1997 In Music ,
Other Events Of 1998 ,
1999 In Music , 1990s In Music and the List Of 'years In Music'
- February 15 - Sir Edward Elgar 's unfinished third Symphony , completed by Anthony Payne is performed for the first time at the Royal Festival Hall .
- February 17 - Illegal Art and ®™ark release Deconstructing Beck which quickly spawned reactions from Beck's publisher, record label, and personal lawyer.
- February 19 - The Stray Cats reunite for a benefit show for the Carl Perkins Foundation at L.A. 's House Of Blues .
- February 19 - Lorrie Morgan issues a statement denying a story reported in the tabloid Star Magazine that claimed that the singer had an affair with US President Bill Clinton
- February 22 - In Los Angeles, California , Stevie Wonder is honored as the 1999 MusiCares Person Of The Year .
- February 24 - Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace . The singer is mistakenly introduced as "Sir John Elton".
- Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is arrested and charged with beating his wife, actress Pamela Anderson . Malibu sheriff deputies responded to reports of a disturbance and found Anderson bleeding from an injury to her hand.
- February 24 - John Fogerty is awarded the 1998 Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
- March 13 - The Smashing Pumpkins file a $1 million lawsuit against U.K.-based Sound And Media Ltd. , alleging that the company released a book and CD about the band without proper clearances.
- March 17 - The Corrs at London 's Royal Albert Hall .
- March 26 - Chuck Negron files a lawsuit against his fellow Three Dog Night band mates, alleging that they broke a 1990 settlement agreement and interfered with his career.
- April 5 - Rock and Roll drummer Cozy Powell is killed in a high-speed car crash near Bristol , England . Powell was known for playing with Rainbow , Black Sabbath , Jeff Beck , Brian May and Whitesnake .
- April 7 - George Michael is arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills, California for lewd conduct. Michael is sentenced to community service.
- 17 – 19 April - The second Terrastock Festival is held in San Francisco .
- May 8 - A British court rules in favor of The Beatles and John Lennon 's widow, Yoko Ono , stopping the release of another ''Live at the Star Club'' recording. All copies of the recording and the original tape are awarded to the Beatles, as well as damages and legal costs.
- May - The 3rd EJCF in Basel was held. Next time was in 2001 .
- May 29 Geri Halliwell goes into hiding and her PR Julian Torton confirms that she has left the Spice Girls permenantly.
- December 5 - Billboard changes chart policy for their Hot 100 chart to allow airplay only singles or album cuts to make that chart.
- Swedish pop group, A-Teens , forms
- Teen singer Billie Piper starts her career by becoming the youngest British solo artist to debut at #1 on the UK singles charts.
- The entertainment industry frantically lobbies for, and the United States Congress passes, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act , which gives the entertainment industry 20 more years of exclusive monopoly on all of its works created since 1923 .
- Composer John Harbison is a winner of the Heinz Award For The Arts And Humanities .
''See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits Of 1998 ''
# Lauryn Hill - '' The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill ''
# The Offspring - '' Americana ''
# Cher - '' Believe ''
# Marilyn Manson - '' Mechanical Animals ''
# Shania Twain - '' Come On Over ''
# Monica - '' The Boy Is Mine ''
# Madonna - '' Ray Of Light ''
# Brandy - '' Never Say Never ''
# R. Kelly - '' R. ''
# Mya - '' Mya ''
- January 4 - Mae Questel , (89), US singer and actress, the voice of Betty Boop
- January 5 - Sonny Bono , singer, songwriter, etc, 53
- January 8 - Michael Tippett , composer (born 1905)
- January 11 - Klaus Tennstedt , conductor, 71
- January 15 - Junior Wells , harmonica player, 64
- January 19 - Carl Perkins , complications following a series of strokes
- February 6 - Carl Wilson , The Beach Boys , lung cancer
- - Falco , rock star, car accident
- February 13 - Buddy Lee , respiratory failure while undergoing treatment for lung cancer
- February 17 - Bob Merrill , US songwriter, suicide
- February 19 - Grandpa Jones , star of '' Hee-Haw '', comedian and musician
- February 25 - Rockin' Sidney , soul musician, 59
- February 28 - Todd Duncan , first Porgy in '' Porgy And Bess '', age 95
- April 17 - Linda McCartney , Wings, breast cancer, 56
- May 9 - Alice Faye , actress and singer, 83
- March 12 - Judge Dread , ska and reggae performer (died on stage)
- April 1 - Rozz Williams , founder of Christian Death , suicide; hanging
- April 5 - Cozy Powell , drummer, car accident
- April 6 - Tammy Wynette , country singer, 55
- April 7 - Wendy O. Williams , The Plasmatics , suicide
- April 9 - Tom Cora , cellist and composer, 44
- April 11 - Lillian Briggs (64), US singer and trombonist (of lung cancer)
- May 7 - Eddie Rabbitt , country singer, 56 (of lung cancer)
- May 14 - Frank Sinatra
- June 10 - Steve Sanders , 45, formerly of the Oak Ridge Boys (from 1987-1996, replaced and succeeded by William Lee Golden ); suicide.
- June 25 - Lounès Matoub ; assassinated.
- July 6 - Roy Rogers , 86, US actor, singer and King of the Cowboys
- July 23 - André Gertler , violinist
- July 29 - Jerome Robbins , choreographer, 79
- August 3 - Alfred Schnittke , composer
- August 29 - Charlie Feathers , country blues musician
- October 14 - Frankie Yankovic , America's "Polka King"
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