Playboy Music 1996

Playboy Music 1996The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, the Eagles, Janis Joplin (singing Mercedes-Benz) and the Village People were some of the hot names in 1995. While such nostalgia makes people feel good, what does it say about the health of the music business? Record sales were flat, and 1995 was a year of unprecedented hiring and firing at all the major labels. Proven acts--Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and Madonna--tanked on the charts. But upstarts such as Alanis Morissette, Live, Hootie & th...