Months in 1998: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Events in Music
Events 1 - 6 of 6
Jan 25th - Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) & soccer David Beckham get engaged
Jan 26th - 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls & Babyface win
Jan 29th - Singers Bobby Brown found guiilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mar 5th - Mariah Carey divorces Tommy Mottola
Mar 12th - "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
Apr 3rd - World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minn
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 2 of 2
Oct 6th - Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink,
German actress and singer
Dec 4th - Olawoyin Olufemi,
Nigerian Musician
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 52 of 52
Jan 4th - John Gary,
singer, dies at 65
Jan 5th - Georgi Sviridov,
composer, dies at 82
Jan 5th - Sonny Bono, (Rep-R-Ca)/singer (Sonny & Cher), dies skiing at 62
Jan 5th - Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (b. 1943)
Jan 8th - Michael Tippett,
English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93
Jan 11th - Klaus Tennstedt,
conductor, dies at 71
Jan 15th - Amos "Junior" Wells,
blues musician, dies at 63
Jan 15th - Junior Wells, blues harpist, dies at 63
Jan 16th - David "Junior" Kimbrough,
blues musician, dies at 67
Jan 19th - Carl Perkins,
singer/songwriter, dies at 65
Jan 26th - S P Leary,
Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
Jan 26th - Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99
Feb 5th - Tim Kelly,
American musician dies at 34
Feb 6th - Carl Wilson,
rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51
Feb 6th - [Johann Hoelzel] Falco, singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40
Feb 7th - Carl Dean Wilson,
musician, dies at 51
Feb 17th - Bob Merrill,
American composer and lyricist (b. 1921)
Feb 18th - Robert Merrill,
songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76
Feb 22nd - Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones,
country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Feb 25th - Celestine Tate Harrington,
a quadriplegic street musician and writer.
Mar 12th - Judge Dread,
English musician (b. 1945)
Mar 20th - George Howard,
American jazz saxophone musician
Apr 1st - Rozz Williams,
American musician (Christian Death) (b. 1963)
Apr 5th - Cozy Powell,
British musician (b. 1947)
Country singer Tammy Wynette (Apr 6th)
Apr 6th - Tammy Wynette,
American country singer, dies at 55
Apr 6th - Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
Apr 7th - Broery Marantika,
Indonesian singer
Apr 9th - Tom Cora,
American cellist and composer (b. 1953)
May 2nd - Hideto "hide" Matsumoto,
Japanese musician (b. 1964)
May 7th - Eddie Rabbitt,
American musician (b. 1941)
May 14th - Frank Sinatra,
American singer and actor, dies at 82
Jun 3rd - Poul Bundgaard,
Danish actor and singer (b. 1922)
Jun 25th - Lounès Matoub,
a famous Berber Kabyle singer (b. 1956)
Jun 29th - Horst Jankowski,
German pianist (b. 1936)
Jul 12th - Jimmy Driftwood,
American folk songwriter and musician (b. 1907)
Jul 25th - Tal Farlow,
American jazz guitarist (b. 1921)
Aug 3rd - Alfred Schnittke,
Russian composer (b. 1934)
Aug 13th - Nino Ferrer,
French-Italian singer and composer (b. 1934)
Aug 20th - Raquel Rastenni,
Danish singer (b. 1915)
Singer/Actor Frank Sinatra (May 14th)
Sep 9th - Bill Cratty,
American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1951)
Sep 26th - Betty Carter,
American singer (b. 1930)
Oct 1st - Pauline Julien,
French Canadian singer (b. 1928)
Oct 2nd - Gene Autry,
American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
Oct 14th - Frankie Yankovic,
American musician (b. 1916)
Oct 29th - Paul Misraki,
French songwriter (b. 1908)
Nov 27th - Barbara Acklin,
American singer and songwriter (b. 1943)
Dec 3rd - Pierre Hétu,
Quebec conductor and pianist (b. 1936)
Dec 7th - John Addison,
British composer (b. 1920)
Dec 11th - Lynn Strait,
American singer (Snot) (b. 1968)
Dec 21st - Karl Denver,
Scottish singer (b 1931)
Dec 25th - Bryan MacLean,
American singer, musician and songwriter (Love) (b. 1946)
Dec 30th - Johnny Moore,
American singer (The Drifters) (b. 1934)
