The #1 dance track on December 20, 1987

So Emotional

By Whitney Houston

Other #1 songs on December 20, 1987
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Somewhere Tonight

Highway 101

#1 R&B song

The Way You Make Me Feel

Michael Jackson

#1 song in the UK

Always on My Mind

Pet Shop Boys

#1 song

Faith

George Michael

The #1 Movie
At the box office on December 20, 1987

The Running Man

Directed by Paul Michael Glaser

Notable December 20 Birthdays
Born in the 1980s

Royal Ivey

Basketball Player

David Cook

Rock Singer-Songwriter

Jonah Hill

Actor

Chay Genoway

Ice Hockey Player

James Shields

Baseball Player

David Wright

Baseball Player