Today is the 36th anniversary of the big San Francisco earthquake that hit the Bay Area right before Game 3 of the World Series between the A’s & Giants. Today’s Forgotten 45 at 3:45 was the #1 song on the chart October 17th of ’89 from Janet Jackson it’s “Miss You Much”.
It was one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit a highly populated area as the quake registered 7.1 on the Richter scale killing 67 people and causing billions of dollars of damage. Baseball fans remember the coverage of the pre-game show of Game 3 on ABC with Al Michaels & Tim McCarver as the quake hit 4 minutes into their broadcast at 7:04pm Central time. The game was postponed ten days as the A’s eventually swept the Giants in 4 games.
In the Fall of ’89 Janet Jackson was riding high with her album Rhythm Nation 1814 which became the best selling album of 1990 selling over 12 million copies and “Miss You Much” spent four weeks at #1, the first of eight singles from the album.
Check out a clip of the earthquake coverage and Miss Janet with “Miss You Much”. The Forgotten 45 is sponsored by Honey Creek Furniture in Manchester, Eastern Iowa’s fastest growing La-Z-Boy store. You’ll find them at honeycreekfurniture.com.
