Billboard American Top 40: June 25, 1988... Deb made history!

[Woops]

Back when Will Smith was The Fresh Prince and Bret Michaels was rockin' out with Poison rather than humilating himself on television

Deb became the youngest artist to write, produce, and record a #1 hit at age 17 (wrote it at 14) with "Foolish Beat"  

American Top 40: June 25, 1988


from: Rock On The Net site, the other half is on the link ^

20. "Everything Your Heart Desires" Hall & Oates
19. "Hold On To The Nights" Richard Marx
18. "Lost In You" Rod Stewart
17.  "I Still Believe" Brenda K. Starr
16.  "Beds Are Burning" Midnight Oil
15. "New Sensation" INXS
14. "Night And Day" Al B. Sure!  
13.  "One More Try" George Michael
12.  "Circle In The Sand" Belinda Carlisle
11.  "Nothin' But A Good Time" Poison
10.  "Pour Some Sugar On Me" Def Leppard
9.  "Kiss Me Deadly" Lita Ford
8.  "Mercedes Boy" Pebbles
7.  "The Flame" Cheap Trick  
6.  "Alphabet St." Prince
5.  "The Valley Road" Bruce Hornsby & The Range
4.  "Together Forever" Rick Astley
3.  "Make It Real" The Jets
2.  "Dirty Diana" Michael Jackson  
1.  "Foolish Beat" Debbie Gibson

[Woops]

"Dirty Diana" has a bit of a hair metal edge (with Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens), OK song though MJ had better like "Smooth Criminal" 

"Make It Real" is another great ballad from 1988 and probably the best from The Jets (whom were around Deb's age)

"Together Forever" is an OK song

Never heard of "The Valley Road"

Prince had better songs than "Alphabet St."

"The Flame" and "Mercedes Boy" are both good song

"Kiss Me Deadly"... eh, I kinda find it cheesy, though catchy

"Pour Some Sugar On Me" from Def Leppard... Classic 

Not familiar with songs 18 & 20. Heck, I didn't even know Hall & Oates were still putting out hits towards the end of the decade.

OK, as for now... I like Natasha Bedingfield, Duffy's "Mercy" , and The Ting Tings are OK. And that's basically it.

[Out of the Blue]

It's hard to believe that's been 20 years now.

[Debhead4life]

My goodness, 20 years 

[pattyg_1821]

20 years went by in a hurry

[Woops]

Deb's old enough to be a parent of a teenager herself and she'll turn 40 in 2010.

[Kevin]

Who else played it to celebrate