1990 in music

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See also: 1989 in music, 1990 in British music, other events of 1990, 1991 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music'

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Events

January 21 - MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze
February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident, resulting in several broken bones. Idol had been scheduled to have a major role in Oliver Stone's film The Doors, but due to his injuries, the role was reduced down almost to a bit part.
February 14 - 50,000 fans watch The Rolling Stones play the first of 10 concerts at Tokyo's Korakuen Dome, the beginning of the Stones' first ever tour of Japan.
February 16 - Ike Turner is sentenced to 4 years in prison for possession of cocaine.
February 17 - Aerosmith appears in the Saturday Night Live sketch Wayne's World, where they perform the Wayne's World theme song.
February 24 - The Byrds (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman

and David Crosby) reunite, for the first time in 25 years, to perform at a Los Angeles, California tribute to Roy Orbison. The three are joined unexpectedly on stage by Bob Dylan, who sings "Mr. Tambourine Man" with the band.

February 27 - In Time Magazine, Milli Vanilli "singer" Rob Pilatus states that their group is, "more talented than any Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney. Mick Jagger can't produce a sound. I'm the new Elvis."
March 03 - Freedom To Party Demonstration London, organised by Party Promoters including Genesis'88 Biology parties Sunrise/Back to the Future for later club licences and all night Music and Dance Licences for large-scale Dance Parties Staged free-party later that night in Watford UK (12,000 people).

March 20 - Gloria Estefan's tour bus is involved in an accident. Estefan suffers several broken bones in her back.
March 25 - Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee is arrested for allegedly exposing his backside during a performance in Augusta, Georgia
April 4 - Gloria Estefan returns to Miami, Florida after undergoing back surgery in March following a tour bus accident.
April 6 - Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee suffers a mild concussion after falling off of scaffolding above his elevated drum kit during a performance in New Haven, CT.
April 7 - Neil Young, Elton John, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Guns N' Roses and Jackson Browne perform at Farm Aid IV in Indiana. John dedicates "Candle in the Wind" to AIDS patient Ryan White during his performance. White died later that evening
April 25 - Jimi Hendrix's Fender Stratocaster that he used to perform his famous version of the "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, is auctioned off in London for $295,000
May 8 - In Los Angeles, California, Tom Waits wins a $2.5 million lawsuit against Frito-Lay for unlawfully using a sound alike of Waits in its Doritos television commercials.
May 26 - Gin Blossoms sign a contract with A&M Records
July 14 - Jean-Michel Jarre's concert Paris la Defense attracts 2.5 million spectators.
September - In the UK, two singles, "Groove is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite and "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band (featured in a current TV jeans commercial), are announced to have sold the same number of copies in one week and a tie-break is used to decide which should be number one. "The Joker" wins, as it had climbed the most from the previous week.
September 11 - After a decade of performing in the Francophone world, Céline Dion makes her formal English-language debut when she releases her album Unison.
October - Jamaaladeen Tacuma records Boss of the Bass, that will be a blockbuster in 1991
Fall - For the first time, Amy Grant and Gary Chapman hold a night of music at their Franklin, Tennessee Riverstone Farm, for local teenagers. Performers included Rich Mullins, Rick Elias, Charlie Peacock, Wes King and Michael W. Smith. The event becomes known as "The Loft".
November 27 - "Vocal" group Milli Vanilli admits to lip-synching hits such as "Girl You Know It's True." They later have their Grammy award revoked.
December - The Smashing Pumpkins begin recording Gish, which will be a blockbuster album in 1991
December 13 - Genesis'88 stage weekly Acid House night in legally acquired warehouse in Stratford, London under the banner imagine

Dance music breaks out.
Madonna's "Justify My Love" music video is banned by MTV. The singer appears on Nightline to defend the video.
Pennywise signs a contract to their recent label Epitaph Records
The poorly received Cop Rock premieres on television, TV's first (and last) musical police drama.
Will Smith hits primetime television with the sitcom, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
Ace of Base forms
Spin Doctors' begins performing
Pearl Jam's career begins
The Candyskins' career begins
Ricky Martin's career begins
The Prodigy's career begins
Mariah Carey's career begins
School of Fish's career begins
Ash forms
Blue Meanies forms
Leaders of the New School (including Busta Rhymes) forms
Letters To Cleo forms
Master Sound forms
RAM forms
Sun Dial forms
Vertical Horizon forms
Guadalcanal Diary disbands
The Lurkers disband
Eurythmics disband
Mother Love Bone disband
Camper Van Beethoven disband
Pussy Galore disband
The Vaselines disband
Spandau Ballet disbands
Starship disbands
The Style Council disband
Garth Brooks releases his second album, "No Fences" and wins various awards across the music industry, including "best new country artist."
Del Amitri's second album, and first for five years, Waking Hours effectively relaunches their career. It provides them with the UK hit Nothing Ever Happens and the minor US hit Kiss This Thing Goodbye.
Sons of Kyuss changed their named to Kyuss, add new members except guitarist Josh Homme.
After a hiatus of 7 years, rock group Styx (band) reform to record a new album and tour without long time guitarist Tommy Shaw who was committed to Damn Yankees at the time. With his blessing, A&M recording artist Glen Burtnik joins Styx and release "Edge of The Century". The first single was Burnik's "Love Is The Ritual" which barely entered the Billboard 100. The follow-up single -- a religiously inspired ballad entitled "Show Me The Way" with Dennis DeYoung on vocals -- became a minor hit but then suddenly skyrocketed to the #1 spot on the Billboard 100 after radio stations took the liberty and produced their own versions of the song featuring comments from Operation: Desert Storm soldiers during the solo break -- a move that reportedly didn't sit well with the band, who believed it unfairly politicized their music, the Christian religious faith, and the sacrifices of the troops.

Albums released

Albums A-E

Livin' Like Hustlers - Above the Law (debut)
The Razor's Edge - AC/DC
Seraut Wajah - Ebiet G. Ade
Albi Achikha - Ragheb Alama
Facelift - Alice in Chains
Enchanted - Marc Almond
Humanap Ka Ng Panget - Andrew E.
Never, Neverland - Annihilator
Persistence of Time - Anthrax
Yellow Man With Heart With Wings - Robert Ashley
Piece of Time - Atheist
Severed survival - Autopsy
Holy Water - Bad Company
Against the Grain - Bad Religion
Thermos - Bailter Space
Two Fires - Jimmy Barnes
Music Extravaganza - Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister & The African International Music Ambassadors
Hammerheart - Bathory
The Law of Things - The Bats
Riverside - Luka Bloom
Black Milk - The Beasts Of Bourbon
Choke - The Beautiful South
Maria Bethânia (25 anos) - Maria Bethânia
Victorious Against Personal Demons - Beyond
Megatop Phoenix - Big Audio Dynamite
You Lucky People - Big Pig
Biohazard - Biohazard
Rabindra samgita - Debabrata Biswas
Gling-Gló - Björk
Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes
Highlights & Lowlives - Blue Cheer
Too Much Sleep - Bongwater
Boomania - Betty Boo
JAPANESKA - The Boom
Ichabod and I - The Boo Radleys
New Funky Nation - Boo-Yaa TRIBE
Changesbowie (Greatest Hits) - David Bowie
The Internationale - Billy Bragg
The Brand New Heavies - Brand New Heavies
One for All - Brand Nubian
As I Came Of Age - Sarah Brightman
No Fences - Garth Brooks
Dance!...Ya Know It! - Bobby Brown
The Sinking of the Titanic - Gavin Bryars
Dead City Radio(spoken word) - William S. Burroughs
Pump Action - The Butcher Shop
Keep On - Cabaret Voltaire
Gonna Make You Sweat - C&C Music Factory
Eaten Back To Life - Cannibal Corpse
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
101 Damnations - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Vanity/Nemesis - Celtic Frost
Dear Agnes - Carpenters collection - Agnes Chan
Waiting For You - Danny Chan
Songbird - Nadia Chan
Freefall (ep) - Chapterhouse
Ezi Oyi Akama - Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe & his Nigerian Sound Makers International
Dreaming - Leslie Cheung
The Decomposition of Violets - Christian Death
Gold Afternoon Fix - The Church
In A Live - The Clean
Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
Unnatural History - Coil
Lloyd Cole - Lloyd Cole
Some Like It Cold - Coldcut
Jungle Bass - Bootsy Collins
...But Seriously - Phil Collins
The Myth Of Rock - Consolidated
Consumer Revolt - Cop Shoot Cop
Inside Out - Chick Corea Electric Band
Plural - Gal Costa
Paradise Discotheque - Crime and the City Solution
Ritmo en el Corazon - Celia Cruz and Ray Barretto
Mixed Up - The Cure
Looney Runes - Current 93
Some Gave All - Billy Ray Cyrus
Danzig II: Lucifuge - Danzig
Pyst - Datblygu
Charlotte - Miles Davis
Spiritual Healing - Death
Act III - Death Angel
The Wall of Sacrifice - Death In June
World Clique - Deee-Lite
Deicide - Deicide
The Flower That Shattered The Stone - John Denver
Violator - Depeche Mode
Tattooed Millionaire - Bruce Dickinson (debut solo album)
Every Brilliant Eye - Died Pretty
World Sinfonia - Al Di Meola
Unison - Céline Dion (English-language debut)
Fire In The Night - Dion DiMucci
Rising - Donovan
The Classics Live - Donovan
DAAS Icon - Doug Anthony All Stars
Obey The Time - The Durutti Column
Blood Guts & Pussy - The Dwarves
The North At It's Heights - 808 State
Utd State 90 - 808 State
Dare To Be Different - Tommy Emmanuel
MCMXC a.D. - Enigma (debut)
Left Hand Path - Entombed
The Language Of Life - Everything but the Girl
Distino di Belita - Cesária Évora
The Massacre - The Exploited

Albums F-J

The Real Thing - Faith No More
The River - Ali Farka Toure
Chain Reaction - John Farnham
FireHouse - FireHouse
Brahms: Lieder - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Set The Booty Upright (ep) - Fishbone
Hispanic Causing Panic - Kid Frost
Repeater - Fugazi
This Is Our Music - Galaxie 500
Cancer Planet Mission - Gaye Bykers on Acid
Tokyo Anal Dynamite - The Gerogerigegege
Anything is Possible - Debbie Gibson
Concierto en vivo con Pete Seeger - León Gieco
Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1989 - Dizzy Gillespie
I was the Hunter and I was the Prey - Dave Graney 'n' The Coral Snakes
Without A Net - Grateful Dead
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours - Green Day
Slappy - Green Day
Pastoral Hide And Seek - The Gun Club
Allegria - Gypsy Kings
A Bag of Cats - The Hafler Trio
Dislocation - The Hafler Trio
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
Brand New Dance - Emmylou Harris
Naked In Garden Hills - Harry Crews (band)
Brigade - Heart
Strap It On - Helmet (band)
Shuffletown - Joe Henry
I'm Your Baby Tonight - Whitney Houston
Collected Works - Hunters & Collectors
Que Te Vaya Bien - Cheo Hurtado
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube
Iced Earth - Iced Earth (debut)
*Released in Europe only.
Feedback of N.M.S. - Incapacitants
La Baiser - Indochine
The best of Rhoma Irama - Rhoma Irama
Jaka Swara - Rhoma Irama
No Prayer for the Dying - Iron Maiden
Red Warrior - Ronald Shannon Jackson
Gold Mother - James
Sudden Stop - Colin James
Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
Arvo Pärt, Tabula Rasa - Keith Jarrett
Waiting for Cousteau - Jean-Michel Jarre
Live at Hammersmith '84 - Jethro Tull
* (A recording made in 1984 and released in 1990)
Jonathon Goes Country - Jonathan Richman
Neighbourhood Threat - Johnny Crash (one and only album)
1990 - Daniel Johnston
Ah Via Musicom - Eric Johnson
Painkiller - Judas Priest

Albums K-P

Live at the Opera House - Kamahl
Yiyin Efendiler - Cem Karaca
Parakou - Angélique Kidjo
Door to Door - Albert King
Authority - King Sunny Ade & His New African Beats
Faith Hope Love - King's X
Chill Out - The KLF
Naive - KMFDM
I've Got That Old Feeling - Alison Krauss
Black Angels - Kronos Quartet
Today Wonder - Ed Kuepper
Confusion Break Bones - Fela Kuti
Loving You, Never Stop - Aaron Kwok
ZIZS - Kalle Laar, Kazamaki Takashi
Two Worlds, One Heart - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Macbeth - Laibach (band)
The Last Temptation of Reid - Lard
The La's - The La's
Rhythm of Love - Lava
Leningrad Cowboys Go America - Leningrad Cowboys
Leon - Leon Lai
Aku Ingin - Indra Lesmana
Les Têtes Brulées - Les Têtes Brulées
Stinky Grooves - Limbomaniacs
Time's Up - Living Colour
Mamma Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
Lust - Lords of Acid
A Ti Madrecita - Los Tigres del Norte
From a Scream to a Whisper - Lowlife
Wicked Sensation - Lynch Mob
The Immaculate Collection - Madonna
Yo! - Francis Magalona
Southern Cross - Phil Manzanera
Shinsen Na Clitoris - Masonna
Tune In Tomorrow... The Original Soundtrack - Standard Time Vol. 3: The Resolution Of Romance - Wynton Marsalis
Como Un Juguete - Martika
Take A Look Around - Master Ace
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - MC Hammer
Armed Audio Warfare - Meat Beat Manifesto
Rust In Peace - Megadeth
Pentagram - Mezarkabul
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - George Michael
The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry
Love And Kisses - Dannii Minogue
Rhythm Of Love - Kylie Minogue
Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore
Apple - Mother Love Bone
Shiver - Jenny Morris
Cover Girl - Anita Mui
Deep - Peter Murphy
Glider (ep) - My Bloody Valentine
Confessions Of A Knife - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Aashiqui - Nadeem-Shravan
Yoru o Yuke - Miyuki Nakajima
Naugad - Nautilus Pompilius
Set - Youssou N'Dour
Brother's Keeper - The Neville Brothers
Step By Step (album) - New Kids On The Block
The Good Son - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Gnawa Music Of Marrakesh - Night Spirit Masters
Fun To Be Had - Nitzer Ebb
Unlimited Everything - Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Caveat - Nuclear Death
Cause of Death - Obituary
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinéad O'Connor
Baghdad - The Offspring
Amarok - Mike Oldfield
Da Atlântida à Bahia... ... o Mar é o Caminho - Olodum
Erpland - Ozric Tentacles
Ma Maison - Oui Oui
Cowboys from Hell - Pantera
Contribution - Mica Paris
Home For Christmas - Dolly Parton
Bossanova - Pixies
Wildcard/A Word From the Wise - Pennywise (compilation of their self-released EPs)
Shinamania - Sir Shina Peters
Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys
Gub - Pigface
Brick By Brick - Iggy Pop
Cure For Sanity - Pop Will Eat Itself
Frizzle Fry - Primus
Beyond Thee Infinite Beat - Psychic TV
Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
Goza Me Timbal - Tito Puente

Albums Q-V

Empire - Queensrÿche
Volume 2 - Reagan Youth
In Dub - Renegade Soundwave
Play - Ride
Charcoal Road - Archie Roach
Love Is Strange - Kenny Rogers
Turned On - Rollins Band
Valses Venezolanos - Aldemaro Romero
Heart Still Beating - Roxy Music
Back From Hell - Run DMC
Chronicles - Rush
Blacks Magic - Salt-N-Pepa
Welcome to Love - Pharoah Sanders
Spirits Dancing In The Flesh - Carlos Santana
Here Comes Trouble - Scatterbrain
School of Fish - School of Fish (debut)
Scenic Roots - Seldom Scene
''Intercourse - S'Express
Tales of Gil Scott Heron and his Amnesia Express - Gil Scott-Heron
Automaton (Slave with Ewer Device) - Murat Ses
Jatuh Cinta Lagi - Yuni Shara
Shonen Knife (compilation) - Shonen Knife
My Romance - Carly Simon
Have You Seen Me Lately - Carly Simon
The Simpsons Sing the Blues - The Simpsons
Vision Thing - The Sisters of Mercy
Fist Sized Chunks - Skin Yard
Too Dark Park - Skinny Puppy
Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer
Stick It To Ya - Slaughter
World Power - Snap!
Social Distortion - Social Distortion
Goo - Sonic Youth
Back To The Coast - Nikki Sudden
Sons of Kyuss - Sons of Kyuss
* Originally recorded by Kyuss' original name of the same title.
Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade - Soul II Soul
Louder Than Love - Soundgarden
Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To - Spacemen 3
Up for Grabs - Spin Doctors
Pesta Panen - Elvy Sukaesih
Other Way Out - Sun Dial (debut)
Affection - Lisa Stansfield
Edge Of The Century - Styx
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic - The Sundays
Superchunk - Superchunk (debut)
I'll Give All My Love To You - Keith Sweat
Live Au Zenith - Tabou Combo
Strange Things - Tackhead
Firmament - Alan Tam (Alan Tam Wing Lun)
Celebrated Blazons - Cecil Taylor
Everybody Wants To Shag The Teardrop Explodes - The Teardrop Explodes
Ave Maria - Kiri Te Kanawa
Five Man Acoustical Jam - Tesla
Souls of Black - Testament
Flood - They Might Be Giants
Magic Music - Third Ear Band
New Inside - Tiffany
Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
Tears of Civilisation - Paula Tsui
No Depression - Uncle Tupelo
Footprints - Jai Uttal
Passion and Warfare - Steve Vai
To the Extreme - Vanilla Ice
Family Style - The Vaughan Brothers (Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmie Vaughan)
Nineteen 90 - Regine Velasquez
Tear Your Soul Apart - Venom
The Wonder - Tom Verlaine
Debacle: The First Decade - Violent Femmes

Albums W-Z

Cherry Pie - Warrant
Room To Roam - The Waterboys
- Ween
Wilson Phillips (album) - Wilson Phillips
Goodbye Jumbo - World Party
Wild Side Of The City Lights - Link Wray
Heart Over Mind - Tammy Wynette
Best of '81-'85 - Y&T
Ten - Y&T
If There Was a Way - Dwight Yoakam
Ragged Glory - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
– various artists
Nights Without Sleeping - Chaba Zahouania
Naked City - John Zorn
Look Into Me - Zoviet France

Top hits on record

"Advice For The Young At Heart" - Tears For Fears
"All I Wanna Do (Is Make Love To You)" - Heart
"Better The Devil You Know" - Kylie Minogue
"Bird On A Wire" - The Neville Brothers
"Black Cat" - Janet Jackson
"Blaze of Glory" - Bon Jovi
"Blue Savannah" - Erasure
"Blue Sky Mine" - Midnight Oil
"Chain Reaction - John Farnham
"Close to You" - Maxi Priest
"Come Back to Me" - Janet Jackson
"Dangerous" - Roxette
"Downtown Train" - Rod Stewart
"Elephant Stone" - Stone Roses
"Enjoy the Silence" - Depeche Mode
"Epic" - Faith No More
"Escapade" - Janet Jackson
"Every Beat Of My Heart" - Taylor Dayne
"Everybody Everybody" - Black Box
"Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" - The Blues Brothers
"Four Bacharach And David Songs (EP)" - Deacon Blue
"Friends In Low Places" - Garth Brooks
"Hard To Handle" - The Black Crowes
"Hello" - The Beloved
"Higher Ground" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Hippychick" - Soho
"Hold On" - En Vogue
"Hold On" - Wilson Philips
"I Go To Extremes" - Billy Joel
"I Wish It Would Rain Down" - Phil Collins
"Ice Ice Baby" - Vanilla Ice
"It Must Have Been Love" - Roxette
"I'll Be Your Shelter" - Taylor Dayne
"I'm Your Baby Tonight - Whitney Houston
"Janie's Got A Gun" - Aerosmith
"Jukebox In Siberia" - Skyhooks
"Just Like Jesse James" - Cher
"Justify My Love" - Madonna
"Killer" - Adamski feat. Seal
"Lay Down Your Guns" - Jimmy Barnes
"Listen To Your Heart" - Roxette
"Loaded" - Primal Scream
"Love And Kisses" - Dannii Minogue
"Love Takes Time" - Mariah Carey
"Love Shack" - The B-52's
"Love Will Lead You Back" - Taylor Dayne
"More Than Words Can Say" - Alias
"Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinéad O'Connor
"Opposites Attract" - Paula Abdul
"Poison" - Bell Biv Devoe
"Rhythm Nation" - Janet Jackson
"Right Here Right Now" - Jesus Jones
"Sacrifice / Healing hands" - Elton John
"She Ain't Worth It" - Glenn Medeiros feat. Bobby Brown
"Step Back in Time" - Kylie Minogue
"Suicide Blonde" - INXS
"Summer Rain" - Belinda Carlisle
"Tears On My Pillow" - Kylie Minogue
"That's Freedom" - John Farnham
"The Power" - Snap!
"Three Strange Days" - School of Fish (debut single)
"The Thunder Rolls" - Garth Brooks
"U Can't Touch This" - M.C. Hammer
"Unbelievable" - EMF (debut single)
"Vision of Love" - Mariah Carey
"Vogue" - Madonna
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" - The Beach Boys

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1990

Charts

[Pop Culture Madness 1990 Music Chart]

KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1990

Other significant singles

"Little Fluffy Clouds" - The Orb (Sampling led to legal action.)
Sampling copyright debate continues over the Soho single Hippychick, which uses a sample from How Soon Is Now? by The Smiths.

Published popular music

"Keep It Together" w.m. S. Bray & Madonna
"The Simpsons theme song" m. Danny Elfman

Classical music

Mario Davidovsky - Biblical Songs for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Mario Davidovsky - Concertante for string quartet and orchestra
John Harbison - The Flight into Egypt (cantata)
Paul Lansky - Smalltalk
Alvin Lucier - Music for Piano with One or More Snare Drums
Meredith Monk - Book Of Days
John Pickard - The Flight of Icarus
Takashi Yoshimatsu - Symphony No. 1 Kamui-Chikap
John Zorn - The Dead Man

Gerald Barry - The Intelligence Park
Azio Corghi - Blimunda
Mark Lanz Weiser - Purgatory (chamber opera, based on a play by W. B. Yeats)

Aspects of Love (Andrew Lloyd Webber) - Broadway production
A Change in the Heir     Broadway production
Five Guys Named Moe     Broadway production
Shogun     Broadway production
Sunday in the Park with George (Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine - London production)
Truly Blessed     Broadway production

Computer and video game music

Awards

The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Hank Ballard, Bobby Darin, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, The Kinks, The Platters, Simon and Garfunkel and The Who
Grammy Awards of 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Luc Ferrari wins the International Koussevitzky Prize for Recordings for his composition Histoire du plaisir et de la désolation
Juno Awards: Best Composer: David Tyson/Christopher Ward
Dalida virtualy receives the "Star Registry" awards with the International Diploma three years after her death in USA.
Scottish composer Thomas Wilson is awarded a CBE.

In Australia, the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival is founded by Michael Easton and Len Vorster.

Births

January 21 - Sasha Boldachev, harpist
December 20 - JoJo, R&B artist

Deaths

January 18 - Melanie Appleby of British duo Mel and Kim, liver cancer
January 23 - Allen Collins, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, complications from pneumonia
February 8 - Del Shannon, suicide by shotgun
February 24 - Johnnie Ray, liver failure
March 16 - Andrew Wood, Mother Love Bone
April 3 - Sarah Vaughan, lung cancer
June 20 - June Christy, US singer
July 15 - Heavy D & the Boyz back-up singer Trouble T-Roy misjudges the edge of the stage following a show and falls to his death.
August 27 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist performer
September 13 - Phil Napoleon, jazz trumpeter
October 14 - Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor
October 16 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer
October 16 - Jorge Bolet, pianist
November 3 - Mary Martin, US singer and actress
December 2 - Aaron Copland, American composer
December 18 - Paul Tortelier, cellist

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