Today in 1982, John Cougar’s “Jack and Diane” hit #1 on the US singles charts. It was his biggest hit.

Bon Jovi’s “New Jersey” started kicking butt, pumping out a ton of great songs like “Bad Medicine” and “I’ll be there for you”. Reminds me of high school!

The first Compact Disk (CD) player was released to the public in Japan.