12 October 1987

Monday

1987-10-12

Events

 * ABC release their fourth studio album Alphabet City, produced by the group and Bernard Edwards.
 * Now reduced to the core duo of Martin Fry and Mark White, the album was once more a marked departure from their previous LP, How To Be A Zillionaire! (1985). Fuelled by the success of the lead single When Smokey Sings (US Top 5), and the less successfull The Night You Murdered Love, the album entered the UK charts at no.7 although stayed in the Top 40 for just three weeks. In the US it reached no.48 in the Top 100.


 * George Michael releases new single Faith, the lead and title track of his forthcoming album.
 * George Harrison releases single Got My Mind Set On You, the cover version of a 1962 US hit.