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Events
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 28 - The Virginia Senate votes to retire "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" as the official state song, and begins looking for a replacement.
February
- February 2 - Rich Mullins' musical The Canticle of the Plains premieres in Wichita, Kansas.
- February 10 - 52 year old Brian Connolly of Sweet dies of kidney failure in England.[citation needed]
- February 12 - David Bowie receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.[citation needed]
- February 13 - Michael Jackson's first son is born.
- 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]
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."[citation needed]
- March 1
- The rock band Phish records Slip Stitch and Pass live at Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany.[citation needed]
- Northern Ireland band, Ash, release the single "Barbie".
- March 3 - U2 release the opinion-dividing[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- March 11 - Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.[citation needed]
- March 17 - Whirlwind Heat play their first show.
- March 19-March 20 - The reunited Monkees perform two sold out concerts at Wembley Arena in London, UK.[citation needed]
April
- April 2 - Joni Mitchell is reunited with her daughter, Kilauren Gibb, whom she gave up for adoption 32 years ago.[citation needed]
- 25–27 April - The first Terrastock festival is held in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
May
- 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.[citation needed]
- May 26 - Radiohead fire warning shot from upcoming album OK Computer with Paranoid Android. Marks a significant change in musical direction, with four distinct segments and no real structure, gaining it comparisons to Queen's classic Bohemian Rhapsody.
June
- April 16 - Radiohead release OK Computer to huge critical acclaim. Now recognised as a classic album.
August
- August 3 - The Black Crowes perform their last show with Johnny Colt and Marc Ford.[citation needed]
- August 4 - Nigerian afrobeat pioneer and dissident pop star[citation needed] Fela Anikulapo-Kuti dies in Lagos, Nigeria, of HIV-related illness.[citation needed]
- 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, USA.[citation needed]
- August 16-17 - 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.[citation needed] 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.{{Fact|date=April 200
- August 21 Oasis' third album, Be Here Now, was released. It became the fastest selling album of all time, moving 695,761 copies in the first week.[citation needed]
- August 25 - Radiohead's second single from OK Computer, Karma Police released, although does not get released in the US until June 1998.
September
- 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.
- September 17 - The KLF return for 23 minutes with their performance of "Fuck the Millennium".[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- September 23 - Bjork releases Homogenic, moving towards a darker sound and away from her "Pixie" image.
October
- October 13 - The "Prince Igor" single, jointly performed by The Rhapsody, Warren G and Sissel Kyrkjebø was released.
November
- November 4- Shania Twain releases her 1997 breakthrough album Come on Over which sells 39 million copies worldwide and was to become the biggest selling album in country music history and the biggest selling by a female music artist.[citation needed]
December
- December 31 - The Home of Country Music, the Opryland USA theme park, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA closes and is subsequently demolished.[citation needed]
Undated
- Nigel Kennedy, now calling himself simply Kennedy, returns to performing in public after a five year absence resulting from neck surgery.[citation needed]
- The reunited Fleetwood Mac release The Dance and begin a concert tour in the United States.
- The companies Memorex, Maxell, and TDK introduce blank recordable CDs.[citation needed]
- Rob Gommerman leaves Finger Eleven due to extensive touring.[citation needed]
- Derrick Green replaces Max Cavalera in Sepultura.[citation needed]
Bands formed
- The Appleseed Cast
- The Black Heart Procession
- The Blood Brothers
- C-Note
- Calla
- The Casket Lottery
- Coldplay
- Crazy Ken Band
- Daft Punk
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Demons & Wizards
- Dir en grey
- Dollshead
- Eisley
- Elvenking
- Finntroll
- Five
- Flogging Molly
- Gym Class Heroes
- Hanson
- Isis
- Liquid Tension Experiment
- Lostprophets
- m-flo
- Mates of State
- Morning Musume
- Muse
- Peter Pan Speedrock
- Pig Destroyer
- Plus-Tech Squeeze Box
- Pretty Ricky
- Queens of the Stone Age
- The Rocket Summer
- Rocket Transfer Warehouse
- The Shins
- Small Mercies
- Sorry About Dresden
- Steps
- Three Days Grace
- Twiztid
- Umphrey's Mcgee
- The White Stripes
Bands disbanded
- Acid Bath
- Atomic Swing
- Brainiac
- Christie Front Drive
- The Clouds
- Cocteau Twins
- Commander Venus
- Def FX
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Failure
- Gin Blossoms
- Glue Gun
- The Monkees
- Porno for Pyros
- The Sundays
- Pungent Stench
- Soundgarden
- Swans
- Tad
- Throwing Muses
- Ugly Kid Joe
- White Zombie
- X Japan
Bands reformed
- Black Sabbath (hiatus in 1994)
- Depeche Mode (hiatus in 1995)
- Echo & the Bunnymen (hiatus in 1992)
- Sunny Day Real Estate (hiatus in 1995)
Albums released
| Contents: | Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December |
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January
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Transistor | 311 | - |
| 11 | Backstreet's Back | Backstreet Boys | Not released in US |
| 12 | Backstreet Boys (US) | Backstreet Boys | US only |
| No Holds Barred | Biohazard | - | |
| Spoke | Calexico | - | |
| Hed PE | Hed PE | - | |
| Double Plaidinum | Lagwagon | - | |
| Release Some Tension | SWV | - | |
| A Deeper Kind of Slumber | Tiamat | - | |
| 14 | F♯A♯∞ | Godspeed You Black Emperor! | - |
| 19 | The Dance | Fleetwood Mac | Live |
| Transmission | The Tea Party | - | |
| 21 | Be Here Now | Oasis | - |
| 22 | Sehnsucht | Rammstein | - |
| 24 | Midnite Lover | Shaggy | - |
| 25 | Bad Timing | Jim O'Rourke | - |
| Word Gets Around | Stereophonics | - | |
| 26 | Likwidation | Tha Alkaholiks | - |
| Welcome to the Freak Show | dc Talk | Live | |
| Last of the Sharpshooters | Down by Law | - | |
| The First Session | Hole | EP | |
| All That I Am | Joe | - | |
| Love Scenes | Diana Krall | - | |
| Singles 1-12 | Melvins | Compilation | |
| I Like to Score | Moby | Compilation | |
| Making Friends | No Use for a Name | - | |
| Conspiracy No. 5 | Third Day | - | |
| (Songbook) A Collection of Hits | Trisha Yearwood | Compilation | |
| 30 | Somewhere Out in Space | Gamma Ray | - |
September
October
November
December
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Carter | Aaron Carter | Europe |
| Six | Loverboy | - | |
| 23am | Robert Miles | Europe | |
| 9 | MTV Unplugged | Bryan Adams | Live |
| 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 |
Unknown release date
| Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| untitled compilation on Double Space | various artists | The Netherlands |
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest positions in the charts of 1997.[5]
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Chart Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Top hits
- "2 Become 1" - Spice Girls
- "Abuse Me" - Silverchair
- "All By Myself" - Céline Dion
- "All I Want" - The Offspring
- "All Is Full Of Love" - Bjork
- "As Long As You Love Me" - Backstreet Boys
- "Bittersweet Symphony" - The Verve
- "Block Rockin' Beats" - The Chemical Brothers
- "Breathe" - The Prodigy
- "Dammit (Growing Up)" - Blink-182
- "Don't Speak" - No Doubt
- "D'You Know What I Mean" - Oasis
- "Everlong" - Foo Fighters
- "Eye" - The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" - Aerosmith
- "Firestarter" - The Prodigy
- "Foolish Games" - Jewel
- "Da Funk" - Daft Punk
- "Honey" - Mariah Carey
- "I'll Be Missing You" - Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans
- "The Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- "It's No Good" - Depeche Mode
- "Karma Police" - Radiohead
- "Lakini's Juice" - Live
- "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
- "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
- "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" - Chumbawumba
- "Walkin' on the Sun" - Smash Mouth
- "Wannabe" - Spice Girls
- "You Were Meant for Me" - Jewel
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1997
Classical music
The following classical music compositions were completed in 1997.
- Leonardo Balada - Concierto Magico for guitar and orchestra
- Silvie Bodorova - Terezin Ghetto Requiem
- Peter Maxwell Davies - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Andrew Glover- The Fickle Virgin of Seventeen Summers: A Quartet for Strings
Opera
The following operas were completed in 1997.
- 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
Musical theater
The following musicals opened in 1997:
- 1776 – Broadway revival
- Annie – Broadway revival
- Candide (Leonard Bernstein) – Broadway revival
- Dream – Broadway production
- Forever Tango – Broadway production
- Jekyll & Hyde – Broadway production
- 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
Musical films
The following musical films were released in 1997:
- Anastasia (animated feature)
- Cats Don't Dance (animated feature)
- Hercules (animated feature)
Deaths
- January 5 - Burton Lane, composer and lyricist
- January 21 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager
- January 22 - Richard Berry, songwriter (notably wrote "Louie Louie")
- February 10 - Brian Connolly, Sweet
- March 9 - The Notorious B.I.G., rapper
- March 24 - Kenny Moore, keyboardist for Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Billy Preston and others
- April 9 - Laura Nyro, songwriter
- May 29 - Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- June 2 - Doc Cheatham, jazz trumpeter
- June 24 - Prince Nico Mbarga, Nigerian highlife musician
- August 1 - Sviatoslav Richter, pianist
- August 2 - Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and composer
- August 10 - Conlon Nancarrow, composer
- August 16 - Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer and world music ambassador
- September 8- Derek Taylor, press agent for The Beatles
- September 18 - Jimmy Witherspoon, blues singer
- September 19 - Rich Mullins, singer
- October 12 - John Denver, American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician
- October 19, Glen Buxton the guitarist for the original Alice Cooper Band, 49
- November 5 - Epic Soundtracks, English singer-songwriter, drummer of Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution and These Immortal Souls
- November 22 - Michael Hutchence, singer of INXS
- December 28 - Henry Barraud, French composer
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 Five; Joni Mitchell; and Parliament-Funkadelic.
Charts
- Triple J Hottest 100: Main article: Triple J Hottest 100, 1997
References
- ^ Pareles, John (11 January 1997). Once More the Outsider, David Bowie Turns 50. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ unattributed (30 December 2006). The James Brown Review. The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ Busari, Stephanie (24 March 2008). Hey Madonna, don't give up the day job!. Cable News Network. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ Unattributed company press release (20 February 1997). BEN & JERRY’S MASTERS MARSHMALLOW TO CREATE “PHISH FOOD TM”. Ben & Jerry’s. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
- ^ Hawtin, Steve (2007). Songs from the Year 1997. Steve Hawtin/TsorT. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
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