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a possible explanation came to light about the mysterious disappearance of Glenn Miller and his plane during the war. The Royal Air Force admitted that they might have accidentally shot his aeroplane down somewhere over the English channel.
Luther Vandross was involved in a car crash which left the passenger of the car he was driving dead and himself with a hairline fracture in his hip, 3 broken ribs and lacerations (swellings) to his scalp and face. It aws originally believed that the star would face a manslaughter charge, but it was later dropped as there was no trace of alcohol or drugs in his blood.
the song "Suicide Solution" by Ozzy Osborne was in the limelight but all for the wrong reasons. The parents of a 19-year-old student threatened Ozzy with legal action, claiming their son had commited suicide by shooting himself after having listened to that particular record (ironically Osborne's next single was called "Shot In The Dark"). Mr Osborne denied the allegations and claimed the song in question was actually about Bon Scott from AC/DC who had drunk himself to an early death.
an NME survey revealed that U. S. artists had more success in the the charts the previous year than any acts from other countries. The top single was Jennifer Rush with "The Power Of Love" and Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The U. S. A." was top LP.
Lionel Richie was topping the U. S. charts with his single "Say You Say Me" and Dionne Warwick & Friends with "That's What Friends Are For", whilst the album charts were governed by Barbra Streisand's "The Broadway Album" and the Miami Vice TV soundtrack.
In England Dire Straights were dominating the album charts with "Brothers In Arms". In the singles charts Whitney Houston was "Saving All My Love For You". A-ha were singing that "The Sun Always Shines On TV" and the Pet Shop Boys seemed to be looking for "West End Girls".
Milli Vanilli became not the first to find themselves in trouble for not using their own voices on their own records. Firstly, they had to give back their Canadian Juno Award and were then sued by David Clayton-Thomas, front man of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears, claiming Milli Vanilli's hit "All Or Nothing" was based on one of their songs.
3 fans died at an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City by being crushed during the gig.
James Brown gave his first concert after a two-year jail sentence.
Def Leppard announced they would continue after the death of their guitarist Steve Clark. Clark was found dead in his Chelsea flat in London. The cause of death seemed to be an all to familiar story, namely too much drink and drugs which resulted in the compression on the brain stem. The band, known as the new leaders of British Heavy Metal, had already sold over 12 million copies of their last album "Hysteria".
Janet Jackson tallied up 7 U. S. top 5 singles from her album "Rhythm Nation 1814".
Madonna didn't only attract success but also controversy, though "Justify My Love" topped the U. S. single charts. In particular, the song upset both the Arabs and the American Jews because of the lyrical contents. The hit contained an anti-semitire quote taken from teh biblical Book of Revelations that speaks of 'the slanders of those who say they are Jews but they are not'.
"The Immaculate Collection" was topping the U.K. album charts for most of this month - despite the problems mentioned above - while the single charts were being topped by Queen's "Innuendo", Iron Maiden with "Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter" and Enigma's "Sadness Part I". Vanilla Ice stayed at the top of the American album charts for the entire month with "To The Extreme" and Janet Jackson was finding success with "Love Will Never Do (Without You)".
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| last updated: 6. 1. 2000 |