President: George Bush

                                               Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle

                                                    Population: 246,819,230

                                             Life expectancy: 75.1 years
                            Yearly Inflation Rate U.S.A. 4.83%

Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 2753

        Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 10.50% 
                                         Federal spending: $1143.17 billion
                                               Federal debt:  $2868.0 billion

                         Average Cost of new house:  $120,000.00

                            Average Price for new car: $15,3500.00

                             Average Income per year: $27,450.00

                               Federal Minimum Wage: $3.35 An Hour

                                 Average Monthly Rent: $420.00 
                                            Unemployment:  5.3%

                                             1 gallon of gas:  97 cents

                             Cost of a first-class stamp:  25 cents

TOP 25 Movies of 1989
Rank         MovieTitle                  Total Gross
  1)  Batman                                                $251,188,924

  2)  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade      $197,171,806

  3)  Lethal Weapon 2                                 $147,253,986

  4)  Look Who's Talking                            $140,088,813

  5)  Honey, I Shrunk the Kids                    $130,724,172

  6)  Back to the Future Part II                    $118,450,002

  7)  Ghostbusters II                                    $112,494,738

  8)  Driving Miss Daisy                              $106,593,296

  9)  Parenthood                                         $100,047,830

10)  Dead Poets Society                               $95,860,116

11)  When Harry Met Sally...                        $92,823,546

12)  The War of the Roses                            $86,888,546

13)  The Little Mermaid                                 $84,355,863

14)  Steel Magnolias                                      $83,759,091

15)  Christmas Vacation                                 $71,319,526

16)  Turner & Hooch                                     $71,079,915

17)  Born on the Fourth of July                       $70,001,698

18)  Uncle Buck                                             $66,758,538

19)  Field of Dreams                                      $64,431,625

20)  Tango & Cash                                        $63,408,614

21)  Harlem Nights                                         $60,864,870

22)  Sea of Love                                            $58,571,513

23)  Pet Sematary                                          $57,469,467

24)  The Abyss                                              $54,222,310

25)  Star Trek V: The Final Frontier               $52,210,049

TV Shows Debuts in 1989

The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1994)

The Pat Sajak Show (1989-1990)

Cops (1989—present)

Quantum Leap

Generations

The New Mickey Mouse Club (1989-1994)

Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996).

Seinfeld (1989–1998).

Saved By The Bell (1989-1993)

Life Goes On (1989–1993)

American Gladiators (1989-1996)

Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989-1993)

Baywatch (1989–1990, 1991-2001)

Family Matters (1989–1998)

America's Funniest Home Videos (1989—present)

The Simpsons (1989 —present)

TV Shows Ending In 1989

Simon & Simon (1981–1989)

Webster (1983–1989)

It's a Living (1980–1982, 1985–1989)

$ale of the Century (1983–1989)

Super Password (1984–1989)

The Benny Hill Show (UK) (1955–1989)

Dynasty (1981–1989)

Family Ties (1982–1989)

Moonlighting (1985–1989)

Miami Vice (1984–1989)

Kate and Allie (1984–1989)

Highway to Heaven (1984–1989)

American Bandstand (1952–1989)

Major League Baseball on NBC (1947–1989)

Pinwheel (1979–1989)

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy

Best Director: Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot

Best Actress: Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy

Best Supporting Actor: Denzel Washington - Glory

Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker - My Left Foot

Golden Globe Awards

Drama

Best Picture: Born on the Fourth of July

Best Actor: Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July

Best Actress: Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys

Musical or comedy

Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy

Best Actor: Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy

Best Actress: Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy

Best Director: Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July

Grammy Awards of 1989

Record of the Year:  Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Album of the Year:  George Michael (producer & artist) for Faith

Song of the Year:  Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

Best New Artist:  Tracy Chapman

 

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording:  Robin Williams for Good Morning Vietnam

 

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female:  K.T. Oslin for "Hold Me"

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male:  Randy Travis for Old 8x10

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: The Judds

Best Country Vocal Collaboration:  k.d. lang & Roy Orbison for "Crying" 

Best Country Song:  K.T. Oslin (songwriter) for "Hold Me"

 

Music video

Best Concept Music Video:  Susan Zwerman (video producer), Jay Levey (video director) & "Weird Al" Yankovic for "Fat"

Best Performance Music Video:  Michael Hamlyn, Ben Dossett (video producers), Meiert Avis (video director) & U2 for "Where the Streets Have No Name"

 

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female:  Tracy Chapman for "Fast Car"

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male:  Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal:  The Manhattan Transfer for Brasil 

 

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female:  Anita Baker
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male:  Terence Trent D'Arby

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal:  Gladys Knight & The Pips

Best R&B Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist):  Chick Corea for "Light Years"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Anita Baker, Randy Holland & Skip Scarborough (songwriters) for "Giving You the Best That I Got" performed by Anita Baker

 

Rap

Best Rap Performance:  DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince 

Rock

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female:  Tina Turner 

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male:  Robert Palmer 

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal:  U2

Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist):  Carlos Santana

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental:  Jethro Tull

1989 MTV Video Music Awards

Best Video Of The Year:  Neil Young This Note's For You

Best Male Video:  Elvis Costello Veronica

Best Female Video:  Paula Abdul Straight Up

Best Group Video:  Living Colour Cult Of Personality

Best Rap Video:  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Parents Just Don't Understand

Best Dance Video:  Paula Abdul Straight Up

Best Heavy Metal Video:  Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine

Best Post Modern Video:  R.E.M. Orange Crush

Best Stage Performance:  Living Colour Cult Of Personality

Best New Artist:  Living Colour Cult Of Personality

Best Video From A Film:  U2 with BB King When Love Comes To Town Rattle and Hum

Best Direction:  Madonna Express Yourself Director: David Fincher  

Best Choreography:  Paula Abdul Straight Up 

Best Special Effects:  Michael Jackson Leave Me Alone Special Effects: Jim Blashfield  

Best Art Direction:  Madonna Express Yourself Art Director: Vance Lorenzini

Best Editing:  Paula Abdul Straight Up Editor: Jim Heygood

Best Cinematography:  Madonna Express Yourself Cinematographer: Mark Plummer  

Breakthrough Video:  Tom Jones Kiss
Viewer's Choice:  Madonna Like A Prayer

American Music Awards of 1989
The 16th Annual American Music Awards were held on January 30, 1989.

Pop/Rock Category

Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist    George Michael

Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Whitney Houston

Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

Favorite Pop/Rock Album Dirty Dancing soundtrack

Favorite Pop/Rock Single "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses

Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist Tracy Chapman

 

Soul/R&B Category

Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist George Michael

Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Whitney Houston

Favorite Soul/R&B Band, Duo, or Group Gladys Knight & The Pips

Favorite Soul/R&B Album Faith - George Michael All Our Love -

Favorite Soul/R&B Single "Nice 'N' Slow" - Freddie

Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist Al B. Sure

 

Country Category

Favorite Country Male Artist Randy Travis

Favorite Country Female Artist Reba McEntire

Favorite Country Band, Duo, or Group Alabama

Favorite Country Album Always & Forever - Randy

Favorite Country Single "I Told You So" - Randy

Favorite Country New Artist Patty Loveless

Rap/Hip-Hop Category

Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh

Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Category

Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist Def

Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album "Hysteria" - Def Leppard

Award of Merit - Willie Nelson

Award of Achievement - Michael Jackson

BANDS FORMED IN 1989

Blind Melon

The Chemical Brothers

The Cranberries

Blur

En Vogue

FireHouse

Fuel

Jerky Boys

Green Day

Marilyn Manson

Monster Magnet

Pavement

Rascalz

Toadies

 

BANDS DISBANDED IN 1989

The Bangles (reformed in 2000)

The Monkees

New Edition (reformed in 1996)

Operation Ivy

Wall of Voodoo

Albums Released in 1989

2 Live Crew - As Nasty As They Wanna Be

10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man's Zoo

The B-52's - Cosmic Thing

Accept - Eat the Heat

Ace Frehley - Trouble Walkin'

Aerosmith - Pump

After 7 - After 7

Alice Cooper - Trash

Annihilator - Alice in Hell

Aretha Franklin - Through the Storm

Bad English - Bad English

Badlands - Badlands

Barry Manilow - Barry Manilow

The Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

The Beach Boys - Still Cruisin'

Belinda Carlisle - Runaway Horses

Better Than Ezra - Surprise

Billy Joel - Storm Front

Biz Markie - The Biz Never Sleeps

Black Sabbath - Headless Cross

Black Flag - I Can See You

Bo Diddley - Breakin' Through the BS

Bo Diddley - Living Legend

Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead - Dylan & The Dead Live

Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy

Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time

Carole King - City Streets

Cher - Heart of Stone

Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World

Clint Black - 2 Killin' Time

The Cult - Sonic Temple

Cyndi Lauper - A Night to Remember

Danger Danger - Danger Danger

Dangerous Toys - Dangerous Toys

David Crosby  - Oh Yes I Can

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth

Depeche Mode - Live double album

Diana Ross - Workin' Overtime

Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven

The Doobie Brothers - Cycles

Dolly Parton - White Limozeen

Don Henley - The End of the Innocence

Donna Summer - Another Place and Time

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - And in This Corner…

D.R.I - Thrash Zone.

Erasure - Wild!

Eric Clapton - Journeyman

Elton John - Sleeping with the Past

Enuff Z'nuff - Enuff Z'nuff

Exodus - Fabulous Disaster

Exposé - What You Don't Know

Faith No More - The Real Thing

Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When It's Over

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked

Frank Zappa - Broadway the Hard Way

Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3

Gary Numan - Automatic

Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks

George Clinton - The Cinderella Theory

George Strait - Beyond the Blue Neon

Goo Goo Dolls - Jed

The Grateful Dead - Built to Last

Great White -...Twice Shy

Green Day - 1,000 Hours

Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls

Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814

Jackson Browne - World in Motion

Jethro Tull - Rock Island

Jody Watley - Larger than Life

John Mellencamp - Big Daddy

Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream

Kiss - Hot in the Shade

King Diamond - Conspiracy

King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska

L.A. Guns - Cocked & Loaded

Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule

Lou Gramm - Long Hard Look

Lou Reed - New York

Love and Rockets - Love and Rockets

Madonna - Like a Prayer

Metal Church - Blessing in Disguise

Melissa Etheridge - Brave and Crazy

Melvins - Ozma

Michael Bolton - Soul Provider

Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Devil's Night Out

Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness

Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood

Mother Love Bone - Shine

Nazareth - Snakes 'n' Ladders

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

New Order - Technique

Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi

Nirvana - Bleach

Neil Young - Freedom

The Offspring - The Offspring

Overkill - The Years of Decay

Pat Benatar - Best Shots Greatest Hits

Paul McCartney - Flowers in the Dirt

Phil Collins - ...But Seriously

Primus - Suck on This (live debut)

Public Enemy - Fight The Power...Live!

Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen

Queen - The Miracle

Ramones - Brain Drain

Randy Travis - No Holdin' Back

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk

Red Rider - The Symphony Sessions

Richard Marx - Repeat Offender

Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl

Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - The Incredible Base

Rollins Band - Hard Volume

Roxy Music - The Later Years

Roy Orbison and Friends Live - A Black & White Night Live

Rush - A Show of Hands (Live)

Rush - Presto

The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels

Santana - Early Music

Savatage - Gutter Ballet

Skid Row - Skid Row

Stevie Nicks - The Other Side of the Mirror

Sepultura - Beneath the Remains

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step

Soundgarden - Louder Than Love

Scorpions - Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads

Stacey Q. - Nights Like This

Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love

Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam: The Album

Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy

Testament - Practice What You Preach

Tina Turner - Foreign Affair

Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever

Tone Lōc - Loc'ed After Dark

Voivod - Nothingface

Violent Femmes - 3

W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children

Wang Chung - The Warmer Side of Cool

White Lion - Big Game

Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich

White Zombie - Make Them Die Slowly

Whitesnake - Slip of the Tongue

Yngwie Malmsteen -Trial by Fire: Live In Leningrad

Young MC - Stone Cold Rhymin'

Movies Released in 1989

The Abyss

All Dogs Go To Heaven

Always

Back to the Future Part II

Batman

Best of the Best

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Black Rain

Born on the Fourth of July

The 'Burbs

Casualties of War

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Cousins

Cyborg

Dead Poets Society

Dream a Little Dream

Disorganized Crime

Do the Right Thing

The Dream Team

Driving Miss Daisy

Drugstore Cowboy

Edge of Sanity

Enemies, a Love Story

The Experts

Farewell to the King

Field of Dreams

Fletch Lives

The Fly II

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Getting It Right

Ghostbusters II

Glory

Great Balls of Fire!

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Hard Times

Heathers

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The January Man

K-9

The Karate Kid, Part III

Kickboxer

Lean on Me

Lethal Weapon 2

Licence to Kill

The Little Mermaid

Look Who's Talking

Major League

Miss Firecracker

My Mom's A Werewolf

Mystery Train

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Night Game

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

No Holds Barred

Nowhere to Run

Parenthood

Pet Sematary

Penn & Teller Get Killed

Prom Night III: The Last Kiss

The Punisher

Return To Paradise

Roger & Me

Say Anything...

Sex, lies, and videotape

She's Out of Control

Signs of Life

Skin Deep

Society

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Steel Magnolias

Teen Witch

Three Fugitives

The Toxic Avenger Part II

The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie

Turner & Hooch

UHF

Uncle Buck

The War of the Roses

Weekend at Bernie's

When Harry Met Sally...

The Wizard