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 5 Grossing Movies for 1988

1. Rain Man
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3. Coming to America
4. Big
5. Twins

Top 5 R&B Singles of 1988

1. I Want Her - Keith Sweat
2. Girlfriend - Pebbles
3. Just Got Paid - Johnny Kemp
4. I Want to Be Your Man - Roger
5. Two Occasions - The Deele

Top 5 R&B Albums of 1988

1. Make It Last Forever - Keith Sweat
2. Bad - Michael Jackson
3. Faith - George Michael
4. The Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby - Terence Trent D'Arby
5. Whitney - Whitney Houston