2 January:RICHARD REYES FAULKERSON, Jr. pka ALDEN RICHARDS = Filipino actor, host, model and recording artist
19 January:MALCOLM JAMES McCORMICK pka MAC MILLER = American rapper and record producer
3 February:RORY FERREIRA pka MILO = American alternative hip hop musician, rapper and producer
11 February:TAYLOR LAUTNER = American actor and voice actor
27 April:ALLISON IRAHETA = American singer
23 May:JINNY NG = Hong Kong Cantopop singer
20 June:DOMINIC WYNN WOODS bka SAGE THE GEMINI = American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. member of The HBK Gang {2011-present}
21 June:MAX SCHNEIDER = American actor, model, dancer, songwriter, and singer
30 June:
LAMB LENNON GAEDE = American musician and singer, member of Prussian Blue {2003-2007}
LYNX VAUGHAN GAEDE = American musician and singer, member of Prussian Blue {2003-2007}
22 July:SELENA GOMEZ = American actress and singer-songwriter
18 August:FRANCES BEAN COBAIN = American visual artist, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
20 August:DEMI LOVATO = American actress and singer-songwriter
29 August:MALLU MAGALHÃES = Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician
16 September:NICK JONAS = American singer, songwriter, producer, and actor; member of The Jonas Brothers {2005-2013}
12 November:GIULIA RUSSO pka GIULIETTA = Australian pop singer, songwriter, dancer, rapper and model of Italian descent
21 November:CONOR MAYNARD = English singer-songwriter and actor
23 November:MILEY CYRUS = American singer, songwriter, and actress; daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, actress and singer, also known as HANNAH MONTANA
14 December:JASMINE MURRAY = American singer
18 December:BRIDGIT MENDLER = American actress, singer, and songwriter
Timeline of Musical Events in 1992
11 January:
Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s.
Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the United Nations cultural boycott.
16 January: Mick Jagger attends the Hollywood première of his new movie, Freejack, at Mann's Chinese Theatre.
18 February: Vince Neil leaves Mötley Crüe after 11 years as the band's lead singer, to spend more time on his career as a racing car driver.
24 February:
Nirvana's Kurt Cobain marries Hole's Courtney Love.
The U.S. Postal Service unveils two potential designs for its proposed Elvis Presley postage stamp for fans to vote on. One design is of a young, 1950s Elvis, and the other is of a much older, 1970s Elvis. The young Elvis wins the vote, and the stamp is issued the following January.
10 March: At the 1992 Soul Train Music Awards, Prince wins the "Heritage" award for lifetime achievement.
14 March: Farm Aid Five takes place in Irving, Texas, USA, hosted by Willie Nelson. Artists performing at the event include John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Paul Simon. Approximately 40,000 people attend the event.
24 March: A Chicago, Illinois, USA judge approves cash rebates of up to US$3 to anyone proving they bought Milli-Vanilli recordings prior to when the lip synching scandal began on November 27, 1990.
1 April: Billy Idol, on trial for punching a woman in the face, pleads no contest. Idol is fined and ordered to make public service announcements against alcohol and drug abuse.
24 April: David Bowie marries fashion model Iman.
30 April: In Los Angeles, California, USA, Madonna's bustier is stolen from a display in Frederick's of Hollywood. A US$1,000 reward is offered for its return.
May: The first Europäisches Jugendchorfestival,(EJCF) (European Festival of Youth Choirs) is held in Basel, Switzerland. It is decided to make it a triennial event.
6 May: Selena releases her album Entre A Mi Mundo which contains her first #1 hit, "Como La Flor".
7 May: John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers leaves the band prior to the publication of a Rolling Stone magazine cover featuring them; he has to be digitally edited out of the photo. Frusciante returned to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998.
11 May: A. R. Rahman's debut film Roja was released. Roja (soundtrack) is regarded as a milestone that changed the face of Tamil film music and subsequently contemporary Indian music. Time magazine's noted film critic, Richard Corliss stated in 2005 that the "astonishing debut work parades Rahman's gift for alchemizing outside influences until they are totally Tamil, totally Rahman," naming it one of the magazine's "10 Best Soundtracks" of all time.
27 June: Michael Jackson starts the Dangerous World tour, supporting his Dangerous album in Munich, Germany.
June: "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses enters the world record books when it becomes the longest single, at 8 minutes, 57 seconds, to reach the US Top 20. The single's video has a budget of over US$1.5 million, becoming the most expensive at the time.
July: The BudaFest Summer Opera and Ballet Festival is launched in Budapest, Hungary.
4 July: Mark Heard suffers a heart attack while performing at the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois, USA. Heard goes to hospital immediately after finishing his set, but dies two weeks after being discharged in August.
7 July: Dream Theater release their second studio album Images and Words
18 July: Whitney Houston marries Bobby Brown.
August:
Rozalla becomes the first artist from Zimbabwe to chart on the US Billboard magazine chart.
Former Beatle, George Harrison, tells Billboard magazine that he recently discovered that he was born on February 24, and not February 25 as he had thought for most of his life.
Haitian military authorities ban the playing of RAM's single "Fèy"; first performed at the Port-au-Prince Carnival in February, the song was widely interpreted as an anthem of support for exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
27 August: John Lennon's original handwritten lyrics to "A Day in the Life" are auctioned and sold for US$87,000.
3 October: Sinéad O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on the US television show, Saturday Night Live.
31 October: "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men posts a 12th consecutive week at #1 in the US charts, ending a 36-year record previously held by Elvis Presley. Boyz II Men's record was broken on March 6, 1993 by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You".
9 November: Australian-born singer Kylie Minogue ends her working relationship with UK songwriters and record producers Stock Aitken Waterman and the record label PWL.
15 November: Megan Jasper of Sub Pop creates the grunge speak hoax, tricking The New York Times into printing an article on a supposed slang used in the grunge scene in Seattle, USA.
15 December: Dr. Dre releases The Chronic, regarded by critics and fans as a classic of hip hop.
Classical Music completed in 1992
TORSTEIN AAGAARD-NILSEN
Arctic Landscape for Military Band
MILTON BABBITT
Septet, but Equal
Counterparts for brass quintet
LEONARDO BALADA
Symphony No. 4 Lausanne
Celebracio for orchestra
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
Synchronisms No. 10 for guitar and electronic sounds
LORENZO FERRERO
La ruta de Cortés (symphonic poem)
Movimento americano
PERCY GRAINGER
Bridal Lullaby transcribed for orchestra by John Pickard
VAGN HOLMBOE
Svaerm for string quartet (partially arranged from earlier violin duos)
ELENA KATS-CHERNIN
Clocks
KA NIN CHAN
Saxophone Quartet
ANDREAS KUNSTEIN
String Quartet No. 1
10 Epigrams for toy piano
WILLIAM MATHIAS
Flute Concerto
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Symphony No. 5 Korean
ALWYNNE PRITCHARD
Glimpsed Most Clearly From The Corner Of Your Eye (for seven cellos)
JOAN TOWER
Violin Concerto
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Requiem for a Tribe Brother
IANNIS XENAKIS
La Déesse Athéna (Oresteïa III) (1992), for baritone solo and mixed ensemble of 11 instruments
Operas completed in 1992
ANTONIO BRAGA
1492 epopea lirica d'America
JUKKA LINKOLA
Elina
DARON HAGEN
Shining Brow
Musical Theatre in 1992
CRAZY FOR YOU
(Music & Lyrics by: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin; Book by: Ken Ludwig)
Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre, New York, NY on 19th Feb 1992
FALSETTOES
(Music & Lyrics by: William Finn; Book by: William Finn, James Lapine)
Broadway production opened at the John Golden Theatre, New York, NY on 29th Apr 1992
GUYS AND DOLLS
(Music & Lyrics by: Frank Loesser; Book by: Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling)
Broadway revival opened on 14th Apr 1992 at the Martin Beck Theatre, New York, NY
JELLY'S LAST JAM
(Music by: Jelly Roll Morton; Book by: George C. Wolfe; Lyrics by: Susan Birkenhead)
Broadway production opened at the Virginia Theatre, New York, NY on 26th Apr 1992
THE MOST HAPPY FELLA
Broadway revival
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Mark Chard BSc
Page created: 18th July 2011
Last edited: 26th March 2017
