The Rovers' remake of Tom Paxton's Wasn't That A Party reached #3 in Canada in November 1980. For three weeks it was number one on the top 20 of CKLG in Vancouver. The song reached #37 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100 in February 1981 and peaked at #45 on the April 25 1981 Billboard country chart. The band formed in 1963 as the Irish Rovers and took their name from an Irish folk song. From 1980 to 1989 they were known as the Rovers. They are still performing in 2026. Their biggest hit, a 1968 remake of Shel Silverstein's The Unicorn, reached #4 in Canada, #5 in Ireland, #6 on the Cash BoxTop 100 and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Ditto.I'll say 1 but I have no confidence in the answer. 1988 was a wasteland for music.
My favorite song of 1988 – and there weren't very many I liked – is George Harrison's Got My Mind Set On You. The song, written by Rudy Clark, was first recorded by James Ray, best known for If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody, His version was released as a single in December 1962 but never charted. Harrison's version features Jim Keltner on drums, Jim Horn on sax, Ray Cooper on maracas and Jeff Lynne on bass and keyboards.