Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1996 in music, other events of 1997, 1998 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' Table of contents 1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits 4 Musical theater 5 Musical films 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Awards 8.1 Grammy Awards 8.2 Country Music Association Awards 8.3 Eurovision Song Contest Events January 10 - James Brown receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame February 10 - 52 year old Brian Connolly of Sweet dies of kidney failure in England. January 20 - Ben and Jerry's introduce "Phish food", a new favlor of ice cream named after the rock group Phish. The ingredients are chocolate ice cream, marshmallows, caramel and fish-shaped fudge February 2 - Rich Mullins' musical The Canticle of the Plains premieres in Wichita, Kansas. February 13 - Michael Jackson's first son is born. March 9 - The Notorious B.I.G is shot to death while sitting in the passenger seat of a car after a Soul Train Awards party March 11 - Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. April 2 - Joni Mitchell is reunited with the daughter that she gave up for adoption 32 years ago, Kilauren Gibb. September 19 - While on his way to a benefit concert in Kansas, Rich Mullins loses control of his jeep, flipping the automobile and throwing both Mullins and passenger Mitch McVicker out onto the road. A tractor trailor approaching the scene swerves to miss McVicker, striking and killing Mullins instantly. McVicker survives, but suffered major injuries. Orgy's musical career begins Dinosaur Jr disbanded Gin Blossoms disbanded Soundgarden disbanded The Memorex, Maxell, and TDK company introduce Blank recordable CDs God Ate My Homework formed as one of the first bands to offer their music in MP3 format. Albums released Nine Lives - Aerosmith Anywhere But Here - The Ataris The Gray Race - Bad Religion Tested - Bad Religion Boston: Greatest Hits - Boston Coal Chamber (album) - Coal Chamber Around The Fur - Deftones Titanic - Celine Dion Around The Fur - Deftones Album Of The Year - Faith No More Nimrod - Green Day Middle Of Nowhere - Hanson Aftertaste - Helmet The First Session - Hole Jerky Boys 4 - Jerky Boys Jugulator - Judas Priest Three Dollar Bill Y'all - Limp Bizkit Cryptic Writings - Megadeth Honky - Melvins Reload - Metallica Life In General - MxPx Nerf Herder (album) - Nerf Herder Angels Fall First - Nightwish Ixnay On The Hombre - The Offspring Billy Breathes - Phish Slip Stich And Pass - Phish Portishead (album) - Portishead II - Presidents of the United States of America Brown Album - Primus OK Computer - Radiohead Built To Last - Sick of it All Men In Black - Soundtrack Spiceworld - The Spice Girls Dots and Loops - Stereolab It Doesn't Matter Anymore - The Supernaturals Come On Over - Shania Twain Amrep Christmas - Unsane Pop - U2 Fire Garden - Steve Vai The Mollusk - Ween Top hits "The Difference" - The Wallflowers "Forty Six & 2" - Tool "A Long December" - Counting Crows "Magdalene" - Lenny Kravitz "My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion "Don't Speak" - No Doubt "Volcano" - Presidents of the United States of America "You Were Meant For Me" - Jewel "All By Myself" - Celine Dion "MmmBop" - Hanson "Wannabe" - The Spice Girls Musical theater 1776     Broadway revival Annie     Broadway revival Candide     Broadway revival Life     Broadway production Lion King     Broadway production Jekyll & Hyde     Broadway production Scarlet Pimpernel     Broadway production Titanic Broadway production Musical films Anastasia     animated feature Hercules     animated feature Births Deaths January 21 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager January 22 - Richard Berry, songwriter (Louie, Louie) February 10 - Brian Connolly, Sweet, kidney failure March 9 - The Notorious B.I.G March 24 - Kenny Moore, Keyboardist for Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Billy Preston and others April 9 - Laura Nyro, songwriter, ovarian cancer May 29 - Jeff Buckley, accidental drowning August 10 - Conlon Nancarrow, composer September - Derek Taylor, Press agent for The Beatles September 19 - Rich Mullins, singer, car accident October 12 - John Denver Awards The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The (Young) Rascals, The Bee Gees, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Jackson Five, Joni Mitchell and Parliament-Funkadelic Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Gloria Gaither, and Billy Ray Hearn (founder of Myrrh Records Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1997 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1997 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.