This week, Frank E. Lee captained a trip back to 1987. The year The Simpsons debuted as a cartoon sketch on the Tracey Ullman Show, Michael Jackson, Prince, U2, and R.E.M. each released some of their best selling albums, and Chicago had three Mayors over the course of seven days (Mayor Harold Washington passed away on November 25th, Alderman and Vice Mayor David Orr served as Acting Mayor until Eugene Sawyer was sworn in as Chicago's 53rd Mayor on December 2nd.) Here’s everything Frank played:
Cure - “Why Can’t I Be You”
Bruce Springsteen - “Tunnel Of Love”
Smithereens - “The Seeker”
Smiths - “Girlfriend In A Coma”
Los Lobos - “Shakin’ Shakin’ Shakes”
U2 - “Trip Through Your Wires”
Psychedelic Furs - “Heartbreak Beat”
John Hiatt - “Memphis In The Meantime”
Peter Wolf - “Come As You Are”
BoDeans - “Only Love”
Insiders - “Ghost On The Beach”
Jon Astley - “Jane’s Getting Serious”
INXS - “Kick”
Joe Cocker - “Unchain My Heart”
The The - “Infected”
Grateful Dead - “Hell In A Bucket”
Replacements - “Alex Chilton”
George Harrison - “Got My Mind Set On You”
Sinead O’Connor - “Mandinka”
Bryan Ferry - “Kiss And Tell”
Bourgeois Tagg - “I Don't Mind At All”
World Party - “Ship Of Fools”
Cult - “Love Removal Machine”
Terrence Trent D’Arby -”Wishing Well”
Hüsker Dü - “Could You Be The One”
Echo & The Bunnymen - “Lips Like Sugar”
R.E.M. - Disturbance At The Heron House”
Julian Cope - “World Shut Your Mouth”
New Order - “True Faith”
10,000 Maniacs - “Hey Jack Kerouac”
Robbie Robertson - “Somewhere Down The Crazy River”
Next week, join Annalisa for a three-decade flashback to 1994. The year that England and France are connected by the 31-mile long Chunnel (officially the Channel Tunnel), top movies include Pulp Fiction, The Lion King, and Forrest Gump, and the baseball season is canceled due to the Major League Baseball Players Association strike. The White Sox ended the season in first place, the Cubs in fifth place.