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No Fences and Ropin' The Wind by Garth Brooks become the first country albums certified for shipments of 6m units in the USA. Sim ultaneously his self-titled LP is awarded triple-platinum status by the R.I.A.A.
Dee Murray, bassist for Elton John's band, dies of a stroke, aged 45, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. For many years, Murray had suffered with skin cancer.
Johnny Cash, Booker T. And The MGs, Jimi Hendrix, Sam And Dave, Bobby "Blue" Bland, guitar maker Leo Fender, songwriter Doc Pomus and The Yardbirds, including Eric Clapton are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA.
Robbie Robertson, formerly of The Band, inducts slide guitarist Elmore James into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, at The Waldorf Astoria, New York City, USA. Other inductees include Johnny Cash, The Isley Brothers, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Yardbirds.
No Fences and Ropin' The Wind by Garth Brooks become the first country albums certified for shipments of 6m units in the USA. Simultaneously his self-titled LP is awarded triple-platinum status by the R.I.A.A.
With their album Nevermind having gone double-platinum just a week earlier, Nirvana's Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic take to the stage of Seattle, Washington's Crocodile Cafe, [owned by Stephanie Dorgan, wife of R.E.M.'s Peter Buck] under the pseudonym Melvana, the name reflecting the presence of The Melvins' Buzz Osbourne on guitar and vocals.