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This was the year that several new eras in music began. The year of the first ever home-grown house music hits, the year Kylie Minogue made her musical debut and the year some of the dominant sounds of the next decade began to make their mark. The echoes of 1988 still resonate in the background of many of today's biggest chart hits. Now you can read the full story behind every one of the biggest hits of 1988. Leading chart historian James Masterton takes you through a detailed account of every act and every hit single to reach the UK Top 40 during the course of the year. Inside you will learn: Who Pete Waterman described as my favourite idea for a pop group ever ; Which Belgian was the brains behind two of the biggest 'British' house music hits of the year; Just who was New Order's Bernard Sumner imitating on Fine Time ; Who first performed the biggest selling single of the year on television; Which Dutchman dragged a famous 1960s hit kicking and screaming back into the Top 10 and in the process its singer back from Spanish retirement; Who was the first person to record Kylie's second hit; Which acid house hit ended up using footage filmed for another hit single as its hastily produced video. All this and much more can be found in this essential guide for any music fan of the 1980s.

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James Masterton is one of the longest-serving music writers online, having written a weekly guide to the UK Charts since 1992. He has written for dotmusic.com and Yahoo! Music and since 2011 his weekly chart new column has featured on top40.about.com with a worldwide readership of thousands. He has appeared on BBC and Channel 4 television as a music critic and spoken on radio stations across Europe about the latest events on the UK charts. He is host of a weekly podcast discussing all matters relating to the British music charts. Running since 2008, it celebrated its 300th edition at the start of 2015. He lives in Sidcup, South East London and spends his days making sports radio programmes, although he cannot tell you who won the FA Cup last year.

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