The #1 song in the UK on May 17, 1988

With a Little Help from My Friends She's Leaving Home By Wet Wet Wet Billy Bragg and Cara Tivey

Other #1 songs on May 17, 1988

#1 Hit Song

Anything for You
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

#1 R&B Song

Mercedes Boy
Pebbles

#1 Country Song

Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses
Kathy Mattea

#1 Dance Track

Like a Child
Noel

Notable May 17 birthdays in the 1980s

Tessa Virtue

Born May 17, 1989

Derek Hough

Born May 17, 1985

Christine Robinson

Born May 17, 1984

Channing Frye

Born May 17, 1983

Matt Cassel

Born May 17, 1982