Editing 1988 in music (section)

==Events==
===January–March===
*[[January 20]] – The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] ceremony inducts [[The Beach Boys]], [[The Beatles]], [[The Drifters]], [[Bob Dylan]] and [[The Supremes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees?name=&field_inductee_induction_year=1988-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_induction_category=All|title=Induction Explorer|website=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame}}</ref>
*[[January 28]] – A [[Tampa, Florida]], man files an unusual lawsuit against [[Mötley Crüe]]. Matthew John Trippe, who has a history of mental health issues and trouble with the law, claims that he was secretly hired to pose as [[Nikki Sixx]] and toured, wrote and recorded with the band for a time during 1983 and 1984.<ref name="RS #528-crue">{{cite magazine |last1=Persall |first1=Steve |date=June 16, 1988 |title=A Pair of Sixxes? |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=528 |pages=30 }}</ref> Trippe drops the lawsuit in 1993.
*[[March 2]] – The [[30th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[New York City|New York]], hosted by [[Billy Crystal]]. [[U2]]'s ''[[The Joshua Tree]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], [[Paul Simon]]'s "[[Graceland (song)|Graceland]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]] & [[James Ingram]]'s "[[Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song)|Somewhere Out There]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Jody Watley]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[March 10]] - Pop star [[Andy Gibb]] dies at a hospital in [[Oxford]], England five days after his 30th birthday. 
*[[March 26]] – "[[Man in the Mirror]]" by [[Michael Jackson]] from the ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' album tops the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. It's the first time in history a solo artist has had four Number One singles from the same album.<ref name="RS #525">{{cite magazine |date=May 5, 1988 |title=Jackson Rules Charts |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=525 |pages=22 }}</ref>

===April–June===
*[[April 7]] – [[Alice Cooper]] almost dies on stage when one of the props, the [[Gallows]], malfunctions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/timelines/t-ryfay.php|title=SickthingsUK – The Unofficial Alice Cooper Site|website=www.sickthingsuk.co.uk|access-date=December 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318030447/http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/timelines/t-ryfay.php|archive-date=March 18, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[April 19]] – Former [[rock and roll]] singer [[Sonny Bono]] is inaugurated as the Mayor of [[Palm Springs, California]], USA.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Niemann |first=Greg |date=2022-10-14 |title=CV History: His Candidacy Was at First Considered a Joke—but Mayor Sonny Bono Helped Palm Springs Become the Place It Is Today |url=http://cvindependent.com/2022/10/cv-history-his-candidacy-was-at-first-considered-a-joke-but-mayor-sonny-bono-helped-palm-springs-become-the-place-it-is-today/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Coachella Valley Independent |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[April 25]] – Rock supermanager [[Doc McGhee]] is sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to charges of [[drug smuggling]] stemming from a 1982 seizure of nearly 40,000 pounds of marijuana entering [[North Carolina]] from [[Colombia]].<ref name="RS #528-mcghee">{{cite magazine |last1=DeCurtis |first1=Anthony |date=June 16, 1988 |title=McGhee Placed on Probation |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=528 |pages=29 }}</ref>
*[[April 30]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1988|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in the [[Royal Dublin Society|RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion]], Dublin, is won by [[French-Canadian]] singer [[Celine Dion]], representing [[Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest|Switzerland]] with the song "[[Ne partez pas sans moi]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=304|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1988 {{!}} Eurovision Song Contest|website=Eurovision.tv|access-date=2017-02-02}}</ref>
*[[May 14]] – [[Atlantic Records]] stages a concert at [[Madison Square Garden]] celebrating its Fortieth birthday with performances by many of the label's greatest acts of the past. Artists include [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]], [[Iron Butterfly]], [[Ruth Brown]], [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] and [[Wilson Pickett]], but the most talked-about performance is by a reunited [[Led Zeppelin]] with [[Jason Bonham]] on drums.<ref name="RS #529">{{cite magazine |last1=Pond |first1=Steve |date=June 30, 1988 |title=Atlantic's Birthday Bash |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=529 |pages=48–50, 66 }}</ref>
*[[May 27]] – The [[Monsters of Rock Tour 1988]] commences in [[East Troy, Wisconsin]]. [[Van Halen]] headlines with the other acts on the bill consisting of [[Metallica]], [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[Dokken]] and [[Kingdom Come (German band)|Kingdom Come]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}
*[[June 10]] – [[Singing Revolution]] begins in [[Estonia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onthisdeity.com/10th-june-1988-%E2%80%93%C2%A0the-singing-revolution/|title=10th June 1988 – the Singing Revolution|work=Dorian Cope presents On This Deity|access-date=2024-04-13}}</ref>
*[[June 18]] – [[Depeche Mode]] play to a crowd of 60,000 at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Pasadena, California]]. The concert was filmed and recorded by [[D. A. Pennebaker]] for the group's documentary-concert film and live album [[101 (album)|''101'']].
*[[June 27]] – [[Motown Records]] is sold to [[MCA Records|MCA]] and an investment firm for $61 million.<ref name="RS #532">{{cite magazine |last1=Ressner |first1=Jeffrey |date=August 11, 1988 |title=Motown Records Sold |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=532 |pages=17 }}</ref>

===July–September===
*[[July 2]] – [[Michael Jackson]] with fifth single from ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'', "[[Dirty Diana]]", he broke the record to have five consecutive charting singles from same album at the top of the ''[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]'', is the first artist and only male in history to achieve this.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}
*[[August 12]] – [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] garners publicity by staging a concert at [[Riker's Island]] prison for 250 inmates and 100 journalists.<ref name="RS #541/42">{{cite magazine |date=December 15, 1988 |title=August |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=541/542 |pages=84 }}</ref>
*[[September 6]]–9 – [[Elton John]] auctions off many items from his personal collection, including memorabilia and stage-worn clothing, at [[Sotheby's]] for a total of $8.5 million. John had been known for wearing flamboyant stage costumes during the [[glam rock]] era of the 1970s, but he increasingly abandoned them in later years.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}
*[[September 10]] – ''Billboard'' magazine publishes its [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks]] chart for the first time.
*[[September 24]] – [[James Brown]] faces a variety of charges after leading police on an interstate chase, after reportedly breaking into a seminar in an [[Augusta, Georgia]], building he owned an office in, waving a gun and demanding to know who had used his restrooms. Earlier in the year Brown had been arrested on drug and firearms-related charges.<ref name="RS #538">{{cite magazine |last1=Ressner |first1=Jeffrey |date=November 3, 1988 |title=James Brown Arrested After Car Chase |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=538 |pages=27 }}</ref>
*[[September 25]] – The [[Aalto Theatre]], Essen, Germany, opens with a performance of ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''.<ref>[[:de:Dietmar N. Schmidt|Dietmar N. Schmidt]] (ed.): ''Das Theater von Alvar Aalto in Essen.'' [[:de:G. D. Baedeker Verlag|Baedeker]], Essen 1988, {{ISBN|3-920138-03-1}}</ref>

===October–December===
*[[October 10]] – The new [[Cairo Opera House]] is inaugurated by President [[Hosni Mubarak]] and [[Prince Tomohito of Mikasa]], brother of the Emperor of Japan. The opening ceremony includes a [[kabuki]] performance in recognition of the funds donated by Japan.<ref>[http://www.cairoopera.org/about.aspx About Cairo Opera House.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317092702/http://www.cairoopera.org/about.aspx |date=March 17, 2013 }} Accessed 7 March 2013</ref>
*[[November 7]] – [[John Fogerty]] wins a self-plagiarism lawsuit with [[Fantasy Records]]. The record label had contended that Fogerty's 1985 comeback hit "[[The Old Man Down the Road]]" was too similar to his 1970 [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] song, "[[Run Through the Jungle]]".<ref name="RS543p15">{{cite magazine |last1=Goldberg |first1=Michael |date=January 12, 1989 |title=Fogerty Wins Unusual Self-Plagiarism Suit |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=543 |page=15 }}</ref>
*[[November 12]] – [[U2]]'s ''[[Rattle and Hum]]'' hits the Number One spot on the U.S. charts, the first [[double album]] to do so since [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s ''[[The River (Bruce Springsteen album)|The River]]'' in 1980.<ref name="RS543p16">{{cite magazine |last1=Ressner |first1=Jeffrey |date=January 12, 1989 |title=Bono Less Than Boffo at Box Office |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=543 |page=16 }}</ref>
*[[December 4]] – Singer [[Roy Orbison]] gives his last concert in [[Akron, Ohio]], USA, before his death from a heart attack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/08/obituaries/roy-orbison-52-a-singer-famed-for-plaintive-pop-anthems-dies.html|title=Roy Orbison, 52, a Singer Famed For Plaintive Pop Anthems, Dies|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=1988-12-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[December 28]] – [[Madonna]] calls sheriff's officers to the Malibu, California home she shared with her soon-to-be ex-husband [[Sean Penn]]. Penn is rumored to have threatened to attack or kill Madonna, tied her up, and threatened to cut her hair. These rumors have been denied by both Madonna and Penn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gawker.com/did-sean-penn-beat-up-madonna-an-archaeology-of-hollyw-1748746261|title=Did Sean Penn Beat Up Madonna? An Archaeology of Hollywood's Most Explosive Rumor|last=Trotter|first=J. K.|website=Gawker|date=December 23, 2015 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>
*[[December 31]] – The 17th annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[Natalie Cole]], [[Taylor Dayne]], [[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]], [[Richard Marx]], [[Reba McEntire]] and [[Frankie Valli]] and [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/464521/dick-clarks-new-years-rockin-eve-89|title=Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '89 (1988) - Overview - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>

===Also in 1988===
* [[Peter Ruzicka]] becomes director of the [[Hamburg State Opera]] and State Philharmonic Orchestra.<ref>Dörte Schmidt, "Ruzicka, Peter", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by [[Stanley Sadie]] and [[John Tyrrell (professor of music)|John Tyrrell]] (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).</ref>
* [[Andrew Davis (conductor)|Andrew Davis]] begins a term as chief conductor of the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]], and is appointed musical director of [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera]], effective with the 1989 season.<ref>Alan Blyth, "Davis, Sir Andrew (Frank)", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by [[Stanley Sadie]] and [[John Tyrrell (professor of music)|John Tyrrell]] (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).</ref>
* "[[I Heard It Through the Grapevine]]" experiences a surge in popularity in the USA sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures dancing to the song. [[The California Raisins]] version of the song peaks at number 84 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].