1996 – Pokemon appears for the first time in the role-playing videogame “Pocket Monsters Red and Green” for Game Boy in Japan. The 6,138th performance of “Cats” is held in London, surpassing the record of Broadway’s longest-running musical “A Chorus Line”. Tupac Shakur is shot and killed in Las Vegas. Not much happened this yearContinue reading “1996: The Year In Music”
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1994: The Year In Music
1994 – Nelson Mandela is sworn in as South Africa’s first black president. Amazon.com is founded by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington. “Pulp Fiction” premiers at the Cannes Film Festival. “Friends” debuts on NBC. More positive news than usual … so let’s hope the music can keep spirits high! I’ll be looking at the popularContinue reading “1994: The Year In Music”