1997 in music

none February 2025 1997 1997 music radio television film This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997. Specific locations 1997 in British music 1997 in Norwegian music 1997 in Scandinavian music 1997 in South Korean music Specific genres 1997 in classical music 1997 in country music 1997 in heavy metal music 1997 in hip-hop 1997 in jazz 1997 in Latin music 1997 in progressive rock Events January January 1 – Townes Van Zandt dies of a cardiac arrhythmia. January 6 – Scottish band Texas release first single, "Say What You Want" from their 6× Platinum album "White on Blonde"https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-12-28.pdf New Releases: Singles Music Week 19 28 December 1996 16 August 2021 January 7 – The Spice Girls release their debut single, "Wannabe" in the U.S. and premiere the music video eighteen days later. 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, 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.https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E3D81738F932A25752C0A961958260 Once More the Outsider, David Bowie Turns 50 Pareles John January 11, 1997 The New York Times April 18, 2008 January 10 – James Brown receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/123006/spe_110576.shtml The James Brown Review December 30, 2006 The Augusta Chronicle April 18, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081229192041/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/123006/spe_110576.shtml December 29, 2008 live mdy January 17–February 2 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Soundgarden, The Offspring and The Prodigy.https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever ABC September 30, 2019 August 31, 2020 Dan Condon Sepultura are originally named in the lineup, but cancel their performance after the departure of former frontman Max Cavalera in December 1996. They are later replaced by Fear Factory. 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.http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/madonna.movies/?iref=mpstoryview Hey Madonna, don't give up the day job! Busari Stephanie March 24, 2008 Cable News Network April 18, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080423050418/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/madonna.movies/?iref=mpstoryview April 23, 2008 live January 20 – Daft Punk releases their debut studio album Homework. 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. Clive Davis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. February February 2 – Rich Mullins' musical The Canticle of the Plains receives its première in Wichita, Kansas. February 3 – Scottish band Texas release their fourth album "White on Blonde"https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-02-01.pdf New Releases: Albums Music Week 31 1 February 1997 6 January 2022 February 12 – David Bowie receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA. February 13 Michael Jackson's first son, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., 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.http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/press_center/press/phish-pr.html BEN & JERRY'S MASTERS MARSHMALLOW TO CREATE "PHISH FOOD TM February 20, 1997 Ben & Jerry's April 19, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080226185026/http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/press_center/press/phish-pr.html February 26, 2008 dead mdy-all 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. February 26 – The 39th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in New York, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. Babyface wins the most awards with four, while Celine Dion's Falling into You wins Album of the Year and Eric Clapton's "Change the World" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. LeAnn Rimes wins Best New Artist. February 28 – Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight is sentenced to nine years in prison for violating his probation. He would be released in August 2001. March March 1 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". The jam band Phish records "Slip Stitch and Pass" live at Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany. March 9 The Notorious B.I.G. is shot dead while sitting in the passenger seat of a car after a post Soul Train Awards party in Los Angeles, CA. 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 10 – A Marilyn Manson concert in Columbia, South Carolina is canceled in response to pressure from religious and civic groups. March 11 – Paul McCartney is knighted by Elizabeth II. March 17 – Whirlwind Heat play their first show. March 19–20 – The reunited The 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. April April 2 – Joni Mitchell is reunited with her daughter, Kilauren Gibb, whom she gave up for adoption 32 years earlier. April 7 – Wynton Marsalis becomes the first jazz artist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. April 10 – 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. April 14 – Creed releases their debut studio album My Own Prison. April 15 – Hanson releases "MMMBop", one of the most successful debut singles of all time, reaching number one in 27 countries. April 25–27 – The first Terrastock festival is held in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. May May 3 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. 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.'s single "Hypnotize" is #1 for three weeks. May 6 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is held in Cleveland at the site of the hall itself for the first time. Prior to this year, the ceremony had only been held in New York City. 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 the Prince of Wales (now Charles III) 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 second studio album The Colour and the Shape. May 21 – Radiohead releases OK Computer. May 23 – Brainiac frontman Tim Taylor is killed in a car crash at age 29 driving to his Dayton, Ohio home. The band announces they will not continue. May 24 – The first Ozzfest tour kicks off at the Nissan Pavilion in Washington, D.C., featuring Pantera and a reconstituted Black Sabbath with three of the four original members. May 26 – NSYNC releases their debut album NSYNC. May 27 - Kirk Franklin releases his fourth album (first collaboration album with God’s Property) God’s Property from Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation which spawned the crossover hit single “Stomp” May 28 – Japanese pop singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu releases her first and debut song entitled Nazo. It is used as an opening soundtrack in popular hit anime Detective Conan. June June 14 – Puff Daddy and The Family's "I'll Be Missing You" single is #1 on the Hot 100 charts for the next 11 weeks, only to be replaced by The Notorious B.I.G. posthumous single "Mo Money Mo Problems", also featuring Puff Daddy. June 24 – Disney-owned Hollywood Records drops Insane Clown Posse from their roster and pulls the album The Great Milenko after only six hours of release, in an attempt to placate the Southern Baptist Church who were threatening to boycott the company for straying from its family-friendly image. The controversy generates tremendous publicity for the band, who soon sign with Island Records.Boehlert Eric August 21, 1997 Culture Skirmishes Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 767 29–32 June 29 – Missy Elliott releases the single "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" from her debut album Supa Dupa Fly. July–August July 1 – Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China: Tan Dun's Symphony 1997: Heaven, Earth, Mankind for orchestra, biānzhōng bells, children's chorus and solo cello is premièred as part of the official ceremony. July 5 – The first Lilith Fair tour kicks off at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman and Jewel are among the performers. July 15–20 – The second Yoyo A Go Go punk and indie rock festival opens in Olympia, Washington. 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 11 – The Backstreet Boys release their second international album, Backstreet's Back. August 12 – The Backstreet Boys release their U.S. debut album, Backstreet Boys. August 14 – Godspeed You! Black Emperor releases debut album, F♯ A♯ ∞ August 16–17 – Phish perform at the two-day music festival, The Great Went, at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, US. They play 500 minutes of music, six sets and two encores. There is an estimated attendance of between 65,000 and 70,000, and it is the top-grossing concert of the season, making over $4,000,000 in box office receipts. August 19 – The reunited Fleetwood Mac begin a concert tour in the United States. August 30 – "Mo Money Mo Problems" reaches #1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, making The Notorious B.I.G. the first artist to achieve two posthumous #1 singles. 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 After a tumultuous divorce from her first husband, Mariah Carey releases the album Butterfly, which moved her sound in a more hip-hop/R&B direction. Aaliyah releases the single "Hot Like Fire"/"The One I Gave My Heart To". 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 suffers major injuries. September 20 – U2 plays at Reggio Emilia during their PopMart Tour to over 150,000 people. September 22 – Björk releases Homogenic, moving towards a darker sound and away from her 'pixie' image. September 23 – U2 perform a concert in Sarajevo during their PopMart Tour. September 27 – Bob Dylan performs for Pope John Paul II at a Catholic youth event in Bologna, Italy. September 29 The Rolling Stones release Bridges to Babylon. The Verve release Urban Hymns. In a controversial legal dispute, the majority of their royalties and songwriting credit for their single "Bitter Sweet 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, in Durban, South Africa. October 22 – Namie Amuro shocks her fans when she announces that she has recently married and is three months pregnant. She subsequently begins a one-year hiatus from the music industry. October 23 – R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry announces his departure from the group. October 25 – The 26th OTI Festival, held at es Plaza Mayor no in Lima, Peru, is won by the song "es Se diga lo que se diga no", written by Francisco Curiel and Josemanuel Fernández, and performed by Iridián representing Mexico. 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 40 million copies worldwide to datehttp://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/05/1057179202436.html Melbourne The Age Twain of thought July 6, 2003 25 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091004174022/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/05/1057179202436.html October 4, 2009 live mdy 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. November 19 – Gary Glitter is arrested after images of child pornography are found on a laptop computer that he had taken in for repairs. November 22 – INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence is found dead in a Sydney, Australia hotel room, aged 37. November 25 – Will Smith releases his debut solo studio album Big Willie Style. November 26 – In a performance billed as the "highest" gig on Earth, Spiritualized play in the deck of the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for an audience of 150 people. November 27 – Namie Amuro releases her ninth single under Avex Trax, "Dreaming I Was Dreaming." December 1 – Aaron Carter bursts onto the music scene at the age of 10 with the release of his debut album Aaron Carter, making him the youngest male artist in the world since Michael Jackson in 1969. December 4-5 – Black Sabbath perform a pair of reunion shows in their hometown of Birmingham, England. They are the first full-length concerts by the original lineup of the band since 1978. December 10 – Faith Hill and LeAnn Rimes at the Christmas Time with Eddy Arnold. 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. Namie Amuro performs on NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen for the last time before beginning her maternal hiatus. Also in 1997 Mikael Åkerfeldt and Peter Lindgren fire Johan De Farfalla from Opeth; then Anders Nordin quits the band. To replace the ex-members, Mike and Pete hire Martin Lopez and Martin Mendez. The companies Memorex, Maxell, and TDK introduce blank recordable CDs. The first John Lennon Songwriting Contest is held. Rob Gommerman leaves Finger Eleven due to extensive touring. Derrick Green replaces Max Cavalera in Sepultura. Glenn Ljungström and Johan Larsson leave In Flames. Big Audio Dynamite's final album Entering a New Ride, which features Ranking Roger from The Beat, gets rejected for release by their record label, so is released independently as one of the first ever well known musical downloads, for free on their website. Bands formed See :Category:Musical groups established in 1997 Bands disbanded See :Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1997 Bands reformed December 2008 As Friends Rust (reformed with a new line-up and in a new location after breaking up earlier that year) 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) Jane's Addiction (reformed after broke up in 1991) Sunny Day Real Estate (reformed after being on hiatus since 1995) Albums released See: :Category:1997 albums January – March DateAlbumArtistNotes JANUARY7 Six of Hearts Kenny G EP Enjoy Incubus Incubus EP10 The Best and the Rest Savatage Compilation Firefly TNT -14 Justuss Snow - Live Stages Vertical Horizon Live Rhyme & Reason Various Artists Soundtrack20 Homework Daft Punk UK; US release date 25 March 21 Happy 2b Hardcore Anabolic Frolic DJ Mix Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen Various Artists Tribute Vivir Enrique Iglesias - Slick Shoes EP Slick Shoes EP Soft Effects Spoon EP23 Clumsy Our Lady Peace Canada; US release date 2 April27 Glow Reef - Written in Red The Stranglers -28 11 Transistor Lazlo Bane - The Full Sentence Pigeonhed - Gridlock'd Various Artists Soundtrack In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy Pat Boone Covers CD Lie to Me Jonny Lang - Perfect from Now On Built to Spill - Uptown Saturday Night Camp Lo -29 Nuyorican Soul Nuyorican Soul Debut? Bagsy Me The Wannadies - Come My Fanatics... Electric Wizard http://www.riseaboverecords.com:80/electricwizard/fanatics.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010306174421/http://www.riseaboverecords.com/electricwizard/fanatics.html Electric Wizard – "Come My Fanatics" 6 June 2017 March 6, 2001 Rise Above Records dead FEBRUARY3 Freak Show Silverchair - Earthling David Bowie - White on Blonde Texas - C'est pour vivre Celine Dion Compilation Sex Style Kool Keith -4 Bombs & Butterflies Widespread Panic - Handsome Handsome Debut Ixnay on the Hombre The Offspring - Love Travels Kathy Mattea - Old Friends from Young Years Papa Roach Debut Tony Bennett on Holiday Tony Bennett -7 SubUrbia Various Artists Soundtrack True Believer Troy Cassar-Daley -10 Blur Blur - A Short Album About Love The Divine Comedy -11 Baduizm Erykah Badu Debut Beautiful World Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Brighten the Corners Pavement - Built to Last Sick of It All - City Strapping Young Lad - City of Refuge John Fahey - Coal Chamber Coal Chamber Debut Dangerous Ground (Music from the Original Motion Picture) Various Artists Soundtrack Eight Arms to Hold You Veruca Salt - I Like It When You Die Anal Cunt - Paco... Drop the Chicken Salmon - Show World Redd Kross - Sweet Homewrecker Thrush Hermit - Unchained Melody: The Early Years LeAnn Rimes Recorded 1994–9617 Oxygene 7-13 Jean Michel Jarre - Attack of the Grey Lantern Mansun Debut Live at the Wireless Ash Live18 Lost Highway Various Artists Soundtrack Payable on Death Live P.O.D. - Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus Petra - Secret Samadhi Live - Terra Incognita Chris Whitley -24 Women in Technology White Town - Orblivion The Orb - 'Til Death Do Us Unite Sodom -25 The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum L7 - Becoming X Sneaker Pimps - Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny - Booty Call Various Artists Soundtrack Day Three of My New Life Knapsack - Either/Or Elliott Smith - Goodbye Ellston Avenue Pinhead Gunpowder Debut Marcy Playground Marcy Playground - Maximum Abduction Hypocrisy EP Mega!! Kung Fu Radio Powerman 5000 - No Way Run On - Slush OP8 - ...Somewhere More Familiar Sister Hazel - Whiplash James -28 Fuel for the Hate Game Hot Water Music -? All Wound Up... Godsmack Debut Best of Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan Compilation Kingdom of Madness Edguy -MARCH3 10 Wet Wet Wet - The Boatman's Call Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Electro Glide in Blue Apollo 440 - Nattens madrigal Ulver - Pop U2 -4 Dan Bern Dan Bern Debut Darkside Necrophobic - Goldfly Guster - The Healing Game Van Morrison - Smilla’s Sense of Snow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-Williams Soundtrack The Soul Assassins, Chapter I Soul Assassins Debut7 From the Gecko The Slip -10 Dead Elvis Death in Vegas Debut Extinct Instinct Threshold - Still Waters Bee Gees -11 Before You Were Punk Various Artists Compilation City of Industry Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel Collaboration between American guitarist Chet Atkins and Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel Disciplined Breakdown Collective Soul - Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back Boxhead Ensemble Soundtrack Fake Can Be Just as Good Blonde Redhead - Human Christine Glass Debut Let's Face It The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Like Swimming Morphine - Live at Hammersmith '79 Ted Nugent Live 1979 Lula Divinia Shiner - Message for Albert Five for Fighting - Music from the Motion Picture Touch Dave Grohl Soundtrack Rapture Bradley Joseph - The Untouchable Scarface - Violent Demise: The Last Days Body Count -17 Before the Rain Eternal - The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified The Dismemberment Plan - The Future of War Atari Teenage Riot -18 Aftertaste Helmet - Euphoria Leftover Salmon - Grosse Point Blank (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Soundtrack Happy Town Jill Sobule - Made in America Aerosmith EP Nine Lives Aerosmith - Selena Selena Soundtrack Songs in the Key of Springfield The Simpsons - Stealing Second Chris Thile - Whatever and Ever Amen Ben Folds Five -20 Blizzard Beasts Immortal -21 In This Room The 3rd and the Mortal -23 Sóknardalr Windir -24 Aquí Julieta Venegas - Now That's What I Call Music! 36 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation Saturday Teenage Kick Junkie XL - Skyscraping ABC - Solid U.D.O. - Some Things Never Change Supertramp - White Trash Hell Everclear EP25 Blue Sky on Mars Matthew Sweet - The Buffalo Club The Buffalo Club - Carnival of Chaos Gwar - Chocolate Supa Highway Spearhead - Come In and Burn Rollins Band - Complicated Tanya Tucker - Dust Bunnies Bettie Serveert - Everything I Touch Runs Wild Lori Carson - Everything You Want Ray J Debut Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon Skeleton Key Debut Hand It Over Dinosaur Jr. - Hear in the Now Frontier Queensrÿche - Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G. Sophomore Livin' or Dyin' Jack Ingram - Mingus Plays Piano Charles Mingus - The More Things Change... Machine Head Sophomore Must've Been High Supersuckers - Natty Dread Charlie Hunter - Nowhere: Music from the Gregg Araki Movie Various Artists Soundtrack One More Time Real McCoy - R&B Transmogrification Quasi - So Long So Wrong Alison Krauss - Take a Look Over Your Shoulder Warren G - That Old Feeling (Music from the Motion Picture) Various Artists Soundtrack Then: The Earlier Years They Might Be Giants Compilation The Saint Various Artists Soundtrack26 Aquarium Aqua Denmark The Fawn The Sea and Cake - Restless Heart Whitesnake Japan Wild & Mild Tokio -27 Kolme Apulanta Finland31 Cowboy Erasure UK Lost Blues and Other Songs Palace Music Compilation? Wild Orchid Wild Orchid - Space Avenue Waltari Finland Blue Roses from the Moons Nanci Griffith - April – June DateAlbumArtistNotes APRIL1 The Dillinger Escape Plan The Dillinger Escape Plan EP Electro-Shock for President Brainiac EP Midget Tossing Yellowcard Debut Sisters of Avalon Cyndi Lauper Worldwide; released in Japan in '96 Songs: Ohia Songs: Ohia - The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation Zao - Tripping the Light Fantastic Lit Debut2 A Triumph for Man Mew -4 Christie Front Drive Christie Front Drive - En el Jardín del Corazón Gandhi - The Phantom Lodge Diabolical Masquerade -6 Enter Within Temptation -7 Barafundle Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers - Eld Enslaved - How You Luv That Big Tymers - Polydistortion GusGus -8 12 Picks Ace Frehley Compilation Broadway & 52nd Us3 - Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney - Retreat from the Sun That Dog - Roll with the New Chris Rock - Flesh And Bone Richard Marx - Have I Offended Someone? Frank Zappa Compilation Future Road The Seekers Australia. Their first studio album since 1968 The Messenger Kurt Elling - Rock Collection Pond - Stackin Chips 3X Krazy - Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind Debut Whole Pedro the Lion EP9 A Toda Cuba le Gusta Afro-Cuban All Stars - Everlasting Every Little Thing - This Strange Engine Marillion -11 Stardust We Are The Flower Kings -12 Affluenza Count Zero - Ljubavi Moja Jedina Maja Blagdan Croatia14 Mother Nature Calls Cast - My Own Prison Creed Debut Ultra Depeche Mode -15 Adriana Evans Adriana Evans - All Star United All Star United - Austin Powers (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Soundtrack Blue Pony Julie Miller - Blues for the Lost Days John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers - Burnin' Daylight Burnin' Daylight - Dominion Kamelot - Elegantly Wasted INXS Final album with Michael Hutchence on lead vocals Free Mars Lusk Debut Glee Bran Van 3000 Debut In the Mirror Yanni Compilation Rome Rome - Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Soundtrack Savage Garden Savage Garden US, Debut Secret Robot Control Baboon - Sevendust Sevendust Debut Shadowlife Dokken - Six Days on the Road Sawyer Brown - That's Them Artifacts - TMOTD Scar Tissue - Twenty-Eight Teeth Buck-O-Nine - White Stones Secret Garden - You and I Teddy Pendergrass - You Betta' Move Somethin'! Huck-A-Bucks -16 Travma Anna Vissi -17 Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997) Mogwai Compilation18 Anclado En Mi Corazón Anahí - Lifter Puller Lifter Puller - Spoonful - Tales Begin to Spin Will Hoge -20 For Monkeys Millencolin Sweden; US release date 20 May21 Ashtrayhead Ashtrayhead - In It for the Money Supergrass - The Mind's I Dark Tranquillity - Tellin' Stories The Charlatans -22 Back from the Dead Obituary - Bekka & Billy Bekka & Billy https://www.allmusic.com/album/bekka-billy-mw0000019508 Bekka & Billy - Bekka & Billy | Album AllMusic Carrying Your Love with Me George Strait - Full Circle Pennywise - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Yo La Tengo - Karma Delerium - Living in Clip Ani DiFranco Live Monsoon Caroline's Spine - A Pleasant Shade of Gray Fates Warning - Share My World Mary J. Blige - Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin Various Artists Red Hot Benefit series Sound of Lies The Jayhawks - Straightaways Son Volt - Tu-Plang Regurgitator US Waterbed Hev Heavy D -27 Through Times of War Keep of Kalessin -28 Blackrock (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Australia, Soundtrack Hard Normal Daddy Squarepusher - It's Me God Breach - Visions Stratovarius -29 Anywhere But Here The Ataris - Cheap Trick Cheap Trick - Dare to Be Surprised The Folk Implosion - Kill Fuck Die W.A.S.P. - Picnic Robert Earl Keen - Port of Mystery Yanni Compilation Shaming of the Sun Indigo Girls - Tammy Graham Tammy Graham - Twenty Lynyrd Skynyrd -30 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Original Motion Picture Score) John Williams Soundtrack UnMerry Melodies Bigwig -? One More Megabyte The Toy Dolls - MAY1 Ed Mort Arrigo Barnabé Brazil, Soundtrack Juicy Planet Earth Flapjack Poland5 Baile de Los Locos Voodoo Glow Skulls - Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals Concrete Blonde - Double Clutch Andrew Cyrille and Richard Teitelbaum Live Flaming Pie Paul McCartney - Honky Melvins - Sweet Potato Pie Robert Cray -6 Allure Allure - Blurring the Edges Meredith Brooks - Middle of Nowhere Hanson - Retrospective I Rush Compilation Return to Paradise Styx Live What My Heart Already Knows Julian Austin -12 Halim Natacha Atlas - Roofers Breaks Co-Op -13 American Psycho Misfits - Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace) Bob Carlisle - The Fruit That Ate Itself Modest Mouse EP Get Some Snot Debut I'm Bout It Various Artists Soundtrack Lee Ann Womack Lee Ann Womack Debut Pure Chewing Satisfaction Lard - Quality Soft Core Mad Caddies - Soulful Fruit Rob Swift - Terror & Magnificence Elvis Costello and John Harle -15 Liquid White Light Poi Dog Pondering Live'https://www.allmusic.com/album/liquid-white-light-mw0000588276 AllMusic Liquid White Light - Poi Dog Pondering19 Polythene Feeder - Dark Fields Show of Hands -20 Blessid Union of Souls Blessid Union of Souls - Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix Michael Jackson Remix/New Blue Moon Swamp John Fogerty - Blues Brothers & Friends: Live from House of Blues The Blues Brothers Live Bruiser Queen Cake Like - Coil Toad the Wet Sprocket - The Colour and the Shape Foo Fighters - For the People Boot Camp Clik Debut Happy Birthday to Me The Muffs - Hourglass James Taylor - I Got Next KRS-One - Mag Earwhig! Guided by Voices - Marching to Mars Sammy Hagar - Play Great Big Sea - Red Apple Falls Smog - Remanufacture – Cloning Technology Fear Factory Remix Something to Remember Me By Ben Lee - Standing in My Shoes Leo Kottke - You're the Inspiration: A Collection Peter Cetera Compilation Zuckerbaby Zuckerbaby Canada, Debuthttps://music.apple.com/us/album/zuckerbaby/1442976673 Zuckerbaby by Zuckerbaby on Apple Music May 20, 1997 Apple Music21 OK Computer Radiohead Japan; UK release date 16 June26 Direction Reaction Creation The Jam Compilation Do It Yourself The Seahorses - NSYNC NSYNC Germany Tumuli Shroomaroom Acrimony -27 Across America Art Garfunkel Live30 Enthrone Darkness Triumphant Dimmu Borgir - Princessa Princessa International release of her Spanish album Calling You? Curious Corn Ozric Tentacles UK Karma Cleansing Harem Scarem - Raygun Matthew Good Band Canada, EP The Stereo Bus The Stereo Bus New Zealand, DebutJUNE2 Dark Days in Paradise Gary Moore - Timeless Sarah Brightman -3 Accident of Birth Bruce Dickinson - Album of the Year Faith No More - Big Notebook For Easy Piano Fluid Ounces Debuthttps://www.allmusic.com/album/big-notebook-for-easy-piano-mw0000594944 Big Notebook for Easy Piano - Fluid Ounces | A... AllMusic Blood Rooted Sepultura Compilation Creature Moist Album Days of the New Days of the New Debut Fun and Games The Huntingtons - G3: Live in Concert Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson Live Gospel Oak Sinéad O'Connor EP Greatest Hits Boston Compilation +3 new tracks Innamorata Pat Benatar - Inside the Torn Apart Napalm Death - Jet Katell Keineg - Junction Seven Steve Winwood - One for the Road Kevin Fowler - Prime Cuts Suicidal Tendencies Compilation Resigned Michael Penn https://www.allmusic.com/album/resigned-mw0000022978 Resigned - Michael Penn | Album AllMusic Retrospective II Rush Compilation RockCrown Seven Mary Three - Songs from a Parent to a Child Art Garfunkel - Under These Rocks and Stones Chantal Kreviazuk US Wu-Tang Forever Wu-Tang Clan -4 Clodhopper Glueleg Canadahttps://music.apple.com/ca/album/clodhopper/1509231537 Clodhopper by Glueleg on Apple Music June 4, 1997 Apple Music6 Days of Purgatory Iced Earth Remix Lucy Taeko Onuki Japanhttps://onukitaeko.jp/en/project/lucy/ LUCY Onukitaeko.jp May 20, 2026 Nighttime Birds The Gathering - A Portable Model Of... 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I.discogs.com May 20, 2026 When the Red King Comes – Elf Power When You Land Here, It's Time to Return – Flake Music Xero – Linkin ParkFuchs-Gamböck Michael Schatz Thorsten Rackow Georg Linkin Park - What they've done 2014 HEEL Verlag Germany https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Linkin_Park_What_they_ve_done/Cch3DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22xero%22+%22demo%22+%22linkin%22+%221997%22&pg=PT167&printsec=frontcover 2 April 2026Lipshutz Jason 2024 It Starts with One: The Legend and Legacy of Linkin Park Grand Central Publishing https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/It_Starts_with_One/Yp_0EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%221997%22+%22demo%22+%22xero%22+linkin&pg=PT22&printsec=frontcover 2 April 2026 You Can Play These Songs with Chords – Death Cab for Cutie Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest positions in the charts of 1997.http://tsort.info/music/yr1997.htm Songs from the Year 1997 Hawtin Steve 2007 Steve Hawtin/TsorT April 12, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080420091825/http://tsort.info/music/yr1997.htm April 20, 2008 live # Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 Elton John Candle in the Wind 1997 1997 UK UK 1 – Sep 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1997, Austria 1 – Oct 1997, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1997, Norway 1 – Jan 1997, Poland 1 – Sep 1997, Germany 1 – Jan 1998, Republic of Ireland 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 2 Sean Combs & Faith Evans and 112 I'll Be Missing You 1997 US UK 1 – Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 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, Republic of Ireland 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 3 Aqua Barbie Girl 1997 Denmark UK 1 – Oct 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1997, Sweden 1 – Sep 1997, Switzerland 1 – Oct 1997, Norway 1 – May 1997, Germany 1 – Jan 1998, Republic of Ireland 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 US UK 1 – Feb 1997, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1996, Sweden 1 – Nov 1996, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1997, Norway 1 – Dec 1996, Poland 1 – Jan 1997, Republic of Ireland 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 US UK 1 – Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Sweden 1 – May 1997, Austria 1 – Jun 1997, Switzerland 1 – Jun 1997, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jun 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1997, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Aug 1997, Netherlands 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 40 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s)"2 Become 1" Spice Girls January 1997 4 1 1 (Ireland, Israel, Scotland, Spain, United States) See chart performance entry"3 AM" Matchbox Twenty November 1997 n/a 64 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry"4 Seasons of Loneliness" Boyz II Men September 1997 1 10 1 (United States) See chart performance entry"5,6,7,8" Steps November 1997 n/a 14 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry"6 Underground" Sneaker Pimps May 1997 45 9 9 (United Kingdom) 7 (US Billboard Alternative Airplay) - 11 (Scotland) - 31 (US Billboard Adult Top 40) - 62 (Australia)"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub" Apollo 440 February 1997 n/a 7 1 (Romania) See chart performance entry"Ain't That Just the Way" Lutricia McNeal November 1997 63 6 1 (Sweden) See chart performance entry"Alane" Wes Madiko May 1997 n/a 11 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry"All I Want" The Offspring January 1997 n/a 31 4 (Spain) See chart performance entry"Alone" Bee Gees February 1997 28 5 1 (Poland) See chart performance entry"Alright" Jamiroquai April 1997 78 6 2 (Iceland) See chart performance entry"Angel of Mine" Eternal September 1997 n/a 4 3 (Norway) See chart performance entry"Another Suitcase in Another Hall" Madonna March 1997 n/a 7 6 (Belgium) See chart performance entry"Anywhere for You" Backstreet Boys February 1997 n/a 4 1 (Lithuania) See chart performance entry"Around the World" Daft Punk April 1997 61 5 1 (Iceland, Italy) See chart performance entry"As Long As You Love Me" Backstreet Boys September 1997 n/a 3 1 (Lithuania, New Zealand, Romania) See chart performance entry"Avenues" Refugee Camp All-Stars & Pras & Ky-Mani Marley 1997 35 n/a 2 (Norway) See chart performance entry"Baby Can I Hold You" Boyzone November 1997 n/a 2 2 (Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry"Bailando" Paradisio 1997 n/a n/a 1 (5 countries) See chart performance entry"Barbie Girl" Aqua April 1997 7 1 1 (14 countries) See chart performance entry"Barrel of a Gun" Depeche Mode February 1997 47 4 1 (6 countries) See chart performance entry"Because It's Love" The Kelly Family 1997 n/a n/a 2 (Austria, Switzerland) 3 (Germany) - 6 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 11 (Belgium) - 13 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])"Been Around the World" Puff Daddy & The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase November 1997 2 20 2 (United States) See chart performance entry"Beetlebum" Blur January 1997 n/a 1 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry"Bellissima" DJ Quicksilver January 1997 n/a n/a 4 (Germany) See chart performance entry"Bitch" Meredith Brooks March 1997 2 6 2 (Australia, Canada, United States) See chart performance entry"Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve June 1997 12 2 1 (Scotland) See chart performance entry"Block Rockin' Beats" The Chemical Brothers March 1997 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry*"Blood on the Dance Floor" Michael Jackson March 1997 42 1 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry "Brimful of Asha" Cornershop August 1997 n/a 1 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry"Burnin'" Cue 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Sweden) 4 (Norway) - 9 (Finland) - 19 (Finland)"C U When U Get There" Coolio June 1997 12 3 2 (Norway, Sweden, Switzerland) See chart performance entry"Call the Man" Celine Dion June 1997 n/a 11 5 (Netherlands) See chart performance entry"Candle in the Wind '97" Elton John September 1997 1 1 1 (21 countries) See chart performance entry"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" Puff Daddy & Mase January 1997 1 19 1 (United States) See chart performance entry"Casanova" Ultimate Kaos February 1997 n/a 24 2 (Netherlands) See chart performance entry"Cherish" Pappa Bear & Van der Toorn October 1997 n/a 47 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry"Clementine" Mark Owen February 1997 n/a 3 2 (Japan, Spain) See chart performance entry"Come into My Life" Gala November 1997 n/a 38 1 (Italy, Spain) See chart performance entry"Con te partirò (Time to Say Goodbye)" Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Belgium, France) 10 (Europe) - 18 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 20 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40])"Crush on You" Aaron Carter August 1997 n/a 9 5 (Germany, Switzerland) See chart performance entry"Da Funk" Daft Punk February 1997 n/a 7 5 (Ireland, Scotland) See chart performance entry"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" N-Trance October 1997 n/a 7 1 (Czech Republic, New Zealand) See chart performance entry"D.I.S.C.O." N-Trance March 1997 n/a 11 8 (Scotland) See chart performance entry"Discothèque" U2 February 1997 10 1 1 (7 countries) See chart performance entry"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" Madonna January 1997 8 3 1 (6 countries) See chart performance entry"The Drugs Don't Work" The Verve September 1997 n/a 1 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry"Du Hast" Rammstein July 1997 n/a 186 5 (Germany) See chart performance entry"Du liebst mich nicht" Sabrina Setlur 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Germany) 3 (Austria, Switzerland)"D'You Know What I Mean?" Oasis July 1997 n/a 1 1 (5 countries) See chart performance entry"Ecuador" Sash! April 1997 n/a 2 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry"Elegantly Wasted" INXS March 1997 n/a 20 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry"Encore Une Fois" Sash! January 1997 n/a 2 1 (Europe, Greece, Ireland) See chart performance entry"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" The Smashing Pumpkins March 1997 n/a 10 3 (Iceland, Spain) See chart performance entry"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" Backstreet Boys June 1997 4 3 1 (Hungary, Romania, Spain) See chart performance entry"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" Sweetbox October 1997 46 5 2 (Spain) See chart performance entry"Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" Aerosmith February 1997 35 22 1 (Spain) See chart performance entry"Feel So Good" Mase October 1997 5 10 5 (United States) See chart performance entry"Fire" Scooter March 1997 n/a 45 1 (Finland) See chart performance entry"Fire Water Burn" Bloodhound Gang February 1997 n/a n/a 2 (Norway) See chart performance entry"Fix" Blackstreet July 1997 58 7 3 (Canada) See chart performance entry"Flash" B.B.E. January 1997 n/a 5 3 (Scotland) See chart performance entry"Fly" Sugar Ray May 1997 n/a 58 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry"Fly Like an Eagle" Seal January 1997 10 13 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry"Foolish Games" Jewel July 1997 2 n/a 2 (Canada, United States) See chart performance entry"For You I Will" Monica February 1997 4 27 2 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Formula" DJ Visage 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Belgium) 5 (Austria) - 6 (Netherlands) - 24 (France) - 34 (Australia)"Free" DJ Quicksilver June 1997 n/a 7 3 (Ireland) 4 (Spain, Germany) - 9 (Norway) - 11 (Switzerland) - 12 (Austria) - 13 (Sweden)"Free" Ultra Naté March 1997 75 4 1 (Italy) See chart performance entry"Freedom" Robert Miles November 1997 n/a 15 2 (Italy) See chart performance entry"Gotham City" R. Kelly June 1997 9 9 3 (Germany) See chart performance entry"Got 'til It's Gone" Janet Jackson & Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell September 1997 n/a 6 3 (Hungary) See chart performance entry *"Guantanamera" Wyclef Jean & Celia Cruz & Lauryn Hill & Jeni Fujita October 1997 n/a 25 15 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Az Yet & Peter Cetera February 1997 8 7 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry"Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" Skunk Anansie January 1997 n/a 13 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry"He's Comin'" Nana September 1997 n/a n/a 4 (Germany) 11 (Switzerland) - 14 (Austria)"Here We Go" NSYNC May 1997 n/a n/a 5 (Switzerland) 8 (Austria, Germany) - 10 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 66 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])"HIStory/Ghosts" Michael Jackson 1997 n/a 5 3 (Italy) 4 (Spain) - 14 (Germany, Netherlands) - 16 (Switzerland) - 26 (France) - 29 (New Zealand)"Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)" B-Real& Coolio & Method Man& LL Cool J& Busta Rhymes January 1997 n/a 8 1 (Norway) See chart performance entry"Home" Depeche Mode June 1997 88 23 1 (Italy) See chart performance entry "Honey" Mariah Carey August 1997 1 3 1 (Canada, United States) See chart performance entry "How Come, How Long" Babyface & Stevie Wonder July 1997 n/a 10 2 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]/[Single Top 100]) See chart performance entry"How Do I Live" LeAnn Rimes May 1997 2 7 2 (United States) See chart performance entry "Hypnotize" The Notorious B.I.G. March 1997 1 10 1 (United States) See chart performance entry"I Do" Lisa Loeb October 1997 17 83 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "I Don't Want To" Toni Braxton March 1997 19 9 7 (Iceland) See chart performance entry"I Finally Found Someone" Bryan Adams & Barbra Streisand January 1997 8 10 1 (Ireland) See chart performance entry"I Know Where It's At" All Saints August 1997 36 4 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry"I Never Loved You Anyway" The Corrs December 1997 n/a 43 31 (Australia) 37 (Scotland) - 49 (Canada Adult Contemporary)"I Shot the Sheriff" Warren G February 1997 20 2 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry"I Wanna Be the Only One" Eternal & BeBe Winans May 1997 n/a 1 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry"I Want You" Savage Garden February 1997 4 11 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry"I Will Come to You" Hanson November 1997 9 5 1 (Sweden) See chart performance entry"If God Will Send His Angels" U2 December 1997 n/a 12 4 (Belgium, Iceland) See chart performance entry"I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy and The Family May 1997 1 1 1 (19 countries) See chart performance entry"It's All About The Benjamins (Remix)" Puff Daddy and The Family August 1997 2 18 2 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles) - 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales)"It's No Good" Depeche Mode March 1997 38 5 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry"James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)" Moby November 1997 n/a 8 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry"Johnny B" Down Low 1997 n/a n/a 4 (Germany) 7 (Finland) - 8 (Switzerland)"Jojo Action" Mr. President June 1997 n/a 73 1 (Hungary) See chart performance entry"Just for You" M People September 1997 n/a 8 8 (Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry"Karma Police" Radiohead August 1997 n/a 8 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry"Kiss the Rain" Billie Myers September 1997 15 4 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry"Laura non c'è" Nek February 1997 n/a 59 1 (Italy) See chart performance entry"Let a Boy Cry" Gala January 1997 n/a 11 1 (Belgium, France, Italy, Spain) See chart performance entry"Lonely" Nana March 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Germany, Romania, Switzerland) See chart performance entry"Look Into My Eyes" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony June 1997 4 16 3 (New Zealand) 4 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 6 (UK Hip Hop/R&B charts) - 15 (US Billboard Rhythmic charts)"Love Gets Me Every Time" Shania Twain September 1997 25 n/a 4 (Canada) 1 (Canada country Tracks, US Billboard Hot Country Songs)"Love Shine a Light" Katrina and the Waves April 1997 n/a 3 1 (Israel) See chart performance entry"Love Won't Wait" Gary Barlow April 1997 n/a 1 1 (Lithuania, Spain, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Lovefool" The Cardigans May 1997 n/a 2 1 (Scotland, New Zealand) See chart performance entry"Mama" Spice Girls March 1997 n/a 1 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry"María" Ricky Martin 1997 88 6 1 (18 countries) See chart performance entry"Meet Her at the Love Parade" Da Hool August 1997 n/a 15 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry"The Memory Remains" Metallica November 1997 28 13 1 (Finland, Iceland) See chart performance entry"Men in Black" Will Smith June 1997 n/a 1 1 (11 countries) See chart performance entry"Midnight in Chelsea" Jon Bon Jovi June 1997 n/a 4 1 (Spain) See chart performance entry"MMMBop" Hanson April 1997 1 1 1 (12 countries) See chart performance entry"Mo Money Mo Problems" The Notorious B.I.G. July 1997 1 6 1 (Netherlands, United States) See chart performance entry"Mr. DJ" Dr. Alban 1997 n/a n/a 3 (Spain) 6 (Sweden) - 8 (Finland) - 21 (Austria) - 70 (Germany) - 79 (Europe)"My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion November 1997 1 1 1 (25 countries) See chart performance entry"My Love Is the Shhh!" Somethin' for the People August 1997 4 n/a 2 (Germany) See chart performance entry"My Oh My" Aqua February 1997 n/a 6 2 (Denmark, Scotland) See chart performance entry"Nancy Boy" Placebo January 1997 n/a 4 4 (United Kingdom) 5 (Scotland) - 19 (Europe) - 19 (Iceland)"No Tengo Dinero" Los Umbrellos May 1997 42 33 1 (Austria) See chart performance entry"Nobody's Wife" Anouk 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry"Oh La La La" 2 Eivissa June 1997 n/a 13 1 (Spain) See chart performance entry"Old Before I Die" Robbie Williams April 1997 n/a 2 1 (Scotland, Spain) See chart performance entry"Older" George Michael January 1997 n/a 3 3 (Spain, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry"On Your Own" Blur July 1997 n/a 5 5 (Scotland, United Kingdom) 20 (Iceland) - 27 (Ireland) - 33 (Europe) - 69 (Australia)"One Headlight" The Wallflowers January 1997 n/a 54 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry"The One I Gave My Heart To" Aaliyah August 1997 9 30 9 (United States) See chart performance entry"Open Your Eyes" Guano Apes August 1997 n/a n/a 5 (Germany) 10 (Austria) - 11 (Switzerland) - 14 (Belgium) - 18 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 19 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 24 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock - charted in 2000)"Paranoid Android" Radiohead May 1997 n/a 3 2 (Scotland) See chart performance entry"Perfect Day" Lou Reed & Various Artists November 1997 n/a 1 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry"Picture of You" Boyzone July 1997 n/a 2 1 (Scotland) See chart performance entry Other Chart hit singles 30em "All Cried Out" – Allure & 112 (#4 US) "Ameno" - Era (#2 BE, #5 FR, SWE) "The Beautiful People" - Marilyn Manson "Break Me Shake Me" - Savage Garden "Breathe" - Midge Ure "Breathe" – The Prodigy (#1 DEN, FIN, NOR, SP, SWE, UK) "Clumsy" – Our Lady Peace "Don't Let Go (Love)" – En Vogue (#1 DEN, NOR, #2 NLD, US) "Don't Speak" – No Doubt (#1 AUS, BE, CAN, DEN, IRL, NLD, NOR, SWE, SWI, UK) "Du fehlst mir" - Cappuccino "Greedy Fly" – Bush "I Have a Dream/Bellissima" – DJ Quicksilver (#2 IRL, #3 SP, #4 GER, UK) "I'll Be There for You" - Solid HarmoniE "Je t'aime" – Lara Fabian "Last Night on Earth" – U2 (#1 CAN, #4 ITL, #6 FIN, #10 UK) "Nothing Lasts Forever" – Echo & the Bunnymen (#8 UK) "Piece of My Heart" - Shaggy & Marsha Morrison "Please" – U2 (#6 IRL, NLD, #7 FIN, IT, UK) "Please Don't Go" – No Mercy (#4 UK, #5 AUT, #6 NLD) "Prince Igor" – Warren G (#1 NOR, #3 BE, SWE, #6 FR, NLD) "Push" - Matchbox Twenty "Remember Me" – Blue Boy "Rescue Me" - Bell, Book & Candle "Rumble in the Jungle" - The Fugees "Quanto amore sei" – Eros Ramazzotti (#3 SP, #7 FIN, #10 IT) "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" – Backstreet Boys (#1 AUT, GER, SWI, #2 UK, US) "The Rascal King" – Mighty Mighty Bosstones (#4 CAN) "The Real Thing" – Lisa Stansfield "A Red Letter Day" - Pet Shop Boys "The Saint" - Orbital "Samba de Janeiro" – Bellini (#2 GER, SWI, #3 AUT, FR) "Saturday Night" – Suede (#4 DEN, #6 UK, #7 FIN) "Say What You Want" – Texas (#3 UK) "Say You'll Be There" – Spice Girls (#1 UK, FIN, SCO, #3 US) "Secret Garden" - Bruce Springsteen "Semi-Charmed Life" – Third Eye Blind (#2 CAN, #4 US) "Sex on the Beach" – T-Spoon (#2 UK, #3 IRL, NLD, #4 BE) "She's a Star" – James (#9 UK) "Show Me Love" – Robyn (#2 CAN, #7 US, #8 UK) "Sick with Love" - Robyn Loau (# 21 AUS) "Smack My Bitch Up" – The Prodigy (#1 FIN, SP, #6 IRL) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" – Elton John (#1 US) "Something Goin' On (In Your Soul)" - Todd Terry & Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown "Song 2" – Blur (#2 UK, #4 AUS, #8 BE) "A Song for Mama" – Boyz II Men (#7 US) "Spice Up Your Life" – Spice Girls (#1 UK, #2 BE, CAN, DEN, NLD, NZ, SP, SWE) "Stand by Me" – Oasis (#2 UK) "Star People '97" – George Michael (#1 DEN, #2 UK, #4 SP) "Staring at the Sun" – U2 (#2 CAN, #3 UK, #4 FIN, IRL, NZ) "Stay" – Sash! (#2 IT, UK, #3 DEN, NOR) "Step by Step" – Whitney Houston (#2 SP, #6 AUT, #8 GER) "Sunchyme" – Dario G (#2 DEN, UK, SWI) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin (#7 US) "Superhero" - Daze "Tearin' Up My Heart" – 'N Sync (#3 CAN, #4 AUT, GER) "Tic, Tic Tac" – Chilli & Carrapicho (#2 AUT, #4 NOR, #5 GER) "To the Moon and Back" – Savage Garden (#1 AUS, #3 UK, #4 NZ) "Together Again" – Janet Jackson (#1 US, NLD) "Tomorrow Never Dies" – Sheryl Crow "Tout" – Lara Fabian "Truly Madly Deeply" – Savage Garden (#1 AUS, CAN, US) "Tell Him" – Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion (#1 NLD, #2 IRL, #3 BE, UK) "Time Is Tickin' Away" – C-Block (#5 GER, #9 SWI) "Tubthumping" – Chumbawamba (#1 CAN, IRL, IT, NZ) "Uh La La La" – Alexia (#1 SP, #2 FIN, #5 IRL, IT) "Vamos a la Discoteca" – Paradisio (#3 FIN, SWE, #6 NOR) "Vivo per lei" – Andrea Bocelli & Giorgia Todrani (#1 BE, FR, SP, SWI) "Walk on By" – Young Deenay & Sascha Schmitz "Walkin' on the Sun" – Smash Mouth (#3 CAN, IT, #5 SP) "Wannabe" – Spice Girls (#1 UK, US, AUS, BE, DEN, FIN, FR, GER, HK, IRL, ISR, NLD, NOR, NZ, SP, SWE, SWI) "Warum?" – Tic Tac Toe (#1 AUT, GER, SWI) "We Trying to Stay Alive" - Wyclef Jean & John Forté & Pras "When I Die" – No Mercy (#1 AUT, NLD, #2 AUS) "When Susannah Cries" – Espen Lind "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" – Paula Cole (#8 US) "Where's the Love" – Hanson (#2 AUS, CAN, #4 UK) "Who Do You Think You Are" – Spice Girls (#1 UK, IRL, #2 NLD) "You Have Been Loved/The Strangest Thing '97" – George Michael (#2 UK) "You Make Me Wanna..." – Usher (#1 UK, #2 US) "You Might Need Somebody" – Shola Ama (#4 UK, #8 NLD, NZ) "You Sexy Thing" – T-Shirt "You Were Meant for Me" – Jewel (#2 CAN, US, #3 AUS) "Your Woman" – White Town (#1 UK, SP, #3 IT) "You're Not Alone" – Olive (#1 UK, #3 IRL, #4 DEN) "Young Boy" - Paul McCartney Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)"Autumn Sweater" Yo La Tengo April 1997 n/a"Come to Daddy" Aphex Twin August 1997 5 (UK Dance) - 9 (UK Indie Singles Chart) - 10 (Denmark) - 36 (United Kingdom)"Karma Police" Radiohead August 1997 See chart performance entry"Miss Modular" Stereolab September 1997 n/a"My Own Summer (Shove It)" Deftones December 1997 29 (United Kingdom) - 33 (Scotland)"Over" Portishead November 1997 25 (United Kingdom) - 159 (Australia) "Song 2" Blur April 1997 See chart performance entry"Underwater Love" Smoke City March 1997 See chart performance entry"You Know My Steez" Gang Starr November 1997 5 (US Billboard Hot Rap Songs) - 32 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 76 (United States) Other Notable singles 30em "Can't Get Free" - Cranes "Rock City" - The Avalanches "Sick with Love" - Robyn Loau Classical music Premieres + Sortable table Composer Composition Date Location Performers Davies, Peter Maxwell Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 1997-11-7 UK Nottingham Stott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – DaviesDavid Nice 1997 Peter Maxwell Davies: Piano Concerto G. Schirmer Inc. http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/8383 March 5, 2017 Enescu, George Symphony No. 4 1997-10-2 ROM Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra – Cristian Mandeal roPascal Bentoiu, Masterworks of George Enescu: A Detailed Analysis, translated by Lory Wallfisch (Lanham, MD; Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2010): 524–25. 978-0-8108-7665-1. Compositions Leonardo Balada – Concierto Magico for guitar and orchestra Silvie Bodorova – Terezin Ghetto Requiem Peter Maxwell Davies – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Henri Dutilleux The Shadows of Time, for three children's voices and orchestra Slava's Fanfare, for spatial ensemble Lorenzo Ferrero Capriccio for piano and string orchestra Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra Storie di neve, music for the Sestriere Alpine World Ski Championships opening ceremony of 1997 Championship Suite, for large orchestra Three Baroque Buildings Andrew Glover – The Fickle Virgin of Seventeen Summers: A Quartet for Strings Sofia Gubaidulina – The Canticle of the Sun Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Canticum Calamitatis Maritiamae David Sawer – The Greatest Happiness Principle Tan Dun – Symphony 1997: Heaven, Earth, Mankind Takashi Yoshimatsu Around the Round Ground for guitar and bells Piano Concerto Memo Flora for piano and orchestra And Birds Are Still... for string orchestra, Op. 72 Opera Robert Ashley – Balseros Antonio Braga – San Domenico di Guzman (oratorio) Michael Daugherty – Jackie O Peter Lieberson – Ashoka's Dream Einojuhani Rautavaara – Aleksis Kivi Jazz 1997 in jazz Musical theater 1776 – Broadway revival Annie – Broadway revival Candide (Leonard Bernstein) – Broadway revival Dream – Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre and ran for 109 performances Forever Tango – Broadway production Jekyll & Hyde – Broadway production opened at the Plymouth Theatre and ran for 1543 performances The Life – Broadway production opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and ran for 463 performances The Lion King – Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre and is still running, with over 6700 performances to date, making it the third longest run in Broadway history. The Scarlet Pimpernel – Broadway production opened at the Neil Simon Theatre and ran for 772 performances Side Show – Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and ran for 91 performances Snow.Wolf.Lake – Hong Kong's first modern musical opened at the Hong Kong Coliseum and ran for 42 performances Steel Pier – Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and ran for 76 performances Street Corner Symphony – Broadway production Titanic – Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and ran for 804 performances Triumph of Love – Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre and ran for 85 performances Musical films Amy Anastasia (animated feature) Babes in Toyland (animated feature) Bandits Cats Don't Dance (animated feature) Cinderella (telefilm) Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras Hercules (animated feature) Holiday in Your Heart (telefilm) Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film, Volume II Music for Montserrat (telefilm) Rhyme & Reason Same Old Song Selena Slaves to the Underground Spiceworld Telling Lies in America The Crazy Stranger The Harmonists The Next Step The Right Connections The Tango Lesson The Wiggles Movie Wild Man Blues Year of the Horse Births January 1 – Noah Kahan, American folk musician January 7 – Ayumi Ishida, Japanese pop singer and dancer (Morning Musume) January 9 – Daigo Nishihata, Japanese singer (Naniwa Danshi) January 11 – Cody Simpson, Australian surf pop singer-songwriter, musician and athlete January 14 – Jaira Burns, American singer-songwriter January 17 – Jack Vidgen, Australian singer, 2011 Australia's Got Talent winner, activist and television personality January 20 – Blueface, American rapper January 21 – Edan Lui, Hong Kong singer (MIRROR) January 24 – CK Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter (STRAYZ) January 28 – Nutsa Buzaladze, Georgian singer January 31 – Miyeon, South Korean singer, ((G)I-dle) February 1 – Jihyo, South Korean singer (TWICE) February 8 Bella Poarch, Filipino American singer, songwriter, activist, veteran and internet star (Friend of Grimes) Rude-α, Japanese rapper February 10 – Maan de Steenwinkel, Dutch singer, actress February 11 Nasty C, South African rapper Rosé, South Korean-New Zealand singer and dancer (Blackpink) February 15 – Mia Boyka, Russian singer February 16 – Ren Meguro, Japanese singer (Snow Man) February 18 – DK, South Korean singer (Seventeen) February 23 – Shiena Nishizawa, Japanese singer March 2 – Becky G, Mexican-American singer-songwriter, actress March 3 – Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer/songwriter, dancer and actress March 4 – Daoko, Japanese singer March 8 – Jurina Matsui - Japanese idol, actress, talent, and model (former SKE48) March 21 – Tini Stoessel, Argentine actress, singer, songwriter, dancer and model. March 24 – Mina, Japanese singer and dancer (TWICE) March 26 – Glowie, Icelandic singer March 27 – Lisa, Thai singer, dancer, rapper (Blackpink) March 29 – Arón Piper, German-Spanish actor and singer April 2 – Peach PRC, Australian pop singer, songwriter, activist, and internet personality April 3 – Kiana Lede, American singer-songwriter, actress, pianist and actress April 6 – Mingyu, South Korean rapper and singer (Seventeen) April 8 - Saygrace, Australian singer-songwriter April 27 – Sayuki Takagi, Japanese singer May 6 – Scene Queen, American metal musician May 7 Irori Maeda, Japanese singer Rico Nasty, American rapper and trap metal artist May 11 Lana Condor, American actress and dancer Coi Leray, American rapper, singer-songwriter and dancer May 20 - Omar Apollo. American bilingual singer and songwriter May 26 - Grace Carter, English singer-songwriter May 27 – Soccer Mommy, American singer-songwriter May 31 – Cupcakke, American rapper, LBTQ+ advocate June 9 - Tay Iwar, a Nigerian singer, songwriter, composer, sound engineer and record producer June 11 Kodak Black, American rapper Jorja Smith, British singer June 13 – 070 Shake, American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress June 14 – Fujii Kaze, Japanese singer June 15 – Bali Baby, American rapper June 17 - 070 Shake, American rapper and singer June 21 – Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriter, YouTube artist June 22 – Dinah Jane, American singer and member of the girl group Fifth Harmony June 25 Jacquie Lee, American singer, and 2013 The Voice contestant Faye Webster, American singer-songwriter Raylee, Norwegian singer, dancer and actress June 26 Abi Ann, American singer-songwriter Baek Ye-rin, South Korean singer-songwriter and former member of 15& June 27 – H.E.R., American singer-songwriter July 1 – Indigo De Souza, American singer July 5 Cloud Wan, Hong Kong singer and actress Park Ji-min South Korean singer-songwriter, television host and former member of 15& July 7 - James Marriott, British YouTuber and musician July 7 – Erina Ikuta, Japanese pop singer, dancer, actress and model (Morning Musume) July 8 – Lauran Hibberd, British singer-songwriter July 10 – Rena Katō, Japanese singer July 28 - Gabbriette, American model and musician July 30 – Finneas O'Connell, American singer-songwriter, actor, record producer and musician, brother of and collaborator with Billie Eilish August 5 Olivia Holt, American actress and singer KennyHoopla, American singer August 7 Yungblud, English alternative rock musician, singer-songwriter Evaluna Montaner, a Venezuelan actress, singer, music director, dancer, television presenter Valentina Cho, Hong Kong singer-songwriter (STRAYZ) August 9 – Kazuya Ohashi, Japanese singer (Naniwa Danshi) August 10 – Sara Takatsuki, Japanese actress, model and singer August 11 Kanon Kimoto, former Japanese idol and actress (former SKE48) Saba, Danish singer, musical theatre actress August 16 – Greyson Chance, American singer, songwriter, and pianist August 19 – Baby Queen, British singer-songwriter born in Durban South Africa August 24 – Alan Walker, English-Norwegian DJ and record producer August 25 – Maty Noyes, American singer (Kygo) August 26 Cordae, American rapper, singer, and songwriter Mae Muller – British singer-songwriter who represented the United Kingdom at Eurovision Song Contest 2023 August 27 - Guitarricadelafuente, Spanish singer-songwriter, guitarist and musician based in Zaragoza August 28 – Bazzi, American singer-songwriter (Camilla Cabello) September 1 – Jungkook, South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, and member of BTS September 2 – Sanah, Polish singer, songwriter, violinist, and composer September 8 - Tessa, Danish rapper September 14 – Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer-songwriter September 24 – Malaya Watson, American singer October 1 – Sam Verlinden, New Zealand singer and actor October 2 - Rubi Rose, American rapper, songwriter and model October 3 - Bang Chan, Australian singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer October 6 – Michael J. Woodard, American singer October 7 – J. Rey Soul, Filipino-American singer October 8 – Bella Thorne, American actress and singer October 9 – Megan Moroney, American country singer October 10 – DDG, American rapper, singer and YouTuber October 14 – Miru Shiroma, Japanese singer and model October 23 – Minnie, Thai singer-songwriter, record producer, and member of (G)I-dle October 24 Arthur Gunn, American singer Raye, British singer-songwriter and activist November 3 – Ski Aggu, German musician, rapper, and singer November 6 – Jamal Roberts, American singer November 10 – Joost Klein, Dutch musician, rapper, singer, and former YouTuber November 18 - Hope Tala, British singer-songwriter November 23 Akari Takeuchi, Japanese singer Kim Dracula, Australian metal musician November 24 – Reiley, Faroese singer December 5 – Maddie Poppe, American singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist (Winner of American Idol 16) December 16 Snot, American rapper Zara Larsson, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and activist Nat Ćmiel (born Natasha Yelin Chang), Singaporean songwriter and producer known for the musical project, Yeule December 20 – Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer (Babymetal) December 21 Kida, Kosovan singer Pedro Sampaio, Brazilian singer and music producer Deaths January 1 Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist, 51 Townes Van Zandt, country-folk musician, 52 January 2 – Randy California, rock guitarist, 45 (drowned) January 5 – Burton Lane, composer and lyricist, 84 January 10 – Kenny Pickett, vocalist (The Creation), 54 January 18 – Keith Diamond, songwriter, 46 January 21 – Colonel Tom Parker, manager of Elvis Presley, 87 January 22 Richard Berry, songwriter (notably wrote "Louie Louie"), 61 Billy Mackenzie, Scottish vocalist of The Associates, 39 (suicide) January 27 – Gerald Marks, American songwriter, 96 February 10 – Brian Connolly, vocalist (Sweet), 51 (liver failure) February 23 – Tony Williams, jazz drummer, 51 March 3 – Finn Høffding, Danish composer, 97 March 9 – The Notorious B.I.G., rapper, 24 (shot) March 10 – LaVern Baker, R & B singer, 67 March 17 – Jermaine Stewart, vocalist, 39 (AIDS) March 24 – Harold Melvin, soul musician, 57 April 8 – Laura Nyro, singer-songwriter, 49 (ovarian cancer) April 9 Mae Boren Axton, songwriter and music promoter, 82 Yank Rachell, blues guitarist, 87 April 10 – Toshiro Mayuzumi, Japanese composer, 68 April 19 – Eldon Hoke, metal/punk singer and drummer, 39 May 9 – Willy Hess, Swiss musicologist and composer, 90 May 11 – Ernie Fields, American trombonist, pianist and bandleader, 93 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 7 – Arthur Prysock, jazz singer, 68 June 16 – John Wolters (Dr Hook), 52 (liver cancer) June 19 – Bobby Helms, country singer, 63 June 20 – Lawrence Payton (The Four Tops), 59 June 21 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, producer, and filmmaker, 65 (pharyngeal cancer) June 23 – Prince Nico Mbarga, Nigerian highlife musician, 47 June 26 – Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian musician, 38 July 5 – Mrs. Elva Miller, American singer, 89 August 1 – Sviatoslav Richter, pianist, 82 August 2 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and composer, 58 (Kaposi's sarcoma) August 5 – Don Steele, American disc jockey, 61 August 10 – Conlon Nancarrow, composer, 84 August 12 – Luther Allison, blues guitarist, 57 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 17 – Anthony Franchini, Italian American guitarist, 99 September 18 – Jimmy Witherspoon, blues singer, 77 September 19 – Rich Mullins, singer, 41 September 27 – Walter Trampler, German-born American violist, 82 September 28 – Munir Bashir, musician and oud player, 66–67 October 5 – Arthur Tracy, singer, 98 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) October 20 – Henry Vestine, guitarist (Canned Heat), 52 November 3 – Ronald Barnes, carillonist, 70 November 6 – Epic Soundtracks, English singer-songwriter, drummer of Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution and These Immortal Souls, 38 November 12 – Carlos Surinach, Spanish-American composer and conductor, 82 November 20 – Robert Palmer, writer, musicologist, clarinetist and producer, 52 November 22 – Michael Hutchence, singer of INXS, 37 (suicide by hanging) December 1 – Stephane Grappelli, French violinist, 89 December 2 – Michael Hedges, composer and guitarist, 43 (car accident) December 16 – Nicolette Larson, pop singer ("Lotta Love"), 45 (cerebral edema) December 19 – Jimmy Rogers, blues musician, 73 December 21 – Amie Comeaux, American singer and actress, 21 (traffic accident) December 28 – Henry Barraud, French composer, 97 December 31 – Floyd Cramer, pianist, 64 Awards 1997 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1997: won by Katrina and the Waves (UK) with the song "Love Shine a Light". Gospel Music Hall of Fame: Inductees include Gloria Gaither, and Billy Ray Hearn (founder of Myrrh Records). Grammy Awards of 1997 Mercury Music Prize: Awarded to Roni Size/Reprazent for the album New Forms. 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. 51st Tony Awards Charts List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1997 1997 in British music#Charts List of Oricon number-one singles of 1997 See also 1997 in music (UK) :Category:Record labels established in 1997 Triple J Hottest 100, 1997 References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year