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Percy Sledge plays the first of six nights at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, UK.
Percy Sledge plays the fifth of six nights at the Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London, UK.
The Lighthouse Family re-release Lifted, taken from their debut album, Ocean Drive, in the UK. Having flopped the previous year, it will now peak at No5 in the UK singles chart.
Blues guitarist R.L. Burnside, accompanied by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, records the album A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey at Lunati Farms, Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA.
Celine Dion releases her 4th English language album, Falling Into You, in Australia. It will go on to achieve 32m sales worldwide.
When Jethro Tull play at Muelle Uno, Lima, Peru, South America, frontman Ian Anderson seriously injures his knee while on stage. The injury will, two months later, bring him close to death as a result of a blood clot.
Relish, the debut album by Joan Osborne is awarded a double-platinum disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
Blues guitarist Johnny 'Guitar' Watson collapses and dies from a heart attack, aged 61, during a concert in Yokohama, Japan, Asia.Bob Dylan's spring tour ends with a show at the Star Lake Amphitheater, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania. Aimee Mann joins Dylan, playing guitar on the final song Rainy Day Women Nos 12 & 35.
Ian Anderson, leader of Jethro Tull issues a statement from Australia, announcing that, 'Following a week in a Sydney hospital to stabilise and reduce the deep vein thrombosis in my left leg, I have now had the final round of tests and been given the go ahead to return to the UK later this week, for ongoing treatment.'
Alan Blakely of Jim Ellison, frontman of Chicago-based 90s alternative rock band Material Issue, commits suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in his car in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The reasons for his suicide are not made public.
Leslie Allen dies aged 96 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He had found success in the 1920s and 30s as saxophonist Les Allen, playing and singing with several leading British dance orchestras (including those of Carroll Gibbons, George Melachrino and Geraldo) The 1996 Sonoria Festival, a three-day event, begins in Parco Aquatica, Milan, Italy, Europe. Artists appearing on this day are the Dave Matthews Band, The Flaming Lips, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Neneh Cherry, Orbital, Babylon Zoo, Bif Naked, Blindosbarra, Bluvertigo, Casino Royale, Fluffy, Govinda, Lou X, Saturnino, Scheer, Soon, Tiamat, Tiromancino and Üstmamò.
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Clarinet and saxophone player Kenny Haries, who was popular for many years on WIBW radio in Topeka, Kansas, USA, dies. He also played with The Jack Cole Orchestra and Ted Fio Rito.
Dinner With Delores by Prince peaks at No36 in the UK pop singles chart during a two-week chart stay.Oasis, Manic Street Preachers, The Charlatans, Cast, Dreadzone and Kula Shaker play on the second of two nights at Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK, Europe.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers play at the Molson Ice Polar Beach Party, which is staged aboard a Russian ice-smashing ship, moored in Resolute Bay in the Arctic Circle.
Anne Beverley, mother of Sid Vicious, bassist of The Sex Pistols, commits suicide at home in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, England, UK.
Bob Dylan is nominated for Nobel Prize for Literature by professor Gordon Ball of the Virginia Military Institute. He doesn't win.
A Michael Jackson-endorsed energy drink, Mystery, is launched in Holland, Europe, as a promotional tie-in for the HIStory World Tour.
Popular blues band, On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of two nights at the Chamsil Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea, to an audience of 50,000.
Gregory, the son of Prince and his wife Mayte, is born at the Children's Health Care Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with severe birth defects (skeletal abnormalities) which will lead to his death just a few days later.On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays at the Kaohsiung Air Field, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to an audience of 40,000.
Liverpudlian band Cast enter the UK singles chart with Flying, which will peak at No4 during a five-week run.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of two nights at the Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to an audience of 40,000.
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor is born in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand, Soundgarden and Rocket From The Crypt play the second of two nights at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Artist (better known as Prince) celebrates "Freedom Day" at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, to celebrate his release from his Warner Brothers Records contract.On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the first of four nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, to an audience of 45,000.
A cover version of Bob Dylan's Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Dunblane reaches No1 the UK singles chart. The song has a new verse added by musician Ted Christopher to include mention of the children who died in the Dublane massacre.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the second of four nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, to an audience of 45,000.
On the HIStory World Tour, Michael Jackson plays the last of four nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, to an audience of 45,000.
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