Alcala Yearbook 1995-1996

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B lues Traveler emerge from theunderground scene to widespread popularity with their album Four and the single "Run-Around."

C leveland-based rap group to thetop of thechartswith someold-fashioned harmonizing onthealbum E. 1999Eternal. Y oko Onoand Little Richard join a host of celebrities at the opening of theglitzy Rock– Bone Thugs-n-Harmony vault

T heir down-to-earth style and soulful pop songs make Hootieand theBlowfishpopular favorites. Their debut album Cracked Rear View sells over 5 million, and thegroup is named Best New Artist at theMTV Music Awards in September.

and-Roll Hall of Fameand Museum inCleveland on September 1.

R ocker Melissa Etheridgefollows top– selling Yes, I Am with her fifth album, Your LittleSecret.

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The chart-topping movie soundtrack DangerousMinds features Coolie's rap anthem "Gangsta's Paradise," the number-one singleof theyear according to Billboard magazine.

Brandy, whose self-titled platinum album and single "I Wanna Be Down" hit high on the R&B charts, sweeps the first Soul TrainMusic Awards in August. The 16-year-old singer wins Best NewArtist, among other awards.

Sixties icon Jerry Garcia, guitarist of The Grateful Dead, dies of aheart attack on August 9at age 53. Garcia's musical roots in blues, country and folk are apparent in hits like "Truckin'." Legions of Deadheads mourn his passing.

Beatlemania returns in 1995 with ABC's six-hour documentary The Beatles Anthology, the video releases of AHard Day's Night and Help! and the album collection Anthology, featuring previously unreleased material.

Twenty-year-old Canadian newcomer Alanis Morissette raises some eyebrows with her up-front, aggressive lyrics and attitudes. Nevertheless, her album Jagged Little Pill goes doubleplatinum.