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April 13, 1993 Bruce Springsteen releases his second live album, In Concert / MTV Unplugged.
April 2, 1993 Roberta Flack guest stars as herself on an episode of ABC-TV's Loving.
March 8, 1993 Beavis and Butt-Head, a show about two animated idiots who watch MTV, debuts on MTV.
February 8, 1993 Tom Jones guest stars on Will Smith's TV show The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, where he sings a variation of "It's Not Unusual" with Alfonso Ribeiro, whose character Carlton often dances to the song.
February 7, 1993 Neil Young records a live set on MTV's Unplugged. Fraught with trouble due to Young's displeasure over the performances of his backing band, it's still released as an album later that year.
January 20, 1993 At the Triangle Ball, the first gay and lesbian inaugural ball, Melissa Etheridge, k.d. lang and Janis Ian come out publicly, declaring that they are gay and in same-sex relationships.More
November 20, 1992 L7 lead singer Donita Sparks takes off her knickers during the band's live performance of "Pretend We're Dead" on the British TV show The Word.More
November 14, 1992 With lead vocals by Jamie Walters, "How Do You Talk To An Angel," the theme song to Aaron Spelling's new drama The Heights, hits #1 for the first of two weeks. More
November 10, 1992 Ween's major-label debut, Pure Guava, is released on Elektra records. The album features the single "Push th' Little Daisies," which gets them attention on MTV after being featured on the channel's animated series Beavis and Butt-head. During the clip, Butt-head quips, "These guys have no future."More
October 31, 1992 Joan Jett stars in an episode of the TV series Highlander, playing one of the immortals. Her version of "Cherry Bomb" is featured.
October 21, 1992 Madonna's book Sex is released. Everything about it is shocking: the $50 price, the Mylar wrapping, the metal covers, and especially the images inside.More
October 20, 1992 Madonna releases Erotica, a concept album about the pleasures and pitfalls of sex and romance, a day before her controversial Sex book hits the market.More
October 5, 1992 Spin Doctors release their first single, "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong."More
October 3, 1992 Sinéad O'Connor, famous for her hit song "Nothing Compares 2 U," goes way off script during her Saturday Night Live appearance, declaring "Fight the real enemy" and tearing up a picture of the Pope.More
October 2, 1992 Madonna's racy "Erotica" video, featuring footage from the making of her Sex book, debuts on MTV. The clip, which features the sultry singer guiding viewers through increasingly sexual scenarios, airs just three times before being banned.
September 22, 1992 Bruce Springsteen records a concert for MTV Unplugged, but plugs in after the first song and does the rest of the set electric. When the episode airs on November 11, it's billed as "MTV Plugged."
September 9, 1992 Nirvana's feud with Guns N' Roses reaches a tense climax when Axl Rose threatens Kurt Cobain backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards.More
September 9, 1992 During a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Nirvana plays "Lithium," ending in a grand finale where bassist Krist Novoselic tosses his instrument high into the air. When he tries to catch it, he misses, and the bass whacks him in the head. Still, it's a pretty awesome performance.
August 1, 1992 Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" video, depicting the teen suicide described in the song, makes its debut on MTV. It goes on to win Video of the Year at the VMAs.More
July 22, 1992 Selena Gomez is born in Grand Prairie, Texas. She starts her career in TV, starring in Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place. In 2009 she releases her first album, Kiss & Tell, with her band Selena Gomez & the Scene on Disney's Hollywood Records. Her adult accomplishments include the hits "Lose You to Love Me" and "The Heart Wants What It Wants," and an acclaimed role on the series Only Murders In The Building.
July 7, 1992 Spinal Tap cap their reunion tour with a sold-out show at Royal Albert Hall in London.More
July 4, 1992 The king of all booty songs, Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back," hits #1 in America.More
June 20, 1992 Mariah Carey's cover of the Jackson 5 classic "I'll Be There" goes to #1 in America. Recorded for her MTV Unplugged special, it's the first song from the MTV acoustic showcase to become a hit. A few months later, Eric Clapton has a hit with his Unplugged version of "Layla."
June 6, 1992 Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" video debuts on MTV. The 9-minute epic is the most expensive video ever made to this point, costing $1.5 million. Much of the budget was spent constructing a church in the desert so Slash could solo in front of it.
May 21, 1992 MTV airs the first episode of The Real World, which gets huge ratings and begins a shift in programming away from music videos. It also encourages other networks to try this "Reality TV" thing.
May 17, 1992 Bandleader and TV host Lawrence Welk dies of bronchial pneumonia at age 89.
May 9, 1992 Bruce Springsteen performs on US TV for the first time when he finally accepts a longstanding offer to be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. He plays three songs from Human Touch and Lucky Town, the albums he released simultaneously five weeks earlier.
April 6, 1992 Annie Lennox releases her first solo album, Diva, with the hits "Why" and "Walking On Broken Glass."More
February 29, 1992 U2 premiere their Zoo TV tour in Lakeland, Florida, making their first US concert appearance in four years and transforming the band into "an audio-visual idea."More
January 16, 1992 Eric Clapton goes acoustic, recording Eric Clapton Unplugged for MTV. The album wins six Grammy Awards, including Record Of The Year.
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