* 1996 – At the Academy Awards ceremony, director Quincy Jones organised a tribute to the just-deceased Kelly, in which Savion Glover performed the dance to " Singin ' in the Rain ".

* 50-The Soundtrack ( 1996 duets, a tribute album for his 50th birthday )

In February 1996, The Band with The Crickets recorded " Not Fade Away ", released on the tribute album Not Fade Away ( Remembering Buddy Holly ).

American heavy metal band, Metallica has run " The Ecstasy of Gold " as prelude music at their concerts since 1985 ( except 1996 – 1998 ), and recently recorded a version of the instrumental for a compilation tribute to Morricone.

* In 1996, RCA Victor released the tribute album The Songs of West Side Story featuring new versions of the songs from the musical sung by popular music stars, including: " The Jet Song " sung by Brian Setzer, " A Boy Like That " sung by Selena, " I feel Pretty " sung by Little Richard, two versions of " Somewhere " performed by Aretha Franklin and Phil Collins, " Tonight " sung by Wynonna Judd and Kenny Loggins, " America " sung by Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole and Sheila E., " I Have a Love " sung by Trisha Yearwood and " Rumble " performed by Chick Corea Elektric Band and Steve Vai's Monsters.

New Age pianist George Winston released a Guaraldi tribute album in 1996 entitled Linus and Lucy – The Music of Vince Guaraldi.

Avsenik tribute bands in North America include Duke Marsic and his Happy Slovenians ( Cleveland, 1964 to 1990 ), the Alpine Sextet ( Cleveland, 1976 to 1996 and 2010 to present ), Ansambel Veseli Godci / Veseli Farani ( Cleveland, 1996 to present ), Marjan Kramer, and Iskre ( Canada ).

* Orphans of God: A Tribute to Mark Heard, Various Artists 1996 tribute album

* Orphans of God, tribute to Mark Heard, 1996

In a 1996 interview for a Germs tribute documentary, Erlandson said: " I think every band is based on one song, and our band was based on " Forming "... Courtney brought it into rehearsal, and she knew, like, three chords and it was the only punk rock song we could play.

* Working Man, a Rush tribute album, tracks # 7, # 10, # 11 ( 1996 )

Oasis tribute band No Way Sis released a cover of " I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing ", entering the British charts at No. 27 in 1996.

* Orphans of God, tribute to Mark Heard, 1996

In 1996, shortly before his death, Spain paid public tribute to Tete Montoliu for his outstanding fifty-year career in jazz.

In 1996 John Sykes decided to reactivate Thin Lizzy, presenting the band as a tribute to Phil Lynott's life and work.

1996 saw the release of " With Love To Buddy ", a tribute album of songs made famous by the late Buddy Holly.

( 1996 ), to be a tribute to Mr. Harryhausen, especially in a scene in which one of the hostile alien's flying saucers chops down the Washington Monument by crashing into it, just as Harryhausen had done in his movie Earth vs. the Flying Saucers in 1956.

In 1996, The Corigliano Quartet was founded, taking his name in tribute.

The young Ohio salesman and tribute band frontman made headlines in 1996 when he went from being a fan of the British metal act Judas Priest to being their lead singer, filling the shoes of Rob Halford ( and, by doing so, inspiring the movie Rock Star, which was later disavowed by the band ).

To commemorate the band's 15th anniversary, the pillows re-released their 90's My Life EP with additional tracks and released a string of new material, including a new EP with re-recorded tracks previously published between 1990 and 1996, Turn Back, one document DVD, Walkin ' on The Spiral, one new studio album, Good Dreams, a new single, " Sono Mirai wa Ima " and finally a tribute album, Synchronized Rockers, including covers of the pillows plyaed by artists such as Mr. Children, Straightener and Noodles.

* New York City-based Celtic rock band Black 47 paid tribute to Rory Gallagher on their 1996 major-label release, " Green Suede Shoes.

When 2Pac died in 1996, Treach made a tribute song to him, called " Mourn You Till I Join You.

One of the highlights of Steve's performance career was his selection as one of a handful of guitarists to perform at the 1996 JVC Jazz Festival 75th birthday tribute concert for Tal Farlow at Merkin Hall in New York City.

Bar Kokhba is a double album by John Zorn, recorded between 1994 and 1996.

On the other hand, in 1995 he toured in Japan with Kurtalan Ekspres, leading to Live In Japan ( 1996 ), his first and only live album.

* Collection ( The Rankin Family album ), 1996

* Collection ( Men Without Hats album ), 1996

Patti Smith recorded a song called " Beneath The Southern Cross " on her 1996 album Gone Again.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

In June 1996, at a press conference to announce the release of their greatest hits album Recurring Dream, Neil revealed that Crowded House were to disband.

The album debuted at number one in Australia, New Zealand and the UK in July 1996.

magazine ran a coverstory on Phenomena, In 1996, Meat Loaf released Welcome to the Neighborhood, a concept album that tells the story of a relationship.

Heavy metal band Iced Earth, released their 1996 album The Dark Saga which is based upon the comic book character Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane.

Leading contemporary composer Philip Glass described Low as " a work of genius " in 1992, when he used it as the basis for his Symphony No. 1 " Low "; subsequently, Glass used Bowie's next album as the basis for his 1996 Symphony No. 4 " Heroes ".

* The song " I Wish I Was Danny Kaye " on Miracle Legion's 1996 album Portrait of a Damaged Family

The song " Boadicea ", also from this album, would later be sampled by The Fugees on their single " Ready or Not " ( 1996 ), causing a brief stir because the group neither sought permission from Enya nor gave her credit initially, and by Mario Winans, who did give her credit ( the Winans track, " I Don't Wanna Know " which features a rap by P. Diddy and is officially credited to all three artists, became Enya's highest charting single in the US, when it peaked at # 2 on the Hot 100 in 2004 ).

House of Pain abruptly broke up in 1996 after the release of their third album, Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again, which featured guest appearances by rappers Sadat X of Brand Nubian, Guru of Gang Starr, producer / rapper Divine Styler and reggae singjay Cockni O ' Dire ( credited as the Scheme Team ).

His fiftieth birthday, in 1996, was celebrated with a show in Paradiso, Amsterdam, and the album ( of duets ) was released the same year.

* Host ( Critters Buggin album ), 1996

Another album of his, VI-Return of the Real came out in 1996, followed by The Seventh Deadly Sin in 1999.

* Indian ( soundtrack ), an album from the 1996 film

The band's American breakthrough came with the third album, Travelling Without Moving in 1996, which yielded two big hits, " Virtual Insanity " and " Cosmic Girl ".

The album was released on February 12, 1996.

Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.

Derrick recorded a solo EP under the moniker Today's Sounds in 1996, and later on in 1999 took charge of re-issuing the Puppets ' original seven records on Rykodisc as well as putting out their first live album, Live in Montana.

* The New World Order ( album ), a 1996 album by Poor Righteous Teachers