The #1 country song on October 23, 1988

Gonna Take a Lot of River By The Oak Ridge Boys

Other #1 songs on October 23, 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 23 birthdays in the 1980s

Yoo Soo-young
Pop Singer
Born October 23, 1981

Keiren Westwood
Soccer Player
Born October 23, 1984

Alain Baroja
Soccer Player
Born October 23, 1989

Tom Jauncey
Entrepreneur
Born October 23, 1987

Bianca Bai
TV Actress
Born October 23, 1982

Priscilla Faia
TV Actress
Born October 23, 1985