It’s time for another edition of Mr. Romance’s Top 10 Countdown Show, a look back at the 10 most popular songs on the Adult Contemporary chart for the week of October 10, 1998. Click here if you missed last week’s show featuring 2002.
Get ready for pop culture, trivia and all your lite hits that might just bring back some memories or maybe you’ll discover some new soft rock favorites.
Top 10 Countdown Show Pop Culture
The year was 1998:
A robotic toy was released resembling a hamster or owl like creature and was a “must-have” toy that holiday season called The Furby.
At the movies, you were watching:
Titanic
Armageddon
Saving Private Ryan
On television:
ER
Friends
Frasier
And, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire host Regis Philbin had everyone asking: “Is that your final answer?”
Top 10 Countdown Show Trivia Question
In 1998, two PhD students from Stanford founded one of the big five American information technology companies. Named as a play on words for a term used to describe a very large number, can you guess this mystery tech company? Take a listen to the show for the answer.
Song Spotlight
You might know this artist as host of the 2015 TV show Flipping Ships on Animal Planet as he was on a mission to restore beaten down boats left for dead. But in 1998, Edwin McCain was flying high with the release of his second album Misguided Roses and his first big hit that would reach #6. This week, it’s up 3 to #25: I’ll Be.
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Sit back, relax and enjoy your favorite love songs from the week of October 10, 1998.
An avid record collector, lover of all desserts and sometimes seen wearing multiple Swatch watches, Dave has been lending his voice for over 20 years heard on such prominent brands as Intel, RCA, Eddie Bauer, Kellogg‘s, Pizza Hut, Lexus, and infomercial giants Guthy-Renker and Beachbody. His narration projects include Japan’s preeminent automobile series Best Motoring International and Hot Version, along with GTChannel, QVC, Universal Music Enterprises, and ViSalus Sciences.