The #1 country song on October 26, 1988

Gonna Take a Lot of River By The Oak Ridge Boys

Other #1 songs on October 26, 1988

#1 Hit Song

A Groovy Kind of Love
Phil Collins

UK #1 Song

Orinoco Flow
Enya

#1 R&B Song

The Way You Love Me
Karyn White

#1 Alternative Hit

Desire
U2

#1 Dance Track

Spy in the House of Love
Was (Not Was)

Notable October 26 birthdays in the 1980s

Dre Kirkpatrick

Born October 26, 1989
Shawn Lauvao

Born October 26, 1987
Schoolboy Q

Born October 26, 1986
Monta Ellis

Born October 26, 1985
Sasha Cohen

Born October 26, 1984
Sam Brown

Born October 26, 1981
Nick Collison

Born October 26, 1980