This week 27 years ago, 70 people were killed during an air show accident in Germany; the Los Angeles Dodgers' Tommy Lasorda got his 1,000th win as a manager;"The Wonder Years" and "thirtysomething" won big at the Emmy Awards; "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master" topped the box office; and the following songs were the most popular in the U.S., according to Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.
10. "1-2-3," Gloria Estefan
I once tried to name my backup band Miami Sound Machine, but I got a very nice cease and desist letter from Gloria. No hard feelings!
9. "Love Will Save the Day," Whitney Houston
Off of Houston's breakthrough "Whitney" album, "Love Will Save the Day" ended her streak of consecutive No. 1 singles. It peaked at No. 9.
8. "Perfect World," Huey Lewis and the News
Songwriter Alex Call also co-wrote the '80s classic "867-5309/Jenny." Call and Lewis were bandmates in the rock group Clover, which disbanded in the late 1970s.
7. "Roll With It," Steve Winwood
"Roll With It" lost the Grammy for record of the year to Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy." Another song nominated in that category is No. 6 on this list.
6. "Fast Car," Tracy Chapman
"Fast Car" was Chapman's debut single, and she performed it in 1988 at Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday tribute.
5. "Simply Irresistible," Robert Palmer
Many of the women in this perfect-for-the-'80s video reportedly met Palmer at the Kentucky Derby.
4. "Sweet Child O Mine," Guns N' Roses
The band's first (and so far only) No. 1 hit, "Sweet Child O Mine" had some unwelcome overexposure at the 2011 Super Bowl when it was covered by the — shudder — Black Eyed Peas.
3. "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love," Chicago
This was co-written by Diane Warren, who penned another well-known " I don't wanna" song: Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing."
2. "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That," Elton John
The people of 1988 really didn't wanna do things.
1. "Monkey," George Michael
No. 1 for 2 weeks, "Monkey" was the fourth straight chart-topper from Michael's landmark album, "Faith," which won the Grammy for album of the year in 1989.