ALONE - HEART - 1987

NEWS

• President Regan took responsibility for the Iran-Contra affair.

• Prozac was poised to become a necessity

• Hustler Magazine & the Rev. Jerry Falwell duked it out before the Supreme Court

• Senator Gary Hart got caught with Donna Rice

• The Iraqis lob a couple of missiles into the USS Stark killing 37 sailors.

• Rev. Jim Baker admitted committing adultery with a church secretary Jessica Hann.

• 1987 was also the year of the “Black Monday” stock market crash.

• Mikhail Gorbachev was Time Magazines Man of the Year. 

• Fox Broadcasting Co. made its prime-time TV debut

  

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

• MOVIES: “3 Men & a Baby” “Dirty Dancing” “Good Morning Viet Nam” and “Lethal Weapon”.

• T.V.: “The Cosby Show,” “Roseanne,” “Who’s The Boss,” and 

“21 Jump Street (The series provided a spark to Johnny Depp's carrer.)”

• Snapple brings their Ice Tea to market.

• Pi is calculated out to 134 million decimal places with no end in sight.

• Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

• Spuds MacKenzie first appeared in Bud Light beer advertisements.

 

#1@1

• Heart was ranked #57 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.

• Heart has sold over 35 million albums worldwide.

• In June 1986, Nancy Wilson married screenwriter and director Cameron Crowe. She also made a cameo appearance in his movie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High in 1982.

• Here’s Ann & Nancy Wilson Heart and “Alone” you’re #1 @ 1 from July 1987.