May 1988 -- yikes! Oh so slow!

It's May 1988 this week, and what a dud!  It started with perhaps the worst #1 of the decade, the 5th straight #1 from "Bad" by Michael Jackson.  Climbing towards #1 was Debbie Gibson's first #1... George Michael was surging to #1 with his slowest, dull track.  Whitney's plunging with another energy sapper.  Billy Ocean has another #1 that has aged very poorly, while Natalie Cole was #5 with a downright cringe-worthy remake.  And then there's Samantha Fox...

Huge jump to #2 for a song that never did hit #1... and among the super slow songs, as mid-tempo, they seemed fast...Johnny Hates Jazz.  Pebbles was a relief, but she was plummeting.  She had more hits than her fellow first-timers EU, Lita Ford, Al B Sure and convicted murderer Suave!

Veterans Hall and Oates were headed for their last top 10, Foreigner was there, and Toto was in their last week in the top 40, as was Jermaine "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" Stewart.

Favorite:  "Kiss Me Deadly" by Lita Ford, who I'd never noticed sounds a lot like Pink!

1 2 ANYTHING FOR YOU –•– Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine – 10 (1)
2 8 SHATTERED DREAMS –•– Johnny Hates Jazz – 9 (2)
3 1 WISHING WELL –•– Terence Trent D’Arby – 18 (1)
4 14 ONE MORE TRY –•– George Michael – 5 (4)
5 5 PINK CADILLAC –•– Natalie Cole – 11 (5)
6 6 ALWAYS ON MY MIND –•– Pet Shop Boys – 8 (6)
7 3 ANGEL –•– Aerosmith – 16 (3)
8 10 NAUGHTY GIRLS (NEED LOVE TOO) –•– Samantha Fox – 12 (8)
9 9 ELECTRIC BLUE –•– Icehouse – 14 (9)
10 11 I DON’T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU –•– Foreigner – 9 (10)

11 4 WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO –•– Whitney Houston – 12 (1)
12 13 WAIT –•– White Lion – 12 (12)
13 16 TWO OCCASIONS –•– The Deele – 12 (13)
14 18 PIANO IN THE DARK –•– Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito – 13 (14)
15 7 PROVE YOUR LOVE –•– Taylor Dayne – 13 (7)
16 21 EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES –•– Daryl Hall & John Oates – 5 (16)
17 25 TOGETHER FOREVER –•– Rick Astley – 5 (17)
18 24 DREAMING –•– Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – 10 (18)
19 15 GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR –•– Billy Ocean – 14 (1)
20 26 MY GIRL –•– Suave – 10 (20)

21 30 CIRCLE IN THE SAND –•– Belinda Carlisle – 5 (21)
22 22 PAMELA –•– Toto – 13 (22)
23 28 STRANGE BUT TRUE –•– Times Two – 10 (23)
24 12 DEVIL INSIDE –•– INXS – 14 (2)
25 33 MAKE IT REAL –•– The Jets – 5 (25)
26 17 GIRLFRIEND –•– Pebbles – 16 (5)
27 32 WE ALL SLEEP ALONE –•– Cher – 6 (27)
28 29 ONE GOOD REASON –•– Paul Carrack – 9 (28)
29 36 FOOLISH BEAT –•– Debbie Gibson – 4 (29)
30 35 I STILL BELIEVE –•– Brenda K. Starr – 7 (30)

31 37 I’M STILL SEARCHING –•– Glass Tiger – 6 (31)
32 43 THE VALLEY ROAD –•– Bruce Hornsby & The Range – 3 (32)
33 49 ALPHABET ST. –•– Prince – 3 (33)
34 27 SAY IT AGAIN –•– Jermaine Stewart – 9 (27)
35 47 KISS ME DEADLY –•– Lita Ford – 7 (35)
36 23 I WISH I HAD A GIRL –•– Henry Lee Summer – 14 (20)
37 39 NIGHTIME –•– Pretty Poison – 7 (37)
38 42 NITE AND DAY –•– Al B. Sure! – 6 (38)
39 45 DA’BUTT –•– E.U. – 5 (39)
40 53 DIRTY DIANA –•– Michael Jackson – 2 (40)