Category Archives: Popular Music 1990s

Frank Sinatra, 82, dies in Los Angeles 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 14 1998)


Video: 'SINATRA PASSING OF A LEGION' (51 videos)

(Thursday, May 14, 1998, 10:50 p.m. PDT) — American singer, actor, and producer Frank Sinatra, one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century, died tonight at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a heart attack. He was 82. Continue reading Frank Sinatra, 82, dies in Los Angeles 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 14 1998)

Ringo Starr performs on ‘The View’ 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 14 1998)


Video: 'Ringo Starr The View 6 17 1998'

(Thursday, May 14, 1998) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr performed today at ABC Television Studios in New York City for the June 17, 1998, edition of the talk show The View. Continue reading Ringo Starr performs on ‘The View’ 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 14 1998)

Ringo Starr performs for ‘VH1 Storytellers’ 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1998)


Video: 'Ringo Starr - Photograph'

(Wednesday, May 13, 1998) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr performed today at The Bottom Line in New York City for the June 28, 1998, edition of VH1 Storytellers, a television music series produced by the VH1 network, and for a live album (released on Oct. 20, 1998). Continue reading Ringo Starr performs for ‘VH1 Storytellers’ 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 13 1998)

Sarah McLachlan begins filming ‘Mirrorball’ concert video 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 20 1998)


Video: 'Sarah McLachlan - Live - Mirrorball' (23 videos)

(Monday, April 20, 1998) — The filming of two concerts performed on consecutive nights began tonight at Theater of the Clouds in the Rose Garden arena in Portland, Oregon, for Sarah McLachlan’s concert video Mirrorball, released Oct. 12, 1999. Continue reading Sarah McLachlan begins filming ‘Mirrorball’ concert video 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 20 1998)

Linda McCartney, 56, dies at Tucson ranch 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1998)


Video: 'Linda McCartney's Death 1'

(Friday, April 17, 1998)Linda McCartney, wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, a photographer whose portraits of 1960’s rock stars have become classics and an activist for animal rights, died today at the McCartney family ranch in Tucson, Arizona, of breast cancer at the age of 56. Continue reading Linda McCartney, 56, dies at Tucson ranch 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1998)