Great Facts from 1988...

• George Bush Sr. is elected President.
• The greenhouse effect is discovered.
• America's Most Wanted debuts.
• Prozac is introduced to the public.
• Sonny Bono becomes mayor of Palm Springs
• Yo! MTV Raps debuts.
• CD's outsell albums for the first time.
• Lionel Richie's wife was arrested for assaulting Lionel and a model she found him with.
• Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson get hitched.
• #1 Song of The Year: Roll With It - Steve Winwood.
• "She's Like The Wind" shows Patrick Swayze can sing as well as dance and act.
• Salt N Pepa get their breakthrough hit with "Push It".
• Julia Roberts hits the big screen in her first breakthrough role in Mystic Pizza.
• Top grossing film of the year: Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
• Spuds Mackenzie becomes the original party animal.
• Oprah Winfrey is the hottest talk show in America.
• The new Suzuki Samurai gets bad reputation for flipping over when turning corners.
• Penny Loafers with a penny in them and Levis with the cuffs rolled up were the fashion statements of the year.
• U2 records Rattle and Hum album and then later the documentary.
• Flying chair thrown by skinhead hits Geraldo in the nose on his self titled talk show.

Top Ten Grossing Movies for 1988

1. Rain Man
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3. Coming to America
4. Big
5. Twins
6. Crocodile Dundee II
7. Die Hard
8. Cocktail
9. The Naked Gun
10. Oliver & Company

Top 10 Singles of 1988

1. Faith - George Michael
2. Need You Tonight - INXS
3. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
4. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
5. Sweet Child 'O Mine - Guns N' Roses
6. So Emotional - Whitney Houston
7. Heaven Is A Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle
8. Could've Been - Tiffany
9. Hands to Heaven - Breathe
10. Roll With It - Steve Winwood    

Top 10 Albums of 1988

1. Faith - George Michael
2. Tiffany - Tiffany
3. OU812 - Van Halen
4. Hysteria - Def Leppard
5. Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses
6. Roll With It - Steve Winwood
7. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
8. New Jersey - Bon Jovi
9. Rattle And Hum - U2
10. Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker