This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.
[edit] Events - January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident.[1]
- February 1 – Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers band member Richey James Edwards goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel, UK at 7 am.[2]
- February 7 – Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual abuse charge.[3] He was later released on appeal.
- February 12 – Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappeared[4] from Highway 101, USA as he tried to get back home from the Los Angeles International Airport. He tried calling his family and 911 for help, but received none.
- February 14 – Richey Edwards' Vauxhall Cavalier is found abandoned in a service station on the Bristol side of the Severn Bridge in the UK, with evidence that he had been living in it. Although he was near a notorious suicide spot, there is still no evidence to suggest he committed suicide.[5]
- February 19 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancún, Mexico.[6]
- February 25 – Lyle Lovett suffered a broken collarbone in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the Grammy Awards (he ended up winning two awards).[7]
- March 1 – R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry left the stage during a concert in Switzerland concert after suffering a brain aneurysm. He underwent successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland.[8]
- March 8 – Former Helloween drummer, Ingo Schwichtenberg, commits suicide by jumping under a subway train.[citation needed]
- March 14 – With the release of Me Against the World, Tupac Shakur became the first male solo artist to have a number one album on the American Billboard 200 chart while in prison.[9] The album remained at the top of the charts for four weeks.
- March 26 - Eric Wright Rapper Eazy-E dies of complications from AIDS
- March 28 – Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announce their separation after 21 months of marriage.[10]
- March 31
- April 29 – Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility, New York, USA. Shakur was serving a four-and-a-half year jail term on sexual assault charges.[13] They later divorce.
- May 2 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs is held in Basel, Switzerland.
- May 5 – Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler is arraigned on a felony count of possession of heroin, in addition to two misdemeanor drug charges.[14]
- June 1 – Alan Wilder leaves Depeche Mode.[15]
- June 16 - Michael Jackson released his first double-album History, which became the best-selling multiple-album of all-time, with 22 millions copies sold worldwide.
- August 28
- September 2 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.[16]
- October – The first International Guitar Festival is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[citation needed]
- October 2 - Oasis release (Whats the Story) Morning Glory, the album spawns number one singles around the world and eventually becomes the third best selling album in the UK ever.
- October 11 – Tupac Shakur was released from Clinton Correctional Facility, New York, USA, on US$1.4 million bail which was posted by Suge Knight. In return Tupac signed a three album deal with Knight's Death Row Records.
- December - Cryptopsy begins to Record, None So Vile.
- December 21 – Madonna is subpoenaed to testify on January 3, 1996 against her stalker, Robert Hoskins at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles, California, USA. Hoskins was shot by a security guard outside her estate in Los Angeles in May 1995 for trespassing on her property and threatening to marry or kill her.
- December – Bob Dylan toured with Patti Smith.
- Sam Phillips made her motion picture debut in the Bruce Willis action film, Die Hard With a Vengeance. Phillips played one of the main terrorists in the film.
- Three members of R.E.M., Bill Berry, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, fell ill while on the band's "Monster Tour". Berry suffered an aneurysm which required immediate surgery, Stipe suffered a hiatus hernia and Mills underwent an appendectomy.
- Tool fired Paul D'Amour.
[edit] Bands formed [edit] Bands disbanded [edit] Bands reformed [edit] Albums released Country Artist George Strait also released "Strait out of the Box" this year. It was released September 12th. Strait released "Check Yes or No" off of the set and it quickly went to Number One becoming his 33rd Number One hit out of 57 he would eventually have. "Strait out of the Box" also contains a duet with George Strait and Frank Sinatra, "Fly Me to the Moon." "Strait out of the Box" would go on to sell millions of copies, eventually going 8X Platinum making it one of the best-selling albums of the year. [edit] January [edit] February [edit] August [edit] September [edit] October [edit] November [edit] December [edit] Release Date Unknown [edit] Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest aggregated positions in the charts of 1995.[17] | # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries | | 1 | Coolio | Gangsta's Paradise | 1995 |  | United Kingdom: 1 – October 1995; United States Billboard: 1 of 1995; The Netherlands: 1 – October 1995; Sweden: 1 – October 1995; Austria: 1 – November 1995; Switzerland: 1 – November 1995; Norway: 1 – October 1995; Italy: 1 of 1996; Germany: 1 – January 1996; Éire: 1 – October 1995; New Zealand: 1 for 9 weeks October 1995; Australia: 1 for 13 weeks January 1996; France: 3 – October 1995; Poland: 3 – October 1995; Australia: 6 of 1995; United States Billboard: 11 of 1995; United States Cash Box: 12 of 1995; Germany: 16 of the 1990s; Scrobulate: 27 of rap; Pop Culture Madness: 31 of 1995; Global: 33 (5 million sold) – 1995; Europe: 48 of the 1990s; Rate Your Music: 69 of 1995; Acclaimed: 439 | | 2 | Shaggy | Boombastic | 1995 |  | UK 1 – September 1995, Italy 1 of 1995, Éire 1 – September 1995, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks September 1995, Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1996, Norway 2 – September 1995, Germany 2 – September 1995, US BB 3 of 1995, Austria 3 – October 1995, Switzerland 3 – October 1995, Holland 4 – September 1995, Sweden 4 – September 1995, US BB 6 of 1995, POP 7 of 1995, France 8 – August 1995, Australia 8 of 1996, US CashBox 23 of 1995, Scrobulate 34 of dancehall, Germany 181 of the 1990s | | 3 | Take That | Back for Good | 1995 |  | UK 1 – April 1995, Sweden 1 – April 1995, Norway 1 – April 1995, Germany 1 – April 1995, Éire 1 – March 1995, Australia 1 for 2 weeks August 1995, Holland 2 – April 1995, Switzerland 2 – April 1995, Austria 3 – May 1995, US BB 7 of 1995, Australia 9 of 1995, Poland 10 – January 1995, Italy 28 of 1995, RYM 53 of 1995, OzNet 126, Germany 128 of the 1990s | | 4 | Michael Jackson | You Are Not Alone | 1995 | | UK 1 – September 1995, US BB 1 of 1995, Switzerland 1 – September 1995, Poland 1 – August 1995, Éire 1 – September 1995, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks September 1995, Austria 2 – September 1995, Germany 3 – September 1995, Sweden 5 – August 1995, Holland 6 – August 1995, Norway 9 – September 1995, US CashBox 13 of 1995, Australia 25 of 1995, Italy 45 of 1995, Germany 262 of the 1990s | | 5 | U2 | Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me | 1995 |  | Norway 1 – June 1995, Poland 1 – January 1995, Éire 1 – June 1995, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks July 1995, Australia 1 for 6 weeks October 1995, UK 2 – June 1995, Austria 4 – July 1995, Switzerland 5 – July 1995, Holland 9 – June 1995, Germany 9 – July 1995, Sweden 15 – August 1995, US BB 16 of 1995, Australia 16 of 1995, Italy 27 of 1995, POP 59 of 1995, RYM 72 of 1995 | [edit] Top hits See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1995 [edit] Classical music [edit] Musical theater [edit] Musical films [edit] Deaths - January 24 - David Cole, C+C Music Factory
- January 31 – George Abbott, US librettist and director
- February 10 – Tony Secunda (54), Marc Bolan's former manager (heart attack)
- February 18 – Bob Stinson (35), The Replacements (complications caused by drug and alcohol abuse)
- February 23 – Melvin Franklin, The Temptations, (brain seizure)
- March 5 – Vivian Stanshall (51), eccentric British musician (house fire)
- March 9 – Ingo Schwichtenberg (29), Helloween, (suicide)
- March 16 – Heinrich Sutermeister (84), Swiss composer
- March 26 – Eazy-E (31), rapper and record producer (AIDS)
- March 29 – Jimmy McShane, singer (Baltimora) (AIDS)
- March 31 – Selena (23), singer (murdered)
- April 4 – Priscilla Lane, US singer and actress (lung cancer)
- April 6 – Delroy Wilson (46), reggae artist (cirrhosis of the liver)
- April 14 – Burl Ives, singer, actor
- April 25 - Ginger Rogers, US actress, dancer and singer
- May 8 – Teresa Teng, singer
- May 16 – Lola Flores, singer and dancer
- May 25 - Dick Curless, country singer
- June 4 – Ernest Borneman, jazz musician and critic
- June 12 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist
- June 14 – Rory Gallagher, Irish blues/rock guitarist
- June 30 - Phyllis Hyman, R & B/Soul/Jazz Singer (suicide)
- July 2 – Zdeněk Košler (67), conductor
- July 8 – Günter Bialas (87), composer
- July 23 – Miklós Rózsa, film score composer
- August 9 – Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead (diabetes-related)
- August 11 - Allan McCarthy, Canadian singer of Men Without Hats
- August 16 - Bobby DeBarge, Lead singer of Switch (AIDS)
- August 18 – Alan Dell, BBC Radio 2 DJ
- August 19 – Pierre Schaeffer, composer and pioneer of Musique concrète
- August 23 – Dwayne Goettel, Skinny Puppy, drug overdose
- August 26 – Ronnie White (57), the Miracles, co-writer of the Temptations hit "My Girl" (with Smokey Robinson), leukemia.
- August 30 – Sterling Morrison (53), The Velvet Underground guitarist (Non-Hodgkin lymphoma)
- October 19 – Don Cherry, jazz trumpeter
- October 21
- October 26 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter
- November 7 - Jerry Daniels, The Ink Spots
- November 8 – Ion Baciu (64), conductor
- November 17 – Alan Hull, formerly of Lindisfarne
- November 21
- November 23 – Junior Walker, musician
- December 25
- December 27 – Shura Cherkassky, pianist
- December 29 – Hans Henkemans (82), Dutch composer
- date unknown
[edit] Awards [edit] Grammy Awards [edit] Country Music Association Awards [edit] Eurovision Song Contest [edit] Mercury Music Prize [edit] MTV Video Music Awards [edit] Charts Triple J Hottest 100
Main article: Triple J Hottest 100, 1995 [edit] See also [edit] References - ^ "This Week in Entertainment History: 1/16/16 - 1/22/06". Associated Press. KXTV. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. http://www.webcitation.org/5d8vPuzRD. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
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- ^ James, George (1995-02-08). "Rapper Faces Prison Term For Sex Abuse". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. http://www.webcitation.org/5d8yvaQ6K. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
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- ^ Sullivan, Caroline; Alex Bellos (1995-02-22). "Sweet exile". Guardian (Guardian News and Media). Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. http://www.webcitation.org/5d8yIThs1. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ Rush, George; Joanna Molloy (1995-02-21). "'Baywatch' Bride Watch: Anderson Weds Tommy Lee". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. http://www.webcitation.org/5d8zyJyIU. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (1995-03-02). "4 Grammys for Poignant Song by Springsteen". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. http://www.webcitation.org/5d90ljTVc. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ Browne, David. "R.E.M.:Road Worriers". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. http://www.webcitation.org/5dA1C3CGZ. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ Sewell, Tony (1997). Black Masculinities and Schooling: How Black Boys Survive Modern Schooling. Trentham Books. p. 206. ISBN 9781858560403. http://books.google.ca/books?id=O7AL1Hq24j4C&pg=PA206&dq=tupac+prison+me-against-the-world&lr=&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES.
- ^ Schneider, Karen S. (1995-04-10). "One Last Sad Song". People (Time Inc). Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. http://www.webcitation.org/5dAH27Vr7. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ Villafranca, Armando; Patty Reinert (1995-04-01). "Selena: 1971-1995/Singer Selena shot to death/Suspect nabbed after standoff". Houston Chronicle (Hearst Newspapers LLC): p. A1. Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. http://www.webcitation.org/5dAHzvX0V. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ Hinckley, David (1995-04-05). "Extra! Extra! Late-breaking News from the World of Entertainment". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. http://www.webcitation.org/5dAJOxDEM. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ "Hold the Honeymoon". The Dallas Morning News. 1995-05-18. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_action=search&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D5C8B6F67CA5&p_field_direct-0=document_id. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ^ O'Neill, Ann W. (1995-04-27). "Drug Charge for Ex-Rock Star Crime: Former drummer with Guns N' Roses was reporedly found in his car in a heroin-overdose stupor.". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21409801.html?dids=21409801:21409801&FMT=ABS. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ^ Miller, Jonathan (2004). Stripped: Depeche Mode. Omnibus Press. p. 390. ISBN 9781844494156. http://books.google.ca/books?id=gIrZbmss3kEC&pg=PA390&dq=alan+wilder+depeche+mode. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
- ^ Adams, Deanna R. (2002). Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection. Kent State University Press. p. 582. ISBN 9780873386913. http://books.google.ca/books?id=LBCZvsVKomwC&pg=PA582.
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