Ok, so 8 is a little odd to do after the 10 Year Thread I did, but it was truely a Memorable time for Music and Movies back on July 17th, 1997. So just to see what was popular 8 years ago on this very day.. (with the notables in Bold)

Top 40 Songs in America on July 17th, 1997

40  4 Page Letter  Aaliyah 
39 Hypnotize The Notorious B.I.G.
38 How Do I Live LeAnn Rimes
37 More Than This 10,000 Maniacs
36 To The Moon And Back Savage Garden
35 Don't Want To Be A Player Joe
34 Hole In My Soul Aerosmith
33 You Bring Me Up K-Ci & JoJo
32 G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. Changing Faces
31 Love Is All We Need Mary J. Blige
30 Alone Bee Gees
29 Your Woman White Town
28 Look Into My Eyes Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
27 The Impressions That I Get Mighty Mighty Bosstones
26 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band
25 I Belong To You (Everytime I See Your Face) Rome
24 Gotham City R. Kelly
23 How Come, How Long Babyface
22 Men In Black Will Smith
21 Go The Distance Michael Bolton
20 Daylight Fading Counting Crows
19 Midnight In Chelsea Jon Bon Jovi
18 How Bizarre OMC
17 Gimme Some Love Gina G.
16 I Wanna Be There Blessid Union Of Souls
15 The End Is The Beginning Is The End Smashing Pumpkins
14 Can U Feel It 3rd Party
13 Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) Backstreet Boys
12 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind
11 A Change Will Do You Good Sheryl Crow
10 All For You Sister Hazel
9 MmmBop Hanson
8 I'll Be Missing You Puff Daddy & Faith Evans with 112
7 Butterfly Kisses Bob Carlisle
6 Whatever En Vogue
5 Do You Know (What It Takes) Robyn
4 Say You'll Be There Spice Girls
3 Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin
2 B*tch Meredith Brooks
1   The Freshman The Verve Pipe

In Theaters on July 17th, 1997

Lost World: Jurassic Park 2
Batman and Robin
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Con Air
The Fifth Element
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Liar, Liar
Scream

Other News and Notes of 1997 (According to the Wikipedia)

-1997 in Film

* Summer 1997 - Production and Filming begins on Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
* Titanic is released
* As Good As It Gets is released
* Good Will Hunting is released

-1997 in Music

* The Notorious B.I.G. is shot to death while sitting in the passenger seat of a car after a Soul Train Awards party
* Gin Blossoms disbanded
* Soundgarden disbanded
* The Memorex, Maxell, and TDK company introduce Blank recordable CDs
* God Ate My Homework formed as one of the first bands to offer their music in MP3 format.
* The White Stripes are formed.
* Coldplay are formed.
* Queens of the Stone Age are formed.

-1997 in Sports
    * NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
          Arizona wins 84-79 over Kentucky

    * NBA Finals:
          Chicago Bulls earn their second repeat of the decade as they beat the Utah Jazz 4 games to 2 (see Steve Kerr).

    * June 12 - Interleague play begins in baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until the World Series.
    * World Series: Florida Marlins won 4 games to 3 over the Cleveland Indians. The Series MVP was Liván Hernández, Florida

    * Super Bowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers won 35-21 over the New England Patriots




Any Favorites?

btw, In this same exact thread i'll also do What was Popular in 1999, so we can see what has changed since the end of the 90's to Today

And here is what was Popular at the Turn of the Century on this Day in 1999 (With the notables in Bold)

Top 40 Songs in America on July 17th, 1999

40  American Woman  Lenny Kravitz 
39 I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiro) Donna Summer
38 I Do (Cherish You) 98 Degrees
37 Strong Enough Cher
36 Smile Vitamin C
35 Where My Girls At? 702
34 Promises Def Leppard
33 Someday We'll Know New Radicals
32 Bills, Bills, Bills Destiny's Child
31 Canned Heat Jamiroquai
30 Sometimes Britney Spears
29 She's All I Ever Had Ricky Martin
28 Summergirls LFO
27 I Love You Came Too Late Joey McIntyre
26 Love Song Sky
25 Sweet Child O' Mine Sheryl Crow
24 Bailamos Enrique Iglesias
23 Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out) Citizen King
22 Black Balloon Goo Goo Dolls 
21 Livin' La Vida Loca Ricky Martin
20 My Own Worst Enemy Lit
19 No Matter What Boyzone
18 Everything Is Everything Lauryn Hill
17 Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me) Blessid Union Of Souls
16 I Could Not Ask For More Edwin McCain
15 Last Kiss Pearl Jam
14 Unpretty TLC
13 Anywhere 112 featuring Lil'Z
12 Someday Sugar Ray
11 Genie In A Bottle Christina Aguilera
10 She's So High Tal Bachman
9 I Want It That Way Backstreet Boys
8 The Cup Of Life Ricky Martin
7 Tell Me It's Real K-Ci & JoJo
6 It's Not Right But It's Okay Whitney Houston
5 I Will Remember You Sarah McLachlan
4 All Star Smash Mouth
3 Beautiful Stranger Madonna
2 If You Had My Love  Jennifer Lopez
1 Wild Wild West  Will Smith featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee

Movies playing in Theaters on July 17th, 1999

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
The Matrix
American Pie
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me
The Wild, Wild West
Big Daddy
South Park: The Movie
Arlington Road
The Mummy


I remember 1999 very well, I remember some of the Songs that played Non Stop and got stuck in my head to the point where I wanted to just jump in front of a car, like "Genie in a Bottle", "All Star", and "Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)"

I remember I became a pretty big Lenny Kravitz Fan in 1999 with songs like "American Woman" and "Fly Away"

Also it was a pretty big Summer for Movies as well  :D

lets see 1997 that was the year i was in love with the Spice Girls lol i even saw the movie there was a Long line out side the theater too ;D



and in 1999 it was poke Mon lol  ;D

lets see 1997 that was the year i was in love with the Spice Girls lol i even saw the movie there was a Long line out side the theater too ;D



and in 1999 it was poke Mon lol  ;D


I admit, the Spice Girls did have some decent music at the time and they were Extremely Popular. What I still remember the most from the Summer of 1997 was my Neighbor who was a Lesbian (but also watched me during the Summer because I was only 11 and could not stay home alone) took me over to her Friends House and they were 2 Gay Men and while I was in their house, they had the Spice Girls Album playing and they were just sitting at the table Making out like crazy while listening to "2 Become 1".  lol, I can't believe I still remember that  :D

Also in 1999, I remember it mainly for being the year I became a Die Hard WWF Fan

Ok, I updated the Original Post with More News and Notes from 1997 (Such as Sports and Pop Culture)  8)

I admit, the Spice Girls did have some decent music at the time and they were Extremely Popular. What I still remember the most from the Summer of 1997 was my Neighbor who was a Lesbian (but also watched me during the Summer because I was only 11 and could not stay home alone) took me over to her Friends House and they were 2 Gay Men and while I was in their house, they had the Spice Girls Album playing and they were just sitting at the table Making out like crazy while listening to "2 Become 1".  lol, I can't believe I still remember that  :D

Also in 1999, I remember it mainly for being the year I became a Die Hard WWF Fan


in 1999 i remember i love Britney Christina Mandy and Jessica also Jennerfur Lopez came out with a CD that year and i also liked Cher's Believe song too lol

in 1999 i remember i love Britney Christina Mandy and Jessica also Jennerfur Lopez came out with a CD that year and i also liked Cher's Believe song too lol


Yeah I remember "Believe" by Cher, Good Song

Also from 1997, the songs "Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews Band and "Gotham City" by R.Kelly are somehow Depressing to me, they just sound like Sad Songs, maybe it depresses me because it reminds me of when I was happy as a kid in the 90's  :(

IMO, 1997 was the ultimate downfall of MTV with Hanson & The Spice Girls, not long until the debut of "TRL"...  :P


Was watching more VH1 in 1997  :)

1997 was cool though. I like "4 Page Letter" by Aaliyah, The Freshman by Verve Pipe, G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T by Changing Faces, Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind, Your Woman by Whitetown from 1997. I get noglastia from listening to "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin, and B*tch by Meredith Brooks.

I remember all those songs from 1999. They just played the same songs all the time. I admit being into "Genie In a Bottle". Its a guilty pleasure song for me. "summer Girls" by LFO is a guilty pleasure song for me too. I think its one of the best summer songs ever. Another guilty plasure is "If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez. However her best song is "Again" which was never released as a single in the States. They used to play Cher and Ricky Martin all the time. Beautiful Stranger by Madonna and "Anywhere" by 112 I like from 1999. I remember that Donna Summer song but I didn't know it made it up that high up to #39 on the charts that year. Likewise for Def Leppard I do remember that song "Promises" up to #34 Wow! Jamairqui made it up to #31 in 1999 with "Canned Heat". I do remember hearing the song I think but its not the type of music I go for. They should stop calling him a one-hit wonder in the states since he hit big in 97 with "Virtual Insanity". He is only known for his song "Virtual Insantity" in the States. MTV and VH1 stop calling him a one-hit wonder now!

Other songs I remember from 1999:

Scar Tissue-Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Hanginaround-Counting Crows
When I Close My Eyes-Shanice
The Hardest Thing-98 Degrees(another guilty pleasure.)
What A Girl wants-Christina Aguilera
Its All About You-Tracie Spencer
Gorgie Porge-Eric Benet featuring Faith Evans
Never Let You Go-Faith Evans
So Anxoius-Ginuwine
If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time-R. Kelly
Miami-Will Smith
Learn To Fly-Foo Fighters
Desert Rose-Sting
The Dolphins Cry-Live
Down-Stone Temple Pilots

I listened to alot of music then.

what year did Sisco come out with the "thong song" ...."Let me see that thong...."?

what year did Sisco come out with the "thong song" ...."Let me see that thong...."?


That was 2000