1997 in music
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[edit] January
- January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, with the opening act Placebo. Proceeds from the concert went to the Save the Children fund.[1]
- January 10 – James Brown receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.[2]
- January 19 – Madonna wins Best Actress In A Motion Picture, Musical Or Comedy, for her part in Evita, at the 54th annual Golden Globe Awards in the USA.[3]
January 20 Daft Punk's debut album Homework is released.
- January 28 – The Virginia Senate votes to retire "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" as the official state song, and begins looking for a replacement.
[edit] February
- February 2 – Rich Mullins' musical The Canticle of the Plains premieres in Wichita, Kansas.
- February 12 – David Bowie receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.
- February 13
- Michael Jackson's first son is born.
- The Spice Girls knock Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart" off the top spot in the US singles chart. They are the first female British group to have a US number one with their debut single.
- February 20 – Ben and Jerry's introduce Phish Food, a new flavor of ice cream named after the rock group Phish. The ingredients are chocolate ice cream, marshmallows, caramel and fish-shaped fudge.[4]
- February 24 – The Spice Girls win Best Video for "Say You'll Be There" and Best Single for "Wannabe" at the BRIT Awards. Geri Halliwell's Union Jack dress from the girls' live performance hogs the headlines the next day.
[edit] March
- Pianist David Helfgott performs at the Boston Symphony Hall, in Boston, USA, during his world tour. The Boston Globe describes his performance as "without phrasing, form, harmonic understanding, differentiation of style and often basic accuracy; worst of all, it was without emotional content."
- March 1 – The jam band Phish records "Slip Stitch and Pass" live at Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
- March 3 – U2 release the opinion-dividing Pop album. Along with the Oasis album Be Here Now, it becomes a major release that fails to sell to industry expectations, particularly in the US, despite many strong initial reviews.
- March 9
- The Notorious B.I.G. is shot dead while sitting in the passenger seat of a car after a Soul Train Awards party in the USA.
- The Spice Girls become the first act in the history of the UK Top 40 singles charts to have four consecutive number one hits with Mama/Who Do You Think You Are. Profits from the single go to Comic Relief and provide the biggest individual contribution of 1997.
- March 11 – Paul McCartney is knighted by Elizabeth II.
- March 17 – Whirlwind Heat play their first show.
- March 18 – Aerosmith releases Nine Lives, their 12th studio album.
- March 19 – March 20 – The reunited Monkees perform two sold-out concerts at Wembley Arena in London, UK.
- March 30 – The Spice Girls launch Britain's new television channel, Channel 5.
[edit] April
- April – Nigel Kennedy, now calling himself simply Kennedy, returns to the stage at the Royal Festival Hall after a five-year absence from the concert stage resulting from neck surgery [1].
- April 2 – Joni Mitchell is reunited with her daughter, Kilauren Gibb, whom she gave up for adoption 32 years earlier.
- April 14 – Depeche Mode come back with their 9th album Ultra
- April 15 – Hanson releases MMMBop,one of the most successful debut singles of all time, reaching number one in 27 countries
- April 25 – April 27 – The first Terrastock festival is held in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
[edit] May–June
- 5ive's musical career begins after auditions are held in London, UK to find potential band members, with over 3,000 hopefuls showing up to audition.
- The Spice Girls attend the Cannes Film Festival to announce their plans to hit the big screen with Spiceworld: The Movie. A photo call on top of the Hotel Martinez entrance brings the area to a standstill.
- May 3
- At the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest, held in Dublin's Point Theatre, the UK win with "Love Shine a Light", sung by Katrina and the Waves.
- The Notorious B.I.G. single Hypnotize is #1 for three weeks.
- May 11 – The Spice Girls perform their first British live gig for the Prince's Trust 21st anniversary concert at the Manchester Opera House They break royal protocol by kissing Prince Charles on the cheeks and even pinching his bottom.
- May 15 – The Spice Girls' album Spice reaches number one on the US charts, making them the first British act to top the charts with a debut album.
- May 20
- Foo Fighters release their album The Colour and the Shape.
- Michael Jackson releases Blood on the Dance Floor: History in the Mix which became the best seller remix album with 15 million copies sold.
- June 14 – Puff Daddy and The Family's I'll Be Missing You single is #1 on the Hot 100 charts for the next eleven weeks. Only to be replaced by The Notorious B.I.G. single Mo Money Mo Problems also featuring Puff Daddy.
- June 16 – Radiohead release OK Computer to huge critical acclaim.
- June 29 – Missy Elliott releases single The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) from her debut album Supa Dupa Fly.
[edit] August
- August 3 – The Black Crowes perform their last show with Johnny Colt and Marc Ford.
- August 4 – Nigerian afrobeat pioneer and dissident pop star Fela Anikulapo-Kuti dies in Lagos, Nigeria, of HIV-related illness.
- August 7 – Garth Brooks performs to an estimated 800,000 to one million people during a free concert given in Central Park, New York City.
- August 16 – August 17 – Phish perform at the two day music festival, The Great Went, at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, USA. They play 500 minutes of music, six sets and two encores. There was an estimated attendance of between 65,000–70,000 and it was the top grossing concert of the season making over $4,000,000 in box office receipts.
- August 19 – The reunited Fleetwood Mac release The Dance and begin a concert tour in the United States.
- August 21 – Oasis' third album, Be Here Now, is released. It becomes the fastest selling music album of all time, moving 695,761 copies in the first week in the UK.
- August 25 – Super Furry Animals' second album, Radiator is released, to critical acclaim.
- August 30 – Mo Money Mo Problems reaches #1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, making Notorious B.I.G. the first artist to achieve two posthumous #1 singles.
[edit] September–October
- September 6 – Elton John performs "Candle in the Wind" at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales; John Tavener's Song for Athene is performed at the same ceremony, with soprano Lynne Dawson singing the solo part.
- September 16 -Aaliyah released "Hot Like Fire"/"The One I Gave My Heart To" single
- September 17 – The KLF return for 23 minutes with their performance of Fuck the Millennium.
- September 19 – While on his way to a benefit concert in Kansas, USA, Rich Mullins loses control of his Jeep, flipping the automobile and throwing both Mullins and passenger Mitch McVicker out onto the road. A tractor-trailer approaching the scene swerves to miss McVicker, striking and killing Mullins instantly. McVicker survives, but suffered major injuries.
- September 23
- Björk releases Homogenic, moving towards a darker sound and away from her 'pixie' image.[5]
- U2 perform a concert in Sarajevo during their PopMart Tour.
- September 29
- The Rolling Stones release Bridges to Babylon.
- The Verve release Urban Hymns. Ironically, in a controversial legal dispute, the majority of their royalties and songwriting credit for their single "Bittersweet Symphony" go to The Rolling Stones.
- October 7 – Everclear release their multi-platinum third album So Much for the Afterglow, containing "Father of Mine" and "I Will Buy You a New Life".
- October 13 – The "Prince Igor" single, jointly performed by The Rhapsody, Warren G and Sissel Kyrkjebø is released.
- October 15 – Michael Jackson ends the History World Tour,which included an attendance record of 4,500,000 fans
[edit] November–December
- November 3 – The Spice Girls release Spiceworld, their second number one album, making the group the first British band since The Beatles to have two albums in the US chart at the same time. Spice and Spiceworld have amassed enough sales for one out of every two people in Britain to own a Spice Girls album.
- November 4 – Shania Twain releases her album Come on Over which goes on to sell over 34 million copies worldwide[6] and later became the biggest selling album in country music history and the biggest selling album by a female music artist.
- November 6 – The Spice Girls make the decision to take over the running of the group and drop Simon Fuller as their manager.
- November 18 – American Indie Rock band Modest Mouse release their second full-length album, The Lonesome Crowded West.
- December 26 – The Spice Girls release their big screen debut Spiceworld: The Movie, starring Richard E. Grant, Roger Moore, Elton John and Stephen Fry. The movie makes £6.8m in its first week of release.
- December 31 – The Home of Country Music, the Opryland USA theme park, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA closes and is subsequently demolished.
- November 25 – Sumlime released
[edit] Undated
- Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren Fires Johan De Farfalla from Opeth. Then, Anders Nordin Quits The Band. To Replace the Ex-Members, Mike & Pete Hire Martin Lopez & Martin Mendez.
- The companies Memorex, Maxell, and TDK introduce blank recordable CDs.
- Rob Gommerman leaves Finger Eleven due to extensive touring.
- Derrick Green replaces Max Cavalera in Sepultura.
- Glenn Ljungström & Johan Larsson leaves In Flames.
- Wynton Marsalis became the first jazz artist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
[edit] Bands formed
[edit] Bands disbanded
- Acid Bath (following the death of bassist Audie Pitre)
- Atomic Swing
- Les Avions
- Brainiac
- Christie Front Drive
- The Clouds
- Cocteau Twins
- Commander Venus
- Def FX
- Dinosaur Jr. (the original lineup reforms in 2005)
- Divinyls (reformed in 2006)
- Failure
- Gin Blossoms (they reform in 2002)
- Glue Gun
- Imperial Drag
- Jawbox (one-off reunion in 2009)
- Porno for Pyros
- Pungent Stench
- Soundgarden (reform in 2010)
- Soul II Soul
- Spdfgh
- The Sundays
- Supergroove (reform in 2007)
- Swans (reform in 2010)
- Tad
- Texas is the Reason
- Throwing Muses (they reform in 2001)
- Ugly Kid Joe
- White Zombie
- X Japan
[edit] Bands reformed
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- Black Sabbath (reformed after being on hiatus since 1994)
- Blondie (reformed after broke up in 1982)
- Depeche Mode (reformed after being on hiatus since 1995)
- Echo & the Bunnymen (reformed after being on hiatus since 1992)
- Sunny Day Real Estate (reformed after being on hiatus since 1995)
[edit] Albums released
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[edit] January
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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| 1 | Six of Hearts | Kenny G | EP |
| 7 | Enjoy Incubus | Incubus | EP |
| 10 | The Donnas | The Donnas | Superteem; Re-issued in '98 on Lookout! |
| The Best and the Rest | Savatage | Compilation | |
| 13 | Glow | Reef | |
| 14 | Telegram | Björk | Remix |
| Travelling Without Moving | Jamiroquai | US; released in UK Sept '96 | |
| Live Stages | Vertical Horizon | Live | |
| 20 | Homework | Daft Punk | UK |
| 21 | Slick Shoes EP | Slick Shoes | EP |
| Soft Effects | Spoon | EP | |
| 23 | Clumsy | Our Lady Peace | Canada |
| 27 | Perfect from Now On | Built to Spill | - |
| C'est pour vivre | Celine Dion | Compilation | |
| 28 | In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy | Pat Boone | Covers CD |
| Uptown Saturday Night | Camp Lo | - | |
| Vivir | Enrique Iglesias | - | |
| Lie to Me | Jonny Lang | - | |
| 30 | Earthling | David Bowie | - |
[edit] February
[edit] March
[edit] April
[edit] May
[edit] June
[edit] July
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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| 1 | Aaron Carter | Aaron Carter | Europe |
| Six | Loverboy | - | |
| 23am | Robert Miles | Europe | |
| 8 | Sounds of Decay | Katatonia | |
| 9 | MTV Unplugged | Bryan Adams | Live |
| 10 | Cloudy Cloud Calculator | Takako Minekawa | |
| 16 | Riverfenix | Riverfenix | - |
| 20 | It's All About the Girls | A New Found Glory | EP |
| 23 | Blindside | Blindside | - |
| 27 | The Slim Shady EP | Eminem | EP |
| ? | Eye & I | Kardinal Offishall | Canada, Debut |
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- Skyscraping – ABC
- R.A.F.I. (France only) – Asian Dub Foundation
- Overcast! (EP & full-length) – Atmosphere
- Okenspay Ordway: Things I Forgot to Tell Mommy (spoken word album) – Bif Naked
- English Boy Wonders – Big Big Train
- Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology – J.J. Cale (Compilation)
- Sydney High – Citizen King
- The Phantom Lodge – Diabolical Masquerade
- You Can Play These Songs with Chords – Death Cab for Cutie
- Alive Alive-O – The Dubliners
- When You Land Here, It’s Time to Return – Flake Music
- Chloroform the One You Love – Flickerstick
- Distant Horizons – Hawkwind
- Smile and Wave – The Headstones
- Muffins – Hoobastank
- Xero (EP) – Linkin Park
- Play the Music of Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber – Hank Marvin and The Shadows
- A Triumph for Man – Mew
- Rain Without End – October Tide
- Orchid (U.S. release) – Opeth
- Old Friends from Young Years – Papa Roach
- Grounded – Papa Vegas
- The Full Sentence by Pigeonhed
- Abrasive – Puddle of Mudd
- OnlySee – Sia
- The Collection – Spandau Ballet
- Retreat from the Sun – that dog.
- The Union Underground – The Union Underground
- If You Were There (The Best of Wham) – Wham!
[edit] Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest positions in the charts of 1997.[7]
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Chart Entries |
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| 1 | Puff Daddy & Faith Evans | I'll Be Missing You | 1997 | UK 1 – Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Holland 1 – Jun 1997, Sweden 1 – Aug 1997, Austria 1 – Jul 1997, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1997, Norway 1 – Jul 1997, Italy 1 of 1997, Germany 1 – Jun 1997, Éire 1 – Jul 1997, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1997, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1997, Poland 5 – Jul 1997, Australia 5 of 1997, Germany 12 of the 1990s, POP 16 of 1997, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1997, Europe 50 of the 1990s, RYM 99 of 1997 |
| 2 | Elton John | Candle in the Wind '97 | 1997 | UK 1 – Sep 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Holland 1 – Sep 1997, Austria 1 – Oct 1997, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1997, Norway 1 – Jan 1997, Poland 1 – Sep 1997, Germany 1 – Jan 1998, Éire 1 – Sep 1997, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Oct 1997, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Dec 1997, Global 2 (35 M sold) – 1997, Australia 4 of 1997, Japan 11 of all time (international songs), Italy 12 of 1997, TOTP 33, Germany 37 of the 1990s, RYM 85 of 1997, OzNet 433 |
| 3 | Aqua | Barbie Girl | 1997 | UK 1 – Oct 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Holland 1 – Sep 1997, Sweden 1 – Sep 1997, Switzerland 1 – Oct 1997, Norway 1 – May 1997, Germany 1 – Jan 1998, Éire 1 – Oct 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1997, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jan 1998, POP 1 of 1997, Italy 2 of 1997, Austria 3 – Oct 1997, France 6 – May 1997, US BB 7 of 1997, Australia 8 of 1997, Germany 36 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 53 of happy |
| 4 | No Doubt | Don't Speak | 1997 | UK 1 – Feb 1997, Holland 1 – Dec 1996, Sweden 1 – Nov 1996, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1997, Norway 1 – Dec 1996, Poland 1 – Jan 1997, Éire 1 – Feb 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jan 1997, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Apr 1997, Austria 2 – Feb 1997, Germany 2 – Jan 1997, Australia 7 of 1997, France 10 – Feb 1997, RYM 10 of 1996, Europe 22 of the 1990s, POP 38 of 1996, Scrobulate 44 of rock, Italy 76 of 1997, Germany 77 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 1098 |
| 5 | Hanson | Mmmbop | 1997 | UK 1 – Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Sweden 1 – May 1997, Austria 1 – Jun 1997, Switzerland 1 – Jun 1997, Éire 1 – Jun 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1997, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Aug 1997, Holland 2 – May 1997, Norway 2 – Jun 1997, Australia 2 of 1997, Germany 2 – Jun 1997, Poland 9 – Jun 1997, US BB 17 of 1997, POP 18 of 1997, Scrobulate 69 of fun, RYM 81 of 1996, Germany 187 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 516 |
[edit] Top hits
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- "2 Become 1" – Spice Girls
- "Abuse Me" – Silverchair
- "A.D.I.D.A.S." – KoЯn
- "Ain't That Just the Way" – Lutricia McNeal
- "All By Myself" – Céline Dion
- "All I Want" – The Offspring
- "All Is Full Of Love" – Björk
- "As Long As You Love Me" – Backstreet Boys
- "Be With Me Always" – Cliff Richard
- "Beetlebum" – Blur
- "Bitch" – Meredith Brooks
- "Bittersweet Symphony" – The Verve
- "Block Rockin' Beats" – The Chemical Brothers
- "Breathe" – The Prodigy
- "C U When U Get There" – Coolio
- "Congo" – Genesis
- "Da Funk" – Daft Punk
- "Dammit" – Blink-182
- "Don't Speak" – No Doubt
- "D'You Know What I Mean" – Oasis
- "Everlong" – Foo Fighters
- "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" – Backstreet Boys
- "Everything Is Automatic" – Matthew Good Band
- "Eye" – The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" – Aerosmith
- "Firestarter" – The Prodigy
- "Flagpole Sitta" – Harvey Danger
- "Fly" – Sugar Ray
- "Foolish Games" – Jewel
- "Forty Six & 2" – Tool
- "For You I Will" – Monica
- "Gone Away" – The Offspring
- "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" – Green Day
- "Honey" – Mariah Carey
- "Hypnotize" – The Notorious B.I.G.
- "I Do" – Lisa Loeb
- "If I Could Teach The World" – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- "I'll Be Missing You" – Puff Daddy and The Family
- "It's All About The Benjamins (Remix)" – Puff Daddy and The Family
- "The Impression That I Get" – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- "It's No Good" – Depeche Mode
- "Karma Police" – Radiohead
- "Lakini's Juice" – Live
- "Look Into My Eyes" – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- "Love Gets Me Every Time" – Shania Twain
- "MMMBop" – Hanson
- "Monkey Wrench" – Foo Fighters
- "My Heart Will Go On" – Celine Dion
- "Mo Money Mo Problems – The Notorious B.I.G
- "Nothing Lasts Forever" – Echo & the Bunnymen
- "On Your Own" – Blur
- "One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
- "Paranoid Android" – Radiohead
- "Pink" – Aerosmith
- "Push" – Matchbox Twenty
- "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" – Busta Rhymes
- "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" – Backstreet Boys
- "Say You'll Be There" – Spice Girls
- "Sell Out" – Reel Big Fish
- "Semi-Charmed Life" – Third Eye Blind
- "She's a Star" – James
- "Shipwrecked" – Genesis
- "Song 2" – Blur
- "Step by Step" – Whitney Houston
- "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin
- "Takes a Little Time" – Amy Grant
- "Truly Madly Deeply" – Savage Garden
- "6 Underground" – Sneaker Pimps
- "Smack My Bitch Up" – The Prodigy
- "3 A.M. " – Matchbox Twenty
- "Time to Say Goodbye" – Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman
- "Tubthumping" – Chumbawamba
- "Walkin' on the Sun" – Smash Mouth
- "Wannabe" – Spice Girls
- "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" - Paula Cole
- "You Were Meant for Me" – Jewel
[edit] Classical music
- Leonardo Balada – Concierto Magico for guitar and orchestra
- Silvie Bodorova – Terezin Ghetto Requiem
- Peter Maxwell Davies – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Storie di neve
- Championship Suite
- Five Easy Pieces
- Three Baroque Buildings
- Andrew Glover- The Fickle Virgin of Seventeen Summers: A Quartet for Strings
- Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Canticum Calamitatis Maritiamae
[edit] Opera
- Robert Ashley – Balseros
- Marc Blitzstein – Regina
- Antonio Braga – San Domenico di Guzman
- Michael Daugherty – Jackie O
- Daron Hagen – Vera of Las Vegas
- Peter Lieberson – Ashoka's Dream
- Einojuhani Rautavaara – Aleksis Kivi
[edit] Musical theater
- 1776 – Broadway revival
- Annie – Broadway revival
- Candide (Leonard Bernstein) – Broadway revival
- Dream – Broadway production
- Forever Tango – Broadway production
- Jekyll & Hyde – Broadway production
- The Life – Broadway production
- The Lion King – Broadway production
- Scarlet Pimpernel – Broadway production
- Side Show – Broadway production
- Steel Pier – Broadway production
- Street Corner Symphony – Broadway production
- Titanic – Broadway production
- Triumph of Love – Broadway production
[edit] Musical films
- Anastasia (animated feature)
- Cats Don't Dance (animated feature)
- Hercules (animated feature)
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 – Burton Lane, composer and lyricist, 84
- January 10 – Kenny Pickett (The Creation), 54
- January 21 – Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager, 87
- January 22 – Richard Berry, songwriter (notably wrote "Louie Louie"), 61
- February 10 – Brian Connolly, vocalist (Sweet) (liver failure), 51
- March 9 – The Notorious B.I.G., rapper, 24 (shot)
- March 17 – Jermaine Stewart, vocalist, 39 (AIDS)
- March 24 – Harold Melvin, soul musician, 57
- April 4 – Gene Ames, Ames Brothers
- April 8 – Laura Nyro, singer-songwriter, 49 (ovarian cancer)
- May 29 – Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, 30 (drowned)
- June 2 – Doc Cheatham, jazz trumpeter, 91
- June 4 – Ronnie Lane, member of The Small Faces, 51 (multiple sclerosis, pneumonia)
- June 16 – John Wolters (Dr Hook), 52 (liver cancer)
- June 20 – Lawrence Payton, The Four Tops, 59
- June 24 – Prince Nico Mbarga, Nigerian highlife musician, 47
- August 1 – Sviatoslav Richter, pianist, 82
- August 2 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and composer, 58 (Kaposi's sarcoma)
- August 10 – Conlon Nancarrow, composer, 84
- August 16 – Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer and world music ambassador, 48
- September 5 – Sir Georg Solti, conductor, 84
- September 8 – Derek Taylor, press agent for The Beatles, 65
- September 18 – Jimmy Witherspoon, blues singer, 77
- September 19 – Rich Mullins, singer, 41
- October 12 – John Denver, American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician, 53 (air crash)
- October 19 – Glen Buxton, guitarist for the original Alice Cooper Band, 49 (pneumonia)
- November 5 – Epic Soundtracks, English singer-songwriter, drummer of Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution and These Immortal Souls, 38
- November 22 – Michael Hutchence, singer of INXS, 37 (hanging)
- December 1 – Stephane Grappelli, French violinist, 89
- December 28 – Henry Barraud, French composer, 97
- December 31 – Floyd Cramer, pianist, 64
[edit] Awards
- Eurovision Song Contest: Won by Katrina and the Waves (UK) with the song "Love Shine a Light". Main article: Eurovision Song Contest 1997
- Gospel Music Hall of Fame: Inductees include Gloria Gaither, and Billy Ray Hearn (founder of Myrrh Records).
- Grammy Awards Main article: Grammy Awards of 1997
- Mercury Music Prize: Awarded to Roni Size/Reprazent for the album New Forms.
- MTV Video Music Awards Main article: 1997 MTV Video Music Awards
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The following artists are inducted: The (Young) Rascals; The Bee Gees; Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills and Nash; The Jackson 5; Joni Mitchell; and Parliament-Funkadelic.
[edit] Charts
- Triple J Hottest 100: Main article: Triple J Hottest 100, 1997
[edit] References
- ^ Pareles, John (January 11, 1997). "Once More the Outsider, David Bowie Turns 50". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E3D81738F932A25752C0A961958260. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
- ^ unattributed (December 30, 2006). "The James Brown Review". The Augusta Chronicle. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/123006/spe_110576.shtml. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
- ^ Busari, Stephanie (March 24, 2008). "Hey Madonna, don't give up the day job!". Cable News Network. http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/madonna.movies/?iref=mpstoryview. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
- ^ Unattributed company press release (February 20, 1997). "BEN & JERRY’S MASTERS MARSHMALLOW TO CREATE "PHISH FOOD TM"". Ben & Jerry’s. http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/press_center/press/phish-pr.html. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "allmusic ((( Homogenic > Overview )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r312930. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
- ^ "Twain of thought". The Age (Melbourne). July 6, 2003. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/05/1057179202436.html.
- ^ Hawtin, Steve (2007). "Songs from the Year 1997". Steve Hawtin/TsorT. http://tsort.info/music/yr1997.htm. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
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