 1988, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Nov 1988, South Africa 7 of 1988, OzNet 261

Top hits

★ "One" - Metallica

★ "Sans contrefaçon" - Mylene Farmer

★ "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" - Mylene Farmer

★ "Im Nin'Alu" - Ofra Haza

★ "Shaday" - Ofra Haza

★ "Seasons Change" - Exposé

★ "Beat Dis!" - Bomb The Bass

★ "Theme to S-Express" - S-Express

★ "Hey DJ! I Cant Dance To That Music Youre Playing" - Beatmasters featuring MC Betty Boo

★ "Angel" - Aerosmith

★ "Check This Out" - LA Mix

★ "Doctorin the House" - Coldcut

★ "Assez" - Niagara

★ "We Call it Acieeed!" - D-Mob featuring Gary Haisman

★ "I Want You Back" - Bananarama

★ "Bad Medicine" - Bon Jovi

★ "Orinoco Flow" - Enya Irish singer

★ "Simply Irresistible" - Robert Palmer

★ "Tell It To My Heart" - Taylor Dayne

★ "Nothing Can Divide Us" - Jason Donovan

★ "Age Of Reason" - John Farnham

★ "So Excellent" - Kylie Mole

★ "Two Strong Hearts" - John Farnham

★ "That's When I Think of You" - 1927

★ "Dignity" - Deacon Blue

★ "Ship Of Fools" - Erasure

★ "Chains Of Love" - Erasure

★ "A Little Respect" - Erasure

★ "Stop!" - Erasure

★ "Devil Inside" - INXS

★ "New Sensation" - INXS

★ "I Should Be So Lucky" - Kylie Minogue

★ "Cult of Personality" - Living Colour

★ "Suedehead" - Morrissey

★ "Crash" - The Primitives

★ "Angel of Harlem" - U2

★ "Desire" - U2

★ "Kokomo" - The Beach Boys

★ "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin

★ "Heaven is a Place on Earth" - Belinda Carlisle

★ "Lead Me On" - Amy Grant

★ "Love Changes (Everything)" - Climie Fisher

★ "When Will I Be Famous" - Bros

★ "Push It" - Salt-N-Pepa

★ "Revolution Baby" - Transvision Vamp

★ "Drop The Boy"- Bros

★ "Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson

★ "Smooth Criminal" - Michael Jackson

★ "Dirty Diana" - Michael Jackson

★ "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" - Billy Ocean

★ "Anything for You" - Gloria Estefan

★ "Saved By Love" - Amy Grant

★ "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Poison

★ "Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley

★ "Together Forever" - Rick Astley

★ "Look Away" - Chicago

★ "Quelque part au Soleil" - Dalida (inédit)

★ "Johnny B. Goode" - Judas Priest

★ "One More Try" - George Michael

★ "Roll With It" - Steve Winwood

★ "Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns N' Roses

★ "Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns N' Roses

★ "Mountain Song" - Jane's Addiction

★ "Got My Mind Set on You" - George Harrison

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

★ "Forever Young" - Rod Stewart

★ "Is This Love" - Whitesnake

★ "I Get Weak" - Belinda Carlisle

★ "The Promise" - When in Rome

★ "When You Put Your Heart In It" - Kenny Rogers

★ "Another Lover" - Giant Steps

★ "John Skero Goes West" - John Skero

★ "Stutter Rap ( No Sleep 'Til Bedtime )" - Morris Minor and the Majors

★ "Twist in My Sobriety" - Tanita Tikaram

★ "Love Bites" - Def Leppard

★ "Pour Some Sugar on Me" - Def Leppard

★ "Circle in the Sand" - Belinda Carlisle

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

★ Henryk Górecki - ''String Quarted No. 1, "Already it is Dusk"''

★ Stephen Hartke - ''Pacific Rim Overture''

★ Nicholas Jackson - ''Variations on ‘Parise to the Lord, the Almighty’''

★ António Chagas Rosa - ''Piano Sonata''

★ Peter Sculthorpe - ''Kakadu''

★ Tōru Takemitsu - ''Tree Line'' for chamber orchestra

★ John Tavener - ''The Akathist of Thanksgiving''

★ Takashi Yoshimatsu - ''Concerto for Bassoon "Unicorn Circuit"''

Musical theater

★ ''Bitter Sweet'' (Noel Coward) - London revival

★ ''Chess'' (Tim Rice, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus) - Broadway production

★ ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (Andrew Lloyd Webber) - Broadway production

★ ''Sarafina''     Broadway production

Births

★ January 14 - Jordy, French singer

★ January 14 - Mikalah Gordon, ''American Idol'' contestant

★ January 25 - Yasmien Kurdi, Fillipina pop singer

★ February 3 - Cho Kyu Hyun, Korean pop singer

★ February 7 - Ai Kago, Japanese pop singer

★ February 18 - Shim Chang Min, Korean pop singer

★ February 20 - Rihanna, Barbadian pop singer

★ February 23 - Ashley Cooper, New Zealand pop singer

★ February 27 - JD Natasha, American Latin music artist

★ February 29 - Milly Edwards, Australian Idol contestant

★ March 2 - Nadine Samonte, German pop singer

★ March 6 - Agnes Carlsson, Swedish pop singer

★ April 6 - Raymond David Henriksen, Norwegian singer

★ April 24 - Natalie Zahra, Australian Idol contestant

★ April 25 - Sara Paxton, American singer/actress

★ April 29 - Younha, Japanese & Korean pop singer

★ May 2 - Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese jazz musician

★ May 5 - Brooke Hogan, American pop singer

★ May 5 - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian pop singer

★ May 13 - Casey Donovan, ''Australian Idol'' winner

★ May 24 - Billy Gilman, American country singer

★ June 1 - Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer

★ June 6 - Neha Kakkar, Indian pop singer

★ June 12 - Dave Melillo, American singer-songwriter

★ June 16 - Keshia Chante, Canadian urban singer

★ June 19 - Magdalena Diaków, Polish pop singer

★ June 20 - May J., Japanese R&B singer

★ June 22 - Miliyah Kato, Japanese R&B singer

★ June 29 - Martina Šindlerová, Slovak pop singer

★ July 2 - Amali Ward, Australian Idol contestant

★ July 7 - Kaci Brown, American pop/R&B singer

★ July 12 - Melissa O'Neil, ''Canadian Idol'' winner

★ July 25 - Sarah Geronimo, Fillipina pop singer

★ August 2 - Brittany Hargest, American pop singer

★ August 14 - Shahd Barmada, Arabian Idol contestant

★ August 27 - Alexa Vega, American pop singer

★ August 31 - Megan McCauley, American pop singer

★ September 16 - Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter

★ September 22 - Bethany Dillon, American Christian music artist

★ September 30 - Jyongri, Japanese pop singer

★ October 4 - Jessica Benson, American R&B singer

★ October 11 - Knut Eirik Kokkin, Norwegian singer

★ October 20 - Risa Niigaki, Japanese pop singer

★ October 23 - Caleigh Peters, American pop singer

★ October 24 - Cory Bold, American hip hop musician

★ November 10 - Chisaki Hama, Japanese singer

★ November 28 - Scarlett Pomers, American singer/actress

★ December 17 - Jessica H.o., Korean pop singer

★ December 19 - Paulina Gretzky, American pop singer

★ December 23 - Eri Kamei, Japanese pop singer

★ December 27 - Hayley Williams, American singer, Paramore

★ December 30 - James Hall, British singer-songwriter

Deaths

★ January 13 - Radamés Gnattali, Brazilian composer

★ January 19 - Evgeny Mravinsky, conductor

★ February 14 - Frederic Loewe, composer of musicals

★ February 27 - Gene De Paul, pianist and composer

★ March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, singer

★ March 7 - Divine, singer

★ March 8 - Henryk Szeryng, violinist

★ March 10 - Andy Gibb, singer

★ April 9 - Brook Benton, complications of spinal meningitis.

★ April 9 - Dave Prater, of Sam & Dave, car accident

★ April 29 - James McCracken, tenor

★ May 1 - Claude Demetrius, songwriter

★ May 10 - Ciaran Bourke, The Dubliners

★ May 13 - Chet Baker, jazz musician

★ May 21 - Sammy Davis, Sr., vaudeville performer

★ May 22 - Dennis Day, US singer

★ June 25, Hillel Slovak, Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarist

★ July 2 - Eddie Vinson, jazz/blues musician

★ August 8 - Félix Leclerc, folk singer

★ August 9 - Giacinto Scelsi, composer

★ September 23 - Arwel Hughes, composer and conductor

★ September 26 - Lord Melody, calypso musician

★ October 7 - Billy Daniels, singer

★ October 18 - Sir Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer

★ October 19, Son House, blues musician

★ November 11 - William Ifor Jones, conductor

★ November 13 - Antal Doráti, conductor

★ November 26 - Antonio Estévez, composer

★ December 2 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)

★ December 6, Roy Orbison, singer

★ December 16, Sylvester James, R&B singer, disco performer

Awards

★ The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan, and The Supremes.

Grammy Awards

★ Grammy Awards of 1988

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

★ Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Charts

List of No. 1 Hits

★ Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1988

See also

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