11 January:CODY SIMPSON = Australian teen pop singer
2 March:BECKY G = Mexican-American teen singer
21 June:REBECCA BLACK = American singer
1 October:SAM VERLINDEN = New Zealand singer and actor
20 December:SUZUKA NAKAMOTO = Japanese singer, member of Babymetal
Timeline of Musical Events
9 January: David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, with the opening act Placebo. Proceeds from the concert went to the Save the Children fund.
10 January: James Brown receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.
19 January: 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.
20 January: Daft Punk's debut album Homework is released.
28 January: The Virginia Senate votes to retire "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" as the official state song, and begins looking for a replacement.
2 February: Rich Mullins' musical The Canticle of the Plains premieres in Wichita, Kansas.
12 February: David Bowie receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.
13 February:
Michael Jackson's first son 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.
20 February: 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.
24 February: 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.
March: Pianist David Helfgott performs at the Boston Symphony Hall, in Boston, USA, during his world tour. The Boston Globe describes his performance as "without phrasing, form, harmonic understanding, differentiation of style and often basic accuracy; worst of all, it was without emotional content."
1 March: The jam band Phish records "Slip Stitch and Pass" live at Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
3 March: U2 release the opinion-dividing Pop album. Along with the Oasis album Be Here Now, it becomes a major release that fails to sell to industry expectations, particularly in the US, despite many strong initial reviews.
9 March:
The Notorious B.I.G. is shot dead while sitting in the passenger seat of a car after a Soul Train Awards party in the USA.
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.
11 March: Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
17 March: Whirlwind Heat play their first show.
18 March: Aerosmith releases Nine Lives, their 12th studio album.
19-20 March: The reunited Monkees perform two sold-out concerts at Wembley Arena in London, UK.
30 March: The Spice Girls launch Britain's new television channel, Channel 5.
April: 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.
2 April: Joni Mitchell is reunited with her daughter, Kilauren Gibb, whom she gave up for adoption 32 years earlier.
14 April: Depeche Mode come back with their 9th album Ultra
15 April: Hanson releases MMMBop,one of the most successful debut singles of all time, reaching number one in 27 countries.
25-27 April: The first Terrastock festival is held in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
3 May:
5ive's musical career begins after auditions are held in London, UK to find potential band members, with over 3,000 hopefuls showing up to audition.
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. single Hypnotize is #1 for three weeks.
11 May: 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 Prince Charles on the cheeks and even pinching his bottom.
15 May: 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.
20 May:
Foo Fighters release their album The Colour and the Shape.
Michael Jackson releases Blood on the Dance Floor: History in the Mix which became the best seller remix album with 15 million copies sold.
14 June: Puff Daddy and The Family's I'll Be Missing You single is #1 on the Hot 100 charts for the next eleven weeks. Only to be replaced by The Notorious B.I.G. single Mo Money Mo Problems also featuring Puff Daddy.
16 June: Radiohead release OK Computer to huge critical acclaim.
29 June: Missy Elliott releases single The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) from her debut album Supa Dupa Fly.
1 July: 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.
5 July: The first Lilith Fair tour kicks off at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman anir last show with Johnny Colt and Marc Ford.
15-20 July: The second Yoyo A Go Go punk and indie rock festival opens in Olympia, Washington.
29 July: 98 Degrees burst onto the music scene with the release of their debut album 98 Degrees
3 August: The Black Crowes perform their last show with Johnny Colt and Marc Ford.
4 August: Nigerian afrobeat pioneer and dissident pop star Fela Anikulapo-Kuti dies in Lagos, Nigeria, of HIV-related illness.
7 August: Garth Brooks performs to an estimated 800,000 to one million people during a free concert given in Central Park, New York City.
16-17 August: Phish perform at the two day music festival, The Great Went, at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, USA. They play 500 minutes of music, six sets and two encores. There was an estimated attendance of between 65,000–70,000 and it was the top grossing concert of the season making over $4,000,000 in box office receipts.
19 August: The reunited Fleetwood Mac release The Dance and begin a concert tour in the United States.
21 August: Oasis' third album, Be Here Now, is released. It becomes the fastest selling music album of all time, moving 695,761 copies in the first week in the UK.
25 August: Super Furry Animals' second album, Radiator is released, to critical acclaim.
30 August: Mo Money Mo Problems reaches #1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, making Notorious B.I.G. the first artist to achieve two posthumous #1 singles.
6 September: 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.
16 September: Aaliyah released "Hot Like Fire"/"The One I Gave My Heart To" single
17 September: The KLF return for 23 minutes with their performance of Fuck the Millennium.
19 September: While on his way to a benefit concert in Kansas, USA, Rich Mullins loses control of his Jeep, flipping the automobile and throwing both Mullins and passenger Mitch McVicker out onto the road. A tractor-trailer approaching the scene swerves to miss McVicker, striking and killing Mullins instantly. McVicker survives, but suffered major injuries.
23 September:
Björk releases Homogenic, moving towards a darker sound and away from her 'pixie' image.
U2 perform a concert in Sarajevo during their PopMart Tour.
29 September:
The Rolling Stones release Bridges to Babylon.
The Verve release Urban Hymns. Ironically, in a controversial legal dispute, the majority of their royalties and songwriting credit for their single "Bittersweet Symphony" go to The Rolling Stones.
7 October: Everclear release their multi-platinum third album So Much for the Afterglow, containing "Father of Mine" and "I Will Buy You a New Life".
13 October: The "Prince Igor" single, jointly performed by The Rhapsody, Warren G and Sissel Kyrkjebø is released.
15 October: Michael Jackson ends the History World Tour, which included an attendance record of 4,500,000 fans
3 November: 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.
4 November: Shania Twain releases her album Come on Over which goes on to sell over 34 million copies worldwide and later became the biggest selling album in country music history and the biggest selling album by a female music artist.
6 November: The Spice Girls make the decision to take over the running of the group and drop Simon Fuller as their manager.
18 November: American Indie Rock band Modest Mouse release their second full-length album, The Lonesome Crowded West.
25 November: Sumlime released
26 December: 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.
31 December: The Home of Country Music, the Opryland USA theme park, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA closes and is subsequently demolished.
Also in 1997:-
Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren fires Johan De Farfalla from Opeth. Then, Anders Nordin Quits The Band. To Replace the Ex-Members, Mike & Pete Hire Martin Lopez & Martin Mendez.
The companies Memorex, Maxell, and TDK introduce blank recordable CDs.
Rob Gommerman leaves Finger Eleven due to extensive touring.
Derrick Green replaces Max Cavalera in Sepultura.
Glenn Ljungström & Johan Larsson leaves In Flames.
Wynton Marsalis became the first jazz artist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Classical Music
LEONARDO BALADA
Concierto Magico for guitar and orchestra
SILVIE BODOROVA
Terezin Ghetto Requiem
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
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
Opera
ROBERT ASHLEY
Balseros
MARC BLITZSTEIN
Regina
ANTONIO BRAGA
San Domenico di Guzman
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Jackie O
DARON HAGEN
Vera of Las Vegas
PETER LIEBERSON
Ashoka's Dream
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Aleksis Kivi
Musical Theatre
Opening: 20 March 1997 @ Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York, NY
PLAY ON! [Original production]
(Musical)
Book by: Cheryl L. West
Closing: 11 May 1997 Performance Count: 61
Opening: 26 March 1997 @ Martin Beck Theatre, New York, NY
ANNIE [Revival production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Charles Strouse; Book by: Thomas Meehan; Lyrics by: Martin Charnin
Closing: 19 October 1997 Performance Count: 239
Opening: 3 April 1997 @ Royale Theatre, New York, NY
DREAM [Original production]
(Musical, Revue)
Lyrics by: Johnny Mercer
Closing: 6 July 1997 Performance Count: 109
Opening: 23 April 1997 @ Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York, NY
TITANIC [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: Maury Yeston; Book by: Peter Stone; Lyrics by: Maury Yeston
Closing: 21 March 1999 Performance Count: 804
Opening: 24 April 1997 @ Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York, NY
STEEL PIER [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: John Kander; Book by: David Thompson; Lyrics by: Fred Ebb
Closing: 28 June 1997 Performance Count: 76
Opening: 26 April 1997 @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, NY
THE LIFE [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: Cy Coleman; Book by: Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman, David Newman; Lyrics by: Ira Gasman
Closing: 7 June 1998 Performance Count: 466
Opening: 28 April 1997 @ Plymouth Theatre, New York, NY
Music by: Sherman Edwards; Book by: Peter Stone; Lyrics by: Sherman Edwards
Closing: 14 June 1998 Performance Count: 333
Opening: 16 October 1997 @ Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York, NY
SIDE SHOW [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: Henry Krieger; Book by: Bill Russell; Lyrics by: Bill Russell
Closing: 3 January 1998 Performance Count: 91
Opening: 23 October 1997 @ Royale Theatre, New York, NY
TRIUMPH OF LOVE [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: Jeffrey Stock; Book by: James Magruder; Lyrics by: Susan Birkenhead
Closing: 4 January 1998 Performance Count: 85
Opening: 9 November 1997 @ Broadway Theatre, New York, NY
INTO THE WOODS [Revival production]
(Special, Benefit, Comedy, Concert)
Music by: Stephen Sondheim; Book by: James Lapine; Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
Closing: 9 November 1997 Performance Count: 2
Opening: 9 November 1997 @ Minskoff Theatre, New York, NY, re-opening on 10 October 1998 at Minskoff Theatre, New York, NY, moving on 10 September 1999 to Neil Simon Theatre, New York, NY
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL [Original production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Frank Wildhorn; Book by: Nan Knighton; Lyrics by: Nan Knighton
Closing: 2 January 2000 Performance Count: 772
Opening: 13 November 1997 @ New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, NY, moving on 13 June 2006 to Minskoff Theatre, New York, NY
THE LION KING [Original production]
(Musical, Puppets, Spectacle)
Music by: Elton John; Book by: Roger Allers, Irene Mecchi; Lyrics by: Tim Rice
Closing: Currently Running Performance Count: 7946 as of December 18, 2016
Opening: 19 November 1997 @ Martin Beck Theatre, New York, NY
