1993 in music
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See also: 1992 in music, other events of 1993, 1994 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music'
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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 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.
- September- Ace of Base releases their huge record breaking debut album The Sign, also known as Happy Nation, and Happy Nation U.S Version. The Sign went on to sell 23 million copies worldwide, including 10 million in the United States.
- November - New opera house opens in Helsinki, Finland
- November 19 - Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder was arrested in New Orleans on charges of public drunkenness after a bar room brawl.
- The Pro Art Symphony Orchestra is founded in San Francisco.
- 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
- Jurassic 5 form
- Muse (band) form
- Nada Surf form
- Oasis form in Manchester, England
- Rammstein (band) form in East Germany
- Garth Brooks releases his "In Pieces" album, despite being heavily pop orientated it suprisingly gets rave reviews from the country music industry and goes on to become his fourth chart-topping album.
- Natalie Merchant leaves 10,000 Maniacs after being in the band for twelve years.
- New Order break up whilst on the tour for their album Republic, and apparently do not speak to each other for another 5 years.
Albums released
- More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits - ABBA
- Happy Nation - Ace of Base
- Happy Nation U.S Version - Ace of Base
- The Sign - Ace of Base
- Breaking Things - All
- Sound of White Noise - Anthrax
- Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest
- Rise - Bad Brains
- Recipe For Hate - Bad Religion
- Golden Feelings - Beck
- Mellow Gold - Beck
- Crazy Legs - Jeff Beck
- Gravity's Rainbow - Pat Benatar
- Debut - Björk
- Flyswatter - Blink-182 (debut EP demo)
- Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur
- Last Splash - The Breeders
- In Pieces - Garth Brooks
- Candlebox - Candlebox
- Blood Music - Chapterhouse
- Charlie Hunter Trio - Charlie Hunter Trio
- Both Sides - Phil Collins
- Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde
- Close As Pages In A Book - Barbara Cook
- Coverdale Page - Coverdale Page
- Near Death Experience - Cro-Mags
- August and Everything After - Counting Crows (debut)
- Kerosene Hat - Cracker
- Show - The Cure
- Paris - The Cure
- Focus - Cynic
- Black Sunday - Cypress Hill
- Individual Thought Patterns - Death
- Amon: Feasting the Beast - Deicide
- Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode
- The Body-hat Syndrome" - Digital Underground
- Where You Been - Dinosaur Jr.
- The Colour of My Love - Céline Dion
- One Night in Time - Donovan
- The Wedding Album - Duran Duran
- Emerson, Lake and Palmer Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Wolverine Blues - Entombed
- Mr. Machinery Operator - fIREHOSE
- Give a Monkey a Brain, and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe - Fishbone
- Transmissions from the Satellite Heart - The Flaming Lips
- In on the Kill Taker - Fugazi
- Insanity and Genius - Gamma Ray
- Superstar Car Wash - Goo Goo Dolls (first album in three years)
- The Spaghetti Incident? - Guns 'N' Roses
- Take Me As I Am - Faith Hill (debut)
- Ringmaster - Insane Clown Posse (2nd Joker's card)
- Spilt Milk - Jellyfish
- Jerky Boys 1 - Jerky Boys (debut)
- Nightcap - Jethro Tull
- Diary of A Mad Band - Jodeci
- Happy Hour - King Missile
- Are You Gonna Go My Way? - Lenny Kravitz
- Bridges To Bert - Leftover Salmon
- Aurora Gory Alice - Letters To Cleo (debut)
- Far Gone - Love Battery
- Concentration - Machines of Loving Grace
- So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star
- Off the Ground - Paul McCartney
- Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell - Meat Loaf
- Houdini - Melvins
- Boces - Mercury Rev
- Something for Joey - Mercury Rev
- Superjudge - Monster Magnet
- Covenant - Morbid Angel
- Bargainville - Moxy Früvous
- Gun Crazy - Mr. T Experience
- Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew - Mudhoney
- Are You Normal? - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
- 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
- I Hear Black - Overkill
- Icon - Paradise Lost
- Vs. - Pearl Jam
- Unknown Road - Pennywise
- Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
- 4-Track Demos - PJ Harvey
- Porno for Pyros - Porno for Pyros (debut)
- Pork Soda - Primus
- Pablo Honey - Radiohead (debut)
- Counterparts - 15th studio album by Rush
- Edge of Thorns - Savatage
- Chaos A.D. - Sepultura
- Out the Shizzy - 7 Seconds
- Peligro - Shakira
- Smeared - Sloan
- Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
- Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements - Stereolab
- The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - Stereolab
- Squint-Steve Taylor
- Libertine - Sun Dial
- Return Journey - Sun Dial
- Elemental - Tears for Fears
- Music - 311 (debut)
- Undertow - Tool (debut full-length)
- Kingdom of Desire - Toto
- Bloody Kisses - Type O Negative
- Zooropa - U2
- Live MCMXCIII - The Velvet Underground
- Pop Smear - The Verve Pipe (debut full-length)
- Pull - Winger
- Shampoo Horn - Dweezil Zappa (with his brother Ahmet)
- Pottymouth - Bratmobile
- Republic - New Order
Top hits
- "Ain't Nothing But a G Thang" - Snoop Doggy Dogg / Dr Dre
- "Award Tour" - A Tribe Called Quest
- "Bombtrack" - Rage Against the Machine
- "Both Sides Of The Story" - Phil Collins
- "Bullet In The Head" - Rage Against the Machine
- "Creep" - Radiohead
- "Cryin'" - Aerosmith
- "Deeper And Deeper" - Madonna
- "Human Behavior" - Björk
- "Heart Shaped Box" - Nirvana
- "Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms
- "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) " - Meat Loaf
- "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - The Proclaimers
- "It Was a Good Day" - Ice Cube
- "Man On The Moon" - R.E.M.
- "On the Sea" - Vertical Horizon
- "Passin' Me By" - The Pharcyde
- "Pets" - Porno for Pyros
- "Plush" - Stone Temple Pilots
- "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" Digable Planets
- "Return of the Crazy One" Digital Underground
- "Rooster" - Alice in Chains
- "Sober" - Tool
- "Standing Outside The Fire" - Garth Brooks
- "Two Princes" - The Spin Doctors
- "The World Around Me" - King's X
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1993
Classical music
- John Adams - Violin Concerto
- Luciano Bero - Rage and Outrage
- Alvin Curran - VSTO (string quartet)
- Mario Davidovsky - Shulamit's Dream for soprano and orchestra
- David Diamond - Symphony No. 11
- Krzysztof Penderecki - Polish Requiem (revised version)
- Harold Schiffmann - Sestetto Concertato
- Takashi Yoshimatsu - Concerto for Trombone, Op. 55 "Orion Machine"
Opera
- Theo Loevendie - Gassir, the Hero
- Randolph Peters - Nosferatu
Musical theater
- Annie Warbucks off-Broadway production
- Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) - 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 (Lerner & Loewe) - Broadway revival
- She Loves Me Broadway revival
Births
Deaths
- March 3 - Carlos Montoya, guitarist, 89
- March 28 - Buddy Red Bow (44), Lakota country and western singer
- March 31 - Mitchell Parish, 92, US lyric writer
- April 30 - Mick Ronson, guitarist, liver cancer
- May 30 - Sun Ra, jazz composer
- June 5 - Harold Jenkins a.k.a Conway Twitty country rock singer
- July 14 – Léo Ferré, French singer, songwriter and composer
- September 9 - Helen O'Connell
- September 22 - Maurice Abravanel, conductor
- October 23 - Elena Nicolai, opera singer
- November 3 - Léon Theremin, inventor of the Theremin musical instrument
- December 4 - Frank Zappa, U. S. rock musician/composer
- December 5 - Doug Hopkins, guitarist and songwriter for Gin Blossoms
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