1993 in music

Events

• January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February of 1992.
• January 12 - The original members of Cream reunite for a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, California
• January 13 - Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, Georgia for simulating a sex act onstage.
• February 10 - Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a prime time special. It is Jackson's first interview in 15 years.
• February 14 - Harry Nilsson suffers a non fatal heart attack
• March 4 - Patti LaBelle receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• April - Green Day signs a contract to Reprise Records
• April 12 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.
• April 16 - Paul McCartney headlines a concert at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate "Earth Day". Other performers included Ringo Starr, Steve Miller and Don Henley
• April 21 - Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries Suzanne Accosta
• April 17 - The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter M. Jay Roach in Los Angeles, California
• April 24 - Willie Nelson, John Cougar Mellencamp, Neil Young and more than 30 other artists perform at Farm Aid 6 in Ames, Iowa
• April 29 - An animated version of Barry White appears on an episode of The Simpsons.
• October 3 - Sinéad O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live
• November 19 - Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder was arrested in New Orleans on charges of public drunkenness after a bar room brawl.
• The Wu-Tang Clan's musical career begins
• Beck's musical career begins
• Bush's musical career begins
• Weezer's musical career begins
• Michael Jackson denies child molestation charges in a four minute statement which is broadcast live on television.
• Big Ass Truck form
• Citizen King form
• The Crystal Method form
• Jimmy Eat World form
• Nada Surf form
• Oasis form in Manchester, England
• Natalie Merchant leaves 10,000 Maniacs after being in the band for twelve years.

Albums released

• Dirt - Alice In Chains
• Breaking Things - All
• Rise - Bad Brains
• Recipe For Hate - Bad Religion
• Flyswatter - Blink-182 (debut EP demo)
• Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur
• Self-Titled - Candlebox
• Both Sides - Phil Collins
• Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde
• Coverdale Page - Coverdale Page
• Near Death Experience - Cro-Mags
• August and Everything After - Counting Crows (debut)
• Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Soul of a New Machine - Fear Factory (debut)
• Mr. Machinery Operator - fIREHOSE
• In on the Kill Taker - Fugazi
• Superstar Car Wash - Goo Goo Dolls (first album in three years)
• The Spagetti Incident - Guns 'N' Roses
• Take Me As I Am - Faith Hill (debut)
• Jerky Boys 1 - Jerky Boys (debut)
• Nightcap - Jethro Tull
• Are You Gonna Go My Way? - Lenny Kravitz
• Far Gone - Love Battery
• Houdini - Melvins
• Boces - Mercury Rev
• Something for Joey - Mercury Rev
• Gun Crazy - Mr. T Experience
• Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew - Mudhoney
• Live Seeds - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• In Utero - Nirvana (final album)
• White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean - NOFX
• Don't Miss the Train - No Use for a Name
• Igniton - The Offspring
• Vs - Pearl Jam
• Unknown Road - Pennywise
• Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
• 4-Track Demos - PJ Harvey
• Pablo Honey - Radiohead (debut)
• Out the Shizzy - 7 Seconds
• Smeared - Sloan
• Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
• Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements - Stereolab
• The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - Stereolab
• 40 Oz. to Freedom - Sublime (debut)
• Music - 311 (debut)
• Undertow - Tool (debut full-length)
• Zooropa - U2
• Pop Smear - The Verve Pipe (debut full-length)
• Pull - Winger

Top hits

• "Bombtrack" - Rage Against the Machine
• "Both Sides Of The Story" - Phil Collins
• "Bullet In The Head" - Rage Against the Machine
• "Creep" - Radiohead
• "Cryin'" - Aerosmith
• "Date Rape" - Sublime
• "Deeper And Deeper" - Madonna
• "Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms
• "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" - Meatloaf
• "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - The Proclaimers
• "Killing In The Name" - Rage Against the Machine
• "Man On The Moon" - R.E.M.
• "On the Sea" - Vertical Horizon
• "Pets" - Porno for Pyros
• "Plush" - Stone Temple Pilots
• "Rooster" - Alice in Chains
• "Sober" - Tool
• "Two Princes" - The Spin Doctors
• "The World Around Me" - King's X

Musical theater

• Annie Warbucks     off-Broadway production
• Blood Brothers     Broadway production
• Cyrano     Broadway production
• Goodbye Girl     Broadway production
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat     Broadway revival
• Kiss of the Spiderwoman     Broadway production
• My Fair Lady     Broadway revival
• She Loves Me     Broadway revival

Births

Deaths

• March 28 - Buddy Red Bow (44), Lakota country and western singer
• April 30 - Mick Ronson, guitarist, liver cancer
• December 4 - Frank Zappa, American rock musician/composer
• December 5 - Doug Hopkins, guitarist and songwriter for Gin Blossoms
• June 5 - Harold Jenkins a.k.a Conway Twitty country rock singer

Awards

• The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Animals, The Band, Duane Eddy, The Grateful Dead, Elton John, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Rod Stewart

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1993

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Mercury Music Prize

• Suede - Suede wins.

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