"held the top position for 3 weeks. Also making her chart debut this year was nineteen-year-old Tanita Tikaram, who launched her career with the critically acclaimed album ""Ancient Heart"", containing the Top 10 hit ""Good Tradition"" and the intriguing ""Twist In My Sobriety"" which peaked at number 22 in October. Eddi Reader also rose to prominence during 1988 as the lead-singer of Fairground Attraction. The band made number 1 with the song ""Perfect"" and followed it up with another Top 10 hit, ""Find My Love"" and number 2 album ""The First of a Million Kisses"". Making chart comebacks after long-absences"
"by EMI. The band embarked on another UK tour to promote their début album ""Desert Orchid"", released in October 1988, along with another single, ""Rags"", and then toured Europe supporting Iggy Pop. They then released the ""Have Love, Will Travel"" EP (which reached #68) before embarking on yet another UK tour. In 1989, they made two brief tours of the United States, and appeared at the Reading Festival. At the behest of the British Council, they played an international music festival in Moscow, and in early 1990, along with Skin Games and Jesus Jones they became one of the first"
"until the release of the fourth single, ""Pour Some Sugar on Me"". The song hit Number 2, and ""Hysteria"" finally reached the top of the U.S. ""Billboard"" 200 in July 1988. Often regarded as the band's signature song, ""Pour Some Sugar on Me"" was ranked No. 2 on VH1's ""100 Greatest Songs of the 80s"" in 2006. The band's UK success saw them nominated for the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Group. In October 1988, the power ballad ""Love Bites"" reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. In January 1989, the band scored another US Top 5 hit"
"had two iconic music videos for ""Addicted to Love"" and ""Simply Irresistible"". The Bee Gees 1987 single ""You Win Again"" reached number one, making them first group to score a UK #1 hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Other British artists who achieved success in the pop charts in the 80s included Paul McCartney, Elton John, Culture Club, The Fixx, Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, Kate Bush, Billy Idol, Paul Young, Elvis Costello, Simple Minds, Billy Ocean, Tears for Fears, UB40, Madness and Sade. In 1988, Irish singer Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career with"
"when they were offered a headlining slot at the Reading festival in August 1980, following a late cancellation by Ozzy Osbourne. The band's performance saw the music press begin to take an interest in them again, while heavy metal followers also began deeming the band 'cool'. The band's extended play ""Alive at Reading"" was released soon after, giving the band their first chart action since 1977, while the compilation ""Slade Smashes!"" was a big success. For their next single release, the band recorded ""We'll Bring the House Down"" in January 1981. A successful comeback single, it reached No. 10 in"
"June 1988 with ""Wow!"" (1987), and earned Brit Award nominations for Best British Single for ""Love in the First Degree"", and Best Music Video for their 1988 hit cover of The Supremes single ""Nathan Jones"". Fahey left the group in 1988 and formed Shakespears Sister, best known for the UK number one ""Stay"" (1992). She was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan. This line-up had UK top five hits with ""I Want You Back"" (1988) and The Beatles track ""Help!"" (1989), recorded with comedy duo French and Saunders for the charity Comic Relief. In 1989 they embarked on their first world tour."
"April 1988. The album peaked at number 42 on the ""Billboard"" 200. It has since sold 1.3 million copies in the US, earning a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Four of the album's singles charted on the US ""Billboard"" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart: ""Bring the Noise"", ""Don't Believe the Hype"", ""Night of the Living Baseheads"" and ""Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"". The former three, along with the single ""Rebel Without a Pause"", also charted in the United Kingdom. ""Fear of a Black Planet"", the group's third studio album, was released in April 1990."
"The Escape Club The Escape Club is an English pop rock band that was formed in London in 1983. They are perhaps best known for their 1988 number one U.S. hit ""Wild, Wild West"" and for their top-ten 1991 hit ""I'll Be There"". The band formed in 1983, comprising Mad Shadows members lead singer/rhythm guitarist Trevor Steel and guitarist John Holliday, along with former Expressos members bassist Johnnie Christo (a.k.a. John Christoforou) and drummer Milan Zekavica. The seeds for the formation of The Escape Club were sown when Zekavica joined Steel and Holliday in Mad Shadows, who subsequently performed on"
"US, where it peaked at #4. The group recorded a follow-up single, ""Bobby Dazzler"", and material for their eponymous first album, ""The First Class"". While there was some demand for live performances by the group, neither Carter nor Burrows had the time for or interest in touring, so a group including bassist Robin Shaw, lead singer Del John, guitarist Spencer James (since 1986 lead singer with The Searchers), keyboardist Clive Barrett and drummer Eddie Richards (like Burrows, a former member of Edison Lighthouse) was assembled to perform a number of dates as The First Class. Although that quintet was pictured"
"the US. The group disbanded in 1992. The Escape Club is the only British band to have a No. 1 hit in the U.S. while not charting at all in their native UK. Trevor Steel and John Holliday reunited, with new band member Red Broad, in 2009 for a new album and a handful of live shows, and released a new studio album, ""Celebrity"", in February 2012. The Escape Club The Escape Club is an English pop rock band that was formed in London in 1983. They are perhaps best known for their 1988 number one U.S. hit ""Wild, Wild"
"assembled in February 1987: with Younger were Louis Burdett on drums (ex-Powerhouse, Ed Kuepper Band), Jim Dickson on bass guitar (ex-Railroad Gin, Survivors, Passengers, Barracudas) and Charlie Owen on lead guitar (ex-Tango Bravo). Burdett was soon replaced on drums by Nick Fisher (ex-Wet Taxis, Paris Green). This line up released four singles, ""The Black Hole"" (July 1987), ""Dropping Like Flies'"" (December), ""Headin' South"" (November 1988) and ""Another Sin"" (June 1989). A four-track extended play, ""Detritus"", was issued as a compilation in 1987 for the United Kingdom and United States markets. It was followed in 1988 by an Australian compilation album,"
"1 in the UK charts, although it only achieved a Gold certification in the US, in contrast to its four predecessors. During the following tour, the band headlined the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park for the first time on 20 August 1988, playing to the largest crowd in the festival's history, with an estimated 107,000 in attendance. Also included on the bill were Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Guns N' Roses, and Helloween. The festival was marred, however, by the deaths of two fans in a crowd-surge during the aforementioned Guns N' Roses performance; the following year's festival"
"Rats (1978), The Clash (1979), The Jam (1980), The Selecter (1980), UB40 (1981), Girlschool (1981), U2 (1982), Whitesnake (1983), The Alarm (1984), Nina Hagen (1984), The Cure (1985), The Damned (1986), The Pretenders (1987), The Stranglers (1988), Tanita Tikaram (1989), Georgia Satellites (1989), Soundgarden (1990), Bob Dylan (1990), Midnight Oil (1990), Billy Idol (1991), Nirvana (1992), Faith No More (1993), Chris Isaak (1993), Jethro Tull (1993), Aerosmith (1994), Simple Minds (1995), Bon Jovi (1995), Blur (1996), Pulp (1996), Neil Young (1996), David Bowie (1997), Sting (1997), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1997), Pet Shop Boys (1997), Beastie Boys (1998),"
"Fairground Attraction Fairground Attraction was a British folk and soft rock band, best known for their hit song ""Perfect"" and the subsequent single ""Find My Love"". The band launched the careers of lead vocalist Eddi Reader and songwriter Mark E. Nevin. In 1987, RCA signed Fairground Attraction, and in April 1988 released their first single, ""Perfect"", an immediate success, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. In May 1988, RCA released their album ""The First of a Million Kisses,"" a blend of folk, jazz, country, and cajun elements (with all but one of its songs written by Nevin). The"
"it was their biggest hit. In the US, it entered the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on May 14, 1983, and peaked at number 61 four weeks later. Sometime thereafter, disappointed and frustrated by their continued lack of international success, the band broke up. In November 1988, Brian Philips, Program Director at KDWB in Minneapolis, and WKTI in Milwaukee began playing the song, and eventually other radio stations nationally followed suit. This encouraged Capitol Records to re-release the song as a single. On February 4, 1989, the song hit number-one in the United States. By that time, former Sheriff members Lanni and"
"Eddie and the Hot Rods Eddie and the Hot Rods are a pub rock band from Essex founded in 1975. They are best known for their 1977 UK top ten hit ""Do Anything You Wanna Do"", released under the name The Rods. The group broke up in 1981, but have reformed several times since, with singer Barrie Masters the only constant member. The band was formed in Canvey Island during 1975 by guitarist Dave Higgs (who had previously played in the Fix with Lee Brilleaux), with drummer Steve Nicol, bassist Rob Steele, and singer Barrie Masters. Before rising to semi-stardom"
"keyboardist, David C. Lewis, as well as an additional singer Royce Jones. In April 1980 Warner Bros. released ""One Eighty"", which produced two of the year's biggest hits. The first, ""Biggest Part of Me"", reached number three for three weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and crossed over to the soul chart, where it peaked at number thirty-five. The second, another blue-eyed soul hit, ""You're the Only Woman (You & I)"", reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. ""One Eighty"" earned the band three Grammy nominations, including Best Pop Vocal Group. A headlining world tour followed. For the Japanese"
"to January 1987 with INXS, Mental as Anything, The Triffids, I'm Talking, The Saints, Divinyls and Jimmy Barnes on the ticket. ""Hold On"" was released in March 1987 and peaked in the Top 30, their final single was a cover of The Beatles' ""Oh! Darling"" in September which peaked in the Top 50. During 1987, Ceberano and Matthews sang together on the soundtrack for ABC-TV series, ""Stringer"", the resultant album, ""You've Always Got the Blues"" was released in 1988, and peaked at No. 4 on the albums chart. Models members, including Mason as lead singer and Kelly on bass guitar,"
"1 to be released as a CD single was Whitney Houston's ""I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"" released in May. The second was the cassette single where the song is released on an audio tape - the BPI began recording their sales this year, but they would not become eligible until 1989. Both formats would dominate the chart throughout the 1990s. Synthpop bands Pet Shop Boys and Erasure continued their success from their breakthrough year in 1986, with the Pet Shop Boys achieving their second number 1 single (""It's a Sin"") in the summer, and two more top"
"Number One on the UK Singles Chart in 1988. The song's lyrics referenced the Daleks and the TARDIS, and its melody was based largely around the show's opening theme. As well as both Mankind and The Timelords, many other acts have incorporated the ""Doctor Who"" theme music into their own compositions. British rock band Pink Floyd briefly used the theme during their 1971 single ""One of These Days"", which featured a ""Doctor Who""-related music video. The theme music has also been covered by several other acts, such as Orbital, while other bands such as Coldcut have featured samples of the"
"a Reading-related release, the band decided to release the ""Alive at Reading"" EP. A deal was struck between the BBC and the band for use of the tracks. Released in October 1980, the EP reached No. 44 in the UK, giving the band their first chart action since 1977. Both this EP and its November follow-up, ""Xmas Ear Bender"", along with the Polydor compilation ""Slade Smashes!"" continued public interest in the band, allowing them time to plan their next steps for 1981. The band would return to the UK Top Ten with ""We'll Bring the House Down"" in early 1981,"
"Priority Records between 1987 and 1988, and their signature song, ""I Heard It Through the Grapevine,"" landed on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. However, the Raisins would continue to make their strongest impression through animated endeavors, and the characters proved popular enough that they were used to endorse Post's Raisin Bran cereal. On November 4, 1988, CBS aired a primetime special entitled ""Meet the Raisins!"". The musical mockumentary was again created by Vinton Studios and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. It also provided the band members more personality and individual names: A.C., Beebop (drums), Stretch (bass), and Red (guitar/piano)."
"""Point of No Return"" was released, with Jurado now performing lead vocals, and it too topped out at #5 on the US Hot 100. While the initial distribution of ""Exposure"" to suppliers contained the original 1984 version of that song, subsequent pressings contained the new version. ""Let Me Be the One"", a mid-tempo R&B song with Bruno on lead vocal, became yet another hit reaching #7 on the US Hot 100 and also garnering significant R&B radio airplay. The group's highest charting hit occurred in February 1988 with the #1 US hit ballad ""Seasons Change"". Along with that came a"
"peaking at number 23 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 The band toured the United States in the autumn of 1987, supporting Simply Red and proving successful with that group's fans. The US success of ""Mary's Prayer"" led to its UK re-release with a resultant number 42 UK chart peak. After ""Mary's Prayer"" topped a BBC Radio 1 phone-in poll of listeners' nominations for 1987 singles which had undeservedly failed to reach the upper UK chart, Virgin Records UK gave the single a second re-release with a resultant number 3 UK chart peak. ""Meet Danny Wilson"" generated two more singles: ""Davy"""
"WBMX for a short time and then quit his radio DJ gigs to concentrate on producing. In 1988, Eddie scored one of his biggest hits with ""Acid Thunder"" on the DJ International label. However, it was the track ""Hip House"" that really established his career as a producer. Eddie popularized the genre of hip house. He scored several hits on the US ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including ""Git On Up"" (featuring Sundance), which spent a week at number one in 1989, but only reached number 49 in the UK Singles Chart."
"requests made for a Reading-related release, the band decided to release the ""Alive at Reading"" EP. Released in October 1980, it reached No. 44 in the UK, giving the band their first chart action since 1977. In November, its follow-up, ""Xmas Ear Bender"", was released and peaked at No 70. Both EPs, along with the Polydor compilation ""Slade Smashes!"" continued public interest in the band, allowing them time to plan their next steps for 1981. The band would return to the UK Top Ten with ""We'll Bring the House Down"" in early 1981, while the album of the same name"
"In 1987, they released a public service announcement in the style of The Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" album cover on behalf of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. Strickland had been composing in 1988. After he played some of his new music for the other band members, they all agreed to try writing together again, with Pierson, Wilson and Schneider contributing the lyrics and melodies. In 1989, the band released ""Cosmic Thing"", their mainstream breakthrough, released on Reprise Records worldwide. The single ""Channel Z"" from the new album became an alternative and college radio hit, hitting number"
"1945 with ""Sentimental Journey"". Dean Martin had a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with ""Everybody Loves Somebody"" in 1964. The O'Jays had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Love Train"" in 1972. The Ohio Players had 2 #1 Hot 100 hits, including the funk song ""Love Rollercoaster"" in 1976. Wild Cherry had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Play That Funky Music"" also in 1976. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Tha Crossroads"" in 1996. John Legend had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""All of Me"" in 2014. Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods had a #1"
"in Woodford Green. Eddie Broadbridge joined band as lead singer and they renamed themselves as ""Eddie and the Shifters."" In 1966, while studying architecture at the Gloucestershire College of Art in Cheltenham, he formed ""Love to Mother"" with Al Fenn on guitar, Tom Bennison on bass and Mike Ketskemety on drums. Coppin first came to prominence as one of the founding members of Decameron. The band was originally formed as a duo with Dave Bell (vocals, guitar, bass guitar, percussion) in 1968 and Coppin and Bell wrote most of Decameron's songs throughout their existence. Decameron became a four piece in"
"of 1988, and shortly thereafter the Rheostatics broke up. During the hiatus, Bidini and Clark played a number of shows as supporting musicians for the recently reunited Three O'Clock Train. However, by 1990 the band reunited with exactly the same line-up they had in mid-1988: Bidini, Clark, Tielli and Vesely. In 1991, the band signed to the independent label Intrepid Records, and released ""Melville"" that year. The single ""Record Body Count"" garnered them significant airplay on radio and MuchMusic. The album also featured an enigmatic cover of Gordon Lightfoot's ""The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"". The following year, the band"
"gave them another US Hot R&B Top 10 hit (reaching #9). Their first new material in 1986, the single ""Can't Wait Another Minute"", gave the group another Top 10 hit on the UK Singles, US Hot R&B and US Hot Dance/Disco charts and also their highest ever US Hot 100 peak, reaching #41. After another UK Top 10 hit (""Find the Time""), the group released their second album, ""Silk and Steel"", in August 1986. The album reached #1 and sold 1.2 million copies in the UK (being certified 4× Platinum by 1987). The single ""Rain or Shine"" gave the group"
"Five Star Five Star (also styled as 5 Star) are a British pop group, formed in 1983 and comprising siblings Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy Pearson. Between 1985 and 1988, Five Star had four Top 20 albums and 15 Top 40 singles in the UK, including the Top 10 hits ""System Addict"" (1986), ""Can't Wait Another Minute"" (1986), ""Find the Time"" (1986), ""Rain or Shine"" (1986), ""Stay Out of My Life"" (1987) and ""The Slightest Touch"" (1987). They won the 1987 Brit Award for Best British Group. The five-piece group of siblings from Romford were masterminded by their father"
"at No. 96 in their poll of the Top 100 singles of all time. In 2005, they listed the song at No. 62 in their poll ""100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever!"" In 1983, American heavy metal band Quiet Riot covered the song. Their version went on to reach No. 5 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in November 1983 and helped their album ""Metal Health"" become a number-one hit. The song's success drew huge nationwide attention to the 1980s Los Angeles metal scene and also helped to break Slade belatedly in the US in 1984, after signing a deal with CBS."