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Jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis plays at The Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis comes to the end of a Christmas/New Year season of shows at The Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Fred Wesley Sextet plays the first of three nights at The Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.The Fred Wesley Sextet plays the last of three nights at The Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Roy Ayers and Tim Whitehead play the first of six nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, London, England, UK, Europe.
Ed Bentley's Blue Note Quartet plays at The Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe.
Roy Ayers is playing during six nights at Ronnie Scott's Club, Soho, London, London, England, UK, Europe.Garth Brooks, Tanya Tucker, Billy Burnette and Fleetwood Mac perform at Super Bowl XXVII in the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, USA.
Brian May, guitarist of Queen, releases his second solo album, Back To The Light, on Hollywood Records in the USA.
The Pure Country movie soundtrack by George Strait is awarded double-platinum status by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.During a live appearance on Oprah Winfrey's US tv chat show, Michael Jackson reveals that he is dating Brooke Shields.
Toby Keith releases the song that will prove to be his first hit, Should've Been A Cowboy, on Mercury Records in the USA.
Patrick Waite, bassist of Musical Youth, dies aged 24, in Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. Waite collapses and expires due to a heart condition while awaiting a court appearance on drugs charges.
Randy Weston's African Rhythms, with Gnaoua musicians from Morocco, play at The Irish Centre, Leeds, England, UK, Europe.On his Ten Summoner's Tales tour, Sting plays at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses is certified as a ten-times platinum album by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.Prince plays the last of three nights to a sellout crowd in Radio City Music Hall, New York City, USA.
The Rolling Stones' bassist Bill Wyman gets married for the third time. Wife No3 is 33-year-old fashion designer Suzanne Accosta, and the ceremony takes place in the medieval village of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France.
Bob Dylan attends the Willie Nelson 60th Birthday Celebration in Austin City Limits Studios, Austin, Texas, USA. Dylan performs Pancho And Lefty with Willie Nelson and Hard Times with his touring band.
Despite having split up a decade earlier, Abba is revealed to have been the Best-Selling Swedish Artist of the Year at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo.Swamp blues guitarist and singer Clarence Edwards dies aged 60 in Scotlandville, Louisianna, USA.
Singapore finally lifts its decades-old ban on performing or broadcasting the music of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Chicago.
Johnny Cash opens at The Wayne Newton Theatre, Branson, Missouri, USA, beginning a series of concerts which will run through til the end of the year.The hit single [I Can't Help] Falling In Love With You by UB40 is awarded a platinum disc in the UK by the BPI.
On his Secret World Tour, Peter Gabriel plays the first of two nights at The Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The two-day long Larmer Tree Festival, held near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, begins. Acts appearing over the weekend include Swamp Rat, Show Of Hands, The Grassworks, The Joyriders and So What!.
Butthole Surfers, The Flaming Lips and Stone Temple Pilots play at Mohawk Park, Tulsa Oklahoma, USA.
The Allman Brothers Band plays at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, New York State, USA.
Mariah Carey releases her third album Music Box, in the USA. It will eventually notch up 32m sales worldwide.
On his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel, Asia.
Willie Nelson is inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame at the CMA Awards in the USA.
While preparing for the next gigs in his Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson is staying in his suite of rooms on the 42nd floor of the Hotel President Stouffer, Mexico City, Mexico. On this day he pays for 5,000 underprivileged children to visit the city's El Nuevo Reino Aventura Amusement Park.
Phil Collins releases his fifth studio album, Both Sides, which he had recorded at his home studio, playing all of the instruments himself and handling the production duties.
Michael Jackson, reportedly addicted to painkillers, is smuggled out of Mexico to an English clinic with help from his actress chum Liz Taylor.
An eight-foot-high bronze memorial statue of deceased superstar blues-rock guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan is erected in Auditorium Shores Park, Austin, Texas, USA, where he played several concerts.
Boyzone make their first appearance on tv, appearing on The Late Late Show in Dublin, Ireland, Europe. Not having yet released or recorded any songs, they choose instead to show off their terpsichorean skills with an impromptu dance display which will go down in the annals of disastrous tv appearances as one of the worst ever.
Elton John plays the first of four nights at The Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa, accompanied by percussionist Ray Cooper. Before the show, Elton is warned by venue staff no to wear his white suit, as it would attract insects in the dark, especially with stage lights being focussed on it. Elton ignores the advice, and then has to halt the show when swarms of insects descend on him.Jan |