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Internationally successful bandleader, vocalist, songwriter and nightclub entrepreneur Edmundo Ros gives his last public performance, at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England, UK, Europe, leading the BBC Big Band with Strings.The movie Free Willy featuring You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson as its main theme song, is released to cinemas in Germany.
The movie Free Willy featuring You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson as its main theme song, is released to cinemas in the UK, Finland and Sweden.
UK tabloid The Daily Star runs a front page story about visiting "evil gangster rapper" Snoop Doggy Dogg with the headline Kick This Evil Bastard Out.
Police are called to deal with a dispute between Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes of TLC and her football-player boyfriend Andre Rison at his house. Having caught him with another woman, she set fire to the teddy bears he had given her, which was followed by him striking her.
The United States Supreme Court decides in favour of 2 Live Crew in the case of Campbell vs Acuff-Rose Music. The lawsuit was based on 2 Live Crew's use of parts of the Roy Orbison song Oh Pretty Woman in their track Pretty Woman. The decision establishes that a commercial parody can qualify as fair use, and is not an infringement of copyright.
Christina Grimmie is born in Marlton, New Jersey, USA. She will find success as a contestant in Season 6 of tv series The Voice, but will be shot dead at the age of 22, while signing autographs for fans at a merchandise table outside The Plaza Live club in Orlando, Florida, USA.
The movie Free Willy featuring You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson as its main theme song, is released to cinemas in Japan, Asia.
Etta James releases her twentieth studio album, Mystery Lady : Songs of Billie Holiday, on RCA Victor Records in the USA. The album will peak at No2 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.
Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin are found guilty on three counts of murder relating to the deaths of three eight-year-old boys the previous year in The Robin Hood Hills, West Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The court sentences Echols to death and Baldwin to life in prison. They, along with an associate, Jessie Misskelley, Jr, [convicted at an earlier date] will become known as The West Memphis Three. Several rock musicians, convinced that the trio are innocent, will work to have them released and will write songs inspired by the case. Black Flag will release the 2002 album Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three. Also in 2002, metalcore band Zao will record Free The Three, and in 2011 Disturbed will release a song entitled "3" as a download on their website, with 100% of the proceeds going to their benefit foundation for their release. Eddie Vedder, Natalie Maines [of The Dixie Chicks], Tom Waits and Metallica will also work for the release of the trio, which will finally take place on August 19, 2011 - after 18 years in jail.
Ginny Simms dies aged 78, of a heart attack in Palm Springs, California, USA. She had found success as an actress and big band singer working with Kay Kyser and others.
Soul and r'n'b singer 
During their Exotic Tour, Depeche Mode play at Velodromo del Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile, South America.
Oasis come to the end of a tour co-headlining with Whiteout, at The Lomax, Liverpool, UK.When The Jeff Healey Band plays the first of two nights at Grossman's Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the show is recorded and some tracks will be released on the album The Jeff Healey Band Live At Grossman's - 1994.
A Celebration Of 21 Years Of Virgin Records is held at The Virgin Manor, Shipton-On-Cherwell, Gloucestershire, England, UK, Europe. Richard Branson is there in person, and artists performing include Bruce, Baker And Moore, Soul II Soul and Cracker. Jonathan King is also in attendance. Journalist Johnny Black's diary entry about the event is attached here.
The Beautiful Experience EP by Prince debuts at No18 in the UK singles chart, but will rise no higher.Sixteen months after it was first released, The Cranberries finally reach No1 in the UK album chart with Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Reggae vocalist and recording artist Gene Rondo dies of cancer in Hackney, London, UK.
Oasis play on the NME stage on the last day of the Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, Somerset, England, UK. Radiohead and Blur are also on the bill.
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The tribute album Common Thread: Songs Of The Eagles is awarded triple-platinum status by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. The album features covers of The Eagles' songs by Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Little Texas, John Anderson, Tanya Tucker, Suzy Bogguss, Vince Gill, Billy Dean, Diamond Rio, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks And Dunn and Lorrie Morgan.
Rick James is sentenced to five years plus in prison for assaulting two women and for cocaine use. He will serve his time at Folsom Prison, California, USA.
Pink Floyd guitarist/singer David Gilmour marries journalist Polly Samson at Marylebone Registry Office, London, England, UK. The reception is held in Twickenham.
The first day of the first-ever T In The Park festival is held in Strathclyde Park, Hamilton, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Rage Against The Machine is the headline act, with Cypress Hill, Manic Street Preachers, Blur, Pulp, The Grid, Eugenius, 18 Wheeler, Bjork, The Levellers, Crash Test Dummies, Chumbawamba and more. A day ticket cost £23.50, and a weekend ticket £43.00.The second day of the first-ever Tennants T In The Park festival is held in Hamilton, Glasgow, Scotland. Act appearing include Primal Scream, Del Amitri, Crowded House, The Saw Doctors, Teenage Fanclub, Grant Lee Buffalo, Aimee Mann, D:Ream, BMX Bandits and Oasis.
Noel Gallagher is treated for a head injury after Oasis are attacked on stage at the Riverside, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe, on the first date of their national tour.
In his Never-Ending Tour schedule, Bob Dylan plays concert No593, in the State Theatre, Portland, Maine, USA.
Cliff Richard spends the second of three days recording tracks in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with backing vocals supplied by The Jordannaires.
Blur release a new single, Parklife, in the UK on Food Records. It will peak at No10 in the UK singles chart.
The Philips Monsters of Rock tour, featuring, Kiss, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Angra, Viper, Raimundos and Dr. Sin plays in Estádio do Pacaembu, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America. This is the first time Monsters Of Rock has taken place in South America.
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A 29c US postage stamp is issued honouring jazz singer Mildred Bailey, known as The Queen Of Swing.Suede enter the UK singles chart with We Are The Pigs, which will peak at No18 during a three-week run.
Ashley Nicolette Frangipane is born in Washington, New Jersey, USA. She will find success as rock singer-songwriter On his Never-Ending tour schedule, Bob Dylan plays concert No611, the second of two nights at the State Theatre, Portland, Maine, USA.
Actress and singer Martha Raye dies of pneumonia in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Diary Of A Madman by Ozzy Osbourne is certified triple platinum, and The Ultimate Sin double platinum, by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The album So, by Peter Gabriel is awarded a Quadruple Platinum Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A. The album was recorded at Gabriel's Real World Studios complex in Box, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz vocalist Carmen McRae dies, aged 74, at her home in Beverly Hills, California, USA. A month earlier she had been hospitalized after suffering a stroke and fell into a semi-coma four days before she died.
The Jimmy Page and Robert Plant appear on The Andrew Denton Show on the Seven Network in Australia, Oceania, during the 'round the world' promo for Unledded. They perform Sun Arise, as a tribute to Rolf Harris, with accompaniment by several didgeridoo players.
Bob Dylan is taping his performance for the MTV Unplugged series at the Sony Studios in New York City, USA.Having suffered a stroke six months earlier, Cab Calloway dies aged 86 in Hockessin, Delaware, USA.
1950s rockabilly legend Glen Glenn plays at The Palomino, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Black Album by 
Tower Of Power play at The Palomino, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.Musical arranger, composer, bandleader and recording artist Jack Fascinato dies in Palm Springs, California, USA. His 1959 album Music From A Surplus Store, integrating sound effects produced by, or imitating, common junk-store items including oil cans and bedsprings, became highly collectable.
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