The Year in Music

1997

The songs, the screens, the headlines

Something About the Way You Look Tonight by Elton John, Anne Dudley & Orchestra — cover art

1997 in music: “Something About the Way You Look Tonight” by Elton John, Anne Dudley & Orchestra topped the year-end chart; Toni Braxton owned the airwaves.

The sound of 1997

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Something About the Way You Look Tonight

Elton John, Anne Dudley & Orchestra 1997

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I'll Be Missing You (feat. Faith Evans, 112)

Puff Daddy & Faith Evans 1997

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Un-Break My Heart

Toni Braxton 1996

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Can't Nobody Hold Me Down (feat. Mase)

Don't Let Go (Love)

Return of the Mack

How Do I Live

Wannabe

Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)

MMMBop

For You I Will

You Make Me Wanna...

At the movies

Titanic
Men in Black
Good Will Hunting

On TV

South Park premieres
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Daria

Headlines

DVD players hit US stores
Tamagotchi craze
Hong Kong returns to China

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