Straight Upby Paula Abdul

From her 1988 debut album Forever Your Girl.

#1 chart topper in '88! According to Paula Abdul, her mother found this song for her. She explains that her mother knew someone whose boyfriend was an aspiring songwriter, and she got "Straight Up" as an 8-track demo. The demo version was "so bad" that Abdul's mother was "crying laughing" at it, and threw it in the trash. www.youtube.com

Happy 59th birthday to Paula Abdul today!