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  • 25 Biggest Songs of the 1990s

    25 Biggest Songs of the 1990s

    Top 25 Songs 1990-1999

    1. One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
    2. Macarena – Los Del Rio
    3. I’ll Make Love To You – Elton John
    4. Candle In The Wind 1997/ Something About The Way You Look Tonight – Elton John
    5. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
    6. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
    7. The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica
    8. Smooth – Santana w/ Rob Thomas
    9. Un-Break My Heart – Toni Braxton
    10. I Swear – All- 4- One
    11. I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy & Faith Evans w/ 112
    12. Fantasy – Mariah Carey
    13. Dream Lover – Mariah Carey
    14. That’s The Way Love Goes – Janet Jackson
    15. Jump – Kris Kross
    16. Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs- N- Harmony
    17. Waterfalls – TLC
    18. Take A Bow – Madonna
    19. Can’t Help Falling In Love – UB40
    20. This Is How We Do It- Montell Jordan
    21. Informer – Snow
    22. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams
    23. Black or White – Michael Jackson
    24. The Sign – Ace of Base
    25. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
  • The Top 69 Sexiest Songs Of The 1990s!

    The Top 69 Sexiest Songs Of The 1990s!

    Sexy Songs of the 1990s 

    Are you as good as I remember baby,
    get it on, get it on
    ’cause tonight is the night when two become one
    – 2 Become One, Spice GirlsSexy Songs can be seductive, soft, soulful and slow.
    They can sound so innocent when we sang them as pre-teens.

    Any time
    And any place
    I don’t care who’s around
    Nonononono
    Weeooohhooo!
    – Any Time, Any Place, Janet Jackson

    1990s Sexy Songs

    1.
     
    Too Close – Next
    2.
     
2 Become 1 – Spice Girls
3.
  Sex Me – R. Kelly
4.
  Any Time, Any Place – Janet Jackson
5.
  Nice and Slow – Usher
6.
  Fade Into You – Mazzy Star
7.
  Red Light Special – TLC
8.
  Anywhere – 112
9.
  O.P.P. – Naughty By Nature
10.
  I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
11.
  I Wanna Sex You Up – Color Me Badd
12.
  Justify My Love – Madonna
13.
  I’ll Make Love To You – Boys II
Men
14.
  Mr. Boombastic – Shaggy
15.
  Pony – Ginuwine
16.
  Sexual – Amber
17.
  Bump N’ Grind – R. Kelly
18.
  Gett Off – Prince and the New Power
Generation
19.
  Let’s Talk About Sex – Salt ‘n’
Pepa
20.
  If – Janet Jackson
21.
  I Touch Myself – Divynls
22.
  Shoop – Salt N Pepa
23.
  Take Your Time (Do It Right) – Max-A-Million
24.
  Freak Me – Silk
25.
  Closer – Nine Inch Nails
26.
  Do Me! – Bell Biv Devoe
27.
  Sexy M.F. – Prince and The New Power
Generation
28.
  The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael
Jackson
29.
  Honey – Mariah Carey
30.
  You’re Makin’ Me High – Toni Braxton
31.
  I Get Around – 2Pac featuring Digital
Underground
32.
  All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You
– Heart
33.
  No Diggity – Blackstreet
34.
  The First Night – Monica
35.
  Boom Boom Boom – Venga Boys
36.
  Doin’ It – LL Cool J
37.
  Knockin Da Boots – H-Town
38.
  Barbie Girl – Aqua
39.
  Cherry Pie – Warrant
40.
  Unskinny Bop – Poison
41.
  Sex and Candy – Marcy Playground
42.
  Kiss From A Rose – Seal
43.
  Crash Into Me – Dave Matthews Band
44.
  Rump Shaker – Wreckx-N-Effect
45.
  Romantic – Karyn White
46.
  Boom Boom Boom -Outhere Brothers
47.
  Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover – Sophie
B. Hawkins
48.
  Rub You The Right Way – Johnny Gill
49.
  Human Nature – Madonna
50.
  I Feel You – Depeche MOde
51.
  Freak Like Me – Adina Howard
52.
  Laid – James
53.
  You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
54.
  I Like The Way (Kissing Game) –
Hi Five
55.
  Wicked Game – Chris Isaac
56.
  Your Body’s Callin’ – R. Kelly
57.
  Criminal – Fiona Apple
58.
  Erotica – Madonna
59.
  I’m Good At Being Bad – TLC
60.
  Whatta Man – Salt ‘N’ Pepa with
En Vogue
61.
  Sweat (A La La La La Long) – Inner
Circle
62.
  Everybody Here Wants You – Jeff
Buckley
63.
  Hanky Panky – Madonna
64.
  Sadeness – Enigma
65.
  Babydoll – Mariah Carey
66.
  Freek’n You – Jodeci
67.
  Teardrop – Massive Attack
68.
  Put It In Your Mouth – Akinyele
69.
  Glory Box – Portishead
  • Your Complete 90s Music Checklist

    Your Complete 90s Music Checklist

    Your Complete 90s Pop Music Checklist

    Some of the most notable genres and sub-genres of music from the 1990s include:

    1. Rock: Rock music continued to be popular in the 1990s, with several sub-genres emerging and gaining traction. Some of the most notable sub-genres of rock music from the 1990s include alternative rock, grunge, and Britpop.

    2. Pop: Pop music also remained popular in the 1990s, with artists like Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, and the Backstreet Boys achieving widespread success.

    3. Hip-Hop: Hip-hop, which had emerged in the 1980s, gained even greater popularity in the 1990s. Artists like Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., and Jay-Z were among the most notable hip-hop artists of the decade.

    4. Electronic: Electronic music, including house, techno, and trance, also gained popularity in the 1990s.

    5. R&B: R&B, a genre of music that combines elements of soul, funk, and pop, also gained widespread popularity in the 1990s. Artists like R. Kelly, Boyz II Men, and TLC were among the most notable R&B acts of the decade.

    Selected Nineties’ Bubblegum Pop Hits

    1. MMM Bop – Hanson
    2. …Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
    3. Wannabe – Spice Girls
    4. As Long As You Love Me – Backstreet Boys
    5. Step By Step – New Kids On The Block
    6. I Want You Back – *NSYNC
    7. Quit Playing Games With My Heart – Backstreet Boys
    8. Jump – Kris Kross
    9. She Ain’t Worth It – Glenn Medeiros
    10. Tearin’ Up My Heart – *NSYNC

    The 90s Songs That Mom And Dad Hated

    1. Baby Got Back – Sir Mixx-A-Lott
    2. Bump N’ Grind – R. Kelly
    3. The Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
    4. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) – The Offspring
    5. Informer – Snow
    6. Let’ Talk About Sex – Salt-N-Pepa
    7. Booti Call – BLACKstreet
    8. Come Baby Come – K7
    9. Justify My Love – Madonna
    10. Losing My Religion – R.E.M.

    The Nineties’ Songs That Everybody Hated

    1. You Must Love Me – Madonna
    2. I Can’t Dance – Genesis
    3. Rico Suave – Gerardo
    4. All For Love – Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting
    5. Cantaloop – US3
    6. 2 Legit 2 Quit – M.C. Hammer
    7. I Finally Found Someone – Bryan Adams and Barbra Streisand
    8. Lump – Presidents of the United States of America
    9. Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough – Patty Smyth and Don Henley
    10. Play That Funky Music – Vanilla Ice
    11. Can I Touch You… There? – Michael Bolton

    Selected Summer Songs 1990-1999

    1. Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, 1991
    2. Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys, 1998
    3. All Star – Smash Mouth, 1999
    4. Summergirls – LFO, 1999
    5. MMMBop – Hanson, 1997
    6. That’s The Way Love Goes – Janet Jackson, 1993
    7. U Can’t Touch This – M.C. Hammer, 1990
    8. Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot, 1992
    9. Boombastic/In The Summertime – Shaggy, 1995
    10. Macarena – Los Del Rio, 1996
    11. The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica, 1998
    12. This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan, 1995
    13. I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy & Faith Evens featuring 112, 1996
    14. Cruel Summer – Ace of Base, 1997
    15. Regulate – Warren G & Nate Dogg
    16. Step By Step – New Kids On The Block, 1990
    17. Waterfalls – TLC, 1995
    18. Good Vibrations – Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch, 1991
    19. Steal My Sunshine – Len, 1999
    20. Don’t Speak – No Doubt, 1996

    90s Boy Band Hits

    In No Particular Order
    1. Dragostea Din Tei – O-Zone
    2. I Want You Back – *NSYNC
    3. Step By Step – New Kids On The Block
    4. Tearin’ Up My Heart – *NSYNC
    5. Summergirls – LFO
    6. MMMBop – Hanson
    7. End of the Road – Boyz II Men
    8. Because Of You – 98 Degrees
    9. I Swear – All 4 One
    10. Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys

    90s Girl Group & Solo Artist Hits

    1. Wannabe – Spice Girls
    2. … Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
    3. Fantasy – Mariah Carey
    4. Head Over Feet – Alanis Morissette
    5. You Were Meant For Me – Jewel
    6. 2 Become 1 – Spice Girls
    7. The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica
    8. (You Drive Me) Crazy – Britney Spears
    9. What Have You Done For Me Lately – Janet Jackson
    10. Always Be My Baby – Mariah Carey
    11. Ironic – Alanis Morissette
    12. Vogue – Madonna
    13. Hold On – En Vogue
    14. No Scrubs – TLC
    15. Black Velvet – Alannah Miles
    16. Barbie Girl – Aqua
    17. Are You That Somebody? – Aaliyah
    18. C’est La Vie – B*Witched
    19. I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis
    20. Stay (I Missed You) – Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
    21. Hold On – Wilson Phillips
    22. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover – Sophie B. Hawkins
    23. Missing – Everything But The Girl
    24. If You Had My Love – Jennifer Lopez
    25. All Around The World – Lisa Stansfield

    90s Dance Hits

    1. Vogue – Madonna
    2. Move This – Technotronic
    3. Supermodel – RuPaul
    4. Jock Jam – ESPN Presents
    5. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) – C+C Music Factory
    6. Everybody Everybody – Black Box
    7. Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith
    8. Pump Up The Jam – Technotronic
    9. Groove Is In The Heart – Deee-Lite
    10. I Like To Move It – Reel 2 Real

    The Nineties’ Only Doo-Wop Hit

    1. Morse Code Of Love – The Capris

    90s Rap/Hip Hop Hits

    1. My Name Is… – Eminem
    2. California Love – 2Pac Feat. Dr. Dre
    3. Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot
    4. Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
    5. Nuttin’ But A G-Thang – Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg
    6. Hip Hop Hooray – Naughty By Nature
    7. U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
    8. Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio
    9. Jump Around – House Of Pain
    10. Just A Friend – Biz Markie

    Nineties’ Reggaeton Dance Hits

    1. Murder She Wrote – Chaka Demus & Pilers
    2. Action – Terror Fabulous with Nadine Sutherland
    3. Boombastic – Shaggy
    4. Mr. Loverman – Shabba Ranks
    5. Fat Boy – Max-A-Million
    6. Girlstown – Super Cat
    7. Slow and Sexy – Shabba Ranks with Johnny Gill
    8. Sexual Healing – Max-A-Million
    9. Luv Me Luv Me – Shaggy featuring Janet (Jackson)
    10. Flex – Mad Cobra

    The Nineties’ Songs That You Need
    To Make Your Collection Complete

    1. Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
    2. Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys
    3. Tubthumping – Chumbawamba
    4. We Like To Party! – Vengaboys
    5. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day
    6. The Sign – Ace of Base
    7. Under The Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    8. The Impression That I Get – Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    9. Man On The Moon – R.E.M.
    10. Fly – Sugar Ray
    11. Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
    12. Men In Black – Will Smith
    13. I Want You Back – *Nsync
    14. Blaze of Glory – Jon Bon Jovi
    15. Mr. Jones – Counting Crows
    16. … Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
    17. Walkin On The Sun – Smash Mouth
    18. Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
    19. Livin La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
    20. Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauren Hill

    The 90s Big Money Songs And/Or One Hit Wonders

    1. Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
    2. Baby Got Back – Sir Mixx-A-Lott
    3. Unbelievable – EMF
    4. Macarena – Los Del Rio
    5. Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex
    6. Groove Is In The Heart – Deee-lite
    7. C’est La Vie – B*witched
    8. Nothing Compares To U – Sinead O’Conner
    9. Boom Boom Boom – Outhere Brothers
    10. Everybody’ Free (To Wear Sunscreen) – Baz Luhrmann

    The Nineties’ Fad Songs & Short-Lived Hits

    1. Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus
    2. Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
    3. Macarena – Los Del Rio
    4. Candle In The Wind (1997) – Elton John
    5. Tubthumping – Chumbawumba
    6. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
    7. What’ Up – 4 non-Blondes
    8. Black or White – Michael Jackson
    9. How Do You Talk To An Angel – the Heights
    10. Wannabe – Spice Girls
    11. Mmm Bop – Hanson

    The 90s Weirdest Songs

    1. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm – Crash Test Dummies
    2. What’ The Frequency, Kenneth? – R.E.M.
    3. Counting Blue Cars – Dishwalla
    4. Hell – Squirrel Nut Zippers
    5. The Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
    6. Shiny Happy People – R.E.M.
    7. Good Stuff – B-52s
    8. Personal Jesus – Depeche Mode
    9. Flagpole Sitta – Harvey Danger
    10. Black or White – Michael Jackson

    The Nineties’ Songs That We Secretly Liked

    1. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
    2. Hold On – Wilson Phillips
    3. I Wanna Be Rich – Calloway
    4. I Can’t Dance – Genesis
    5. Coco Jamboo – Mr. President
    6. 1,,2,3,4 (Sumpin New) – Coolio
    7. C’Mon N’ Ride It (The Train) – Quad City DJ’s
    8. Poison – Bell Biv DeVoe
    9. Men In Black – Will Smith
    10. Candy Rain – Soul For Real

    90s Album Rock (AOR Radio) Hits

    1. Under The Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    2. Enter Sandman – Metallica
    3. Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
    4. Wonderwall – Oasis
    5. Mr. Jones – Counting Crows
    6. She’s So High – Tal Bachman
    7. Cherry Pie – Warrant
    8. Epic – Faith No More
    9. Silent Lucidity – Queensryche
    10. Unskinny Bop – Poison

    Nineties’ Power Rock Ballads

    1. I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
    2. Blaze Of Glory – Jon Bon Jovi
    3. Every Rose has it’s Thorn – Poison
    4. November Rain – Guns N Roses
    5. Open Arms – Journey
    6. I Want To Know What Love Is – Foreigner
    7. More Than Words – Extreme
    8. Always – Bon Jovi
    9. Honestly – Stryper
    10. Sister Christian – Night Ranger
    11. Wind Of Change – Scorpions
    12. Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone) – Cinderella
    13. Love Is On The Way – Saigon Kick
    14. When I Look Into Your Eyes – Lifehouse
    15. I’ll Be There for You – Bon Jovi
    16. Angel – Aerosmith
    17. Patience – Guns N Roses
    18. High Enough – Damn Yankees
    19. Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
    20. Forever – Kiss

    90s Grunge/ Alternative Rock

    1. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
    2. Better Man – Pearl Jam
    3. Creep – Radiohead
    4. Come As You Are – Nirvana
    5. When I Come Around – Green Day
    6. Daughter – Pearl Jam
    7. All Apologies – NIrvana
    8. You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
    9. Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root
    10. Run-Around – Blues Traveler
    11. Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
    12. Loser – Beck
    13. Alive – Pearl Jam
    14. Two Princes – Spin Doctors
    15. Shine- Collective Soul
    16. What Would You Sat – Dave Matthews Band
    17. Sometimes Always – Jesus and Mary Chain
    18. Basket Case – Green Day
    19. Man In The Box – Alice In Chains
    20. Today – Smashing Pumpkins

    90s Alt Pop/Rock One Hit Wonders

    1. Sex and Candy – Marcy Playground
    2. Flagpole Sitta – Harvey Danger
    3. Steal My Sunshine – Len
    4. Counting Blue Cars – Dishwalla
    5. My Own Worst Enemy – Lit
    6. Criminal – Fiona Apple
    7. Fade Into You – Mazzy Star
    8. Blue Monday – Orgy
    9. Pepper – Butthole Surfers
    10. Naked Eye – Luscious Jackson

    Nineties’ Pop Rock Hits

    1. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
    2. Jump, Jive and Wail – Brian Setzer Orchestra
    3. Smooth – Santana featuring Rob Thomas
    4. All-Star – Smash Mouth
    5. What Would You Say? – Dave Matthews Band
    6. Better Man – Pearl Jam
    7. What I Got – Sublime
    8. Name – Goo Goo Dolls
    9. All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
    10. Champagne Supernova – Oasis
    11. Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind
    12. Buddy Holly – Weezer

    Nineties’ Sexy Pop Songs

    1. I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
    2. I Wanna Sex You Up – Color Me Badd
    3. Bump N’ Grind – R. Kelly
    4. Sexy Mother F. – Prince
    5. Ooh Aah… Just a LittleBit – Gina G
    6. I Kissed a Girl – Jill Sobule
    7. Sex Me – R. Kelly
    8. Touch Me (All Night Long) – Cathy Dennis
    9. I Touch Myself – Divinyls
    10. Too Close – Next
    11. All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You – Heart

    The 90s Top 25 Remakes

    1. Unforgettable – Nat and Natalie Cole
    2. Cotton Eyed Joe – Rednex
    3. Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega
    4. Killing Me Softly – Fugees
    5. Can’t Help Falling In Love – UB40
    6. Sexual Healing – Max-A-Million
    7. Turn The Beat Around – Gloria Estefan
    8. Come and Get Your Love – Real McCoy
    9. Candle In The Wind (1997) – Elton John
    10. Fly Like An Eagle – Seal
    11. L.A. Woman – Billy Idol
    12. Total Eclipse of the Heart – Nikki French
    13. Endless Love – Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
    14. What’s Up – DJ Miko
    15. Cruel Summer – Ace of Base
    16. Higher Ground – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    17. Live and Let Die – Guns N’ Roses
    18. I Say A Little Prayer – Diana King
    19. Wild Night – John Mellencamp and Me’ hell Ndegeocello
    20. I Believe In You And Me – Whitney Houston
    21. Baby I Love Your Way – Big Mountain
    22. When A Man Loves A Woman – Michael Bolton
    23. Betcha By Golly Wow! – Prince
    24. Please Don’t Go – K.W.S.
    25. Love Rollercoaster – Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Nineties’ Comedy Songs

    1. Chanukah Song – Adam Sandler
    2. Amish Paradise – Weird Al Yankovic
    3. The Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
    4. The Thanksgiving Song – Adam Sandler
    5. Smells Like Nirvana – Weird Al Yankovic
    6. This Is Ponderous – 2nu
    7. Deep, Deep Trouble – The Simpsons
    8. Meet The Flintstones – The B.C. 52’s
    9. Three Little Pigs – Green Jelly
    10. Redneck Games – Jeff Foxworthy & Alan Jackson

     

  • 1999 Oscars 71st Academy Awards

    1999 Oscars 71st Academy Awards

    1999 Oscars 71st Academy Awards

    • Winners Announced: March 21, 1999
    • Held at: Los Angeles County Music Center, Los Angeles, California
    • Host: Whoopi Goldberg
    • Eligibility Year: 1998

    Trivia

    • Whoopi Goldberg became the first woman and the first African American to solo host the Oscars. This was her third time hosting but her first time going solo.
    • Shakespeare in Love managed to snag seven Oscars, including Best Picture, beating out the favorite, Saving Private Ryan. It was considered a major upset at the time.
    • Gwyneth Paltrow won Best Actress for Shakespeare in Love, and her emotional acceptance speech, complete with tears and a pink Ralph Lauren gown, became iconic.
    • Roberto Benigni became the toast of the town with his effusive and animated acceptance speech after winning Best Actor for Life is Beautiful. He climbed over chairs to get to the stage, a move that’s still talked about today.
    • Life is Beautiful also won for Best Foreign Language Film, making it one of the few to win in multiple categories.
    • Elton John and Tim Rice snagged Best Original Song for “The Prayer” from Quest for Camelot. Interestingly, this was a year where animated films showed strong in the music categories.
    • The ceremony was one of the longest in Oscars history, clocking in at over four hours.
    • James Coburn won Best Supporting Actor for Affliction, which was notable as he was a Hollywood veteran and this was his first Oscar win.
    • The event was produced by the legendary Gil Cates, who had a knack for putting on a show that combined glamour with unexpected moments.
    • This year’s ceremony was notable for its inclusion of a tribute to filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, who had passed away just weeks before the ceremony.
    • “This is a terrible mistake, because I used up all of my English.”
      – Roberto Benigni, after winning his second Oscar of the night for Life is Beautiful
    • “Am I allowed to say I really wanted this? This is fantastic.”
      – Steven Spielberg

    1999 Oscar Nominees and Winners

    Best Picture:
    Shakespeare in Love – Donna Gigliotti, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, producers (WINNER)
    Elizabeth – Alison Owen, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, producers
    Life Is Beautiful – Elda Ferri and Gianluigi Braschi, producers
    Saving Private Ryan – Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, producers
    The Thin Red Line – Robert Michael Geisler, Grant Hill and John Roberdeau, producers
    Best Director:
    Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan (WINNER)
    Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful
    John Madden – Shakespeare in Love
    Terrence Malick – The Thin Red Line
    Peter Weir – The Truman Show
    Best Actor:
    Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful as Guido Orefice (WINNER)
    Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan as Captain John Miller
    Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters as James Whale
    Nick Nolte – Affliction as Wade Whitehouse
    Edward Norton – American History X as Derek Vinyard
    Best Actress:
    Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love as Viola De Lesseps (WINNER)
    Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth as Queen Elizabeth I of England
    Fernanda Montenegro – Central Station as Isadora “Dora” Teixeira
    Meryl Streep – One True Thing as Kate Gulden
    Emily Watson – Hilary and Jackie as Jacqueline du Pré
    Best Supporting Actor:
    James Coburn – Affliction as Glen Whitehouse (WINNER)
    Robert Duvall – A Civil Action as Jerome Facher
    Ed Harris – The Truman Show as Christof
    Geoffrey Rush – Shakespeare in Love as Philip Henslowe
    Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan as Jacob Mitchell
    Best Supporting Actress:
    Judi Dench – Shakespeare in Love as Queen Elizabeth I of England (WINNER)
    Kathy Bates – Primary Colors as Libby Holden
    Brenda Blethyn – Little Voice as Mari Hoff
    Rachel Griffiths – Hilary and Jackie as Hilary du Pré
    Lynn Redgrave – Gods and Monsters as Hanna
    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
    Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (WINNER)
    Bulworth – Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser
    Life Is Beautiful – Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni
    Saving Private Ryan – Robert Rodat
    The Truman Show – Andrew Niccol
    Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
    Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon based on the novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram (WINNER)
    Out of Sight – Scott Frank from the novel by Elmore Leonard
    Primary Colors – Elaine May adapted from the novel by anonymous
    A Simple Plan – Scott B. Smith based on his novel
    The Thin Red Line – Terrence Malick adapted from the novel by James Jones
    Best Foreign Language Film:
    Life Is Beautiful (Italy) in Italian – Roberto Benigni (WINNER)
    Central Station (Brazil) in Portuguese – Walter Salles
    Children of Heaven (Iran) in Persian – Majid Majidi
    The Grandfather (Spain) in Spanish – José Luis Garci
    Tango (Argentina) in Spanish – Carlos Saura
    Best Original Song:
    “When You Believe” from The Prince of Egypt – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (WINNER)
    “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” from Armageddon – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
    “That’ll Do” from Babe: Pig in the City – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
    “A Soft Place to Fall” from The Horse Whisperer – Music and Lyrics by Allison Moorer and Gwil Owen
    “The Prayer” from Quest for Camelot – Music by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa
    Best Documentary Feature:
    The Last Days – James Moll and Ken Lipper (WINNER)
    Dancemaker – Matthew Diamond and Jerry Kupfer
    The Farm: Angola, USA – Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus
    Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth – Robert B. Weide
    Regret to Inform – Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole
    Best Documentary Short Subject:
    The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years – Keiko Ibi (WINNER)
    A Place in the Land – Charles Guggenheim
    Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square – Shui-Bo Wang and Donald McWilliams
    Best Live Action Short Film:
    Election Night – Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen (WINNER)
    Culture – Will Speck and Josh Gordon
    Holiday Romance – Alexander Jovy and JJ Keith
    La Carte Postale – Vivian Goffette
    Victor – Simon Sandquist and Joel Bergvall
    Best Animated Short Film:
    Bunny – Chris Wedge (WINNER)
    The Canterbury Tales – Christopher Grace and Jonathan Myerson
    Jolly Roger – Mark Baker
    More – Mark Osborne and Steve Kalafer
    When Life Departs – Karsten Kiilerich and Stefan Fjeldmark
    Best Original Dramatic Score:
    Life Is Beautiful – Nicola Piovani (WINNER)
    Elizabeth – David Hirschfelder
    Pleasantville – Randy Newman
    Saving Private Ryan – John Williams
    The Thin Red Line – Hans Zimmer
    Best Original Musical or Comedy Score:
    Shakespeare in Love – Stephen Warbeck (WINNER)
    A Bug’s Life – Randy Newman
    Mulan – Music by Matthew Wilder; Lyrics by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith
    Patch Adams – Marc Shaiman
    The Prince of Egypt – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer
    Best Sound Effects Editing:
    Saving Private Ryan – Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns (WINNER)
    Armageddon – George Watters II
    The Mask of Zorro – David McMoyler
    Best Sound:
    Saving Private Ryan – Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ron Judkins (WINNER)
    Armageddon – Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester
    The Mask of Zorro – Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Pud Cusack
    Shakespeare in Love – Robin O’Donoghue, Dominic Lester and Peter Glossop
    The Thin Red Line – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Paul Brincat
    Best Art Direction:
    Shakespeare in Love – Art Direction: Martin Childs; Set Decoration: Jill Quertier (WINNER)
    Elizabeth – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
    Pleasantville – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
    Saving Private Ryan – Art Direction: Tom Sanders; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean Kavanaugh
    What Dreams May Come – Art Direction: Eugenio Zanetti; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
    Best Cinematography:
    Saving Private Ryan – Janusz Kaminski (WINNER)
    A Civil Action – Conrad Hall
    Elizabeth – Remi Adefarasin
    Shakespeare in Love – Richard Greatrex
    The Thin Red Line – John Toll
    Best Makeup:
    Elizabeth – Jenny Shircore (WINNER)
    Saving Private Ryan – Lois Burwell, Conor O’Sullivan and Daniel C. Striepeke
    Shakespeare in Love – Lisa Westcott and Veronica Brebner
    Best Costume Design:
    Shakespeare in Love – Sandy Powell (WINNER)
    Beloved – Colleen Atwood
    Elizabeth – Alexandra Byrne
    Pleasantville – Judianna Makovsky
    Velvet Goldmine – Sandy Powell
    Best Film Editing:
    Saving Private Ryan – Michael Kahn (WINNER)
    Life Is Beautiful – Simona Paggi
    Out of Sight – Anne V. Coates
    Shakespeare in Love – David Gamble
    The Thin Red Line – Billy Weber, Leslie Jones and Saar Klein
    Best Visual Effects:
    What Dreams May Come – Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson and Kevin Mack (WINNER)
    Armageddon – Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier
    Mighty Joe Young – Rick Baker, Hoyt Yeatman, Allen Hall and Jim Mitchell
    Academy Honorary Award:
    Elia Kazan
    Irving G. Thalberg Award:
    Norman Jewison
  • 1999 Grammy Award Winners

    1999 Grammy Award Winners

    1999 Grammy Award Winners

    • Winners Announced: February 25, 1999
    • Held at: Radio City Music Hall, New York City
    • Host: Kelsey Grammer
    • Eligibility Year: October 1, 1997 – September 30, 1998

    Trivia

    • Best New Artist Snub: Despite huge success, Backstreet Boys lost the Best New Artist award to Lauryn Hill.
    • Album of the Year: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill also took home the Album of the Year, solidifying her rising stardom.
    • Record of the Year: Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On won the award, continuing its acclaim from its association with Titanic.
    • Multiple Awards: Lauryn Hill took home five awards this year, setting a record for a female artist at that time.
    • Rap Categories: Jay-Z won his first Grammy, Best Rap Album for Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life.
    • Latin Music: Ricky Martin’s Vuelve won Best Latin Pop Performance, foreshadowing the Latin pop explosion that was to come later in 1999.
    • Country Collaboration: Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam collaborated on “Same Old Train,” which won Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.

    1999 Grammy Winners

     Record of the Year:
    My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion Song of the Year:
     Song of the Year:
    My Heart Will Go On – James Horner and Will Jennings, songwriters
     Album of the year:
    The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia Records)
     New Artist:
    Lauryn Hill
    Female Pop Vocal:
    My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
    Male Pop Vocal:
    My Father’s Eyes – Eric Clapton
    Pop Duo or Group with Vocals:
    Jump Jive An’ Wail – The Brian Setzer Orchestra
    Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
    I Still Have That Other Girl – Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach
    Pop Instrumental:
    Sleepwalk – The Brian Setzer Orchestra
    Dance Recording:
    Ray of Light – Madonna
    Pop Album:
    Ray of Light – Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records)
    Traditional Pop Album:
    Live at Carnegie Hall The 50th Anniversary Concert – Patti Page
    Female Rock Vocal:
    Uninvited – Alanis Morissette
    Male Rock Vocal:
    Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
    Rock Duo or Group with Vocals:
    Pink – Aerosmith
    Hard Rock:
    Most High – Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
    Metal:
    Better Than You – Metallica
    Rock Instrumental:
    The Roots of Coincidence – Pat Metheny Group
    Rock Song:
    Uninvited – Alanis Morissette, songwriter
    Rock Album:
    The Globe Sessions – Sheryl Crow (A&M Records)
    Alternative Album:
    Hello Nasty – Beastie Boys
    Female R&B Vocal:
    Doo Wop (That Thing), Lauryn Hill
    Male R&B Vocal:
    St. Louis Blues – Stevie Wonder
    R&B Duo or Group with Vocals:
    The Boy Is Mine – Brandy and Monica
    R&B Song:
    Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill, songwriter
    R&B Album:
    The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia Records)
    Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
    Live! One Night Only – Patti LaBelle
    Rap Solo:
    Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith
    Rap Duo or Group:
    Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
    Rap Album:
    Vol. 2 . . . Hard Knock Life – Jay-Z
    Female Country Vocal:
    You’re Still the One – Shania Twain
    Male Country Vocal:
    If You Ever Have Forever in Mind – Vince Gill
    Country Duo or Group with Vocals:
    There’s Your Trouble – Dixie Chicks
    Country Collaboration with Vocals:
    Same Old Train – Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, and Dwight Yoakam
    Country Instrumental:
    A Soldier’s Joy – Randy Scruggs and Vince Gill
    Country Song:
    You’re Still the One – Robert John Mutt Lange and Shania Twain, songwriters
    Country Album:
    Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks (Monument Records)
    Bluegrass Album:
    Bluegrass Rules! – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family Records)
    New Age Album:
    Landmarks – Clannad (Atlantic Records)
    Contemporary Jazz:
    Imaginary Day – Pat Metheny Group
    Jazz Vocal:
    I Remember Miles – Shirley Horn
    Jazz Instrumental, Solo:
    Rhumbata – Chick Corea and Gary Burton
    Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group:
    Gershwin’s World – Herbie Hancock (Verve Records)
    Large Jazz Ensemble:
    Count Plays Duke – Count Basie Orchestra
    Latin Jazz:
    Hot House – Arturo Sandoval
    Rock Gospel Album:
    You Are There – Ashley Cleveland (Cadence/204 Records)
    Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
    This Is My Song – Deniece Williams (Harmony Records)
    Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
    The Apostle – Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture – various artists (Sparrow Records/Rising Tide [MCA])
    Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
    He Leadeth Me – Cissy Houston (House Of Blues Music)
    Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
    The Nu Nation Project – Kirk Franklin (Gospo Centric Records)
    Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus:
    Reflections – The Associates; O’Landa Draper, Choir Director (Warner Alliance Records)
    Latin Pop:
    Vuelve – Ricky Martin
    Latin Rock/Alternative:
    Sueños Liquidos – Mana
    Tropical Latin:
    Contra la Corriente – Marc Anthony
    Mexican-American:
    Los Super Seven – Los Super Seven
    Tejano:
    Said and Done – Flaco Jimenez
    Traditional Blues:
    Any Place I’m Going – Otis Rush (House Of Blues Records)
    Contemporary Blues:
    Slow Down – Keb’ Mo’ (Okeh/550 Music)
    Traditional Folk:
    Long Journey Home – The Chieftains with various artists (Wicklow Records)
    Contemporary Folk:
    Car Wheels on a Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams (Mercury Records)
    Reggae Album:
    Friends – Sly and Robbie (EastWest Records America/EEG)
    World Music Album:
    Quanta Live – Gilberto Gil (Atlantic/Mesa Records)
    Polka Album:
    Dance with Me – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra (Rounder Records)
    Musical Album for Children:
    Elmopalooza! – The Sesame Street Muppets with various artists (Sony Wonder Records)
    Spoken Word Album for Children:
    The Children’s Shakespeare – various artists (Dove Audio)
    Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:
    Still Me (Christopher Reeve) – Christopher Reeve (Random House Audio Books)
    Spoken Comedy Album:
    The 2000-Year-Old Man in the Year 2000 – Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner (Rhino Records)
    Musical Show Album:
    The Lion King (Walt Disney Records)
    Instrumental Composition:
    Almost 12 – Bela Fleck, Future Man, and Victor Lemonte Wooten, composers
    Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    Saving Private Ryan – John Williams, Composer
    Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic) – James Horner and Will Jennings, songwriters
    Instrumental Arrangement:
    Waltz for Debby – Don Sebesky, arranger
    Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals:
    St. Louis Blues – Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, and Stevie Wonder, arrangers
    Best Recording Package:
    Ray of Light – Kevin Reagan, art director (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records)
    Best Recording Package Boxed:
    The Complete Hank Williams, Jim Kemp and Virginia Team, art directors (Rhino Records)
    Best Album Notes:
    Miles Davis Quintet 1965?1968 – Bob Belden, Todd Coolman and Michael Cuscuna, album notes writers
    Historical Album:
    The Complete Hank Williams (Mercury Records Nashville):
    Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical:
    The Globe Sessions – Tchad Blake, Trina Shoemaker and Andy Wallace, engineers (A&M Records)
    Producer, Non-Classical:
    Rob Cavallo
    Remixer, Non-Classical:
    David Morales
    Best-Engineered Album – Classical:
    Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana – Jack Renner, engineer
    Classical Producer:
    Steven Epstein
    Classical Album:
    Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc)
    Orchestral:
    Mahler: Sym. No. 9 – Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
    Opera:
    Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle – Pierre Boulez, conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
    Choral:
    Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana – Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc)
    Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra:
    Penderecki: Violin Con. No. 2 ‘Metamorphosen’ – Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor
    Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra:
    Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 and 6 – Murray Perahia, piano
    Chamber Music:
    American Scenes (Works of Copland, Previn, Barber, Gershwin) – Andre Previn, piano; Gil Shaham, violin
    Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor):
    Reich: Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich and Musicians
    Classical Vocal:
    The Beautiful Voice (Works of Charpentier, Gounod, Massenet, Flotow, Etc.) – Renee Fleming, soprano
    Classical Contemporary Composition:
    Penderecki: Violin Con. No. 2 ‘Metamorphosen’ – Krzysztof Penderecki, Composer
    Classical Crossover Album:
    Soul of the Tango?The Music of Astor Piazzolla – Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Jorge Calandrelli, conductor
    Music Video, Short Form:
    Ray of Light – Jonas Akerlund, video director
    Music Video, Long Form:
    American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart – Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, video director
  • 1998 Number One Hits

    1998 Number One Hits

    1998 Billboard Number One Hits:

    October 11, 1997 – January 16, 1998:
    Candle In The Wind 1997 – Elton John
    January 17 – January 30:
    Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden
    January 31 – February 13:
    Together Again – Janet Jackson
    February 14 – February 27:
    Nice & Slow – Usher
    February 28 – March 13:
    My Heart Will Go On – Céline Dion
    March 14 – April 3:
    Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It – Will Smith
    April 4 – April 24:
    All My Life – K-ci and JoJo
    April 25 – May 22:
    Too Close – Next
    May 23 – June 5:
    My All – Mariah Carey
    June 6 – September 4:
    The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica
    September 5 – October 2:
    I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
    October 3 – October 16:
    The First Night – Monica
    October 17 – November 13:
    One Week – Barenaked Ladies
    November 14 – November 27:
    Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill
    November 28- December 4:
    Lately – Divine
    December 5, 1998 – January 14, 1999:
    I’m Your Angel – R. Kelly & Céline Dion

    (Data is compiled from various charts including Billboard’s “Pop,” “Rock,” “Airplay,” “R&B/Dance” and “Singles” Charts. The “Hot 100” is the primary chart used for this list.)

  • 1998 Trivia, History and Fun Facts

    1998 Trivia, History and Fun Facts

     

    1998 Trivia, History and Fun Facts

    Quick Facts from 1998:

    • World Changing Event: Google.com was founded in Menlo Park, California, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
    • The Catchphrase: “Is that your final answer?” from Do You Want To Be A Millionaire.
    • The Top Song was Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
    • Influential Songs include The Cup of Life by Ricky Martin, Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger, Are You That Somebody? by Aaliyah and Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day
    • The Movies to Watch include Saving Private Ryan, Wag the Dog, Les Misérables, Mighty Joe Young, The Prince of Egypt, Mulan and The Truman Show
    • People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive: Harrison Ford
    • In 1998’s Soldier, one of the weapons Kurt Russel’s character is listed as being proficient with is the “Illudium PU36 ESM” which refers to the Illudium PU36 Explosive Space Modulator from Looney Tunes Marvin the Martian
    • Notable books include: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling and Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
    • Price of Titleist golf balls in 1998: $20.00/48
      Panasonic Camcorder: $489.00
    • The Razor Scooter was introduced at the NSGA World Sports Expo.
    • The Funny Guy was: Eddie Izzard
    • On April Fools Day in 1998, Burger King took out a full-page ad in USA Today introducing a Whopper designed especially for lefties. The new burger would contain the same ingredients as the original, but rotated 180°. Thousands of customers swarmed BK restaurants requesting the “lefty” Whopper.
    • The Communication: In 1998, Noel Godin, a Belgian anarchist, hit Bill Gates in the face with a cream pie.
    Top Ten Baby Names of 1998:
    Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah, Ashley, Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua, Chris, Topher
    Fashion Icons and Sex Symbols:
    Heidi Klum, Rebecca Romijn, Sarah Jessica Parker, Claudia Schiffer, Victoria Silvstedt, Niki Taylor
    Hollywood Hunks and Leading Men:
    David Beckham, Johnny Depp, George Clooney

    “The Quotes”
    “I did not have sexual relations with that woman”
    “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is”
    – President Bill Clinton

    “Think different”
    -Apple Computer

    “Think outside the bun”
    – Taco Bell

    Time Magazine’s Men of the Year:
    Bill Clinton
    Kenneth Starr
    Miss America:
    Kate Shindle (Evanston, IL)
    Miss USA:
    Shawnae Jebbia (Massachusetts)

    The Scandals:
    George Michael was arrested in 1998 for “engaging in a lewd act” in a public restroom in a Beverly Hills, CA park.

    Monica Lewinsky and President Bill Clinton. The news of this extra-marital affair and the resulting investigation eventually led to the impeachment hearing of Bill Clinton in 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives.

    Quick Celebrity marriages in 1998:
    Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman (9 days)
    Catherine Oxenberg and Robert Evens (12 days)

    Oops:
    Sony released the Nightshot Handicam camcorder that had “night vision” capabilities using infrared. The same infrared technology allowed the camera to see through people’s clothes. 700,000 camcorders were sold before they were recalled.

    10 bodies were discovered in Benjamin Franklin’s basement during house renovations. The bodies belonged to his friend and anatomist William Hewson, who had a falling out with his mentor William Hunter and illegally procured them for study. Hunter’s body was not among them.

    The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug was accidentally introduced to the US. The first documented case was in Allentown, PA in 1998.

    Pop Culture Facts & History:
    The Hampster Dance song is just a sped-up version of the song “Whistle Stop” from the 1973 animated Disney movie Robin Hood.

    MP3s were created for the first time.

    Larry Page and Sergey Brin misspelled ‘googol’ when they started their little search engine experiment. A googol is a big number – a 1 followed by 100 zeros. A googolplex is 10 raised to the power of one googol.

    In 1998, David Bowie released an internet provider called BowieNet. Subscribers were offered exclusive content and a BowieNet email. It was shut down in 2006.

    Jobseeker website Monster.com was founded.

    JetBlue Airways was founded.

    Michael Cameron, a Georgia high school student, was suspended from school after wearing a Pepsi t-shirt on Coke Day. Upon hearing the news, a Pepsi spokesperson said, “Without knowing all the details, it sounds like he’s obviously a trendsetter with impeccable taste in clothes.”

    Porsche tried to replace its flagship car, the 911, with the beggir, more luxurious 928, but people kept buying the iconic 911. The 911 still hadn’t had a major redesign since its birth in 1963, and only received one in 1998, three years after the 928 went out of production.

    Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is by far the biggest-selling playscript since records began, with 847, 886 copies sold in its first week. In second place, the Penguin Classic edition of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet sold 127,726 copies since 1998.

    Titanic’s highest single-day box office gross didn’t occur until its 58th day in theaters. It earned $13,048,711 on February 14th, 1998; Valentines Day.

    When Ving Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998, he called fellow nominee Jack Lemmon to the stage and gave him the award, saying, “I feel like being an artist is about giving, and I’d like to give this to you, Mr. Jack Lemmon.”

    Marvel offered the cinematic rights of almost all of its characters to Sony for only $25 million. Sony rejected the offer, and only purchased the rights to Spider-Man for $7 million believing that movie audiences would only care about him.

    Jesse Ventura was elected Governor of Minnesota.

    The Simpsons predicted Fox’s acquisition by Disney in 1998.

    Smartwater, vapor-distilled water was introduced. The next year, Fruit water was available too.

    On April Fools Day in 1998, Burger King took out a full-page ad in USA Today introducing a Whopper designed especially for lefties. The new burger contained the same ingredients as the original but rotated 180°.

    When AOL 4.0 launched, they used all of the world’s CD production capacity for several weeks.

    The 1998 hit song by the Goo Goo Dolls Iris is named after a 2 time Grammy nominee Iris DeMent.

    The first W Hotel opened in New York on Lexington Ave and 49th Street.

    Gillette introduced the Mach3 razor, the first triple-blade shaving tool.

    One of the first recognized instances of internet democracy was seen when Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a regular on Howard Stern, was voted #1 as a write-in for People’s “50 Most Beautiful People.” He beat out Leonardo Dicaprio by over 215,000 votes.

    Some Nickelodeon shows like Fairly OddParents, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and ChalkZone all got their start on a separate tv show full of cartoon shorts called Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998

    Bob the Builder debuted in 1998.

    In 1998 Mila Kunis was cast in the FOX sitcom That ’70s Show. All who auditioned were required to be at least 18 years old; Kunis, who was 14 at the time, told the casting directors she would be 18 but did not say when. She played in all 200 episodes of the show.

    Roy Berger did 3,416 push-ups in Ottawa, Canada on August 30.

    Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203, accepted the challenge and beat them both, at 6-1 and 6-2.

    Mark McGwire’s record-setting 70 home runs during the 1998 season traveled a total of 29,598 feet, just enough to fly over Mount Everest.

    Cost of a Super Bowl ad in 1998: $1,300,000

    Science:
    Australian Astronomers detected fast radio burst signals and named them Perytons. It was soon discovered that it was escaping radiation from the microwave in the lunchroom, which was being stopped by using the door release without pushing the stop button first.
    Pop Vocalist Death:
    Frank Sinatra, age 82
    Country Legend Vocalist Death:
    Tammy Wynette, age 55
    Country Movie Legend Vocalist Death:
    Roy Rogers, age 86
    Pop Star Turned Congressman Death:
    Sonny Bono, age 62
    Television Star Death:
    Phil Hartman, age 49
    Doomsday Clock:
    9 minutes to midnight, according to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
    1998: “India and Pakistan stage nuclear weapons tests only three weeks apart. “The tests are a symptom of the failure of the international community to fully commit itself to control the spread of nuclear weapons–and to work toward substantial reductions in the numbers of these weapons,” a dismayed Bulletin reports. Russia and the United States continue to serve as poor examples to the rest of the world. Together, they still maintain 7,000 warheads ready to fire at each other within 15 minutes.”
    The Habit:
    Reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
    1st Appearances & 1998’s Most Popular Christmas Gifts, Toys and Presents:
    Furby, Barbie and Ken as the Munsters Giftset, Betty Spaghetti
    Popular and Best-selling Books From 1998:
    A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
    A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
    Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse by Anne Carson
    Bag of Bones by Stephen King
    Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
    Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
    Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
    Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
    I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
    The Klone and I by Danielle Steel
    The Little Sisters of Eluria by Stephen King
    The Long Road Home by Danielle Steel
    Mirror Image by Danielle Steel
    “N” is for Noose by Sur Grafton
    Paradise by Toni Morrison
    The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
    Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell
    Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
    The Street Lawyer by John Grisham
    Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
    A Widow for One Year by John Irving
    You Belong To Me by Mary Higgins Clark
    Best Film Oscar Winner:
    Titanic (presented in 1998)
    1998 Entries to The National Film Registry:
    42nd Street (released in 1933)
    The Bride of Frankenstein (released in 1935)
    The City (released in 1939)
    Dead Birds (released in 1964)
    Don’t Look Back (released in 1967)
    Easy Rider (released in 1969)
    From the Manger to the Cross (released in 1912)
    Gun Crazy aka Deadly Is the Female (released in 1949)
    The Hitch-Hiker (released in 1953)
    The Immigrant (released in 1917)
    The Last Picture Show (released in 1971)
    Little Miss Marker (released in 1934)
    The Lost World (released in 1925)
    Modesta (released in 1956)
    The Ox-Bow Incident (released in 1943)
    Pass the Gravy (released in 1928)
    The Phantom of the Opera (released in 1925)
    Powers of Ten (released in 1978)
    The Public Enemy (released in 1931)
    Sky High (released in 1922)
    Steamboat Willie (released in 1928)
    Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (released in 1940)
    Tootsie (released in 1982)
    Twelve O’Clock High (released in 1949)
    Westinghouse Works (released in 1904)
    The Big Movies: (according to boxofficemojo)
    1. Saving Private Ryan
    2. Armageddon
    3. There’s Something About Mary
    4. A Bug’s Life
    5. The Waterboy
    6. Doctor Dolittle
    7. Rush Hour
    8. Deep Impact
    9. Godzilla
    10. Patch Adams
    1998 Most Popular TV Shows:
    1. E.R. (NBC)
    2. Friends (NBC)
    3. Frasier (NBC)
    4. Veronica’s Closet (NBC)
    5. Jesse (NBC)
    6. 60 Minutes (CBS)
    7. Touched By An Angel (CBS)
    8. Home Improvement (ABC)
    9. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
    10. NYPD Blue (ABC)

    1998 Billboard Number One Songs:
    October 11, 1997 – January 16, 1998:
    Candle In The Wind 1997 – Elton John

    January 17 – January 30:
    Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden

    January 31 – February 13:
    Together Again – Janet Jackson

    February 14 – February 27:
    Nice & Slow – Usher

    February 28 – March 13:
    My Heart Will Go On – Céline Dion

    March 14 – April 3:
    Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It – Will Smith

    April 4 – April 24:
    All My Life – K-Ci and JoJo

    April 25 – May 29:
    Too Close – Next

    May 30 – June 5:
    My All – Mariah Carey

    June 6 – September 4:
    The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica

    September 5 – October 2:
    I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith

    October 3 – November 6:
    The First Night – Monica

    November 7 – November 13:
    One Week – Barenaked Ladies

    November 14 – November 27:
    Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill

    November 28- December 4:
    Lately – Divine

    December 5 – January 15:
    I’m Your Angel – R. Kelly & Céline Dion

    Sports:
    World Series Champions: New York Yankees
    Super Bowl XXXII Champions: Denver Broncos
    NBA Champions: Chicago Bulls
    Stanley Cup Champs: Detroit Red Wings
    U.S. Open Golf Lee Janzen
    U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Patrick Rafter/Lindsay Davenport
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Pete Sampras/Jana Novotna
    NCAA Football Champions: Tennessee
    NCAA Basketball Champions: Kentucky
    Kentucky Derby: Real Quiet
    World Cup (Soccer): France

    Sports Highlights:
    Mark McGuire hit 70 Home Runs

     

  • 1998 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1998 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1998 Music Hits Chart

    1. All-Star – Smash Mouth
    2. Man! I Feel Like A Woman – Shania Twain
    3. Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega
    4. I Need To Know – Marc Anthony
    5. Smooth – Santana (with Rob Thomas)
    6. Livin La Vita Loca – Ricky Martin
    7. Canned Heat – Jamiroquai
    8. Believe – Cher
    9. Summer Girls – LFO
    10. We Like To Party! – Venga Boys
    11. Crush – Dave Matthews Band
    12. Last Kiss – Pearl Jam
    13. What’s My Age Again? – Blink 182
    14. Changes – 2 Pac
    15. My Name Is… – Eminem
    16. Cup Of Life – Ricky Martin
    17. …Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
    18. All The Small Things – Blink 182
    19. I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan
    20. Someday – Sugar Ray
    21. Genie In a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
    22. Why Don’t You Get A Job? – The Offspring
    23. Miami – Will Smith
    24. Have You Ever? – Brandy
    25. Shake Your Bon-Bon – Ricky Martin
    26. Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! – Venga Boys
    27. That Don’t Impress Me Much – Shania Twain
    28. Back At One – Brian McKnight
    29. (You Drive Me) Crazy – Britney Spears
    30. No Scrubs – TLC
    31. Slide – Goo Goo Dolls
    32. Blue – Eiffel 65
    33. Bailamos – Enrique Iglesias
    34. Angel – Sarah McLachlan
    35. My Own Worst Enemy – Lit
    36. Back That Azz Up – Juvenile
    37. Larger Than Life – Backstreet Boys
    38. Pretty Fly For A White Guy – The Offspring
    39. Out of My Head – Fastball
    40. I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden
    41. Bills Bills Bills – Destiny’s Child
    42. I Do (Cherish You) – 98 Degrees (98°)
    43. She’s All I Ever Had – Ricky Martin
    44. Cowboy – Kid Rock
    45. Bailamos – Enrique Iglesias
    46. Got Your Money – Dirty Old Bastard
    47. Unpretty – TLC
    48. Back 2 Good – Matchbox 20
    49. Unpretty – TLC
    50. I Do (Cherish You) -98°
    51. She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy – Kenny Chesney
    52. When You Believe – Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston
    53. I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys
    54. I Could Not Ask For More – Edwin McCain
    55. Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer
    56. Steal My Sunshine – Len
    57. Music of My Heart – *NSYNC With Gloria Estefan
    58. You’ll Be In My Heart – Phil Collins (Tarzan soundtrack)
    59. Strong Enough – Cher
    60. Lullaby – Shawn Mullins
    61. Waiting For Tonight – Jennifer Lopez
    62. Never There – Cake
    63. Got You (Where I Want You) – The Flys
    64. Anywhere – 112 With Lil’ Z
    65. Angel of Mine – Monica
    66. Girl on TV – LFO
    67. All I Have To Give – Backstreet Boys
    68. Vivrant Thing – Nas
    69. Can I Get A… – Jay Z Featuring Amil & Ja Rule
    70. If You had My Love – Jennifer Lopez
    71. Save Tonight – Eagle-Eye Cherry
    72. Holla Holla – Ja Rule
    73. Heartbreaker – Mariah Carey With Jay-Z
    74. Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    75. I Still Believe – Mariah Carey
    76. everybody’s free (To Wear Sunscreen) – Baz Luhrmann
    77. You Get What You Give – New Radicals
    78. Wild Wild West – Will Smith with Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee
    79. What it’s Like – Everlast
    80. It’s All Been Done – Barenaked Ladies
    81. Sometimes – Britney Spears
    82. Jumper – Third Eye Blind
    83. American Woman – Lennie Kravitz
    84. Special – Garbage
    85. Hard Knock Life – Jay-Z
    86. C’est La Vie – B*Witched
    87. Beautiful Stranger – Madonna
    88. Smile – Vitamin C With Lady Saw
    89. Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out) – Citizen Kane
    90. Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz  
    91. There She Goes – Sixpence None the Richer
    92. Every Morning – Sugar Ray
    93. Nookie – Limp Bizkit
    94. (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You – *NSYNC
    95. Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me) – Blessid Union of Souls
    96. Unsent – Alanis Morissette
    97. Rollercoaster – B*Witched
    98. Come On Over – Shania Twain
    99. Wanna Be A Baller – Lil’ Troy
    100. I Wanna Love You Forever – Jessica Simpson
  • 1998 Oscars 70th Academy Awards

    1998 Oscars 70th Academy Awards

    1998 Oscars 70th Academy Awards

    • Winners Announced: March 23, 1998
    • Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
    • Host: Billy Crystal
    • Eligibility Year: 1997

    Trivia

    • Titanic Triumph: Titanic won 11 Oscars, tying with Ben-Hur for the most Academy Awards ever won by a single film.
    • Iconic Line: One of the most famous lines, “I’m the king of the world!”, was shouted by James Cameron as he accepted the award for Best Director.
    • First Time’s the Charm: Kim Basinger won Best Supporting Actress for her role in L.A. Confidential, her first nomination ever.
    • Humanitarian Award: Stanley Kramer was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, honoring his work in film that tackled social issues.
    • Documentary Feature: The Long Way Home, about Jewish refugees after World War II, won in the Best Documentary Feature category.
    • Animated Shorts: Geri’s Game, a Pixar short, won the award for Best Animated Short Film, showing Pixar’s growing influence.
    • Musical Score: James Horner won for his original dramatic score for Titanic, and his song “My Heart Will Go On,” performed by Céline Dion, also won Best Original Song.
    • “I am king of the world!”
      – James Cameron, Best Director, Titanic”
    • I just want to thank everybody I’ve ever met in my entire life.”
      – Kim Basinger, Best Supporting Actress, L.A Confidential
    • “I just said to Matt, ‘Losing would suck and winning would be really scary.’ And it’s really, really scary.”
      – Ben Affleck, Best Original Screenplay, together with Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting
    • “Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, ‘Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.’”
      – Robin Williams, Best Supporting Actor, Good Will Hunting

    1998 Oscar Nominees and Winners

    Best Picture:
    Titanic – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers (WINNER)
    As Good as It Gets – James L. Brooks, Bridgit Johnson and Kristi Zea, producers
    The Full Monty – Uberto Pasolini, producer
    Good Will Hunting – Lawrence Bender, producer
    L.A. Confidential – Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, producers
    Best Director:
    James Cameron – Titanic (WINNER)
    Peter Cattaneo – The Full Monty
    Gus Van Sant – Good Will Hunting
    Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
    Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
    Best Actor:
    Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall (WINNER)
    Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting
    Robert Duvall – The Apostle as Euliss “Sonny” Dewey, a.k.a. “The Apostle E.F.”
    Peter Fonda – Ulee’s Gold as Ulysses “Ulee” Jackson
    Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss
    Best Actress:
    Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly (WINNER)
    Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove as Kate Croy
    Julie Christie – Afterglow as Phyllis Mann
    Judi Dench – Mrs Brown as Queen Victoria
    Kate Winslet – Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater
    Best Supporting Actor:
    Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting as Dr. Sean Maguire (WINNER)
    Robert Forster – Jackie Brown as Max Cherry
    Anthony Hopkins – Amistad as John Quincy Adams
    Greg Kinnear – As Good as It Gets as Simon Bishop
    Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights as Jack Horner
    Best Supporting Actress:
    Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential as Lynn Bracken (WINNER)
    Joan Cusack – In & Out as Emily Montgomery
    Minnie Driver – Good Will Hunting as Skylar Satenstein
    Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights as Amber Waves/Maggie
    Gloria Stuart – Titanic as Rose Dawson Calvert
    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
    Good Will Hunting – Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (WINNER)
    As Good as It Gets – Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
    Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson
    Deconstructing Harry – Woody Allen
    The Full Monty – Simon Beaufoy
    Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
    L.A. Confidential – Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson from the novel by James Ellroy (WINNER)
    Donnie Brasco – Paul Attanasio based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley
    The Sweet Hereafter – Atom Egoyan adapted from the novel by Russell Banks
    Wag the Dog – David Mamet and Hilary Henkin from the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart
    The Wings of the Dove – Hossein Amini adapted from the novel by Henry James
    Best Foreign Language Film:
    Karakter (Netherlands) in Dutch – Mike van Diem (WINNER)
    Beyond Silence (Germany) in German – Caroline Link
    Four Days in September (Brazil) in Portuguese – Bruno Barreto
    Secrets of the Heart (Spain) in Spanish – Montxo Armendáriz
    The Thief (Russia) in Russian – Pavel Chukhray
    Best Documentary Feature:
    The Long Way Home – Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank (WINNER)
    4 Little Girls – Spike Lee and Sam Pollard
    Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life – Michael Paxton
    Colors Straight Up – Michèle Ohayon and Julia Schachter
    Waco: The Rules of Engagement – Dan Gifford and William Gazecki
    Best Documentary Short Subject:
    A Story of Healing – Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak (WINNER)
    Alaska: Spirit of the Wild – George Casey and Paul Novros
    Amazon – Kieth Merrill and Jonathan Stern
    Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride – Terri Randall
    Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies – Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrund
    Best Live Action Short Film:
    Visas and Virtue – Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue (WINNER)
    Dance Lexie Dance – Tim Loane
    It’s Good to Talk – Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz
    Sweethearts – Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm
    Wolfgang – Anders Thomas Jensen and Kim Magnusson
    Best Animated Short Film:
    Geri’s Game – Jan Pinkava (WINNER)
    Famous Fred – Joanna Quinn
    The Old Lady and the Pigeons – Sylvain Chomet
    Redux Riding Hood – Steve Moore and Dan O’Shannon
    Rusalka – Alexander Petrov
    Best Original Dramatic Score:
    Titanic – James Horner (WINNER)
    Amistad – John Williams
    Good Will Hunting – Danny Elfman
    Kundun – Philip Glass
    L.A. Confidential – Jerry Goldsmith
    Best Original Musical or Comedy Score:
    The Full Monty – Anne Dudley (WINNER)
    Anastasia – Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Orchestral score by David Newman
    As Good as It Gets – Hans Zimmer
    Men in Black – Danny Elfman
    My Best Friend’s Wedding – James Newton Howard
    Best Original Song:
    “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic – Music by James Horner; Lyrics by Will Jennings (WINNER)
    “Go the Distance” from Hercules – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by David Zippel
    “Journey to the Past” from Anastasia – Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
    “How Do I Live” from Con Air – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
    “Miss Misery” from Good Will Hunting – Music and Lyrics by Elliott Smith
    Best Sound Effects Editing:
    Titanic – Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes (WINNER)
    Face/Off – Mark Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg
    The Fifth Element – Mark Mangini
    Best Sound:
    Titanic – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano (WINNER)
    Air Force One – Paul Massey, Rick Kline, Doug Hemphill and Keith A. Wester
    Con Air – Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Art Rochester
    Contact – Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan
    L.A. Confidential – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Kirk Francis
    Best Art Direction:
    Titanic – Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Michael D. Ford (WINNER)
    Gattaca – Art Direction: Jan Roelfs; Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
    Kundun – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
    L.A. Confidential – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
    Men in Black – Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
    Best Cinematography:
    Titanic – Russell Carpenter (WINNER)
    Amistad – Janusz Kaminski
    Kundun – Roger Deakins
    L.A. Confidential – Dante Spinotti
    The Wings of the Dove – Eduardo Serra
    Best Makeup:
    Men in Black – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson (WINNER)
    Mrs Brown – Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner and Beverley Binda
    Titanic – Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson
    Best Costume Design:
    Titanic – Deborah Lynn Scott (WINNER)
    Amistad – Ruth E. Carter
    Kundun – Dante Ferretti
    Oscar and Lucinda – Janet Patterson
    The Wings of the Dove – Sandy Powell
    Best Film Editing:
    Titanic – Conrad Buff, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris (WINNER)
    Air Force One – Richard Francis-Bruce
    As Good as It Gets – Richard Marks
    Good Will Hunting – Pietro Scalia
    L.A. Confidential – Peter Honess
    Best Visual Effects:
    Titanic – Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer (WINNER)
    The Lost World: Jurassic Park – Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra and Michael Lantieri
    Starship Troopers – Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis and John Richardson
    Academy Honorary Award:
    Stanley Donen
  • 1998 Grammy Award Winners

    1998 Grammy Award Winners

    1998 Grammy Award Winners

    • Winners Announced: February 25, 1998
    • Held at: Radio City Music Hall, New York City
    • Host: Kelsey Grammer
    • Eligibility Year: October 1, 1996 – September 30, 1997

    Trivia

    • It’s All About the Benjamins: Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs dominated the evening with No Way Out, which won Best Rap Album.
    • Fleetwood’s Comeback: Fleetwood Mac marked their return by snagging an award for The Dance in the Best Pop Album category.
    • Record of the Year: Shawn Colvin’s “Sunny Came Home” snatched this prestigious award, alongside a win for Song of the Year.
    • Dylan’s Timeless Voice: Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind not only won Album of the Year but also marked Dylan’s resurgence in popular music.
    • Jazzy Notes: Buena Vista Social Club by Ry Cooder brought Cuban music to the forefront, winning Best Tropical Latin Performance.
    • Classical Crossover: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma won Best Classical Crossover Album for his work Soul of the Tango, dedicated to the music of Astor Piazzolla.
    • Teen Pop Emerges: Although not a winner, the Backstreet Boys received their first Grammy nomination, signaling the ascent of teen pop in mainstream music.

    1998 Grammy Winners

    Record of the Year:
    Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin
    Album of the Year:
    Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (Columbia Records)
    Song of the Year:
    Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal, songwriters
    New Artist:
    Paula Cole
    Female Pop Vocal:
    Building a Mystery – Sarah McLachlan
    Male Pop Vocal:
    Candle in the Wind 1997 – Elton John
    Pop Duo or Group with Vocals:
    Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
    Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
    Don’t Look Back – John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison
    Pop Instrumental:
    Last Dance – Sarah McLachlan
    Dance Recording:
    Carry On – Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder
    Pop Album:
    Hourglass – James Taylor (Columbia Records)
    Traditional Pop Album:
    Tony Bennett on Holiday – Tony Bennett
    Female Rock Vocal:
    Criminal – Fiona Apple
    Male Rock Vocal:
    Cold Irons Bound – Bob Dylan
    Rock Duo or Group with Vocals:
    One Headlight – the Wallflowers
    Hard Rock:
    The End Is the Beginning Is the End – the Smashing Pumpkins
    Metal:
    Ænima – Tool
    Rock Instrumental:
    Block Rockin’ Beats – the Chemical Brothers
    Rock Song:
    One Headlight – Jakob Dylan, songwriter
    Rock Album:
    Blue Moon Swamp – John Fogerty (Warner Bros. Records)
    Alternative Album:
    OK Computer – Radiohead
    Female R&B Vocal:
    On and On – Erykah Badu
    Male R&B Vocal:
    I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
    R&B Duo or Group with Vocals:
    No Diggity – Blackstreet
    R&B Song:
    I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly, songwriter
    R&B Album:
    Baduizm – Erykah Badu (Kedar/Universal Records)
    Rap Solo:
    Men in Black – Will Smith
    Rap Duo or Group:
    I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
    Rap Album:
    No Way Out – Puff Daddy and the Family
    Female Country Vocal:
    How Do I Live – Trisha Yearwood
    Male Country Vocal:
    Pretty Little Adriana – Vince Gill
    Country Duo or Group with Vocals:
    Looking in the Eyes of Love – Alison Krauss and Union Station
    Country Collaboration with Vocals:
    In Another’s Eyes – Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks
    Country Instrumental:
    Little Liza Jane – Alison Krauss and Union Station
    Country Song:
    Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas, songwriters
    Country Album:
    Unchained – Johnny Cash (American Records)
    Bluegrass Album:
    So Long So Wrong – Alison Krauss and Union Station (Rounder Records)
    New Age Album:
    Oracle – Michael Hedges (Windham Hill Records)
    Contemporary Jazz:
    Into the Sun – Randy Brecker
    Jazz Vocal:
    Dear Ella – Dee Dee Bridgewater
    Jazz Instrumental, Solo:
    Stardust – Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton
    Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group:
    Beyond the Missouri Sky – Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny (Verve Records)
    Large Jazz Ensemble:
    Joe Henderson Big Band – Joe Henderson Big Band
    Latin Jazz:
    Habana – Roy Hargrove’s Crisol
    Rock Gospel Album:
    Welcome to the Freak Show: dc Talk Live in Concert – dc Talk (ForeFront Records)
    Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
    Much Afraid – Jars of Clay (Silvertone/Essential Records)
    Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
    Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute to Gospel – various artists (Sparrow Records)
    Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
    I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray – the Fairfield Four (Warner Bros. Records Nashville)
    Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
    Brothers – Take 6 (Warner Alliance Records)
    Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus:
    God’s Property From Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation – God’s Property; Kirk Franklin, Choir Director (B’Rite Music)
    Latin Pop:
    Romances – Luis Miguel
    Latin Rock/Alternative:
    Fabulosos Calavera – Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
    Tropical Latin:
    Buena Vista Social Club – Ry Cooder
    Mexican-American/Tejano:
    En Tus Manos – La Mafia
    Traditional Blues:
    Don’t Look Back – John Lee Hooker (Pointblank/Virgin Records America)
    Contemporary Blues:
    Senor Blues – Taj Mahal (Private Music)
    Traditional Folk:
    L’Amour ou la Folie – BeauSoleil (Rhino Records)
    Contemporary Folk:
    Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (Columbia Records)
    Reggae Album:
    Fallen is Babylon – Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers (Elektra Records/EEG)
    World Music Album:
    Nascimento – Milton Nascimento (Warner Bros. Records)
    Polka Album:
    Living on Polka Time, Jimmy Sturr (Rounder Records)
    Musical Album for Children:
    All Aboard! – John Denver (Sony Wonder Records)
    Spoken Word Album for Children:
    Winnie-The-Pooh – Charles Kuralt (Penguin Audiobooks)
    Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:
    Charles Kuralt’s Spring – Charles Kuralt (Simon and Schuster Audioworks)
    Spoken Comedy Album:
    Roll With the New – Chris Rock (DreamWorks Records)
    Musical Show Album:
    Chicago: the Musical (RCA Victor)
    Instrumental Composition:
    Aung San Suu Kyi – Wayne Shorter, Composer
    Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    The English Patient – Gabriel Yared, Composer
    Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    I Believe I Can Fly (from Space Jam) – R. Kelly, songwriter
    Instrumental Arrangement:
    Straight, No Chaser – Bill Holman, arranger
    Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals:
    Cotton Tail – Slide Hampton, arranger
    Best Recording Package:
    Various Artists: Titanic?Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage – Hugh Brown, Al Q., and Jeff Smith, art directors (Rhino Records)
    Best Recording Package Boxed:
    Various Artists: Beg, Scream and Shout! The Big Ol’ Box of ’60s Soul – Hugh Brown,David Gorman and Rachel Gutek, art directors (Rhino Records)
    Best Album Notes:
    Various Artists: Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) – John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Joh Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Luc Sante, Peter Stampfel and Eric Von Schmidt, album notes writers
    Historical Album:
    Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
    Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical:
    James Taylor: Hourglass – Frank Filipetti, engineer (Columbia Records)
    Producer:
    Babyface
    Remixer:
    Frankie Knuckles
    Best-Engineered Album – Classical:
    Copland: The Music of America – Michael Bishop and Jack Renner, engineers
    Classical Producer:
    Steven Epstein
    Classical Album:
    Premieres: Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) – Philadelphia Orchestra (Sony Classical)
    Orchestral:
    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia – Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus (Deutsche Grammophon)
    Opera:
    Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg – Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (London Records)
    Choral:
    Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells – Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc):
    Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra:
    Premieres: Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) – Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; David Zinman, conductor
    Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra:
    Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1-6 – Janos Starker, cello
    Chamber Music:
    Beethoven: The String Quartets, Emerson String Quartet
    Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor):
    Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 – Claudio Abbado conducting members of the Berliner Philharmonic
    Classical Vocal:
    An Italian Songbook (Works of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini) – Cecilia Bartoli
    Classical Contemporary Composition:
    Adams: El Dorado – John Adams, Composer
    Music Video, Short Form:
    Got ‘Till It’s Gone – Janet Jackson; Mark Romanek and Aris McGarry, video directors
    Music Video, Long Form:
    Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill – Live, Alanis Morissette and Steve Purcell, video directors
    Music Video, Short Form:
    Ray of Light – Jonas Akerlund, video director
    Music Video, Long Form:
    American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart – Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, video director
  • 1997 Number One Hits

    1997 Number One Hits

    1997 Billboard Number One Hits:

    December 7, 1996 – February 21, 1997:
    Un-Break My Heart – Toni Braxton
    February 22 – May 21:
    Wannabe – Spice Girls
    March 22 – May 2:
    Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down – Puff Daddy and Mase
    May 3 – May 23:
    Hypnotize – The Notorious B.I.G.
    May 24 – June 13:
    MMMBop – Hanson
    June 14 – August 8:
    I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy/Faith Evans/112
    August 9 – August 29th:
    Men In Black – Will Smith
    August 30 – September 12:
    Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems – The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase
    September 13 – October 3:
    Honey – Mariah Carey
    October 4 – October 10:
    4 Seasons of Loneliness – Boyz II Men
    October 11 – January 16, 1998:
    Candle In The Wind 1997 – Elton John

    (Data is compiled from various charts including Billboard’s “Pop,” “Rock,” “Airplay,” “R&B/Dance” and “Singles” Charts. The “Hot 100” is the primary chart used for this list.)

  • 1997 History, Facts and Trivia

    1997 History, Facts and Trivia

    1997 Trivia, History and Fun Facts

    Quick Facts from 1997:

    • World Changing Event: On August 31st, 1997, Princess Diana, aged 36, was killed in a car accident in France.
    • The Top Song was Candle in the Wind 1997/ Something About The Way You Look Tonight by Elton John
    • Influential Songs include: Missing You by Puff Daddy, 112 & Faith Evans, The Old Apartment by Barenaked Ladies and Wannabe by The Spice Girls
    • The Teletubbies– Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po, and Noo-noo their housekeeper were introduced on BBC2.
    • The Movies to Watch include Good Will Hunting, Amistad, The Fifth Element, As Good As It Gets, Contact and Titanic
    • People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive: George Clooney
    • The 1997 Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act set a $200 million maximum limit for the “allowable awards to all rail passengers, against all defendants, for all claims, including claims for punitive damages, arising from a single accident.”
    • Notable books include: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
    • IBM’s “Deep Blue” chess-playing computer defeated chess champion, Garry Kasparov
    • Price of AM/FM Cassette Sony Walkman in 1997: $44.99
      Plymouth (or Dodge) Neon: $11,395.00
    • The Funny Late Night Host: Jay Leno
    • The Song: Celine Dion at first declined to sing My Heart Will Go On. Then she recorded it in one take and that demo was later released as the main theme song for Titanic. Now it’s one of the all-time best-selling singles and has become her Signature Song.
    Top Ten Baby Names of 1997:
    Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Hannah, Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Chris, Topher, Joshua
    Fashion Icons and Sex Symbols:
    Claudia Schiffer
    Leading Men and Hollywood Heartthrobs:
    George Clooney, Michael Hutchence, John Travolta

    “The Quotes”
    “Oh my God! They killed Kenny!”
    – South Park

    “There are some things that money can’t buy. For everything else there’s MasterCard”
    -Mastercard

    “I’m king of the world!”
    – Leonardo DiCaprio, in ‘Titanic’

    Time Magazine’s Man of the Year: Andy Grove
    Miss America: Tara Holland (Overland Park, KS)
    Miss USA: Brook Mahealani Lee (Hawaii)/ Brandi Sherwood (Idaho)

    The Scandals:
    Marv Albert went on trial for felony charges of forcible sodomy, which involved the alleged repeated biting of an unnamed female sex partner.

    Eddie Murphy was stopped by the police with a transsexual prostitute. He explained that it was all a misunderstanding; he was merely giving the young lady/ man a ride.

    The Globe tabloid paper revealed an affair between Frank Gifford and Trans World Airlines flight attendant Suzen Johnson. The incident was at first not believed by his wife, Kathie Lee Gifford.

    US Politics:
    January 20, 1997 (Monday) Second inauguration of Bill Clinton
    Pop Culture Facts & History:
    Remember in 1997 when Brad Pitt was just minding his own business, then Shania Twain dissed him in that song?
    #dontimpressmemuch
    #smh

    Shania Twain’s album Come On Over broke 3 different music records including best-selling Country music album, the best-selling album by a female, & best-selling album by a Canadian.

    The full-size Krackel bar was discontinued in 1997, although is still available as a Hershey Miniature.

    The record for keeping the original 1996/1997 Tamagotchi alive is Age 89 days. In an unrelated story, Tamagotchi’s creators won the 1997 Ig Nobel Prize in Economics “for diverting millions of person-hours of work into the husbandry of virtual pets.”

    14-year-old Nathan Zohner was able to get 43 out of 50 of his classmates to vote to ban “Dihydrogen Monoxide” for his science fair project. His project aimed to prove that the use of true facts can lead the ignorant public to false conclusions. He won first prize. Dihydrogen Monoxide=water

    WebMD went online in 1997.

    A 1997 Pokemon episode, Cyber Soldier Porygo, caused 700 seizures also caused additional seizures when news reports aired a clip while covering the story

    Ethernet inventor Robert Metcalfe predicted that the internet would collapse in 1996, promising to eat his words if not. In 1997, he took a printed copy of his column that predicted the collapse, put it in a blender with some liquid, and then drank the paper drink.

    In 1997, Bill Gates invested $150 million in Apple to save it from going bankrupt.

    Pfizer’s Lipitor has been reducing cholesterol since 1997.

    Purell was launched as a product for consumers. It had been used by healthcare workers since 1988.

    In Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, a pot-bellied pig named Lulu saved her owner, having a heart attack. Lulu heard the owner’s cries of pain then forced her way out of the yard and played dead on the road. Lulu successfully stopped a car and guided help to the owner, she survived.

    The “purple paint law” became official in Texas on September 1, 1997. It’s a warning signified by painting fence posts purple that trespassers can be held criminally liable for entering the property without the express permission of the owner.

    On April Fools Day 1997, Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak and Jeopardy host Alex Trebek swapped shows for the day.

    Mr. Fred Rogers, when receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Daytime Emmys, asked his audience to take “ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are.” People cried.

    Katrina and the Waves, the band best known for the lone hit, Walking on Sunshine in 1985, won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997.

    White Town’s 1997 hit Your Woman was a direct sample of Al Bowlley’s 1932 recording My Woman.

    LeAnn Rimes was the youngest person ever to win the ‘Best New Artist’ Grammy.

    Metallica’s Better Than You (1997) won the 1998 Grammy for Best Metal Performance. The song was not a single and despite the award, Metallica has never, as of 2019, performed the song live.

    Titanic won 11 Oscars.

    Martin Scorsese was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 by the American Film Institute. Since that time he has made Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Hugo, The Wolf of Wall Street, and The Irishman.

    Toe wrestling is actually a competitive sport. Every year they hold a championship in England. But in 1997 the Olympic Committee turned the sport down on the basis that they just couldn’t decide if it was a winter or a summer sport.

    The fans of Philidelphia’s Eagles at Veteran Stadium created enough trouble that the city appointed a Judge to the stadium to hold court, locally known as Eagles Court. It ended when Lincoln Financial Field replaced Veterans Stadium in 2003.

    Cost of a Super Bowl ad in 19907: $1,200,000

    Cult Suicide:
    Heaven’s Gate was a cult that committed mass suicide in a mansion to “escape” Earth onto a UFO supposedly on the Hale-Bopp Comet in 1997.
    NOT a Surprise Announcement:
    Ellen DeGeneres admitted that she was gay on her sitcom
    Airplane Celebrity Death:
    John Denver
    Hip Hop Violent Death:
    Notorious B.I.G. (gunshot)
    Princess Motorcade Death:
    Princess Diana was killed in a speeding motorcade crash in the Pont e l’Alma tunnel in Paris, France, some say it was a planned assassination/murder. On September 6, 1997, approximately 2.5 billion people around the world watched Princess Diana’s funeral on TV.
    Movie & TV Star Death:
    Chris Farley (cocaine and heroin overdose)
    Rock Star Death:
    Michael Hutchence (accidental?) auto-erotic asphyxiation
    Movie Star Death:
    Jimmy Stewart, actor and WW II hero, age 89
    The Habit:
    Watching Titanic at the theater
    1st Appearances & 1997’s Most Popular Christmas Gifts, Toys and Presents:
    Beanie Babies became the must-have toy for Christmas 1997-1999, Teletubby toys, Pokemon, Tamagotchi, Spice Girls Dolls, Repunzel Barbie
    Popular and Best-selling Books From 1997:
    A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
    Airframe by Michael Crichton
    American Pastoral by Philip Roth
    The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon
    The Buffalo Tree by Adam Rapp
    Cat and Mouse by James Patterson
    Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
    The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
    Flood Tide by Clive Cussler
    The Ghost by Danielle Steel
    Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
    The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
    Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
    Hornet’s Nest by Patricia Cornwell
    Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
    Out of Sheer Rage by Geoff Dyer
    The Partner by John Grisham
    The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
    Plum Island by Nelson DeMille
    Pretend You Don’t See Her by Mary Higgins Clark
    The Ranch by Danielle Steel
    Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz
    Special Delivery by Danielle Steel
    Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
    Underworld by Don DeLillo
    Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell
    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
    East End Show:
    Chicago (Musical) Opened on October 18, 1997, and closed on September 1, 2012
    Broadway Show:
    The Lion King (Musical) Opened on November 13, 1997
    Best Film Oscar Winner:
    The English Patient (presented in 1997)
    1997 Entries to The National Film Registry:
    Ben-Hur (released in 1925)
    The Big Sleep (released in 1946)
    The Bridge on the River Kwai (released in 1957)
    Cops (released in 1922)
    Czechoslovakia 1968 (released in 1969)
    Grass (released in 1925)
    The Great Dictator (released in 1940)
    Harold and Maude (released in 1972)
    Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (released in 1937)
    How the West Was Won (released in 1962)
    The Hustler (released in 1961)
    Knute Rockne, All American (released in 1940)
    The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (released in 1927)
    Little Fugitive (released in 1953)
    Mean Streets (released in 1973)
    Motion Painting No. 1 (released in 1947)
    The Music Box (released in 1932)
    The Naked Spur (released in 1953)
    Rear Window (released in 1954)
    Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage (released in 1937)
    Return of the Secaucus 7 (released in 1980)
    The Thin Man (released in 1934)
    Tulips Shall Grow (released in 1942)
    West Side Story (released in 1961)
    Wings (released in 1927)
    The Big Movies: (according to boxofficemojo)
    1. Titanic
    2. Men In Black
    3. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
    4. Liar Liar
    5. Air Force One
    6. As Good As It Gets
    7. Good Will Hunting
    8. Star Wars (Special Edition)
    9. My Best Friend’s Wedding
    10 Tomorrow Never Dies
    11. Face/Off
    1997 Most Popular TV Shows:
    1. Seinfeld (NBC)
    2. E.R. (NBC)
    3. Veronica’s Closet (NBC)
    4. Friends (NBC)
    5. Touched By An Angel (CBS)
    6. 60 Minutes (CBS)
    7. Union Square (NBC)
    8. Frasier (NBC)
    9. Home Improvement (ABC)
    10. Just Shoot Me (NBC)

    1997 Billboard Number One Songs:
    December 7, 1996 – February 21, 1997:
    Un-Break My Heart – Toni Braxton

    February 22 – May 21:
    Wannabe – Spice Girls

    March 22 – May 2:
    Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down – Puff Daddy and Mase

    May 3 – May 23:
    Hypnotize – The Notorious B.I.G.

    May 24 – June 13:
    MMMBop – Hanson

    June 14 – August 30:
    I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy/Faith Evans/112

    August 30 – September 12:
    Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems – The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase

    September 13 – October 3:
    Honey – Mariah Carey

    October 4 – October 10:
    4 Seasons of Loneliness – Boyz II Men

    October 11, 1997 – January 16, 1998:
    Candle In The Wind 1997 – Elton John

    Sports:
    World Series Champions: Florida Marlins
    Super Bowl XXXI Champions: Green Bay Packers
    NBA Champions: Chicago Bulls
    Stanley Cup Champs: Detroit Red Wings
    U.S. Open Golf Ernie Ells
    U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Patrick Rafter/Martina Hingis
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Pete Sampras/Martina Hingis
    NCAA Football Champions: Michigan & Nebraska
    NCAA Basketball Champions: Arizona
    Kentucky Derby: Silver Charm

     

  • 1997 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1997 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1997’s Top 100 Song Hits

    1. Barbie Girl – Aqua
    2. ESPN Presents Jock Jams – Various Artists
    3. Wannabe – Spice Girls
    4. It’s Your Love – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
    5. To The Moon and Back – Savage Garden
    6. You Make Me Wanna – Usher
    7. I Like It Like That – Blackout All-Stars
    8. Hard To Say I’m Sorry – Az Yet
    9. Crash Into Me – Dave Matthews Band
    10. For You I Will – Monica
    11. Let Me Clear My Throat – DJ Kool
    12. Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
    13. How Do I Live – LeAnn Rimes
    14. Da’ Dip – Freak Nasty
    15. Fly – Sugar Ray
    16. Missing You – Puff Daddy, 112 & Faith Evans
    17. 2 Become 1 – Spice Girls
    18. MMMBop – Hanson
    19. Fly Like An Eagle – Seal
    20. Show Me Love – Robyn
    21. Say You’ll Be There – Spice Girls
    22. Tubthumping – Chumbawamba
    23. I Believe In You And Me – Whitney Houston
    24. This Is Your Night – Amber
    25. A Long December – Counting Crows
    26. We Trying To Stay Alive – Wyclef Jean
    27. Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind
    28. Mo Money Mo Problems – Notorious B.I.G.
    29. Say… If You Feel Alright – Crystal Waters
    30. Coco Jamboo – Mr. President
    31. Santeria – Sublime
    32. Honey – Mariah Carey
    33. Feel So Good – Mase
    34. Dancehall Queen – Beenie Man
    35. The Impression That I Get – Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    36. I Want You – Savage Garden
    37. Song 2 – Blur
    38. Love Rollercoaster – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    39. Head Over Heels – Allure
    40. All Mixed Up – 311
    41. Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down – Puff Daddy
    42. Spice Up Your Life – Spice Girls
    43. Barely Breathing – Duncan Sheik
    44.. Building A Mystery – Sarah McLachlan
    45. I Say A Little Prayer – Diana King
    46. Men In Black – Will Smith
    47. Wrong Way – Sublime
    48. Criminal – Fiona Apple
    49. Your Woman – White Town
    50. Don’t Go Away – Oasis
    51. Where’s The Love – Hanson
    52. You Were Meant For Me – Jewel
    53. If It Makes You Happy – Sheryl Crow
    54. Where Have All The Cowboys Gone – Paula Cole
    55. Ooh, Aah… Just a Little Bit – Gina G
    56. Firestarter – Prodigy
    57. Staring At The Sun – U2
    58. Thirty-Three – Smashing Pumpkins
    59. Hypnotize – The Notorious B.I.G.
    60. All Cried Out – Allure
    61. Lovefool – The Cardigans
    62.. The Old Apartment – Barenaked Ladies
    63. The Freshmen – The Verve Pipe
    64. Secret Garden – Bruce Springsteen
    65. I’m Still In Love With You – New Edition
    66. Quit Playin’ Games (With My Heart) – Backstreet Boys
    67. How Bizarre – OMC
    68. Desperately Wanting – Better Than Ezra
    69.. Daylight Fading – Counting Crows
    70.. Alright – Jamiroquai
    71. Dream – Forest For The Trees
    72. Hell – Squirrel Nut Zippers
    73. You Light Up My Life – LeAnn Rimes
    74. Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin
    75. Push – Matchbox 20
    76. Bitch – Meredith Brooks
    77. I Will Come To You – Hanson
    78. More Than This – 10,000 Maniacs
    79. The Rascal King – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    80. I’m Not A Player – Big Punisher
    81. Everyday Is A Winding Road – Sheryl Crow
    82. Just Another Day – John Mellencamp
    83. Blood On The Dancefloor – Michael Jackson
    84. No Time – Lil’ Kim
    85. Candle In The Wind (1997) – Elton John
    86. The New Pollution – Beck
    87. When You’re Gone – The Cranberries
    88. All By Myself – Celine Dion
    89. Return of the Mack – Mark Morrison
    90. The One I Gave My Heart To – Aaliyah
    91. All For You – Sister Hazel
    92. Don’t Let Go (Love) – En Vogue
    93. It’s Alright, It’s OK – Leah Andreone
    94. 4 Seasons of Loneliness – Boyz II Men
    95. Havana – Kenny G
    96. On&On – Erykah Badu
    97. Look Into My Eyes – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
    98. Go The Distance – Michael Bolton
    99. Something About The Way You Look Tonight – Elton John
    100. Most Precarious – Blues Traveler
  • 1997 Oscars 69th Academy Awards

    1997 Oscars 69th Academy Awards

    1997 Oscars 69th Academy Awards

    • Winners Announced: March 24, 1997
    • Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
    • Host: Billy Crystal
    • Eligibility Year: 1996

    Trivia

    • Striking Gold: The English Patient dominated the night, taking home nine Oscars including Best Picture.
    • Double Whammy: Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor for Shine and became the first Australian actor to win an Academy Award.
    • Host with the Most: Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars for the fifth time, bringing his iconic humor and memorable opening monologues.
    • Queen of the Screen: Frances McDormand won Best Actress for her role in Fargo, making it her first win for this quirky, cult-favorite film.
    • Family Affair: Joel and Ethan Coen, the brothers behind Fargo, won for Best Original Screenplay, solidifying their place as unique storytellers in Hollywood.
    • Best Foreign Flair: Kolya, a Czech film, won Best Foreign Language Film.
    • Docu-Domination: The documentary When We Were Kings, about Muhammad Ali’s historic “Rumble in the Jungle” fight, won Best Documentary Feature.
    • Musical Notes: The Best Original Song Oscar went to You Must Love Me from Evita, performed by Madonna and written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
    • “What a thrill. You know you’ve entered new territory when you realize that your outfit cost more than your film.”
      – Jessica Yu, Best Short Subject Documentary for Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien

    1997 Oscar Nominees and Winners

    Best Picture:
    The English Patient – Saul Zaentz, producer (WINNER)
    Fargo – Ethan Coen, producer
    Jerry Maguire – James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe, Laurence Mark and Richard Sakai, producers
    Secrets & Lies – Simon Channing Williams, producer
    Shine – Jane Scott, producer
    Best Director:
    Anthony Minghella – The English Patient (WINNER)
    Joel Coen – Fargo
    Miloš Forman – The People vs. Larry Flynt
    Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
    Scott Hicks – Shine
    Best Actor:
    Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott (WINNER)
    Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire
    Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy
    Woody Harrelson – The People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt
    Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade as Karl Childers
    Best Actress:
    Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson (WINNER)
    Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley
    Diane Keaton – Marvin’s Room as Bessie
    Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton
    Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeill
    Best Supporting Actor:
    Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire as Rod Tidwell (WINNER)
    William H. Macy – Fargo as Jerry Lundegaard
    Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine as Peter Helfgott
    Edward Norton – Primal Fear as Aaron Stampler
    James Woods – Ghosts of Mississippi as Byron De La Beckwith
    Best Supporting Actress:
    Juliette Binoche – The English Patient as Hana (WINNER)
    Joan Allen – The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor
    Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan
    Barbara Hershey – The Portrait of a Lady as Madame Serena Merle
    Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies as Hortense Cumberbatch
    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
    Fargo – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (WINNER)
    Jerry Maguire – Cameron Crowe
    Lone Star – John Sayles
    Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh
    Shine – Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks
    Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
    Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton based on his short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (WINNER)
    The Crucible – Arthur Miller based on his play
    The English Patient – Anthony Minghella based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje
    Hamlet – Kenneth Branagh based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
    Trainspotting – John Hodge based on the novel by Irvine Welsh
    Best Foreign Language Film:
    Kolya (Czech Republic) in Czech – Jan Sverák, director (WINNER)
    A Chef in Love (Georgia) in French, Georgian, Russian – Nana Jorjadze, director
    The Other Side of Sunday (Norway) in Norwegian – Berit Nesheim, director
    Prisoner of the Mountains (Russia) in Russian – Sergei Bodrov, director
    Ridicule (France) in French – Patrice Leconte, director
    Best Documentary Feature:
    When We Were Kings – Leon Gast and David Sonenberg (WINNER)
    The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story – Susan W. Dryfoos
    Mandela – Jo Menell and Angus Gibson
    Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse – Anne Belle and Deborah Dickson
    Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press – Rick Goldsmith
    Best Documentary Short Subject:
    Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien – Jessica Yu (WINNER)
    Cosmic Voyage – Jeffrey Marvin and Bayley Silleck
    An Essay on Matisse – Perry Wolff
    Special Effects: Anything Can Happen – Susanne Simpson and Ben Burtt
    The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage – Paul Seydor and Nick Redman
    Best Live Action Short Film:
    Dear Diary – David Frankel and Barry Jossen (WINNER)
    De tripas, corazón – Antonio Urrutia
    Ernst & lyset – Kim Magnusson and Anders Thomas Jensen
    Esposados – Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
    Senza parole – Bernadette Carranza and Antonello De Leo
    Best Animated Short Film:
    Quest – Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach (WINNER)
    Canhead – Timothy Hittle
    La Salla – National Film Board of Canada – Richard Condie
    Wat’s Pig – Peter Lord
    Best Original Dramatic Score:
    The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (WINNER)
    Hamlet – Patrick Doyle
    Michael Collins – Elliot Goldenthal
    Shine – David Hirschfelder
    Sleepers – John Williams
    Best Original Musical or Comedy Score:
    Emma – Rachel Portman (WINNER)
    The First Wives Club – Marc Shaiman
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
    James and the Giant Peach – Randy Newman
    The Preacher’s Wife – Hans Zimmer
    Best Original Song:
    “You Must Love Me” from Evita – Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Tim Rice (WINNER)
    “I Finally Found Someone” from The Mirror Has Two Faces – Music and Lyrics by Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert John “Mutt” Lange
    “For the First Time” from One Fine Day – Music and Lyrics by James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich
    “That Thing You Do!” from That Thing You Do! – Music and Lyrics by Adam Schlesinger
    “Because You Loved Me” from Up Close and Personal – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
    Best Sound Effects Editing:
    The Ghost and the Darkness – Bruce Stambler (WINNER)
    Daylight – Richard L. Anderson and David A. Whittaker
    Eraser – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
    Best Sound:
    The English Patient – Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker and Chris Newman (WINNER)
    Evita – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ken Weston
    Independence Day – Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer and Jeff Wexler
    The Rock – Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester
    Twister – Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O’Connell and Geoffrey Patterson
    Best Art Direction:
    The English Patient – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan (WINNER)
    The Birdcage – Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
    Evita – Art Direction: Brian Morris; Set Decoration: Philippe Turlure
    Hamlet – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Tim Harvey
    Romeo + Juliet – Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch
    Best Cinematography:
    The English Patient – John Seale (WINNER)
    Evita – Darius Khondji
    Fargo – Roger Deakins
    Fly Away Home – Caleb Deschanel
    Michael Collins – Chris Menges
    Best Makeup:
    The Nutty Professor – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson (WINNER)
    Ghosts of Mississippi – Matthew W. Mungle and Deborah La Mia Denaver
    Star Trek: First Contact – Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler and Jake Garber
    Best Costume Design:
    The English Patient – Ann Roth (WINNER)
    Angels & Insects – Paul Brown
    Emma – Ruth Myers
    Hamlet – Alexandra Byrne
    The Portrait of a Lady – Janet Patterson
    Best Film Editing:
    The English Patient – Walter Murch (WINNER)
    Evita – Gerry Hambling
    Fargo – Roderick Jaynes
    Jerry Maguire – Joe Hutshing
    Shine – Pip Karmel
    Best Visual Effects:
    Independence Day – Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil (WINNER)
    Dragonheart – Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus and Kit West
    Twister – Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour and Henry La Bounta
    Academy Honorary Award:
    Michael Kidd
    Irving G. Thalberg Award:
    Saul Zaentz
  • 1997 Grammy Award Winners

    1997 Grammy Award Winners

    1997 Grammy Award Winners

    • Winners Announced: February 26, 1997
    • Held at: Madison Square Garden, New York City
    • Host: Ellen DeGeneres
    • Eligibility Year: October 1, 1995 – September 30, 1996

    Trivia

    • Gospel Roots: Celine Dion’s chart-topping Because You Loved Me lost Song of the Year to Eric Clapton’s Change the World, which was a hit in both pop and gospel formats.
    • LeAnn’s Leap: LeAnn Rimes, at just 14 years old, won two awards, including Best New Artist.
    • Ellen’s Encore: Ellen DeGeneres hosted the Grammys for the second year in a row, solidifying her role as an award show staple.
    • Jazz and Rap: The Fugees won Best Rap Album for The Score, a fusion of rap, soul, and jazz that was groundbreaking at the time.
    • Young Prodigy: At 20 years old, Alanis Morissette won Album of the Year for Jagged Little Pill, an album that tackled serious social issues and broke musical norms.
    • Country Crossovers: Shania Twain and LeAnn Rimes brought country into the mainstream, each earning nominations and Rimes taking home trophies.
    • An Opera’s Opening: The 3 Tenors’ recording of The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 won Best Classical Album, a nod to the genre’s cultural significance.

    1997 Grammy Winners

    Record of the Year:
    Change the World – Eric Clapton
    Album of the Year:
    Falling Into You, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic)
    Song of the Year:
    Change the World – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick and Tommy Sims, songwriters
    Best New Artist:
    LeAnn Rimes
    Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
    Change the World – Eric Clapton
    Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
    Un-break My Heart – Toni Braxton
    Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    Free As a Bird – The Beatles
    Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
    When I Fall in Love – Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
    Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
    The Sinister Minister – Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
    Best Pop Album:
    Falling Into You, Celine Dion (550 Music/Epic)
    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance:
    Here’s to the Ladies, Tony Bennett
    Best Female Rock Vocal Performance:
    If It Makes You Happy – Sheryl Crow
    Best Male Rock Vocal Performance:
    Where It’s At – Beck
    Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    So Much to Say – Dave Matthews Band
    Best Hard Rock Performance:
    Bullet With Butterfly Wings – Smashing Pumpkins
    Best Metal Performance:
    Tire Me – Rage Against the Machine
    Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
    SRV Shuffle – Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Dr. John and Art Neville
    Best Rock Song:
    Give Me One Reason – Tracy Chapman, songwriter
    Best Rock Album:
    Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow (A&M)
    Best Alternative Music Performance:
    Odelay, Beck
    Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
    You’re Makin’ Me High – Toni Braxton
    Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:
    Your Secret Love – Luther Vandross
    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    Killing Me Softly With His Song – Fugees
    Best R&B Song:
    Exhale (Shoop, Shoop) – Kenneth Babyface Edmonds, songwriter
    Best R&B Album:
    Words, The Tony Rich Project (LaFace)
    Best Rap Solo Performance:
    Hey Lover – LL Cool J
    Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
    Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
    Best Rap Album:
    The Score, Fugees; Lauryn Hill, Prakazrel Pras and Wyclef, producers (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
    Best Female Country Vocal Performance:
    Blue – LeAnn Rimes
    Best Male Country Vocal Performance:
    Worlds Apart – Vince Gill
    Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    My Maria – Brooks and Dunn
    Best Country Collaboration With Vocals:
    High Lonesome Sound – Vince Gill featuring Alison Krauss and Union Station
    Best Country Instrumental Performance:
    Jam Man – Chet Atkins
    Best Country Song:
    Blue – Bill Mack, songwriter
    Best Country Album:
    The Road to Ensanada, Lyle Lovett; Billy Williams and Lyle Lovett, producers (Curb/MCA)
    Best Bluegrass Album:
    True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe, various artists (Sugar Hill)
    Best New Age Album:
    The Memory of Trees, Enya (Reprise)
    Best Contemporary Jazz Performance:
    High Life, Wayne Shorter
    Best Jazz Vocal Performance:
    New Moon Daughter, Cassandra Wilson
    Best Jazz Instrumental Solo:
    Cabin Fever – Michael Brecker
    Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group:
    Tales From the Hudson, Michael Brecker
    Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance:
    Live at Manchester Craftmen’s Guild, Count Basie Orchestra (with The New York Voices); Grover Mitchell, conductor
    Best Latin Jazz Performance:
    Portraits of Cuba, Paquito D’Rivera
    Best Rock Gospel Album:
    Jesus Freak, dc Talk (ForeFront Communications)
    Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
    Tribute – The Songs of Andrae Crouch, various artists; Norman Miller and Neal Joseph, producers (Warner Alliance)
    Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
    I Love to Tell the Story: 25 Timeless Hymns, Andy Griffith (Sparrow Communications Group)
    Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
    Face to Face, Cissy Houston (House of Blues Music Co.)
    Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
    Whatcha Lookin’ 4, Kirk Franklin and the Family (Gospo Centric)
    Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus:
    Just a Word, Shirley Caesar’s Outreach Convention Choir (Word Gospel)
    Best Latin Pop Performance:
    Enrique Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias
    Best Tropical Latin Performance:
    La Rosa de los Vientos, Ruben Blades
    Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance:
    Un Millon de Rosas, La Mafia
    Best Traditional Blues Album:
    Deep in the Blues, James Cotton (Verve)
    Best Contemporary Blues Album:
    Just Like You, Keb’ Mo’ (Okeh/Epic)
    Best Traditional Folk Album:
    Pete, Pete Seeger (Living Music)
    Best Contemporary Folk Album:
    The Ghost of Tom Joad, Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
    Best Reggae Album:
    Hall of Fame – A Tribute to Bob Marley’s 50th Anniversary, Bunny Wailer (RAS Records)
    Best World Music Album:
    Santiago, The Chieftains (RCA Victor)
    Best Polka Album:
    Polka! All Night Long, Jimmy Sturr (Rounder)
    Best Musical Album for Children:
    Dedicated to the One I Love, Linda Ronstadt; George Massenburg and Linda Ronstadt, producers (Elektra)
    Best Spoken Word Album for Children:
    Stellaluna, David Holt; Virginia Callaway, Steven Heller and David Holt, producers (High Windy Audio)
    Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:
    It Takes a Village, Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon and Schuster Audioworks)
    Best Spoken Comedy Album:
    Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot, Al Franken (Dove Audio)
    Best Musical Show Album:
    Riverdance, various artists; Bill Whelan, producer, composer and lyricist (Celtic Heartbeat/Atlantic)
    Best Instrumental Composition:
    Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love) – Herbie Hancock and Jean Hancock, composers
    Best Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    Independence Day, David Arnold, composer
    Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    Because You Loved Me (From Up Close and Personal ), Diane Warren, songwriter
    Best Instrumental Arrangement:
    An American Symphony (Mr. Holland’s Opus) – Michael Kamen, arranger
    Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal(s):
    When I Fall in Love – Alan Broadbent, David Foster and Gordon Jenkins, arrangers
    Best Recording Package:
    Ultra-Lounge (Leopard Skin Sampler), Andy Engel and Tommy Steele, art directors (Capitol)
    Best Recording Package – Boxed:
    The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, Chika Azuma and Arnold Levine, art directors (Columbia)
    Best Album Notes:
    The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner and Phil Schaap, album-notes writers (Columbia)
    Best Historical Album:
    The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, Bob Belden and Phil Schaap, compilation producers; Phil Schaap and Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Columbia)
    Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
    Q’s Jook Joint, Francis Buckley, Al Schmitt, Bruce Swedien and Tommy Vicari, engineers (Qwest/Warner Bros.)
    Producer of the Year:
    Kenneth Babyface Edmonds
    Best Classical Engineered Recording:
    Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony, Etc., William Hoekstra and Lawrence Rock, engineers (RCA Victor Red Seal)
    Classical Producer of the Year:
    Joanna Nickrenz
    Best Classical Album:
    Corgiliano: of Rage and Remembrance (Symphony No. 1, etc.), Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Joanna Nickrenz, producer; various artists (RCA Victor Red Seal)
    Best Orchestral Performance:
    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Scenes From the Ballet), Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
    Best Opera Recording:
    Britten: Peter Grimes, Richard Hickox, conductor; Philip Langridge, Alan Opie and Janice Watson, principal soloists; Brian Couzens, producer
    Best Choral Performance:
    Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast – Andrew Litton, conductor; Neville Creed and David Hill, chorus masters
    Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra):
    Bartok: The Three Piano Concertos, Yefim Bronfman, piano
    Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra):
    The Romantic Master (Works of Saint-Saens; Handel, etc.), Earl Wild, piano
    Best Chamber Music Performance:
    Corigliano: String Quartet, etc. – Cleveland Quartet
    Best Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor):
    Boulez:…Explosante-Fixe… – Pierre Boulez, conductor
    Best Classical Vocal Performance:
    Opera Arias (Works of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin, etc.), Bryn Terfel, bass baritone
    Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
    Corigliano: String Quartet – John Corigliano, composer
    Best Music Video, Short Form:
    Free As a Bird – The Beatles; Joe Pytka, video director
    Best Music Video, Long Form:
    The Beatles Anthology, The Beatles; Geoff Wonfor, video director; Chips Chipperfield, video producer
  • 1996 Number One Hits

    1996 Number One Hits

    1996 Billboard Number One Hits:

    December 2, 1995 – March 22, 1996:
    One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
    March 23 – May 3:
    Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
    May 4 – May 17:
    Always Be My Baby – Mariah Carey
    May 18 – July 12:
    Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs N Harmony
    July 13 – July 26:
    How Do U Want It – 2Pac featuring K-Ci and JoJo
    July 27 – August 2:
    You’re Makin’ Me High – Toni Braxton
    August 3 – November 8:
    Macarena (bayside boys remix) -Los Del Rio
    November 9 – December 6:
    No Diggity – Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre
    December 7, 1996 – February 21, 1997:
    Un-Break My Heart – Toni Braxton

    (Data is compiled from various charts including Billboard’s “Pop,” “Rock,” “Airplay,” “R&B/Dance” and “Singles” Charts. The “Hot 100” is the primary chart used for this list.)

  • 1996 History, Facts and Trivia

    1996 History, Facts and Trivia

    1996 History, Facts and Trivia

    Quick Facts from 1996:

    • World Changing Event: Dolly the cloned sheep was born on 5 July 1996.
      She was named after the busty singer Dolly Parton because her DNA came from a mammary gland cell.
    • The Top Song was Don’t Speak by No Doubt
    • The Movies to Watch include Jerry Maguire, The English Patient, Michael and Mars Attacks!
    • The Most Famous Person in America was probably Lance Armstrong
    • Notable books include: It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton and Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
    • Minimum Wage in 1996: $4.75 per hour
      Compaq Presario Computer: $1,999.99
    • Red Bull energy drink entered the US Market.
    • The Funny Guy was: Adam Sandler
    • The Funny Girl was: Kathleen Madigan
    • The Crazy Conspiracy: Tupac Shakur was not really shot and killed in the BMW driven by fellow rapper Suge Knight.
    Top Ten Baby Names of 1996:
    Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha, Michael, Matthew, Jacob, Chris, Topher, Joshua
    Fashion Icons and Sex Symbols:
    Claudia Schiffer
    Leading Men and Hollywood Hunks:
    Tupac Shakur, George Clooney, Tom Cruise

    “The Quotes”
    “You had me at ‘hello’”
    – Renée Zellweger, Jerry Maguire

    “Show me the Money!”
    – Cuba Gooding, Jr., in Jerry Maguire

    Time Magazine’s Man of the Year:
    David Ho
    Miss America:
    Shawntel Smith (Muldrow, OK)
    Miss USA:
    Ali Landry (Louisiana)

    FYI:
    The Amber Alert was named after Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl abducted and murdered in Arlington, Texas in 1996.

    The Scandal:
    The United States campaign finance controversy was an alleged effort by the People’s Republic of China to influence domestic American politics during the Clinton administration and also involved the fund-raising practices of the administration itself.

    Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber was captured. He had killed d injured 23 people in his 17-year spree. He was turned in by his brother, David, who recognized the writing style and the content his brother was talking about.

    Beauty Pageant Princess Murder: JonBenet Ramsey was found killed in her basement, and the killer was never found.

    The Mystery:
    6-year-old girl JonBenét Ramsey was murdered in her home. The case is still unsolved and no arrests have been made. An unusually lengthy ransom note claiming to have the girl kidnapped and demanding $118,000 for her return was found at her home, despite her corpse also being there.
    Rap Star Murder:
    Tupac Shakur killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.
    Actress Overdose Death:
    Margaux Hemingway, age 42, from a deliberate overdose of phenobarbital.
    World News:
    Sparta and Athens signed a peace pack officially ending the Peloponnesian War that was fought over 2,500 years ago.

    US News:
    From 1897 until 1996 the federal government had a board of tea testers whose job was to make sure that imported tea was good enough to be sold in the US.

    Prior to 1996, there was no requirement to present an ID to board a plane. The policy was put into place to show the government was “doing something” about the crash of TWA Flight 800.

    Pop Culture Facts & History:
    In 1996, a man broke into a New Zealand radio station, held the manager hostage, and his demand was for the station to play Rainbow Connection by Kermit the frog.

    Ethernet inventor Robert Metcalfe predicted that the internet would collapse in 1996, promising to eat his words if not. In 1997, he took a printed copy of his column that predicted the collapse, put it in a blender with some liquid and then consumed the pulpy mass.

    Jim Carrey was the first actor to make $20,000,000 to star in a single film, The Cable Guy.

    After the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage tripled in the United States.

    Oprah started her famous book club.

    In 1996 the remains of the “Queen Anne’s Revenge” Blackbeard’s pirate ship, were discovered off the coast of North Carolina.

    Meg and Jack White of the White stripes publicly portrayed themselves as siblings despite the fact that they weren’t related and had married in 1996 prior to the band’s formation.

    While creating the first Tomb Raider video game in 1996, a developer increasing Lara Croft’s breast size by 50% accidentally enlarged them by 150%. Others approved of the change before he fixed the mistake, and the marketing campaign emphasized Lara’s exaggerated body. It became a #1 hit.

    The made-up word from a 1996 Simpsons episode “embiggen” was officially added to the Merriam Webster Dictionary in early March of 2018. #cromulent

    The Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man was created for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

    There is a light on top of the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles that spells out the word Hollywood in Morse code. It started blinking Hollywood in 1956 and has only stopped once in June of 1996 on Capitol Records 50th Anniversary where it blinked “Capitol 50”.

    Lottie Williams is the only person to have been hit by re-entering space debris. She was walking through a park in Tulsa Oklahoma in Jan 1997 at 3:30 am and felt a tapping on her shoulder. It was a piece of the fuel tank of a Delta II rocket launched in 1996. She was unhurt.

    The first person to stream their life on the internet was a 19-year-old woman, Jennifer Ringley on the Jennicam broadcasted her life from her college dorm room 24/7. At its peak, she got 7 million hits per day, a significant proportion of the internet at the time.

    On April 1, 1996, Taco Bell spent $300k on ads claiming that they purchased the Liberty Bell and named it Taco Liberty Bell, and earned millions of dollars in free publicity.

    Mary Tyler Moore offered a restaurant $1,000 to sell her a 65-year-old lobster so she could return it to the wild. Rush Limbaugh then offered $2,000 to eat the lobster. The restaurant denied both offers and kept the lobster as a mascot.

    It wasn’t until 1996 that minivans had sliding doors on both sides of the second row. Before then minivans did not have a sliding door on the driver’s side.

    Febreze fabric refresher began test-marketing in 1996. By 1998, it was sold nation-wide.

    SNL’s Dana Carvey had a show that only aired 7 episodes in 1996, and had a writing team including Steve Carell, Bob Odenkirk, Louis CK, Stephen Colbert, and Charlie Kaufman.

    Dave Chappelle was in a spin-off from Home Improvement, called “Buddies”. It premiered on March 5, 1996, and was canceled on April 3, 1996, after just five episodes.

    Neither the Spice Girls themselves or their management came up with the Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger, Posh aliases. They were devised by Top of the Pops magazine in 1996 and later adopted by the group.

    In 1996, Travelocity opened online. Early on, it was primarily traveling agents who booked flights on American Airlines.

    The future King of Jordan, Abdullah bin al-Hussein (then prince), made a cameo in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager in 1996.

    Animal Hero: Binti, a gorilla at the Brookfield Illinois Zoo, grabbed a 3-year-old who had fallen in the cage, protected him from the other apes, and delivered him to zoo personnel at the gate.

    Marvel Comics filed for bankruptcy in 1996.

    Marvel Comics writer Mark Gruenwald, upon his death in 1996, by request had his ashes mixed in with the printing ink for the collected edition of his series Squadron Supreme. Most first printings of the book probably contain some of his remains.

    The world record for keeping the original 1996/1997 Tamagotchi alive is Age 89 days.

    In 1996 the boxing career of former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison ended when he tested positive for HIV. However, in 2007 two nationally renowned HIV experts retained by the NY Times concluded that the 1996 result had been a false positive.

    Cost of a Super Bowl ad in 1996: $1,085,000

    The Habits:
    Doing the Macarena
    Playing with Tickle Me Elmo
    Reading Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
    1st Appearances & 1996’s Most Popular Christmas Gifts, Toys and Presents:
    Tickle Me Elmo, Toy Story toys, Pokemon, Beanie Babies catch on, although they had been around since 1993. The McDonalds mini-beanie-babies giveaway fueled the madness.
    Popular and Best-selling Books From 1996:
    A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
    Airframe by Michael Crichton
    Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
    Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell
    The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
    CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
    The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
    Desperation by Stephen King
    Executive Orders by Tom Clancy
    Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
    Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
    The Green Mile by Stephen King
    The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
    How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan
    Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
    Intensity by Dean Koontz
    It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton
    Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
    Malice by Danielle Steel
    Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark
    Primary Colors by Anonymous (Joe Klein)
    The Regulators by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
    The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
    Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice
    Silent Honor by Danielle Steel
    The Tenth Insight by James Redfield
    East End Show:
    The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Play) Opened on March 7, 1996, and closed on April 3, 2005
    Broadway Shows:
    Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk (Dance Musical) Opened on April 25, 1996, and closed on January 10, 1999
    Rent (Musical) Opened on April 29, 1996, and closed on September 7, 2008
    Chicago (Musical) Opened on November 14, 1996 (revival)
    Best Film Oscar Winner:
    Braveheart (presented in 1996)
    1996 Entries to the National Film Registry:
    The Awful Truth (released in 1937)
    Broken Blossoms (released in 1919)
    The Deer Hunter (released in 1978)
    Destry Rides Again (released in 1939)
    Flash Gordon Serial (released in 1936)
    The Forgotten Frontier (released in 1931)
    Frank Film (released in 1973)
    The Graduate (released in 1967)
    The Heiress (released in 1949)
    The Jazz Singer (released in 1927)
    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (released in 1980)
    M*A*S*H (released in 1970)
    Mildred Pierce (released in 1945)
    The Outlaw Josey Wales (released in 1976)
    The Producers (released in 1968)
    Pull My Daisy (released in 1959)
    Road to Morocco (released in 1942)
    She Done Him Wrong (released in 1933)
    Shock Corridor (released in 1963)
    Show Boat (released in 1936)
    The Thief of Bagdad (released in 1924)
    To Be or Not to Be (released in 1942)
    Topaz (released in 1943/1945)
    Verbena tragica (released in 1939)
    Woodstock (released in 1970)
    The Big Movies: (according to boxofficemojo)
    1. Independence Day
    2. Twister
    3. Mission: Impossible
    4. Jerry Maguire
    5. Ransom
    6. 101 Dalmations
    7. The Rock
    8. The Nutty Professor
    9. The Birdcage
    10. A Time To Kill
    1996 Most Popular TV Shows:
    1. E.R. (NBC)
    2. Seinfeld (NBC)
    3. Suddenly Susan (NBC)
    4. Friends (NBC)
    5. The Naked Truth (NBC)
    6. Fired Up (NBC)
    7. The Single Guy (NBC)
    8. Home Improvement (ABC)
    9. Touched By An Angel (CBS)
    10. 60 Minutes (CBS)

    1996 Billboard Number One Songs:
    December 2, 1995 – March 22, 1996:
    One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men

    March 23 – May 3:
    Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion

    May 4 – May 17:
    Always Be My Baby – Mariah Carey

    May 18 – July 12:
    Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs N Harmony

    July 13 – July 26:
    How Do U Want It – 2Pac featuring K-Ci and JoJo

    July 27 – August 2:
    You’re Makin’ Me High – Toni Braxton

    August 3 – November 9:
    Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) -Los Del Rio

    November 9 – December 6:
    No Diggity – Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre

    December 7, 1996 – February 21, 1997:
    Un-Break My Heart – Toni Braxton

    Sports:
    World Series Champions: New York Yankees
    Super Bowl XXX Champions: Dallas Cowboys
    NBA Champions: Chicago Bulls
    Stanley Cup Champs: Colorado Avalanche
    U.S. Open Golf Steve Jones
    U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Pete Sampras/Steffi Graf
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Richard Krajiceck/Steffi Graf
    NCAA Football Champions: Florida
    NCAA Basketball Champions: Kentucky
    Kentucky Derby: Grindstone
    Sports Highlights:
    Cal Ripkin broke Lou Gehrig’s consecutive MLB game record when he played game number 2,131

     

  • 1996 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1996 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1996 Top 100 Music Hits Chart

    1. Grease Megamix – Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
    2. Macarena – Los Del Rio
    3. Maria – Ricky Martin
    4. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
    5. California Love – 2Pac
    6. Champagne Supernova – Oasis
    7. I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan
    8. Sweet Dreams – La Bouche
    9. I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
    10. Breakfast At Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something
    11. Be My Lover – La Bouche
    12. Ironic – Alanis Morissette
    13. What I Got – Sublime
    14. Who Will Save Your Soul – Jewel
    15. Missing – Everything But The Girl
    16. Ready To Go – Republica
    17. No Diggity – BLACKstreet
    18. Tha Crossroads – Bone thugs-n-harmony
    19. Only You – 112
    20. Wonderwall – Oasis
    21. Killing Me Softly – Fugees
    22. Satellite – Dave Matthews Band
    23. Don’t Speak – No Doubt
    24. Name – Goo Goo Dolls
    25. Daughter – Pearl Jam
    26. Just A Girl – No Doubt
    27. Set U Free – Planet Soul
    28. My Maria – Brooks & Dunn
    29. I Finally Found Someone – Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams
    30. Ain’t Nobody – Faith Evans
    31. Betcha By Golly Wow – Prince
    32. Jealousy – Natalie Merchant
    33. I Remember – Boyz II Men
    34. Head Over Feet – Alanis Morissette
    35. Wonder – Natalie Merchant
    36. Aeroplane – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    37. Un-Break My Heart – Toni Braxton
    38. Get Together – Big Mountain
    39. (Party Time) You’ll Be Mine – Gloria Estefan
    40. C’Mon Ride The Train – Quad City DJ’s
    41. The World I Know – Collective Soul
    42. That Girl – Maxi Priest
    43. Stayin’ Alive – N-Trance
    44. One Of Us – Joan Osborne
    45. Change The World – Eric Clapton
    46. Closer To Free – BoDeans
    47. Spiderwebs – No Doubt
    48. Too Much – Dave Matthews Band
    49. Last Night – Az Yet
    50. Oh Virginia – Blessid Union Of Souls
    51. Where It’s At – Beck
    52. Blue – LeAnn Rimes
    53. Forever – Mariah Carey
    54. Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
    55. Stupid Girl – Garbage
    56. Only Happy When It Rains – Garbage
    57. Reach – Gloria Estefan
    58. Caught A Lite Sneeze – Tori Amos
    59. 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin New) – Coolio
    60. Heartspeak Dollarsign – Everclear
    61. 1979 – Smashing Pumpkins
    62. Pepper – Butthole Surfers
    63. DJ Girl – Katalina
    64. I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis
    65. Always Be My Baby – Mariah Carey
    66. No Woman No Cry – Fugees
    67. You Learn – Alanis Morissette
    68. Counting Blue Cars -Dishwalla
    69. They Don’t Care About Us – Michael Jackson
    70. The Distance – Cake
    71. Old Man and Me – Hootie and the Blowfish
    72. How Do U Want It – 2 Pac
    73. Time – Hootie and the Blowfish
    74. Nobody – Keith Sweat
    75. Tonight, Tonight – Smashing Pumpkins
    76. Jesus To A Child – George Michael
    77. So Much To Say – Dave Matthews Band
    78. You’re The One – SWV
    79. Until It Sleeps – Metallica
    80. So Far Away – Rod Stewart
    81. Give Me One Reason – Tracy Chapman
    82. Keep On, Keepin’ On – MC Lyte
    83. Sittin’ Up In My Room – Brandy
    84. Lady – D’Angelo
    85. My Boo – Ghost Town DJ’s
    86. Nobody Knows – Tony Rich Project
    87. Not Goin’ Cry – Mary J. Blige
    88. Flood – Jars Of Clay
    89. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) – John Mellencamp
    90. Glycerine – Bush
    91. Cumbersome – Seven Mary Three
    92. In The Meantime – Spacehog
    93. Amish Paradise – Weird Al Yankovic
    94. Santa Monica (Watch The World Die) – Everclear
    95. Whoever You Are – Geggy Tah
    96. Reach – Gloria Estefan
    97. Big Bang Baby – Stone Temple Pilots
    98. Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand – Primitive Radio Gods
    99. Mother Mother – Tracy Bonham
    100. Bulls On Parade – Rage Against The Machine
  • 1996 Oscars 68th Academy Awards

    1996 Oscars 68th Academy Awards

    1996 Oscars 68th Academy Awards

    • Winners Announced: March 25, 1996
    • Held at: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
    • Host: Whoopi Goldberg
    • Eligibility Year: 1995

    Trivia

    • Braveheart’s Roar: Mel Gibson’s Braveheart was the evening’s big winner, capturing Best Picture and Best Director.
    • Nicholas’ Nick of Time: Nicholas Cage won Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas, marking a high point in his eclectic career.
    • A Sense and Sensibility: Emma Thompson, already an Oscar winner, scored another nomination for her adapted screenplay for Sense and Sensibility.
    • A Toy’s Tale: Toy Story was acknowledged with a Special Achievement Award, highlighting the growing impact of computer animation in cinema.
    • Supporting Surprises: Mira Sorvino won Best Supporting Actress for Mighty Aphrodite, while Kevin Spacey took Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects.
    • Comedy to Oscars: Whoopi Goldberg, known for her comedic roles and stand-up, was one of the few African American women to have hosted the Oscars, a feather in her already impressive cap.
    • Se7en and the Snub: Despite its commercial and critical success, Se7en failed to secure a Best Picture nomination.

    1996 Oscar Nominees and Winners

    Best Picture:
    Braveheart – Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey and Alan Ladd Jr., producers (WINNER)
    Apollo 13 – Brian Grazer, producer
    Babe – George Miller, Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller, producers
    Il Postino: The Postman – Mario Cecchi Gori (posthumous nomination), Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Gaetano Daniele, producers
    Sense and Sensibility – Lindsay Doran, producer
    Best Director:
    Mel Gibson – Braveheart (WINNER)
    Chris Noonan – Babe
    Tim Robbins – Dead Man Walking
    Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas
    Michael Radford – Il Postino: The Postman
    Best Actor:
    Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson (WINNER)
    Richard Dreyfuss – Mr. Holland’s Opus as Glenn Holland
    Anthony Hopkins – Nixon as Richard Nixon
    Sean Penn – Dead Man Walking as Matthew Poncelet
    Massimo Troisi – Il Postino: The Postman as Mario Ruoppolo (posthumous nomination)
    Best Actress:
    Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking as Helen Prejean (WINNER)
    Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas as Sera
    Sharon Stone – Casino as Ginger McKenna
    Meryl Streep – The Bridges of Madison County as Francesca Johnson
    Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility as Elinor Dashwood
    Best Supporting Actor:
    Kevin Spacey – The Usual Suspects as Roger “Verbal” Kint (WINNER)
    James Cromwell – Babe as Farmer Arthur Hoggett
    Ed Harris – Apollo 13 as Gene Kranz
    Brad Pitt – 12 Monkeys as Jeffrey Goines
    Tim Roth – Rob Roy as Archibald Cunningham
    Best Supporting Actress:
    Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite as Linda Ash (WINNER)
    Joan Allen – Nixon as Pat Nixon
    Kathleen Quinlan – Apollo 13 as Marilyn Gerlach Lovell
    Mare Winningham – Georgia as Georgia Flood
    Kate Winslet – Sense and Sensibility as Marianne Dashwood
    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
    The Usual Suspects – Christopher McQuarrie (WINNER)
    Braveheart – Randall Wallace
    Mighty Aphrodite – Woody Allen
    Nixon – Oliver Stone, Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen J. Rivele
    Toy Story – Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Pete Docter and Joe Ranft
    Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
    Sense and Sensibility – Emma Thompson adapted from the novel by Jane Austen (WINNER)
    Apollo 13 – Al Reinert and William Broyles Jr. based on the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
    Babe – George Miller and Chris Noonan based on the book The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
    Leaving Las Vegas – Mike Figgis based on the novel by John O’Brien
    Il Postino: The Postman – Michael Radford, Anna Pavignano, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli and Massimo Troisi (posthumous nomination) based on the novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta
    Best Foreign Language Film:
    Antonia’s Line (The Netherlands) in Dutch – Marleen Gorris, director (WINNER)
    All Things Fair (Sweden) in Swedish – Bo Widerberg, director
    Dust of Life (Algeria) in French – Rachid Bouchareb, director
    O Quatrilho (Brazil) in Portuguese and Italian – Fábio Barreto, director
    The Star Maker (Italy) in Italian – Giuseppe Tornatore, director
    Best Documentary Feature:
    Anne Frank Remembered – Jon Blair (WINNER)
    The Battle Over Citizen Kane – Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein
    Fiddlefest—Roberta Tzavaras and Her East Harlem Violin Program – Allan Miller and Walter Scheuer
    Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream – Mike Tollin and Fredric Golding
    Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern – Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher
    Best Documentary Short Subject:
    One Survivor Remembers – Kary Antholis (WINNER)
    Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls – Nancy Dine and Richard Stilwell
    The Living Sea – Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore
    Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper – Terry Sanders and Freida Lee Mock
    The Shadow of Hate – Charles Guggenheim
    Best Live Action Short Film:
    Lieberman in Love – Christine Lahti and Jana Sue Memel (WINNER)
    Brooms – Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas
    Duke of Groove – Griffin Dunne and Thom Colwell
    Little Surprises – Jeff Goldblum and Tikki Goldberg
    Tuesday Morning Ride – Dianne Houston and Joy Ryan
    Best Animated Short Film:
    A Close Shave – Nick Park (WINNER)
    The Chicken from Outer Space – John R. Dilworth
    The End – Chris Landreth and Robin Barger
    Gagarin – Alexiy Kharitidi
    Runaway Brain – Chris Bailey
    Best Original Dramatic Score:
    Il Postino: The Postman – Luis Bacalov (WINNER)
    Apollo 13 – James Horner
    Braveheart – James Horner
    Nixon – John Williams
    Sense and Sensibility – Patrick Doyle
    Best Original Musical or Comedy Score:
    Pocahontas – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral score by Alan Menken (WINNER)
    The American President – Marc Shaiman
    Sabrina – John Williams
    Toy Story – Randy Newman
    Unstrung Heroes – Thomas Newman
    Best Original Song:
    “Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (WINNER)
    “Dead Man Walkin’” from Dead Man Walking – Music and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
    “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman” from Don Juan DeMarco – Music and Lyrics by Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange
    “Moonlight” from Sabrina – Music by John Williams; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman
    “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from Toy Story – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
    Best Sound Effects Editing:
    Braveheart – Lon Bender and Per Hallberg (WINNER)
    Batman Forever – John Leveque and Bruce Stambler
    Crimson Tide – George Watters II
    Best Sound:
    Apollo 13 – Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan and David MacMillan (WINNER)
    Batman Forever – Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Michael Herbick and Petur Hliddal
    Braveheart – Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer and Brian Simmons
    Crimson Tide – Kevin O’Connell, Rick Kline, Gregory H. Watkins and William B. Kaplan
    Waterworld – Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Keith A. Wester
    Best Art Direction:
    Restoration – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Eugenio Zanetti (WINNER)
    Apollo 13 – Art Direction: Michael Corenblith; Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell
    Babe – Art Direction: Roger Ford; Set Decoration: Kerrie Brown
    A Little Princess – Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
    Richard III – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Tony Burrough
    Best Cinematography:
    Braveheart – John Toll (WINNER)
    Batman Forever – Stephen Goldblatt
    A Little Princess – Emmanuel Lubezki
    Sense and Sensibility – Michael Coulter
    Shanghai Triad – Lü Yue
    Best Makeup:
    Braveheart – Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison and Lois Burwell (WINNER)
    My Family, Mi Familia – Ken Diaz and Mark Sanchez
    Roommates – Greg Cannom, Bob Laden and Colleen Callaghan
    Best Costume Design:
    Restoration – James Acheson (WINNER)
    12 Monkeys – Julie Weiss
    Braveheart – Charles Knode
    Richard III – Shuna Harwood
    Sense and Sensibility – Jenny Beavan and John Bright
    Best Film Editing:
    Apollo 13 – Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley (WINNER)
    Babe – Marcus D’Arcy and Jay Friedkin
    Braveheart – Steven Rosenblum
    Crimson Tide – Chris Lebenzon
    Seven – Richard Francis-Bruce
    Best Visual Effects:
    Babe – Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan and John Cox (WINNER)
    Apollo 13 – Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker and Matt Sweeney
    Academy Honorary Awards:
    Chuck Jones
    Kirk Douglas
    Special Achievement Award:
    John Lasseter for Toy Story
  • 1996 Grammy Award Winners

    1996 Grammy Award Winners

    1996 Grammy Award Winners

    • Winners Announced: February 28, 1996
    • Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
    • Host: Ellen DeGeneres
    • Eligibility Year: October 1, 1994 – September 30, 1995

    Trivia

    • Alanis Unplugged: Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill snagged Album of the Year, marking her as a force in the music industry.
    • Hootie’s Big Catch: Hootie & the Blowfish won Best New Artist, propelling them into stardom.
    • King of Pop’s Return: Michael Jackson’s Scream, his duet with sister Janet, was one of the most expensive music videos ever made and was nominated, although it didn’t win.
    • Country Under Spotlight: Shania Twain’s The Woman in Me won Best Country Album, indicating the growing influence of country music in mainstream media.
    • Seal of Approval: Seal’s Kiss from a Rose won both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, boosting his career substantially.
    • Soundtrack Success: Disney’s Pocahontas took home the award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television, continuing the trend of animated films performing well at the Grammys.
    • Comic Relief: The host, Ellen DeGeneres, was primarily known for her work in television and stand-up comedy, making her a unique but entertaining choice for the music-focused event.

    1996 Grammy Winners

    Album of the Year:
    Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Reprise)
    Song of the Year:
    Kiss From a Rose – Seal, songwriter
    Best New Artist:
    Hootie and the Blowfish
    Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male:
    Kiss From a Rose – Seal
    Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female:
    No More `I Love You’s – Annie Lennox
    Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    Let Her Cry – Hootie and the Blowfish
    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance:
    Duets II – Frank Sinatra
    Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
    Mariachi Suite – Los Lobos
    Best Pop Vocal Collaboration:
    Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? – The Chieftains with Van Morrison
    Best Pop Album:
    Turbulent Indigo, Joni Mitchell (Reprise)
    Best Rock Album:
    Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Reprise)
    Best Rock Gospel Album:
    Lesson of Love, Ashley Cleveland (Reunion)
    Best Rock Song:
    You Oughta Know – Glen Ballard and Alanis Morissette, songwriters
    Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male:
    You Don’t Know How It Feels – Tom Petty
    Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female:
    You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
    Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    Run-Around – Blues Traveler
    Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
    Jessica – The Allman Brothers Band
    Best Hard Rock Performance:
    Spin the Black Circle – Pearl Jam
    Best Metal Performance:
    Happiness Is Slavery – Nine Inch Nails
    Best Alternative Music Performance:
    MTV Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (DGC)
    Best Rhythm and Blues Album:
    CrazySexyCool, TLC (LaFace Records)
    Best Rhythm and Blues Song:
    For Your Love – Stevie Wonder, songwriter
    Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male:
    For Your Love – Stevie Wonder
    Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female:
    I Apologize – Anita Baker
    Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    Creep – TLC
    Best Rap Album:
    Poverty’s Paradise, Naughty by Nature (Tommy Boy)
    Best Rap Solo Performance:
    Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio
    Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group:
    I’ll Be There for You /You’re All I Need to Get By – Method Man/Mary J. Blige
    Best Jazz Vocal Performance:
    An Evening With Lena Horne – Lena Horne
    Best Jazz Instrumental Solo:
    Impressions – Michael Brecker
    Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group:
    Infinity – McCoy Tyner Trio featuring Michael Brecker
    Best Contemporary Jazz Performance:
    We Live Here – Pat Metheny Group
    Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance:
    All Blues – GRP All-Star Big Band and Tom Scott
    Best Latin Jazz Performance:
    Antônio Brasileiro – Antônio Carlos Jobim
    Best Country Album:
    The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Mercury Nashville)
    Best Country Song:
    Go Rest High on That Mountain – Vince Gill, songwriter
    Best Country Vocal Performance, Male:
    Go Rest High on That Mountain – Vince Gill
    Best Country Vocal Performance, Female:
    Baby, Now That I’ve Found You – Alison Krauss
    Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    Here Comes the Rain – The Mavericks
    Best Country Vocal Collaboration:
    Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart – Shenandoah with Alison Krauss
    Best Country Instrumental Performance:
    Hightower – Asleep at the Wheel featuring Bela Fleck and Johnny Gimble
    Best Bluegrass Album:
    Unleashed, The Nashville Bluegrass Band (Sugar Hill)
    Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
    Shirley Caesar Live He Will Come, Shirley Caesar (Word)
    Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
    Alone in His Presence, CeCe Winans (Sparrow Communications Group)
    Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
    I’ll Lead You Home, Michael W. Smith (Reunion)
    Best Rock Gospel Album:
    Lesson of Love, Ashley Cleveland (Reunion)
    Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
    Amazing Grace – A Country Salute to Gospel, various artists (Sparrow Communications Group)
    Best Gospel Album By a Choir or Chorus:
    Praise Him… Live!, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir (Warner Alliance)
    Best Latin Pop Performance:
    Amor – Jon Secada
    Best Tropical Latin Performance:
    Abriendo Puertas – Gloria Estefan
    Best Mexican-American Performance:
    Flaco Jimenez – Flaco Jimenez
    Best Traditional Blues Album:
    Chill Out, John Lee Hooker (Point-Blank)
    Best Contemporary Blues Album:
    Slippin’ In, Buddy Guy (Silvertone)
    Best Traditional Folk Album:
    South Coast, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott (Red House)
    Best Contemporary Folk Album:
    Wrecking Ball, Emmylou Harris (Asylum/Elektra)
    Best Reggae Album:
    Boombastic, Shaggy (Virgin)
    Best New Age Album:
    Forest, George Winston
    Best World Music Album:
    Bohème, Deep Forest (Windham Hill)
    Best Polka Album:
    I Love to Polka, Jimmy Sturr (Rounder)
    Best Instrumental Arrangement:
    Lament – Robert Farnon, arranger
    Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal(s):
    I Get a Kick out of You – Rob McConnell, arranger
    Best Instrumental Composition:
    A View From the Side – Bill Holman
    Best Musical Show Album:
    Smokey Joe’s Cafe – The Songs of Leiber and Stoller, Jerry Leiber, lyricist; Mike Stoller, composer (Atlantic Theater)
    Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer, composer
    Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    Colors of the Wind (From Pocahontas), Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, songwriters
    Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
    Messiaen: Concert a Quatre – Olivier Messiaen, composer
    Best Classical Album:
    Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux, etc. Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
    Best Chamber Music Performance:
    Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios, Emanuel Ax, piano; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra):
    The American Album (Works of Bernstein, Barber, Foss), Itzhak Perlman, violin (EMI Classics)
    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra):
    Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B-Flat Major and A Major), Radu Lupu, piano (London Records)
    Best Orchestral Performance:
    Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes; Jeux, etc., Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
    Best Opera Recording:
    Berlioz: Les Troyens, Charles Dutoit conducting the Orchestre Symphonie de Montreal
    Best Performance of a Choral Work:
    Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Herbert Blomstedt conducting San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and various artists
    Best Classical Vocal Performance:
    The Echoing Air – The Music of Henry Purcell (If Music Be the Food of Love; Sweeter Than Roses, etc.), Sylvia McNair, soprano
    Best Spoken Comedy Album:
    Crank Calls, Jonathan Winters (Audio Select)
    Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:
    Phenomenal Woman, Maya Angelou (Random House Audio Books)
    Best Musical Album for Children:
    Sleepy Time Lullabys, Barbara Bailey Hutchison (Jaba)
    Best Spoken Word Album for Children:
    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Patrick Stewart (Erato)
    Best Recording Package:
    Turbulent Indigo, Robbie Cavolina and Joni Mitchell, art directors (Reprise)
    Best Recording Package – Boxed:
    Civilization Phaze III, Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa, art directors (Barking Pumpkin)
    Best Album Notes:
    The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Volume 3: 1972 – 1975, Rob Bowman, album notes writer (Stax)
    Best Historical Album:
    The Heifetz Collection (RCA Victor Gold Seal)
    Best Music Video, Short Form:
    Scream – Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
    Best Music Video, Long Form:
    Secret World Live – Peter Gabriel
    Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical):
    Wildflowers, Dave Bianco, Richard Dodd, Stephen McLaughlin and Jim Scott, engineers (Warner Bros.)
    Best Classical Engineered Recording:
    Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra/Kossuth: Symphonic Poem, Michael Mailes and Jonathan Stokes, engineers (London Records)
    Producer of the Year (Non-Classical):
    Babyface
    Classical Producer of the Year:
    Steven Epstein
  • 1995 Number One Hits

    1995 Number One Hits

    1995 Billboard Number One Hits:

    December 17, 1994 – January 27, 1995:
    Here Comes The Hotstepper – Ini Kamozi
    January 28 – February 24:
    Creep – TLC
    February 25 – April 14:
    Take A Bow – Madonna
    April 15 – June 2:
    This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan
    June 3 – July 7:
    Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman – Bryan Adams
    July 8 – August 25:
    Waterfalls – TLC
    August 26 – September 1:
    Kiss From A Rose – Seal
    September 2 – September 8:
    You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson
    September 9 – September 29:
    Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio
    September 30 – November 24:
    Fantasy – Mariah Carey
    November 25 – December 1:
    Exhale (Shoop Shoop) – Whitney Houston
    December 2, 1995 – March 22, 1996:
    One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men

    (Data is compiled from various charts including Billboard’s “Pop,” “Rock,” “Airplay,” “R&B/Dance” and “Singles” Charts. The “Hot 100” is the primary chart used for this list.)

  • 1995 History, Facts and Trivia

    1995 History, Facts and Trivia

    • 1995 History, Facts and Trivia

    Quick Facts from 1995:

    • American Home-Grown Terrorism: Oklahoma City Bombing: a truck bomb at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killed 168 people and injured nearly 700 people.
    • The Top Song was One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
    • Influential Songs include: I Wish by Skee-Lo, I Like It, I Love It by Tim McGraw, This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan and You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette.
    • The Movies to Watch include Toy Story, Apollo 13, 12 Monkeys, Babe, Jumanji, Braveheart, and Mr. Holland’s Opus.
    • The Java computer language was invented.
    • People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive: Brad Pitt
    • Notable books include The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans and The Golden Compass by Philip Pullma.n
    • Price of Ballpark Hot Dogs, 16 oz: $1.49
      Price of IBM Aptiva 486DX2-66 Computer, with the monitor, in 1995: $1799.00
    • Forbes Magazine announced that Bill Gates is the richest man in the world, with a net worth of $12.9 billion.
    • 1 ounce of gold value: $387.00
    • The Funny Late Night Host: Jay Leno
      The Funny Late Late Night Host: Tom Snyder
    • The Conversation: Did O.J. Simpson kill his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman?
    • The Private Conversation: During the filming of Batman Forever, Jim Carrey approached Tommy Lee Jones to say hello. Jones replied, “I hate you. I really don’t like you… I cannot sanction your buffoonery.”

    Year of the Pig

    The year of the pig is one of the 12 years in the Chinese zodiac cycle. The pig is the twelfth and last animal in the cycle. he years of the pig include 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031, 2043, 2055, and 2067. The year of the pig is associated with good luck, wealth, and generosity.  People born in the year of the pig are said to be honest, kind, and have a strong sense of responsibility.  They are also said to be hardworking, brave, and have a strong sense of self-worth.  They are known to be quite optimistic, and they always see the good in others. They are also known to be quite generous and are always willing to help others.  They are said to be quite successful in their careers and often achieve great things.  They are also known to be quite easygoing and enjoy the simple pleasures in life.

    Top Ten Baby Names of 1995:
    Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha, Sarah, Michael, Matthew, Chris, Topher, Jacob, Joshua
    Fashion Icons and Sex Symbols:
    Claudia Schiffer, Elle Macpherson
    Hollywood Hunks and Leading Men:
    George Clooney, Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Colin Firth, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt

    “The Quotes”
    “Houston, we have a problem.”
    – Tom Hanks, in ‘Apollo 13’
    (paraphrased from the actual quote – “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”)

    Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s first words to US President Clinton upon meeting him in 1995 were, “Do you think O.J. did it?”
    *On October 3, 1995, when OJ Simpson was acquitted of murder on both counts, so much work stopped to pay attention to the verdict that it cost American companies an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.

    “No Soup For You!”
    The Soup Nazi on TV’s Seinfeld.  he location was based on a real place and character, found at Al Yeganeh’s Soup Kitchen in New York.

    “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit!”
    – Defense Attorney Johnnie Cochran at O.J. Simpsons murder trial

    Time Magazine’s Man of the Year:
    Newt Gingrich
    Miss America:
    Heather Whitestone (Birmingham, AL)
     Miss USA:
    Chelsi Smith (Texas)/ Shanna Moakler (New York)
    The Tragedy:
    Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols killed 168 people in Oklahoma City, including 19 children.

    The Scandals:
    Drew Barrymore table danced for David Letterman on his talk show, and, with her back to the audience, flashed David by lifting up her shirt.

    Patrick Combs deposited one of those fake “winning lottery checks” for $95,093.35.  is bank took the deposit, and after several weeks, he took out the cash.

    Marlon Brando, as a guest on Larry King Live, kissed a surprised Larry on the mouth.

    Cindy Crawford and husband Richard Gere took out a full-page ad in the London Times to proclaim their heterosexuality.  he 1994 marriage ended in 1995.

    Celebrity Paralyzed By a Horse:
    Christopher Reeve
    Mysterious Olympian Skater Death:
    Sergi Grinkov, 2-time Gold Medalist, died while practicing with his partner (and wife) Ekaterina Gordeeva

    Pop Culture Facts & History:
    The Rock and Roll Hall of fame opened in Cleveland, Ohio.

    The 1995 Whitney Houston single Exhale holds the record for longest streak at #2 on the Hot 100 at thetime, having been there for 11 straight weeks.  ll 11 of those weeks, it was runner-up to the same song, One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men.

    Newsweek published an article scoffing the future of the internet.  t laughed at the idea that people would get news, learn, or buy airline tickets online.

    Oasis was so popular in the UK in 1995 that a single was released in November of that year of just audio of both Noel and Liam Gallagher arguing during an interview entitled Wibbling Rivalry and it charted, peaking at 52.

    Blue M&Ms didn’t exist until 1995 when a poll was held to replace the tan shade of M&M that was deemed redundant in addition to the brown M&M. The color choice was pink, blue or purple… blue won.

    Dolly (the clone) the Sheep was born on July 5th and lived for seven years.

    La Chupacabra, the legendary goat sucking beast was first named by Silverio Pérez, a Puerto Rican comedian, in March of 1995.

    Convict Daniel Luther Heiss discovered that the key pictured on his prisoners’ information handbook was the master key for the entire Berrimah jail in Darwin, Australia.  nother inmate, Shane Baker, was a trained jeweler, replicated it and both escaped.

    The X Games were the first broadcast on ESPN.

    Jim Carrey was nominated for Worst New Star in the 1995 Golden Raspberry Awards for his roles in Dumb & Dumber, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and The Mask.

    Starbuck’s Frappuccino was released in 1995.

    Actor James Cromwell had such a significant personal experience playing farmer Hoggett in the 1995 film Babe that he became an ethical vegan.

    A coffee company in Syracuse, NY, renamed itself Federal Espresso in 1995, using branding that Federal Express(FedEx) claimed belonged to them.  ederal Express sued and won.  he company has gone by the name Freedom of Espresso ever since.

    People have been meeting online via Match.com since 1995.

    AuctionWeb began in San Jose, California, on September 3, 1995, by Pierre Omidyar.  he company officially changed the name of its service to ‘eBay’ in September 1997.

    The first professional sports game streamed online was the Mariners vs the Yankees in September 1995.  he Seattle Mariners beat the New York Yankees 6-5.

    CNET launched www.shareware.com (now downloads.digitaltrends.com/)

    Tom Kenny (the voice of Spongebob) and Jill Talley (the voice of Karen, Plankton’s computer wife) have been married since 1995.

    The automobile ‘Blind Spot’ problem was solved in 1995 when engineer George Platzer published a 16 pages paper detailing the correct setup procedure of side-view mirrors.

    The George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling Machine was released.

    Windows 95 was the second most installed piece of software on computers in 1995.  ideo game DOOM was first.

    Todd McFarlane’s Spawn action figures made action figures cool again, even for comic book geeks.

    Salmon sushi wasn’t introduced in Japan until 1995 when Norwegian businessmen convinced Japanese businessmen that Atlantic Salmon was safe to eat raw.

    In 1975, Leonard Nimoy published his autobiography I Am Not Spock.  n 1995, he published a second volume: I Am Spock.

    JavaScript was created by Netscape programmer Brendan Eich.  t was first released under the name of LiveScript and included with Netscape Navigator 2.0 in September ’95.  t was officially renamed JavaScript on December 4.

    When he landed back on Earth on March 22, cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned with the record for space flight – 437 days.

    “Cheese-eating surrender monkeys” is an insult used to refer to French people.  t first appeared in the Simpsons (1995) when Willy says “Bonjoooouuurrr, ya cheese-eatin’ surrender monkeys” to a French class.  he term has since entered two Oxford Quotation Dictionaries.

    The lowest PGA score of 63 was played by Michael Bradley and Brad Faxon.

    George Samuel Hurst invented the first resistive touchscreen who received US Patent (#3,911,215) on October 7, 1975.  nd produced the first version in 1982.

    Rock Musician Heart Failure Death: Jerry Garcia

    Queen of Tejano Pop Star Murder: Selena, killed by the ex-president of her fan club.

    Cost of a Super Bowl ad in 1995: $1,150,000

    Mysteries:
    After the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, there was a mysterious detached leg found in the rubble of the destroyed building.  ince all 168 victims’ legs have been accounted for, the left leg has perplexed investigators and has yet to be traced back to an owner.

    The government of China kidnapped a 6-year-old Tibetan boy, the Panchen Lama, and replaced him with a puppet of their own choosing.  he real Panchen Lama was the youngest political prisoner in the world at the time of his arrest and has never been heard from since.

    Doomsday Clock:
    14 minutes to midnight, according to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
    1995: Hopes for a large post-Cold War peace dividend and a renouncing of nuclear weapons fade.  articularly in the United States, hard-liners seem reluctant to soften their rhetoric or actions, as they claim that a resurgent Russia could provide as much of a threat as the Soviet Union.  uch talk slows the rollback in global nuclear forces; more than 40,000 nuclear weapons remain worldwide.  here is also concern that terrorists could exploit poorly secured nuclear facilities in the former Soviet Union.

    Nobel Prize Winners:
    Physics – Martin L. Perl, Frederick Reines
    Chemistry – Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina, F. Sherwood Rowland
    Medicine – Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Eric F. Wieschaus
    Literature – Seamus Heaney
    Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Robert Lucas, Jr.*
    Peace – Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

    *Robert Lucas, upon receiving a Nobel Prize in economic sciences, was only awarded half the prize money.  is ex-wife had placed a clause in their divorce settlement in 1988 stating she would receive half the prize money if he won the prize in the following 7 years.

    The Habits:
    The First X (EXtreme) Games took place in July 1995 in Rhode Island.

    The college girls (and their older/younger sisters) were all listening to Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill album.

    Watching the film Babe, about a happy little pig, with your family

    1st Appearances & 1995’s Most Popular Christmas Gifts, Toys and Presents:
    Barbie as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Barbie as Maria in the Sound of Music, Barbie and Ken Star Trek giftset
    Popular and Best-selling Books From 1995:
    Beach Music by Pat Conroy
    The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
    The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
    The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
    Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
    Five Days in Paris by Danielle Steel
    From Potter’s Field by Patricia Cornwell
    The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
    Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
    The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
    “L” Is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
    Lightning by Danielle Steel
    The Lost World by Michael Crichton
    Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
    Politically Correct Holiday Stories by James Finn Garner
    The Rainmaker by John Grisham
    The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
    Rose Madder by Stephen King
    Sabbath’s Theater by Philip Roth
    Broadway Show :
    Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Review) Opened on March 2, 1995, and closed on January 16, 2000
    Best Film Oscar Winner:
    Forrest Gump (presented in 1995)
    1995 Entries to The National Film Registry:
    The Adventures of Robin Hood (released in 1938)
    All That Heaven Allows (released in 1955)
    American Graffiti (released in 1973)
    The Band Wagon (released in 1953)
    Blacksmith Scene (released in 1893)
    Cabaret (released in 1972)
    Chan Is Missing (released in 1982)
    The Conversation (released in 1974)
    The Day the Earth Stood Still (released in 1951)
    El Norte (released in 1983)
    Fatty’s Tintype Tangle (released in 1915)
    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (released in 1921)
    Fury (released in 1936)
    Gerald McBoing-Boing (released in 1951)
    The Hospital (released in 1971)
    Jammin’ the Blues (released in 1944)
    The Last of the Mohicans (released in 1920)
    Manhattan (released in 1921)
    North By Northwest (released in 1959)
    The Philadelphia Story (released in 1940)
    Rip Van Winkle (released in 1896)
    Seventh Heaven (released in 1927)
    Stagecoach (released in 1939)
    To Fly!  released in 1976)
    To Kill a Mockingbird (released in 1962)
    The Big Movies: (according to boxofficemojo)
    1.  oy Story
    2.  atman Forever
    3.  pollo 13
    4.  ocahontas
    5.  ce Ventura: When Nature Calls
    6.  oldenEye
    7.  umanji
    8.  asper
    9. Seven
    10.  ie Hard: With A Vengeance
    1995 Most Popular TV Shows:
    1.  .R. (NBC)
    2.  einfeld (NBC)
    3.  riends (NBC)
    4.  aroline In The City (NBC)
    5.  he Single Guy (NBC)
    6.  ome Improvement (ABC)
    7.  oston Common (FOX)
    8. 60 Minutes (CBS)
    9.  YPD Blue (ABC)
    10.  rasier (NBC)

    1995 Billboard Number One Songs:
    December 3, 1994 – January 13, 1995:
    On Bended Knee – Boyz II Men

    January 14 – January 27:
    Here Comes the Hotstepper – Ini Kamoze

    January 28 – February 24:
    Creep – TLC

    February 25 – April 14:
    Take A Bow – Madonna

    April 15 – June 2:
    This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan

    June 3 – July 7:
    Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman – Bryan Adams

    July 8 – August 25:
    Waterfalls – TLC

    August 26 – September 1:
    Kiss From A Rose – Seal

    September 2 – September 8:
    You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson

    September 9 – September 29:
    Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio

    September 30 – November 24:
    Fantasy – Mariah Carey

    November 25 – December 1:
    Exhale (Shoop Shoop) – Whitney Houston

    December 2, 1995 – March 22, 1996:
    One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men

    Sports:
    World Series Champions: Atlanta Braves
    Super Bowl XXIX Champions: San Francisco 49ers
    NBA Champions: Houston Rockets
    Stanley Cup Champs: New Jersey Devils
    U.S. Open Golf Corey Pavin
    U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Pete Sampras/Steffi Graf
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Pete Sampras/Steffi Graf
    NCAA Football Champions: Nebraska
    NCAA Basketball Champions: UCLA
    Kentucky Derby: Thunder Gulch
  • 1995 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1995 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1995 Top 100 Music Hits Chart

    1. Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex
    2. One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey & Boys II Men
    3. I’ll Be There For You – Rembrandts
    4. Get Ready For This – 2 Unlimited
    5. We’ve Got It Goin’ On – Backstreet Boys
    6. This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan
    7. Boombastic – Shaggy
    8. Run Away – Real McCoy
    9. Take Your Time (Do It Right) – Max-A-Million
    10. Jeremy – Pearl Jam
    11. The Man Who Sold The World – Nirvana
    12. Fantasy – Mariah Carey
    13. Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? – Bryan Adams
    14. Fat Boy – Max-A-Million
    15. Ants Marching – Dave Matthews Band
    16. Lightning Crashes – Live
    17. Sexual Healing – Max-A-Million
    18. Better Man – Pearl Jam
    19. I Like It, I Love It – Tim McGraw
    20. You Gotta Be – Des’ree
    21. I Wish – Skee-Lo
    22. Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root
    23. Kiss From A Rose – Seal
    24. Come And Get Your Love – Real McCoy
    25. What Would You Say – Dave Matthews Band
    26. The Woman In Me – Shania Twain
    27. When I Come Around – Green Day
    28. Tootsie Roll – 69 Boyz
    29. I Believe – Blessid Union Of Souls
    30. Hey Lover – LL Cool J
    31. Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio
    32. Everything Zen – Bush
    33. Big Poppa – Notorious B.I.G.
    34. Any Man Of Mine – Shania Twain
    35. Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) – Scatman
    36. Let Me Be The One – Blessid Union Of Souls
    37. Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
    38. Total Eclipse of the Heart – Nikki French
    39. Colors Of The Wind – Vanessa Williams
    40. Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A Number – Aaliyah
    41. The Bomb! – The Bucketheads
    42. Boom Boom Boom – Outhere Bros.
    43. I Got Id – Pearl Jam
    44. I Could Fall In Love – Selena
    45. Good – Better Than Ezra
    46. Tonight Is The Night – Le Click
    47. Run-Around – Blues Traveller
    48. December – Collective Soul
    49. Hooked On You – Silk
    50. Short Short Man – 20 Fingers
    51. Waterfalls – TLC
    52. Roll To Me – Del Amitri
    53. Carnival – Natalie Merchant
    54. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) – Whitney Houston
    55. Creep – TLC
    56. Dreaming Of You – Selena
    57. Good Intentions – Toad The Wet Sprocket
    58. Misery – Soul Asylum
    59. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me – U2
    60. New Age Girl – Dead Eye Dick
    61. (I Could Only) Whisper Your Name – Harry Connick, Jr.
    62. Hurt – Nine Inch Nails
    63. You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
    64. Baby Baby – Corona
    65. Buddy Holly – Weezer
    66. As I Lay Me Down – Sophie B. Hawkins
    67. Baby – Brandy
    68. Lick It – Roula
    69. Hand In My Pocket – Alanis Morissette
    70. Seether – Veruca Salt
    71. I Kissed A Girl – Jill Sobule
    72. Let Her Cry – Hootie and the Blowfish
    73. You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson
    74. I’m The Only One – Melissa Ethridge
    75. Wonderful – Adam Ant
    76. Thank You – Boyz II Men
    77. Corduroy – Pearl Jam
    78. I’d Lie For You (And That’s The Truth) – Meatloaf
    79. Only Wanna Be With You – Hootie and the Blowfish
    80. Shy Guy – Diana King
    81. Red Light Special – TLC
    82. Diggin’ On You – TLC
    83. The Rhythm Of The Night – Corona
    84. Ain’t Nothin’ But A She Thing – Salt-N-Pepa
    85. Scream – Micael and Janet Jackson
    86. I Can Love You Like That -All-4-One
    87. If I Wanted To – Melissa Etheridge
    88. You’ll See – Madonna
    89. Hold My Hand – Hootie and the Blowfish
    90. You Got It – Bobbie Raitt
    91. Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead
    92. Girlstown – Supercat
    93. How High – Redman and Method Man
    94. Can I Touch You… There? – Michael Bolton
    95. Who’s Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? -Shania Twain
    96. Comedown – Bush
    97. No More “I Love You’s” – Annie Lennox
    98. Doll Parts – Hole
    99. A Mover La Colita – Artie The 1 Man Party
    100. Big Yellow Taxi – Amy Grant
  • 1995 Oscars 67th Academy Awards

    1995 Oscars 67th Academy Awards

    1995 Oscars 67th Academy Awards

    • Winners Announced: March 27, 1995
    • Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
    • Host: David Letterman
    • Eligibility Year: 1994

    Trivia

    • Forrest Gump Dominance: The film took home six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Tom Hanks.
    • First-time Oscar for Martin Landau: Won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Ed Wood.
    • Disney’s Golden Year: The Lion King snagged two Oscars for Best Original Song and Best Original Score.
    • Tarantino’s Debut: Quentin Tarantino received his first Oscar nomination and win for Best Original Screenplay for Pulp Fiction.
    • “Uma, Oprah”: Host David Letterman’s joke trying to introduce Uma Thurman to Oprah Winfrey became an awkward moment that’s still talked about.
    • Blue Sky Surprise: Jessica Lange won Best Actress for Blue Sky, a film completed in 1991 but delayed due to the bankruptcy of its studio.
    • Four Weddings and a Funeral Breakout: The British film was nominated for Best Picture and helped boost Hugh Grant’s career.
    • SFX Achievement: Speed won for both Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing, proving action flicks could win in technical categories.

    1995 Oscar Nominees and Winners

    Best Picture:
    Forrest Gump – Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, producers (WINNER)
    Four Weddings and a Funeral – Duncan Kenworthy, producer
    Pulp Fiction – Lawrence Bender, producer
    Quiz Show – Robert Redford, Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, and Michael Nozik, producers
    The Shawshank Redemption – Niki Marvin, producer
    Best Director:
    Robert Zemeckis – Forrest Gump (WINNER)
    Woody Allen – Bullets over Broadway
    Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction
    Robert Redford – Quiz Show
    Krzysztof Kieslowski – Red
    Best Actor:
    Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump as Forrest Gump (WINNER)
    Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding
    Nigel Hawthorne – The Madness of King George as King George III of the United Kingdom
    Paul Newman – Nobody’s Fool as Donald “Sully” Sullivan
    John Travolta – Pulp Fiction as Vincent Vega
    Best Actress:
    Jessica Lange – Blue Sky as Carly Marshall (WINNER)
    Jodie Foster – Nell as Nell Kellty
    Miranda Richardson – Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
    Winona Ryder – Little Women as Josephine “Jo” March
    Susan Sarandon – The Client as Regina “Reggie” Love
    Best Supporting Actor:
    Martin Landau – Ed Wood as Bela Lugosi (WINNER)
    Samuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnfield
    Chazz Palminteri – Bullets over Broadway as Cheech
    Paul Scofield – Quiz Show as Mark Van Doren
    Gary Sinise – Forrest Gump as Lt. Dan Taylor
    Best Supporting Actress:
    Dianne Wiest – Bullets over Broadway as Helen Sinclair (WINNER)
    Rosemary Harris – Tom & Viv as Rose Robinson Haigh-Wood
    Helen Mirren – The Madness of King George as Queen Charlotte
    Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace
    Jennifer Tilly – Bullets over Broadway as Olive Neal
    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
    Pulp Fiction – Written by Quentin Tarantino; Story by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (WINNER)
    Bullets over Broadway – Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath
    Four Weddings and a Funeral – Richard Curtis
    Heavenly Creatures – Peter Jackson and Frances Walsh
    Red – Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz
    Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
    Forrest Gump – Eric Roth based on the novel by Winston Groom (WINNER)
    The Madness of King George – Alan Bennett based on his stage play The Madness of George III
    Nobody’s Fool – Robert Benton based on the novel by Richard Russo
    Quiz Show – Paul Attanasio based on the book Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin
    The Shawshank Redemption – Frank Darabont based on the short novel “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King
    Best Foreign Language Film:
    Burnt by the Sun (Russia) in Russian – Nikita Mikhalkov, director (WINNER)
    Before the Rain (Macedonia) in Macedonian, Albanian, and English – Milcho Manchevski, director
    Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwan) in Mandarin Chinese – Ang Lee, director
    Farinelli: Il Castrato (Belgium) in French and Italian – Gérard Corbiau, director
    Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba) in Spanish – Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, directors
    Best Documentary Feature:
    Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision – Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders (WINNER)
    Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter – Deborah Hoffmann
    D-Day Remembered – Charles Guggenheim
    Freedom on My Mind – Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford
    A Great Day in Harlem – Jean Bach
    Best Documentary Short Subject:
    A Time for Justice – Charles Guggenheim (WINNER)
    89mm from Europe – Marcel Lozinski
    Blues Highway – Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag
    School of the Americas Assassins – Robert Richter
    Straight from the Heart – Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid
    Best Live Action Short Film:
    Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life – Peter Capaldi and Ruth Kenley-Letts (WINNER)
    Trevor – Peggy Rajski and Randy Stone (WINNER)
    Kangaroo Court – Sean Astin and Christine Astin
    On Hope – JoBeth Williams and Michele McGuire
    Syrup – Paul Unwin and Nick Vivian
    Best Animated Short Film:
    Bob’s Birthday – Alison Snowden and David Fine (WINNER)
    The Big Story – Tim Watts and David Stoten
    The Janitor – Vanessa Schwartz
    The Monk and the Fish – Michaël Dudok de Wit
    Triangle – Erica Russell
    Best Original Score:
    The Lion King – Hans Zimmer (WINNER)
    Forrest Gump – Alan Silvestri
    Interview with the Vampire – Elliot Goldenthal
    Little Women – Thomas Newman
    The Shawshank Redemption – Thomas Newman
    Best Original Song:
    “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice (WINNER)
    “Circle of Life” from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice
    “Hakuna Matata” from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice
    “Look What Love Has Done” from Junior – Music and Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram and Patty Smyth
    “Make Up Your Mind” from The Paper – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
    Best Sound Effects Editing:
    Speed – Stephen Hunter Flick (WINNER)
    Clear and Present Danger – Bruce Stambler and John Leveque
    Forrest Gump – Gloria Borders and Randy Thom
    Best Sound:
    Speed – Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan (WINNER)
    Clear and Present Danger – Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño and Art Rochester
    Forrest Gump – Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan
    Legends of the Fall – Paul Massey, David E. Campbell, Chris David and Douglas Ganton
    The Shawshank Redemption – Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie D. Burton
    Best Art Direction:
    The Madness of King George – Art Direction: Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Carolyn Scott (WINNER)
    Bullets over Broadway – Art Direction: Santo Loquasto; Set Decoration: Susan Bode
    Forrest Gump – Art Direction: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
    Interview with the Vampire – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
    Legends of the Fall – Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Dorree Cooper
    Best Cinematography:
    Legends of the Fall – John Toll (WINNER)
    Forrest Gump – Don Burgess
    The Shawshank Redemption – Roger Deakins
    Red – Piotr Sobocinski
    Wyatt Earp – Owen Roizman
    Best Makeup:
    Ed Wood – Ve Neill, Rick Baker and Yolanda Toussieng (WINNER)
    Forrest Gump – Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D’Amore and Judith A. Cory
    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen and Carol Hemming
    Best Costume Design:
    The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel (WINNER)
    Bullets over Broadway – Jeffrey Kurland
    Little Women – Colleen Atwood
    Maverick – April Ferry
    Queen Margot – Moidele Bickel
    Best Film Editing:
    Forrest Gump – Arthur Schmidt (WINNER)
    Hoop Dreams – Frederick Marx, Steve James and Bill Haugse
    Pulp Fiction – Sally Menke
    The Shawshank Redemption – Richard Francis-Bruce
    Speed – John Wright
    Best Visual Effects:
    Forrest Gump – Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall (WINNER)
    The Mask – Scott Squires, Steve Spaz Williams, Tom Bertino and Jon Farhat
    True Lies – John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis and Patrick McClung
    Academy Honorary Award:
    Michelangelo Antonioni
    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
    Quincy Jones
    Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award:
    Clint Eastwood
  • 1995 Grammy Award Winners

    1995 Grammy Award Winners

    1995 Grammy Award Winners

    • Winners Announced: March 1, 1995
    • Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
    • Host: Paul Reiser
    • Eligibility Year: October 1, 1993 – September 30, 1994

    Trivia

    • Sheryl Crow Takes Flight: Sheryl Crow won three awards, including Record of the Year for All I Wanna Do.
    • King of Pop: Michael Jackson snagged a Grammy for Best Music Video for Scream, his duet with sister Janet Jackson.
    • Songwriting Success: Bruce Springsteen won Song of the Year for Streets of Philadelphia, which also nabbed him an Oscar the previous year.
    • Country Spotlight: Mary Chapin Carpenter’s Shut Up and Kiss Me won Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
    • Classical Crossover: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma won Best Instrumental Soloist Performance for his rendition of the six Bach Cello Suites.
    • New Age Aura: Enya won Best New Age Album for The Memory of Trees, adding another accolade to her decorated career.
    • Jazz Maestro: McCoy Tyner won Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for Impressions.

    1995 Grammy Winners

    Record of the Year:
    All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
    Album of the Year:
    MTV Unplugged, Tony Bennett (Columbia)
    Song of the Year:
    Streets of Philadelphia (Theme from Philadelphia), Bruce Springsteen, songwriter
    Best New Artist:
    Sheryl Crow
    Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male:
    Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Elton John
    Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female:
    All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
    Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    I Swear – All-4-One
    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance:
    MTV Unplugged, Tony Bennett
    Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
    Cruisin’ – Booker T and the MG’s
    Best Pop Vocal Collaboration:
    Funny How Time Slips Away – Al Green and Lyle Lovett
    Best Pop Album:
    Longing in Their Hearts, Bonnie Raitt (Capitol)
    Best Rock Album:
    Voodoo Lounge, The Rolling Stones (Virgin)
    Best Rock Gospel Album:
    Wake-Up Call, Petra (Dayspring)
    Best Rock Song:
    Streets of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen, songwriter
    Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male:
    Streets of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen
    Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female:
    Come to My Window – Melissa Etheridge
    Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    Crazy – Aerosmith
    Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
    Marooned – Pink Floyd
    Best Hard Rock Performance:
    Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
    Best Metal Performance:
    Spoonman – Soundgarden
    Best Alternative Music Performance:
    Dookie, Green Day
    Best Rhythm and Blues:
    Album II, Boyz II Men (Motown)
    Best Rhythm and Blues Song:
    I’ll Make Love to You – Babyface, songwriter
    Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male:
    When Can I See You – Babyface
    Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female:
    Breathe Again – Toni Braxton
    Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men
    Best Rap Solo Performance:
    U.N.I.T.Y. – Queen Latifah
    Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group:
    None of Your Business – Salt-N-Pepa
    Best Jazz Vocal Performance:
    Mystery Lady (Songs of Billie Holiday), Etta James
    Best Jazz Instrumental Solo:
    Prelude to a Kiss – Benny Carpenter
    Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group:
    A Tribute to Miles, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams
    Best Contemporary Jazz Performance:
    Out of the Loop – Brecker Brothers
    Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance:
    Journey – McCoy Tyner Big Band
    Best Latin Jazz Performance:
    Danzon – Arturo Sandoval
    Best Country Album:
    Stones in the Road, Mary Chapin Carpenter (Columbia)
    Best Country Song:
    I Swear – Gary Baker and Frank J. Meyers, songwriters
    Best Country Vocal Performance, Male:
    When Love Finds You – Vince Gill
    Best Country Vocal Performance, Female:
    Shut Up and Kiss Me – Mary Chapin Carpenter
    Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    Blues for Dixie – Asleep at the Wheel with Lyle Lovett
    Best Country Vocal Collaboration:
    I Fall to Pieces – Aaron Neville and Trisha Yearwood
    Best County Instrumental Performance:
    Young Thing – Chet Atkins
    Best Bluegrass Album:
    The Great Dobro Sessions, various artists (Sugar Hill)
    Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
    Songs of the Church – Live in Memphis, Albertina Walker (Benson)
    Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
    Join the Band, Take 6 (Reprise/Warner Alliance)
    Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
    Mercy, Andrae Crouch (Qwest/Warner Alliance)
    Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
    I Know Who Holds Tomorrow, Alison Krauss and the Cox Family (Rounder)
    Best Gospel Album By a Choir or Chorus (tie):
    Through God’s Eyes, Thompson Community Singers; Rev. Milton Brunson, choir director (Word)
    Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College, Love Fellowship Crusade Choir; Hezekiah Walker, choir director (Benson)
    Best Latin Pop Performance:
    Segundo Romance – Luis Miguel
    Best Tropical Latin Performance:
    Master Sessions Volume 1, Chachao
    Best Mexican-American Performance:
    Recuerdo a Javier Solis – Vikki Carr
    Best Traditional Blues Album:
    From the Cradle, Eric Clapton (Reprise)
    Best Contemporary Blues Album:
    Father Father, Pops Staples (Pointblank)
    Best Traditional Folk Album:
    World Gone Wrong, Bob Dylan (Columbia)
    Best Contemporary Folk Album:
    American Recordings, Johnny Cash (American Recordings)
    Best Reggae Album:
    Crucial! Roots Classics, Bunny Wailer (Shanachie)
    Best New Age Album:
    Prayer for the Wild Things, Paul Winter (Living Music Records)
    Best World Music Album:
    Talking Timbuktu, Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder (Hannibal)
    Best Polka Album:
    Music and Friends, Walter Ostanek Band (WRS)
    Best Instrumental Arrangement:
    Three Cowboy Songs – Dave Grusin, arranger
    Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal(s):
    Circle of Life – Lebo Morake and Hans Zimmer, arrangers
    Best Instrumental Composition:
    African Skies – Michael Brecker, composer
    Best Musical Show Album:
    Passion, Original Broadway cast (Angel)
    Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    Schindler’s List, John Williams, composer
    Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    Streets of Philadelphia (From Philadelphia), Bruce Springsteen, songwriter
    Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
    Cello Concerto – Stephen Albert, composer
    Best Classical Album:
    Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
    Best Chamber Music Performance:
    Beethoven and Mozart, Quintets, Daniel Barenboim, piano; Dale Clevenger, horn; Larry Combs, clarinet; Daniele Damiano, bassoon; Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe
    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra):
    The New York Album (Works of Albert, Bartok and Bloch), David Zinman conducting Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Yo-Yo Ma, cellist and alto violinist
    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra):
    Haydn, Piano Sonatas nos. 32, 47, 53 and 59, Emmanuel Ax, pianist
    Best Orchestral Performance:
    Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12, Pierre Boulez, conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    Best Opera Recording:
    Floyd, Susannah, Kent Nagano conducting Orchestra and Chorus of Opera de Lyon; solos: Studer, Hadley, Ramey and Chester (Virgin Classics)
    Best Performance of a Choral:
    Work Berlioz, Messe Solennelle, John Eliot Gardiner, choir director, the Monteverdi Choir, Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique and various artists
    Best Classical Vocal Performance:
    The Impatient Lover (Italian Songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, etc.), Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Andras Schiff, piano
    Best Spoken Comedy Album:
    Live From Hell, Sam Kinison (Priority Records)
    Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:
    Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag, Henry Rollins (Time Warner Audiobooks)
    Best Musical Album for Children:
    The Lion King – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, various artists (Walt Disney Records)
    Best Spoken Word Album for Children:
    The Lion King Read-Along, original cast (Walt Disney Records)
    Best Recording Package:
    Tribute to the Music of Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys, Buddy Jackson, art director (Liberty)
    Best Recording Package – Boxed:
    The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books, Chris Thompson, art director (Verve)
    Best Album Notes:
    Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1923?1934, Dan Morgenstern and Loren Schoenberg, album notes writers (Columbia/Legacy/Smithsonian)
    Best Historical Album:
    The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books on Verve (Verve)
    Best Music Video, Short Form:
    Love Is Strong – The Rolling Stones
    Best Music Video, Long Form:
    Zoo TV: Live From Sydney, U2
    Producer of the Year (Non-Classical):
    Don Was
    Classical Producer of the Year:
    Andrew Cornall
  • 1994 Number One Hits

    1994 Number One Hits

    1994 Billboard Number One Hits:

    December 25, 1993 – January 21, 1994:
    Hero – Mariah Carey
    January 22 – February 11:
    All For Love – Bryan Adams/Rod Stewart/Sting
    February 12 – March 11:
    Power of Love – Céline Dion
    March 12 – April 8:
    The Sign – Ace of Base
    April 9 – May 20:
    Bump N’ Grind – R. Kelly
    May 21 – August 5:
    I Swear – All-4-One
    August 6 – August 26:
    Stay (I Missed You) – Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
    August 27 – December 2:
    I’ll Make Love To You – Boyz II Men
    December 3, 1994 – December 16th:
    On Bended Knee – Boyz II Men
    December 17, 1994 – January 27, 1995:
    Here Comes The Hotstepper – Ini Kamozi

    (Data is compiled from various charts including Billboard’s “Pop,” “Rock,” “Airplay,” “R&B/Dance” and “Singles” Charts. The “Hot 100” is the primary chart used for this list.)

  • 1994 History, Fun Facts and Trivia

    1994 History, Fun Facts and Trivia

    1994 History, Fun Facts and Trivia

    • The Game Changer: Playstation released
    • The Hobby: Beanie Babies Mania began. Many people ‘invested’ in them, and now have millions of Beanies carefully preserved in attics and closets.
    • The Top Song was I’ll Make Love To You by Boyz II Men
    • The Movies to Watch include Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Angels in the Outfield, Clear and Present Danger and The Crow
    • The Most Famous Person in the World was probably Nelson Mandela
    • Notable books include: Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
    • Price of 10 oz Cheex-it crackers in 1994: $1.99
      Price of a daily newspaper: 25 cents
    • The Funny Old Guys were: Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks
    • The Funny Young Guy was: Martin Lawrence
      The Funny Movie Guy was: Jim Carrey
    • The Conversation: The biggest Pop Culture Event was the “O.J. Simpson White Bronco Car Chase” televised live on nearly every network.
    • The  Other Conversation: Was National Figure Skating Champ Tonya Harding responsible for the attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan?
    Year of the Dog
    The year of the dog is one of the 12 years in the Chinese zodiac cycle.
    The dog is the eleventh animal in the cycle. The years of the dog include: 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030, 2042, 2054, and 2066
    The year of the dog is associated with loyalty, honesty, and a sense of justice. People born in the year of the dog are said to be honest, loyal, and have a strong sense of justice. They are also said to be reliable, responsible, and have a strong sense of duty. They are known to be quite independent, and they don’t like to be told what to do. They are also known to be quite intelligent, and they are often able to think things through before acting. They are said to be quite successful in their careers, and they are often able to achieve great things. They are also known to be quite straightforward, and they don’t like to beat around the bush.
    Top Ten Baby Names of 1994:
    Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha, Sarah, Michael, Chris, Topher, Matthew, Joshua, Tyler
    Fashion Icons and Sex Symbols:
    Claudia Schiffer, Elle Macpherson
    Leading Men and Hollywood Hunks:
    George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, John Travolta
    “The Quote:”
    “My momma always said that life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”
    – Tom Hanks in ‘Forrest Gump’
    Time Magazine’s Man of the Year:
    Pope John Paul II
    Miss America:
    Kimberly Aiken (Columbia, SC)
    Miss USA:
    Lu Parker (South Carolina)

    The Scandals:
    Tonya Harding (the antagonist) and Nancy Kerrigan (the protagonist) ice skating rivalry resulted in some friends of Tonya, including her husband Jeff Gillooly and associates Shawn Eckhardt and Shane Stant, attempting to bust Nancy’s kneecaps at the U.S. Figure Skating Championship.
    She had to withdraw, but did well for herself with endorsements and winning the Silver Medal in the Olympics in 1994.

    On June 17th, a white Ford Bronco belonging to Simpson’s friend, Al Cowlings, was watched by the entire nation since it was carrying a now fugitive, O.J. Simpson, who was “holding a gun to Al’s head”. A note from O.J., sounding like a suicide note, was read to police by his lawyer.

    Aaliyah (1/16/1979) was 15 years old when she married R. Kelly (1/8/1967) on 8/31/1994. He was 28 and she was 16 when their marriage was annulled on 2/7/1995.

    Brief Celebrity marriages:
    Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley
    Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford
    Rock and Roll Death:
    Kurt Cobain (suicide)
    Serial Killer Prison Death:
    Jeffrey Dahmer
    Beloved Comedian Death:
    John Candy
    Disgraced Politician Death:
    Richard Nixon. We don’t have him to kick around anymore.
    RIP:
    Rebecca Schaeffer, a 21-year-old actress, was shot at her front door by an obsessed fan and later died created calls for the Nation’s first anti-stalking Law’s in 1990. In 1994, the ‘Driver’s Privacy Protection Act’ made it illegal to release people’s private addresses.

    World News:
    The University of Erfurt in Germany was founded in 1379 and closed in 1816. But it was re-established in 1994 following Germany’s reunification. It probably is both the oldest and youngest University in Germany.

    According to his biography, Kim Jung-Il first picked up a golf club in 1994, at North Korea’s only golf course, and shot a 38-under par round that included no fewer than 11 holes in one. Satisfied with his performance, he reportedly immediately declared his retirement from the sport.

    Pop Culture Facts & History:
    Soul Asylum’s 1994 music video for Runaway Train helped find 25 of the 36 missing children featured in the music video.
     
     Michael Crichton, the screenwriter of Jurassic Park, had a novel (Disclosure) and a television show (ER) reach the US number one at the same time the film did in 1994. He is the only person to achieve these hits simultaneously.

    For one November week in 1994, Tim Allen had the #1 movie at the box office (The Santa Clause), The #1 rated TV show (Home Improvement), and the #1 NY Times bestselling book (Don’t Stand Too Close to a Naked Man).

    The first series produced by Cartoon Network was Space Ghost Coast to Coast in 1994, to target an older audience.

    The Beastie Boys coined the term “mullet” to refer to a hairstyle in 1994 in their song Mullet Head. No earlier use of the term “mullet” that refers to a hairstyle has been found.

    The Wonderbra was invented.

    Liam Neeson turned down the role of James Bond in Goldeneye in 1994 because he “has never been interested in starring in action movies”.

    At the time of its release, True Lies was the most expensive film ever made, as the first film to have over a $100 million production budget.

    Despite being a trained Broadway singer, Matthew Broderick only voiced the speaking role of adult Simba in 1994’s The Lion King. Simba’s singing voice was provided by Joseph Williams, the lead singer of Toto.

    Voiced-over trailers hit their peak in 1994 when all top 10 box office movies featured one.

    Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Hammer was purchased for $30,802,500 in 1994 by Bill Gates; 3 years later he released a digital version of the historic diary for all the world to see.

    Pearl Jam canceled their 1994 summer tour after they found out Ticket Master was demanding a ‘service charge’ for fan’s tickets.

    Country music star Alan Jackson was asked to use a pre-recorded version of his song Gone Country when performing live at the Country Music Awards. He protested by having his drummer perform with no drum sticks in his hand the whole performance.

    Frank Sinatra’s acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of The River of Dreams later on, simply looking at his watch and saying ‘valuable advertising time going by…’.

    Lisa Loeb was the first artist ever to have a number one hit without being signed to a record label with the song Stay in 1994. She didn’t even have an album out when the song became a number one single.

    Thrift Shop by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis was the first song since 1994 to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.

    Kevin Briggs, a San Francisco Highway Patrol Officer and a veteran of the US Army, has talked approximately 200 people out of suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge since 1994.

    Harley-Davidson filed a trademark application in 1994 for the sound produced by their motorcycles. After many objections and even litigation, they dropped all efforts in 2000.

    Finding the proof for Fermat’s last theorem (x^n+ y^n = z^n) was considered as the most difficult math problem and was even listed in the Guinness book of world records. Andrew Wiles cracked it in 1994 and won $ 700,000. When n=2 this is the Pythagoras Theorem.

    After Sports Illustrated published its “Bag It, Michael” cover story about his less-than-stellar baseball career in 1994, Michael Jordan cut off all official communication with the magazine.

    NFL officials used to use a gunshot to signal the end of a quarter. In 1994 they switched to using a whistle.

    The 1967 Velvet Underground album The Velvet Underground & Nico didn’t reach the UK charts until 1994 and peaked in 2013 after Velvet Underground singer Lou Reed died.

    Procter & Gamble argued that Pringles were only 42% potato flour, with the rest mostly a slurry of wheat starch, corn and rice flour, and vegetable oil. They made this argument because according to Britain’s 1994 VAT Act, potato products were subject to a 17.5% tax.

    From 1994-1999 George Foreman was paid about 40% of the profits on each Foreman grill sold, earning him $4.5M a month in payouts at its peak. In the period it’s estimated he received over $200M, more than he did as a boxer.

    George Foreman first became the Heavyweight World Champion in 1973 by knocking out Joe Frazier. In 1994, at 45 years old, he regained the title. After 4 title defenses, he finally lost the title in 1997 just a few months short of his 49th birthday.

    Cost of a Super Bowl ad in 1994: $900,000

     
    The Mystery:
    In 1994, Oakville, WA experienced a rainstorm in which gelatinous blobs fell onto a farm. The blobs were examined and found to contain human white blood cells but they did not contain nuclei, which is something human white cells do have. Theories persist, but none have been proven correct.
    The Love Letter:
     Johnny Cash wrote a letter to June Carter in 1994 was voted the greatest love letter of all time. They were married from 1968 till June passed away in 2003. Johnny died 4 months later.
    Happy Birthday Princess,
    We get old and get use to each other. We think alike. We read each others minds. We know what the other wants without asking. Sometimes we irritate each other a little bit. Maybe sometimes take each other for granted. But once in awhile, like today, I meditate on it and realize how lucky I am to share my life with the greatest woman I ever met. You still fascinate and inspire me.You influence me for the better. You’re the object of my desire, the #1 Earthly reason for my existence. I love you very much. 
    Happy Birthday Princess. John
    The Habit:
    Watching ER on NBC.
    1st Appearances & 1994’s Most Popular Christmas Gifts, Toys and Presents:
    Starting Lineup statuettes, Barbie as Scarlett O’Hara & Ken as Rhett Butler, Barbie as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, Blurt!
    Popular and Best-selling Books From 1994:
    Accident by Danielle Steel
    The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
    The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
    The Chamber by John Grisham
    Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy
    Disclosure by Michael Crichton
    The Gift by Danielle Steel
    Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
    The Ice Storm by Rick Moody
    Insomnia by Stephen King
    Disney’s The Lion King (adapted by) Justine Korman
    Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner
    Remember Me by Mary Higgins Clark
    Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller
    Taltos by Anne Rice
    Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore
    Wings by Danielle Steel
    Broadway Show:
    Beauty and the Beast (Musical) Opened on April 18, 1994, and closed on July 29, 2007
    Grease (Musical) Opened on May 11, 1994, and closed on January 25, 1998 (revival)
    Best Film Oscar Winner:
    Schindler’s List (presented in 1994)
    1994 Entries to The National Film Registry:
    The African Queen (released in 1951)
    The Apartment (released in 1960)
    The Cool World (released in 1963)
    A Corner in Wheat (released in 1909)
    E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (released in 1982)
    The Exploits of Elaine (released in 1914)
    Force of Evil (released in 1948)
    Freaks (released in 1932)
    Hell’s Hinges (released in 1916)
    Hospital (released in 1970)
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (released in 1956)
    The Lady Eve (released in 1941)
    Louisiana Story (released in 1948)
    The Manchurian Candidate (released in 1962)
    Marty (released in 1955)
    Meet Me in St. Louis (released in 1944)
    Midnight Cowboy (released in 1969)
    A MOVIE (released in 1958)
    Pinocchio (released in 1940)
    Safety Last! (released in 1923)
    Scarface (released in 1932)
    Snow White (released in 1933)
    Tabu (released in 1931)
    Taxi Driver (released in 1976)
    Zapruder Film (released in 1963)
    The Big Movies: (according to boxofficemojo)
    1. Forrest Gump
    2. The Lion King
    3. True Lies
    4. The Santa Clause
    5. The Flintstones
    6. Dumb and Dumber
    7. Clear and Present Danger
    8. Speed
    9. The Mask
    10. Pulp Fiction
    1994 Most Popular TV Shows:
    1. Seinfeld (NBC)
    2. E.R. (NBC)
    3. Home Improvement (ABC)
    4. Grace Under Fire (ABC)
    5. NYPD Blue (ABC)
    6. Murder, She Wrote (CBS)
    7. Friends (NBC)
    8. Roseanne (ABC)
    9. Mad About You (NBC)
    10. Madman of the People (NBC)

    1994 Billboard Number One Songs:
    December 25, 1993  – January 2, 19941:
    Hero – Mariah Carey

    January 22 – February 11:
    All For Love – Bryan Adams/Rod Stewart/Sting

    February 12 – March 11:
    Power of Love – Céline Dion

    March 12 – April 15:
    The Sign – Ace of Base

    April 16 – May 20:
    Bump N’ Grind – R. Kelly

    May 21 – August 5:
    I Swear – All-4-One

    August 6 – August 26:
    Stay (I Missed You) – Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories

    August 27 – December 2:
    I’ll Make Love To You – Boyz II Men

    December 3, 1994 – January 13, 1995:
    On Bended Knee – Boyz II Men

    Sports:
    World Series Champions: No one…Major League Baseball Players Association was on strike.
    Super Bowl XXVIII Champions: Dallas Cowboys
    NBA Champions: Houston Rockets
    Stanley Cup Champs: New York Rangers
    U.S. Open Golf Ernie Ells
    U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Andre Agassi/Sanchez Vicario
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Pete Sampras/Conchita Martinez
    NCAA Football Champions: Nebraska
    NCAA Basketball Champions: Arkansas
    Kentucky Derby: Go For Gin
    World Cup (Soccer): Brazil
  • 1994 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1994 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1994 Top 100 Popular Music Chart

    1. All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
    2. I’ll Make Love To You – Boys II Men
    3. Turn The Beat Around – Gloria Estefan
    4. I Like To Move It – Reel 2 Real
    5. I Swear – John Michael Montgomery (or All-4-One)
    6. Beautiful In My Eyes – Joshua Kadison
    7. Circle Of Life – Elton John
    8. Power Of Love – Celene Dion
    9. The Sign – Ace of Base
    10. Always – Bon Jovi
    11. Crazy – Aerosmith
    12. Can You Feel The Love Tonight – Elton John
    13. Action – Terror Fabulous
    14. 100% Pure Love – Crystal Waters
    15. At Your Best (You Are Love) – Aaliyah
    16. Regulate – Warren G & Nate Dogg
    17. Mr. Vain – Culture Beat
    18. On Bended Knee – Boyz II Men
    19. Mr. Jones – Counting Crows
    20. Whatta Man – Salt N Pepa
    21. Another Night – Real McCoy
    22. Endless Love – Mariah Carey & Luthor Vandross
    23. All Apologies – Nirvana
    24. Laid – James
    25. All For Love – Bryan Adams, Sting, Rod Stewart
    26. Prayer For The Dying – Seal
    27. Bump ‘N Grind – R. Kelly
    28. All I Want Is You – U2
    29. Return To Innocence – Enigma
    30. Back and Forth – Aaliyah
    31. Moving On Up – M People
    32. I’ll Take You There – General Public
    33. Amazing – Aerosmith
    34. What’s Up – DJ Miko
    35. Here Comes The Hotstepper – Ini Kamoze
    36. What’s My Name – Snoop Doggy Dogg
    37. Fantastic Voyage – Coolio
    38. Bootie Call – BLACKstreet
    39. Wild Night – John Mellencamp & Me’Shell Ndegeocello
    40. Don’t Turn Around – Ace of Base
    41. Love Is All Around – Wet Wet Wet
    42. Having A Party – Rod Stewart & Ronnie Wood
    43. Basket Case – Green Day
    44. Anytime You Need A Friend – Mariah Carey
    45. Come To My Window – Melissa Ethridge
    46. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World – Prince
    47. Loser – Beck
    48. Mary Jane’s Last Dance – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    49. Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through – Meatloaf
    50. Self Esteem – The Offspring 51. Spin The Black Circle – Pearl Jam
    52. Possession – Sarah McLachlan
    53. Baby, I Love Your Way – Big Mountain
    54. Living In Danger – Ace Of Base
    55. Stay (I Missed You) – Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
    56. Without You – Mariah Carey
    57. I’ll Stand By You – Pretenders
    58. Undone – The Sweater Song – Weezer
    59. Long View – Green Day
    60. Low – Cracker
    61. Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
    62. Lucky One – Amy Grant
    63. Welcome To Paradise – Green Day
    64. Shine – Collective Soul
    65. God – Tori Amos
    66. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) – US3
    67. This DJ – Warren G
    68. Closer – Nine Inch Nails
    69. I’ll Remember – Madonna
    70. So Much In Love – All-4-One
    71. About A Girl – Nirvana
    72. Today – Smashing Pumpkins
    73. Love Sneakin’ Up On You – Bonnie Ratt
    74. I Wanna Be Down – Brandy
    75. Always – Erasure 76. Come Out and Play – The Offspring
    77. Lucas With The Lid Off – Lucas
    78. Indian Outlaw – Tim McGraw
    79. Practice What You Preach – Barry White
    80. Sweet Jane – Cowboy Junkies
    81. Keep Ya Head Up – 2Pac
    82. Because The Night – 10,000 Maniacs
    83. Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
    84. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm – Crash Test Dummies
    85. Said I Loved You… But I Lied – Michael Bolton
    86. Dunkie Butt – 12 Guage
    87. Gin and Juice – Snoop Doggy Dogg
    88. Secret – Madonna
    89. Hard Luck Woman – Garth Brooks
    90. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get – Morrissey
    91. Fade Into You – Mazzy Star
    92. Streets of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen
    93. Breathe Again – Toni Braxton
    94. Cannonball – The Breeders
    95. Round Here – Counting Crows
    96. Leaving Las Vegas – Sheryl Crow
    97. Spin The Bottle – Juliana Hatfield
    98. Bizarre Love Triangle – Frente!
    99. Why Haven’t I Heard From You – Reba McEntire
    100. Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon – Urge Overkill
  • 1994 Oscars 66th Academy Awards

    1994 Oscars 66th Academy Awards

    1994 Oscars 66th Academy Awards

    • Winners Announced: March 21, 1994
    • Held at: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
    • Host: Whoopi Goldberg
    • Eligibility Year: 1993

    Trivia

    • Whoopi’s Hosting Debut: Whoopi Goldberg stepped onto the Oscars stage as the host, marking her first time hosting the ceremony.
    • Spielberg’s Sweep: Schindler’s List was the big winner, taking home seven Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director for Steven Spielberg.
    • Hanks on a Roll: Tom Hanks won Best Actor for Philadelphia, making him one of the few actors to win the award in consecutive years.
    • Holly Hunter’s Big Year: Holly Hunter won Best Actress for her role in The Piano, and was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Firm.
    • Double Duty: The Piano didn’t just net Holly Hunter an Oscar; Anna Paquin won for Best Supporting Actress at just 11 years old.
    • Asian Recognition: Farewell My Concubine and The Wedding Banquet were both nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but lost to Belle Époque from Spain.
    • Special Achievements: A special Honorary Award went to Deborah Kerr for her lifetime of work, while a Scientific and Engineering Award went to Petro Vlahos for his work in blue and green screen technology.
    • Take the PCM Hollywood Sign Quiz!

    1994 Oscar Nominees and Winners

    Best Picture:
    Schindler’s List – Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, and Branko Lustig, producers (WINNER)
    The Fugitive – Arnold Kopelson, producer
    In the Name of the Father – Jim Sheridan, producer
    The Piano – Jan Chapman, producer
    The Remains of the Day – John Calley, Mike Nichols, and Ismail Merchant, producers
    Best Director:
    Steven Spielberg – Schindler’s List (WINNER)
    Jim Sheridan – In the Name of the Father
    Jane Campion – The Piano
    James Ivory – The Remains of the Day
    Robert Altman – Short Cuts
    Best Actor:
    Tom Hanks – Philadelphia as Andrew Beckett (WINNER)
    Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father as Gerry Conlon
    Laurence Fishburne – What’s Love Got to Do with It as Ike Turner
    Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day as James Stevens
    Liam Neeson – Schindler’s List as Oskar Schindler
    Best Actress:
    Holly Hunter – The Piano as Ada McGrath (WINNER)
    Angela Bassett – What’s Love Got to Do with It as Tina Turner
    Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation as Ouisa Kittredge
    Emma Thompson – The Remains of the Day as Sarah “Sally” Kenton
    Debra Winger – Shadowlands as Joy Davidman
    Best Supporting Actor:
    Tommy Lee Jones – The Fugitive as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (WINNER)
    Leonardo DiCaprio – What’s Eating Gilbert Grape as Arnie Grape
    Ralph Fiennes – Schindler’s List as Amon Goeth
    John Malkovich – In the Line of Fire as Mitch Leary
    Pete Postlethwaite – In the Name of the Father as Giuseppe Conlon
    Best Supporting Actress:
    Anna Paquin – The Piano as Flora McGrath (WINNER)
    Holly Hunter – The Firm as Tamara “Tammy” Hemphill
    Rosie Perez – Fearless as Carla Rodrigo
    Winona Ryder – The Age of Innocence as May Welland
    Emma Thompson – In the Name of the Father as Gareth Peirce
    Best Original Screenplay:
    The Piano – Jane Campion (WINNER)
    Dave – Gary Ross
    In the Line of Fire – Jeff Maguire
    Philadelphia – Ron Nyswaner
    Sleepless in Seattle – Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, and Jeff Arch
    Best Adapted Screenplay:
    Schindler’s List – Steven Zaillian based on the non-fiction book by Thomas Keneally (WINNER)
    The Age of Innocence – Martin Scorsese and Jay Cocks based on the novel by Edith Wharton
    In the Name of the Father – Jim Sheridan and Terry George based on the autobiographical book Proved Innocent by Gerry Conlon
    The Remains of the Day – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
    Shadowlands – William Nicholson based on his play
    Best Foreign Language Film:
    Belle Epoque (Spain) in Spanish – Fernando Trueba, director (WINNER)
    Farewell My Concubine (Hong Kong) in Mandarin Chinese – Chen Kaige, director
    Hedd Wyn (United Kingdom) in Welsh – Paul Turner, director
    The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnam) in Vietnamese – Anh Hung Tran, director
    The Wedding Banquet (Taiwan) in Mandarin Chinese – Ang Lee, director
    Best Documentary Feature:
    I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School – Susan Raymond and Alan Raymond (WINNER)
    The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter – David Paperny and Arthur Ginsberg
    Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family – Susan Todd and Andrew Young
    For Better or for Worse – David Collier and Betsy Thompson
    The War Room – D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus
    Best Documentary Short Subject:
    Defending Our Lives – Margaret Lazarus and Renner Wunderlich (WINNER)
    Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann – Steven Cantor and Peter Spirer
    Chicks in White Satin – Elaine Holliman and Jason Schneider
    Best Live Action Short Film:
    Schwarzfahrer – Pepe Danquart (WINNER)
    Down on the Waterfront – Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner
    The Dutch Master – Susan Seidelman and Jonathan Brett
    Partners – Peter Weller and Jana Sue Memel
    The Screw (La Vis) – Didier Flamand
    Best Animated Short Film:
    The Wrong Trousers – Nick Park (WINNER)
    Blindscape – Stephen Palmer
    The Mighty River – Frédéric Back and Hubert Tison
    Small Talk – Bob Godfrey and Kevin Baldwin
    The Village – Mark Baker
    Best Original Score:
    Schindler’s List – John Williams (WINNER)
    The Age of Innocence – Elmer Bernstein
    The Firm – Dave Grusin
    The Fugitive – James Newton Howard
    The Remains of the Day – Richard Robbins
    Best Original Song:
    “Streets of Philadelphia” from Philadelphia – Music and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (WINNER)
    “Again” from Poetic Justice – Music and Lyrics by Janet Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
    “The Day I Fall in Love” from Beethoven’s 2nd – Music and Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram, and Clif Magness
    “Philadelphia” from Philadelphia – Music and Lyrics by Neil Young
    “A Wink and a Smile” from Sleepless in Seattle – Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Ramsey McLean
    Best Sound:
    Jurassic Park – Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Ron Judkins, and Shawn Murphy (WINNER)
    Cliffhanger – Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, and Tim Cooney
    The Fugitive – Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño, and Scott D. Smith
    Geronimo: An American Legend – Chris Carpenter, Doug Hemphill, Bill W. Benton, and Lee Orloff
    Schindler’s List – Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, and Ron Judkins
    Best Sound Effects Editing:
    Jurassic Park – Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns (WINNER)
    Cliffhanger – Wylie Stateman and Gregg Baxter
    The Fugitive – John Leveque and Bruce Stambler
    Best Art Direction:
    Schindler’s List – Art Direction: Allan Starski; Set Decoration: Ewa Braun (WINNER)
    Addams Family Values – Art Direction: Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Marvin March
    The Age of Innocence – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Robert J. Franco
    Orlando – Art Direction: Ben Van Os and Jan Roelfs
    The Remains of the Day – Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
    Best Makeup:
    Mrs. Doubtfire – Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, and Yolanda Toussieng (WINNER)
    Philadelphia – Carl Fullerton and Alan D’Angerio
    Schindler’s List – Christina Smith, Matthew W. Mungle, and Judith A. Cory
    Best Costume Design:
    The Age of Innocence – Gabriella Pescucci (WINNER)
    Orlando – Sandy Powell
    The Piano – Janet Patterson
    The Remains of the Day – Jenny Beavan and John Bright
    Schindler’s List – Anna B. Sheppard
    Best Cinematography:
    Schindler’s List – Janusz Kaminski (WINNER)
    Farewell My Concubine – Gu Changwei
    The Fugitive – Michael Chapman
    The Piano – Stuart Dryburgh
    Searching for Bobby Fischer – Conrad Hall
    Best Film Editing:
    Schindler’s List – Michael Kahn (WINNER)
    The Fugitive – Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord, and Dov Hoenig
    In the Name of the Father – Gerry Hambling
    In the Line of Fire – Anne V. Coates
    The Piano – Veronika Jenet
    Best Visual Effects:
    Jurassic Park – Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (WINNER)
    Cliffhanger – Neil Krepela, John Richardson, John Bruno, and Pamela Easley
    The Nightmare Before Christmas – Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw, and Gordon Baker
    Academy Honorary Award:
    Deborah Kerr
    Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
    Paul Newman
  • 1994 Grammy Award Winners

    1994 Grammy Award Winners

    1994 Grammy Award Winners

    • Winners Announced: March 1, 1994
    • Held at: Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York
    • Host: Garry Shandling
    • Eligibility Year: October 1, 1992 – September 30, 1993

    Trivia

    • Garry Shandling Returns: The comedian hosted again, entertaining the audience with his unique style of humor.
    • Houston’s Heavy Haul: Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You dominated, winning Record of the Year, Album of the Year for The Bodyguard Soundtrack, and Female Pop Vocal Performance.
    • Rap’s Recognition: Digable Planets won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat).
    • New Age Nod: Best New Age Album was claimed by In My Time by Yanni.
    • Nirvana Noted: The song All Apologies by Nirvana won for Best Alternative Music Album.
    • Tony Triumphs: Tony Bennett’s Steppin’ Out was honored as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance.
    • Grammy’s Grunge: Pearl Jam’s Vs was nominated for Best Rock Album but didn’t win.
    • Blues Back in Business: Buddy Guy won Best Contemporary Blues Album for Feels Like Rain.
    • First Latin Pop Category: Luis Miguel’s Aries won the inaugural award for Best Latin Pop Album.

    1994 Grammy Winners

    Record of the Year:
    I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
    Album of the Year:
    The Bodyguard – Original Soundtrack Album, Whitney Houston (Arista)
    Song of the Year:
    A Whole New World (Theme From Aladdin), Alan Menken and Tim Rice, songwriters
    Best New Artist:
    Toni Braxton
    Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male:
    If I Ever Lose My Faith in You – Sting
    Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female:
    I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
    Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    A Whole New World (Theme From Aladdin), Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance:
    Steppin’ Out, Tony Bennett
    Best Pop Instrumental Performance:
    Barcelona Mona – Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis
    Best Rock Gospel Album:
    Free at Last, DC Talk (ForeFront)
    Best Rock Song:
    Runaway Train – David Pirner, songwriter
    Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo:
    I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That), Meat Loaf
    Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    Livin’ on the Edge – Aerosmith
    Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
    Sofa – Zappa’s Universe Rock Group Featuring Steve Vai
    Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal:
    Plush – Stone Temple Pilots
    Best Metal Performance With Vocal:
    I Don’t Want to Change the World – Ozzy Osbourne
    Best Alternative Music Album:
    Zooropa, U2 (Island)
    Best Rhythm and Blues Song:
    That’s the Way Love Goes – Janet Jackson, James Harris III and Terry Lewis, songwriters
    Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male:
    A Song for You – Ray Charles
    Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female:
    Another Sad Love Song – Toni Braxton
    Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    No Ordinary Love – Sade
    Best Rap Solo Performance:
    Let Me Ride – Dr. Dre
    Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group:
    Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat), Digable Planets
    Best Jazz Vocal Performance:
    Take a Look, Natalie Cole
    Best Jazz Instrumental Solo:
    Miles Ahead – Joe Henderson
    Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group:
    So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles), Joe Henderson
    Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental):
    The Road to You, Pat Metheny Group
    Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance:
    Miles and Quincy Live at Montreux, Miles Davis and Quincy Jones
    Best Country Song:
    Passionate Kisses – Lucinda Williams, songwriter
    Best Country Vocal Performance, Male:
    Ain’t That Lonely Yet – Dwight Yoakam
    Best Country Vocal Performance, Female :
    Passionate Kisses – Mary Chapin Carpenter
    Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:
    Hard Workin’ Man – Brooks and Dunn
    Best Country Vocal Collaboration:
    Does He Love You – Reba McEntire and Linda Davis
    Best Country Instrumental Performance:
    Red Wing – Asleep at the Wheel featuring Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart and Reuben Lucky Orleans Gosfield
    Best Bluegrass Album:
    Waitin’ for the Hard Times to Go, Nashville Bluegrass Band (Sugar Hill)
    Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
    Stand Still, Shirley Caesar (Word Record and Music)
    Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
    All Out, Winans (Qwest/Warner Alliance)
    Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
    The Live Adventure, Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow)
    Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
    Good News, Kathy Mattea (Mercury)
    Best Gospel Album By a Choir or Chorus:
    Live… We Come Rejoicing, Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Carol Cymbala, choir director (Warner Alliance)
    Best Latin Pop Album:
    Aries, Luis Miguel (WEA Latina)
    Best Tropical Latin Album:
    Mi Tierra, Gloria Estefan (Epic)
    Best Mexican/American Album:
    Live, Selena (Capitol/EMI Latin)
    Best Traditional Blues Album:
    Blues Summit, B.B. King (MCA)
    Best Contemporary Blues Album:
    Feels Like Rain, Buddy Guy (Silvertone)
    Best Traditional Folk Album:
    The Celtic Harp, Chieftains (RCA Victor)
    Best Contemporary Folk Album:
    Other Voices/Other Rooms, Nanci Griffith (Elektra)
    Best Reggae Album:
    Bad Boys, Inner Circle (Big Beat/Atlantic)
    Best New Age Album:
    Spanish Angel, Paul Winter Consort (Living Music)
    Best World Music Album:
    A Meeting by the River, Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt (Walter Lily Acoustics)
    Best Polka Album:
    Accordionally Yours, Walter Ostanek and His Band (WRS)
    Best Arrangement on an Instrumental:
    Mood Indigo – Dave Grusin, arranger
    Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s):
    When I Fall in Love – Jeremy Lubbock and David Foster, arrangers
    Best Instrumental Composition:
    Forever in Love – Kenny G, composer
    Best Musical Show Album:
    The Who’s Tommy – Original Cast Recording, original cast (RCA Victor)
    Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    Aladdin, Alan Menken, composer
    Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    A Whole New World (Theme From Aladdin), Alan Menken and Tim Rice, songwriters
    Best Contemporary Composition:
    Violin Concerto, Elliott Carter, composer
    Best Classical Album:
    Bartók, The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, baritone (Deutsche Grammophon)
    Best Chamber Music Performance:
    Ives, String Quartets nos. 1 and 2; Barber String Quartet Op. 11 (American Originals), Emerson String Quartet
    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra):
    Berg, Violin Concerto; Rihm, Time Chant, Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist; James Levine conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra):
    Barber, The Complete Solo Piano Music, John Browning, pianist
    Best Orchestral Performance:
    Bartók, The Wooden Prince, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony
    Best Opera Recording:
    Handel, Semele, John Nelson conducting English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus; solos: Battle, Horne, Ramey, Aler, McNair, Chance, Mackie and Doss (Deutsche Grammophon)
    Best Performance of a Choral Work:
    Bartók, Cantata Profana, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Margaret Hillis, choral director
    Best Classical Vocal Performance:
    The Art of Arleen Auger (Works of Larsen, Purcell, Schumann, Mozart), Arleen Auger, soprano; Joel Revzen, accompanist
    Best Spoken Comedy Album:
    Jammin’ in New York, George Carlin (Eardrum/Atlantic)
    Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:
    On the Pulse of Morning, Maya Angelou (Random House Audio Books)
    Best Musical Album for Children:
    Aladdin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), various artists (Walt Disney Records)
    Best Spoken Word Album for Children:
    Audrey Hepburn’s Enchanted Tales, Audrey Hepburn (Dove Audio)
    Best Recording Package:
    The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945 – 1959, David Lau, art director (Verve)
    Best Album Notes:
    The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945 – 1959, Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap and Joel E. Siegel, annotators (Verve)
    Best Historical Album:
    The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945 – 1959, Billie Holiday (Verve)
    Best Music Video, Short Form:
    Steam – Peter Gabriel
    Best Music Video, Long Form:
    Ten Summoner’s Tales – Sting
    Producer of the Year (Non-Classical):
    David Foster
    Classical Producer of the Year:
    Judith Sherman