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Español1997 IN MUSIC
''See also:''
★ 1997 in music (UK)
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Events
★ January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, 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.
★ January 10 - James Brown receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
★ January 19 - Madonna wins Best Actress In A Motion Picture, Musical Or Comedy in Evita at the 54th annual Golden Globe Awards. Madonna later wins the American Moviegoer Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in Evita.
★ January 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
★ 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.
★ February 12 - David Bowie receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
★ February 13 - Michael Jackson's first son is born.
★ March - Pianist David Helfgott appears at the Boston Symphony Hall 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
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★ The rock band ''Phish'' records ''Slip Stitch and Pass'' live at Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
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★ Northern Ireland band Ash release the single ''Barbie.''
★ 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 to death while sitting in the passenger seat of a car after a ''Soul Train Awards'' party
★ March 11 - Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
★ March 17 - Whirlwind Heat play their first show.
★ Alice Cooper releases his first live album in twenty years.
★ April 2 - Joni Mitchell is reunited with the daughter that she gave up for adoption 32 years ago, Kilauren Gibb.
★ 25–27 April - The first Terrastock festival is held in Providence, Rhode Island
★ May - 5ive's musical career begin after auditions are held in London with over 3,000 hopefuls showing up to audition.
★ June 16 - Radiohead's seminal album ''OK Computer'' is released in the United Kingdom.
★ July 1 - The Prodigy releases The Fat of the Land album. Also Limp Bizkit release their debut album Three Dollar Bill Y'all.
★ August 4 - Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer and dissident pop star Fela Anikulapo-Kuti dies in Lagos of HIV-related illness.
★ August 7 - Garth Brooks performs to an estimated 800,000 to 1 million people during a free concert given in New York City's Central Park.
★ August 21 ''Oasis' eagerly awaited 3rd album, Be Here Now, was released. It set a record as it became the fastest selling album of all time, moving 695,761 copies in the first week.
★ August 3 - The Black Crowes perform their last show with Johnny Colt and Marc Ford, ending what is considered their "classic" lineup.
★ August 16-17 - Phish perform two day music festival, The Great Went, in Limestone, Maine at Loring Air Force Base. 500 minutes of music, 6 sets, 2 encores. There was an estimated attendance that falls anywhere between 65,000-70,000 and was the top grossing concert of the summer by pulling in over $4,000,000.
★ 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".
★ September 19 - While on his way to a benefit concert in Kansas, 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
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★ Björk releases her critically-acclaimed album ''Homogenic'', marking a shift in musical direction.
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★ Dream Theater releases their fourth full length album ''Falling Into Infinity''.
★ November 22- INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence is found dead in his hotel room in Sydney, Australia. He is 37 years old.
★ December 31 - "The home of Country Music", the Opryland USA theme park, in Nashville, Tennessee closes and is subsequently demolished.
★ After more than a year absence Garth Brooks returns to the top of the charts with his album "Sevens".
★ Nigel Kennedy returns to performing in public after a 5-year absence resulting from neck surgery, now calling himself simply "Kennedy".
★ The reunited Fleetwood Mac release The Dance and begin a highly successful concert tour in the United States.
★ The reunited Monkees perform 2 sold out concerts at Wembley Arena in London.
★ The companies Memorex, Maxell, and TDK introduce Blank recordable CDs
Bands formed
★ The Appleseed Cast
★ The Black Heart Procession
★ The Blood Brothers
★ Calla
★ The Casket Lottery
★ Coldplay
★ Death Cab for Cutie
★ Demons & Wizards
★ Dir en grey
★ Dollshead
★ Eisley
★ Elvenking
★ Finntroll
★ Isis
★ Liquid Tension Experiment
★ Lostprophets
★ Mates of State
★ Peter Pan Speedrock
★ Queens of the Stone Age
★ The Shins
★ Twiztid
★ Sorry About Dresden
★ Umphrey's Mcgee
★ The White Stripes
★ Five
★ Muse
★ The Rocket Summer
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 Presidents of the United States of America
★ The Sundays
★ Pungent Stench
★ Soundgarden
★ Swans
★ Throwing Muses
★ Ugly Kid Joe
★ White Zombie
★ X Japan
Bands reformed
★ Sunny Day Real Estate (hiatus in 1995)
★ Depeche Mode (hiatus in 1995)
Albums released
Biggest hit singles
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1997.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Chart Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aqua | Barbie Girl | 1997 | UK 1 - Oct 1997, US BB 7 of 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Holland 1 - Sep 1997, Sweden 1 - Sep 1997, France 6 - May 1997, Austria 3 - Oct 1997, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1997, Norway 1 - May 1997, Australia 8 of 1997, Germany 36 of the 1990s, Germany 1 - Jan 1998, Eire 1 - Oct 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1997, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jan 1998, POP 1 of 1997, Scrobulate 53 of happy |
| 2 | Hanson | Mmmbop | 1997 | UK 1 - Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, US BB 17 of 1997, Holland 2 - May 1997, Sweden 1 - May 1997, Austria 1 - Jun 1997, Switzerland 1 - Jun 1997, Norway 2 - Jun 1997, Australia 2 of 1997, Germany 187 of the 1990s, Germany 2 - Jun 1997, Eire 1 - Jun 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1997, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Aug 1997, RYM 81 of 1996, POP 18 of 1997, Scrobulate 69 of fun, Acclaimed 516 |
| 3 | No Doubt | Don't Speak | 1997 | UK 1 - Feb 1997, Holland 1 - Dec 1996, Sweden 1 - Nov 1996, France 10 - Feb 1997, Austria 2 - Feb 1997, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1997, Norway 1 - Dec 1996, Australia 7 of 1997, Germany 77 of the 1990s, Germany 2 - Jan 1997, Eire 1 - Feb 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jan 1997, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Apr 1997, Europe 22 of the 1990s, RYM 10 of 1996, POP 38 of 1996, Scrobulate 44 of rock, Acclaimed 1098 |
| 4 | Will Smith | Men in Black | 1997 | UK 1 - Aug 1997, US BB 4 of 1997, Holland 2 - Jul 1997, Sweden 2 - Aug 1997, France 4 - Aug 1997, Austria 2 - Aug 1997, Switzerland 1 - Aug 1997, Norway 3 - Jul 1997, Australia 6 of 1997, Germany 65 of the 1990s, Germany 1 - Aug 1997, Eire 1 - Aug 1997, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Aug 1997, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Nov 1997, RYM 138 of 1997, POP 46 of 1997, RIAA 337, Party 275 of 1999 |
| 5 | R Kelly | I Believe I Can Fly | 1997 | UK 1 - Mar 1997, US BB 2 of 1997, US BB 6 of 1996, Holland 1 - Feb 1997, Sweden 16 - Apr 1997, Austria 2 - May 1997, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1997, Norway 2 - Apr 1997, Germany 138 of the 1990s, Germany 4 - Feb 1997, Eire 1 - Apr 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Feb 1997, Europe 79 of the 1990s, Rolling Stone 406, RYM 182 of 1997, POP 9 of 1996, RIAA 244, Scrobulate 91 of rnb, Acclaimed 2281 |
Top hits
★ "Lazy Eye" - Goo Goo Dolls
★ "Paranoid Android" - Radiohead
★ "Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G
★ "It's No Good" - Depeche Mode
★ "Firestarter" - The Prodigy
★ "You Were Meant for Me" - Jewel
★ "Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)" - Backstreet Boys
★ "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" - Backstreet Boys
★ "As Long As You Love Me" - Backstreet Boys
★ "I'll Be Missing You" - Puff Daddy and Faith Evans
★ "Dammit" - Blink-182
★ "Foolish Games" - Jewel
★ "Semi-Charmed Life" - Third Eye Blind
★ "Honey" - Mariah Carey
★ "Eye" - The Smashing Pumpkins
★ "Everlong" - Foo Fighters
★ "The Perfect Drug" - Nine Inch Nails
★ "Bittersweet Symphony" - The Verve
★ "The Difference" - The Wallflowers
★ "Forty Six & 2" - Tool
★ "A Long December" - Counting Crows
★ " 3 A.M. " - Matchbox Twenty
★ "Magdalene" - Lenny Kravitz
★ "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
★ "Don't Speak" - No Doubt
★ "Da Funk" - Daft Punk
★ "Block Rockin' Beats" - The Chemical Brothers
★ "6 Underground" - Sneaker Pimps
★ "Lakini's Juice" - Live
★ "La Tumba" - Dalida (Remix)
★ "Gigi In Paradisco" - Dalida (Remix)
★ "Salma Ya Salama (Sueno Flamenco)" - Dalida (Remix)
★ "Silver Springs" - Fleetwood Mac
★ "Freak" - Silverchair
★ "Wannabe" - Spice Girls
★ "Karma Police" - Radiohead
★ "Volcano" - The Presidents of the United States of America
★ "All By Myself" - Céline Dion
★ "Longneck Bottle" - Garth Brooks
★ "MMMBop" - Hanson
★ "Say You'll Be There" - Spice Girls
★ "All I Want" - The Offspring
★ "Back to You (song)" - Bryan Adams
★ "The Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
★ "Tubthumping" - Chumbawumba
★ "Pink" - Aerosmith
★ "Sell Out" - Reel Big Fish
★ "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" - Busta Rhymes
★ "D'You Know What I Mean" - Oasis
★ "Push" - Matchbox Twenty
★ "Volcano Girls" - Veruca Salt
★ "Time to Say Goodbye" - Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman
''See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1997''
Classical music
★ 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
★ Robert Ashley - ''Balseros''
★ Mark Blitzstein - ''Regina''
★ Michael Daugherty - ''Jackie O''
★ Daron Hagen - ''Vera of Las Vegas''
★ Peter Lieberson - ''Ashoka's Dream''
Musical theater
★ ''1776'', Broadway revival
★ ''Annie'', Broadway revival
★ ''Candide'' (Leonard Bernstein), Broadway revival
★ ''Life'', Broadway production
★ ''The Lion King'', Broadway production
★ ''Jekyll & Hyde'', Broadway production
★ ''Scarlet Pimpernel'', Broadway production
★ ''Titanic'', Broadway production
Musical films
★ ''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 (''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
★ 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
★ The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The (Young) Rascals, The Bee Gees, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Jackson Five, Joni Mitchell and Parliament-Funkadelic
★ Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Gloria Gaither, and Billy Ray Hearn (founder of Myrrh Records)
Grammy Awards
★ Grammy Awards of 1997
Country Music Association Awards
Eurovision Song Contest
★ Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Mercury Music Prize
★ ''New Forms'' - Roni Size/Reprazent wins.
MTV Video Music Awards
★ 1997 MTV Video Music Awards
Charts
Triple J Hottest 100
★ Triple J Hottest 100, 1997
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