Awards 1997 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1997: won by Katrina and the Waves (UK) with the song "Love Shine a Light". Gospel Music Hall of Fame: Inductees include Gloria Gaither, and Billy Ray Hearn (founder of Myrrh Records). Grammy Awards of 1997 Mercury Music Prize: Awarded to Roni Size/Reprazent for the album New Forms. 1997 MTV Video Music Awards Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The following artists are inducted: The (Young) Rascals; the Bee Gees; Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills and Nash; The Jackson 5; Joni Mitchell; and Parliament-Funkadelic.
Awards 1997 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1997: won by Katrina and the Waves (UK) with the song "Love Shine a Light". Gospel Music Hall of Fame Inductees include Gloria Gaither, and Billy Ray Hearn (founder of Myrrh Records). Grammy Awards of 1997 Mercury Music Prize Awarded to Roni Size/Reprazent for the album New Forms. 1997 MTV Video Music Awards Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The following artists are inducted: The (Young) Rascals; the Bee Gees; Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills and Nash; The Jackson 5; Joni Mitchell; and Parliament-Funkadelic