Today in Billboard History
Aug. 31, 1987
Happy 42nd birthday, Debbie Gibson! As she turned 17, she celebrated with her first top five Billboard Hot 100 hit, “Only in My Dreams.”
Today in Billboard History
June 25, 1988
Debbie Gibson became the youngest person to have written, produced and sung a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 entirely on her own, as “Foolish Beat” skipped to the top spot. How’d she follow that achievement? The very next day, the then-17-year-old graduated high school.