MTV was no longer a novelty in 1988: It was the engine driving the music industry, shaping the Billboard charts and molding the very image of a pop star. George Michael realized the depth of this ...

On Sept. 24, 1988, Dan Seals’ “Addicted” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. It became the eighth of his 11 career leaders on the list. Cheryl Wheeler wrote the song following a ...

“Many Nashville publishers sold their firms, then cried swampfulls of crocodile tears all the way to the bank when they suddenly became multimillionaires.” That’s a 1988 hot take on country’s ...

Tracy Chapman’s 1988 self-titled debut album comes charging back onto Billboard’s album charts (dated April 19), following its vinyl reissue on April 4. The Billboard 200 chart-topper and Grammy Award ...

In the late 1980s, a lot of great music hit the airwaves. Many of those songs climbed the charts, with some even hitting No. 1 on major Billboard charts. However, there are some really good (and once ...

Looking at some of the Billboard chart milestones The Beatles set in the ’60s, you can’t imagine a recording artist will ever top them. That list begins with the group’s 20 No. 1 singles released ...

On this day (October 8) in 1988, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon left the Billboard 200 albums chart after 741 weeks. The album’s 15-year run on the tally set a record. Then, more than two decades ...

Thirty-one years ago sports talk radio show host Duncan Stewart climbed onto a billboard in downtown Nashville next to the interstate and vowed not to come down until the Tennessee Vols won a football ...

Editor's note: This story first appeared in the October 23, 1988, edition of The Tennessean. Tennessee's 38-25 victory at Memphis State yesterday elated thousands of Vols fans, but brought WSIX-AM ...