Looking Back at the Year 1997

1997 was an interesting year. The Lion King makes its debut on Broadway, Microsoft is now worth $261 billion dollars, Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, and the movie Titanic was the number one film at the box office. What were the top songs from 1997?

Leann Rimes with “How Do I Live”
Madonna gave us “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”
No Doubt was on fire with “Don’t Speak”
Jewel sang ‘You Were Meant For Me”
Dave Matthews continued his success with the hit “Crash Into Me”
R. Kelly hit it big with “I Believe I Can Fly”
Toni Braxton asked us to “Un-break My Heart”
Jewel hit the charts again with “Foolish Games”
Celine Dion had a hit with the Eric Carmen cover ‘All By Myself”
Shawn Colvin announced that in deed ‘Sunny Came Home”

Thoughts: Gwen Stefani would stay with No Doubt for only a few more years. Toni Braxton, Jewel and Madonna would have their own reality shows in the 2000s, while Celine would lose her husband and brother in the same year. Shawn Colvin would disappear after her one and only hit.


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