Gloworm is a Gospel house/progressive house group comprising of Sedric Johnson and Will Mount. They are best known for their great tracks "I lift my cup" and "Carry me home".
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Feb 1993 20 I Lift My Cup May 1994 9 Carry Me Home
What happened next?
Not a lot happened for Gloworm after the above 2 hits. Sedric Johnson and partcularly Will Mount wrote and produced songs for others. Will has a credit on Kristine W's "Land of the Living".
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García Estefan or just Gloria Estefan is a Cuban born (Sep 1) American singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman. She had 18 UK Top 40 hits in the 90s with the "Miami hit mix" being the most successful reaching #8. In the States, she had a US#1 hit with "Coming out of the dark" in 1991, which was her comeback single after a horrific traffic accident left her with severe injuries. She had 5 US Dance #1s with "Tradicion" (1993), "Turn the beat around" (from the movie, The Specialist in 1994), cover of Robert Knight's "Everlasting love" (1995), "Tres Deseos (Three Wishes)" (1996) and "Oye!" (1998).
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Mar 1990 23 Here We Are Jan 1991 25 Coming Out Of The Dark Apr 1991 24 Seal Our Fate Sep 1991 33 Live For Loving You Oct 1992 8 Miami Hit Mix / Christmas Through Your Eyes Oct 1992 24 Always Tomorrow Apr 1993 13 Go Away Jul 1993 36 Mi Tierra Aug 1993 40 If We Were Lovers / Con Los Anos Que Mw Quedin Oct 1994 21 Turn The Beat Around Dec 1994 11 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Feb 1995 19 Everlasting Love May 1996 15 Reach Aug 1996 18 You'll Be Mine (Party Time) Dec 1996 28 I'm Not Giving You Up Jun 1998 17 Heaven's What I Feel Oct 1998 33 Oye Jan 1999 28 Don't Let This Moment End
What happened next?
In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as 17th)
Gloria Estefan helped put together a jukebox musical "On your feet!" a celebration of her and husband Emilio Estefan's lives in 2015 and had a broadway run (2015-2017) and limited run in London's West End in 2019. Presumably more was to come in the UK before COVID struck.
Gina Mary Gardiner, better known as Gina G is an Australian born (Aug 3) UK based singer. She is best known for her eurovision song entry (finished 8th), grammy nominated (best dance recording) and UK#1 hit "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit" (1 week in May 1996)
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Apr 1996 1 Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit Nov 1996 6 I Belong To You Mar 1997 6 Fresh! Jun 1997 11 Ti Amo Sep 1997 25 Gimme Some Love
What happened next?
Gina G's most recent effort was "Next 2 U" in 2011. But not lot has happened since then music wise.
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou George Michael was an English singer, songwriter and record producer, who had a string of hits in the 1980s as part of the duo, Wham!
In the 1990s, he embarked a successful solo career with 4 UK #1s and 16 UK Top 20 hits. The first of these was the duet recorded live in London with Elton John for "Don't let the sun go down on me" (1991), which was also a US #1. The second was another live collaboration at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert on April 20, 1992 with Queen and Lisa Stansfield on the "Five Live EP" (1993). The other two were the first two singles from the album Older, "Jesus to a child" and "Fast Love", which sampled and borrowed the words from Patrice Rushen's 1982 hit "Forget me nots".
In the states, "Praying for time" was a US #1 in 1990. George had a success on the dance charts as well with "Too Funky" reaching #1 on the Canada Dance chart and "Star People 97" #1 on the US Dance chart.
In 1998, he was arrested for public lewdness in a toilet in LA, which at the time that I did not believe and commented to friend, would the real George Michael please come out... A day later, George did come out... as gay! Anyhow, he beautifully parodied the whole situation in song and video on the UK#2 hit, "Outside".
Date UK Song Aug 1990 6 Praying For Time Oct 1990 23 Waiting For That Day Dec 1990 28 Freedom Feb 1991 31 Heal The Pain Dec 1991 1 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me with Elton John Jun 1992 4 Too Funky May 1993 1 Five Live EP & Queen with Lisa Stansfield Jan 1996 1 Jesus To A Child May 1996 1 Fast Love Aug 1996 2 Spinning The Wheel Feb 1997 3 Older / I Can Make You Love Me May 1997 2 Star People '97 Jun 1997 10 Waltz Away Dreaming (Toby Bourke with George Michael) Sep 1997 2 You Have Been Loved / The Strangest Thing '97 Oct 1998 2 Outside Mar 1999 4 As (with Mary J Blige)
What happened next?
He continued his success into the millienium although "Amazing"ly not quite as successful with #4 being his highest chart position in the UK.
Tragically George Michael passed away on Christmas day, 2016 due to heart/liver problems. He had sold at the time 115 million records (including his work with Wham!) He currently has a total of 7 UK #1s, 36 UK Top 40 hits and 8 US #1s under his name. Not too bad, don't you think?
Genesis are an English rock group consisting of keyboardist Tony banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford (Mike & The Mechanics) and drummer/singer Phil Collins. They were formed in 1967 and did have Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett in their early line-up.
In the 1990s, after hiatus for solo projects Genesis released their 14th album, "We can't dance" and from it came tongue-in-cheek song and video for "I can't dance" and "No son of mine".
Date UK Song Nov 1991 6 No Son Of Mine Jan 1992 7 I Can't Dance Apr 1992 16 Hold On My Heart Jul 1992 20 Jesus He Knows Me Nov 1992 7 Invisible Touch (live) Feb 1993 40 Tell Me Why Sep 1997 29 Congo90 Hits for Phil Collins (Discography):
Date UK Song Jan 1990 7 I Wish It Would Rain Down Apr 1990 15 Something Happened On The Way To Heaven Jul 1990 26 That's Just The Way It Is Oct 1990 34 Hang In Long Enough Oct 1993 7 Both Sides Of The Story Jan 1994 15 Everyday Oct 1996 9 Dance Into The Light Dec 1996 30 It's In Your Eyes Nov 1998 26 True Colors Nov 1999 17 You'll Be In My Heart90 Hits for Mike & the Mechanics (Discography):
Date UK Song Mar 1991 13 Word Of Mouth Feb 1995 12 Over My Shoulder Jun 1995 33 A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold Feb 1996 27 All I Need Is A Miracle Jun 1999 35 Now That You've Gone
What happened next?
In 1996, Phil Collins left the Genesis amicably having celebrated 25 years with the band. Ray Wilson of Stiltskin replaced him and they continued to record. Finally in 2000, the group decided it would no longer be recording or touring. Over the years, they have been much speculation that there would be a reunion. In 2020, Genesis announced the Last Domino? tour but due to the COVID pandemic, this has been pushed back into 2021.
Gat Decor was an English electronic music group comprised of English DJs and producers Simon Slater, Laurence Nelson-Boudville and Simon Hanson. They are best known for the 1992 song "Passion", which is considered to be one of the best-known works of the early progressive house genre. The name "Gat Decor" was derived from an anagram of "Tag Records", a record store based in Soho, London.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song May 1992 29 Passion Mar 1996 6 Passion (remix)
What happened next?
Simon Slater went on to own his own company SBS Productions.
Gary Clail is an English singer, MC, DJ and record producer. He is best known for his work with On-U Sound System on the 1994 UK Top 10, "Human nature".
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Nov 1992 31 Who Pays The Piper Mar 1994 10 Human Nature
What happened next?
Gary Clail's last offering was the album entitled "Nail it to the mast" in 2014.
Gala Rizzatto Gala is an Italian born (Sep 6) American-based singer songwriter. Best known for the dance classic "Freed from Desire," which made #2 on the UK chart. She had 3 top 40 hits in the UK.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Jul 1997 2 Freed From Desire Dec 1997 11 Let A Boy Cry Aug 1998 38 Come Into My Life
What happened next?
Gala has performed on popular "Love the 90s" tour and has performed at several hay pride concerts in recent years.
Gala wrote and composed two original songs alongside Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Jesse Ruben and Kyle Patrick, "Happiest Day of My Life" mixed by Miles Walker and "Nameless Love" with co-production and mixing by Andros Rodrigues, for the foreign movie Favola.
Gala performed at the last game for the qualifications for the UEFA Euro 2020 (Belgium-Cyprus) live streamed worldwide and was honored by Eden Hazard on behalf of the National Belgian Soccer Team, THE RED DEVILS with a national team jersey after her live performance.
Louise Gabrielle Bobb, better known as Gabrielle is an English born (May 16) R&B and soul singer/songwriter. Her best known single was the debut, "Dreams", which spent 3 weeks at #1 in the UK in June 1993. It was also both a US and Canada chart #1 later that year. Upon the release of the album, "Find your way", Gabrielle followed up with 3 more top 40 hits. The self-titled second album was released in 1996 and contained the lead-off single and Top 5 hit, "Give me a little more time." The album spawned 5 hit singles including the collaboration with East 17 on Shai's "If you ever" and Dionne Warwick's "Walk on by."
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Jun 1993 1 Dreams Oct 1993 9 Going Nowhere Dec 1993 26 I Wish Feb 1994 24 Because Of You Feb 1996 5 Give Me A Little More Time Jun 1996 23 Forget About The World Oct 1996 15 If You Really Cared Nov 1996 2 If You Ever (East 17 featuring Gabrielle) Feb 1997 7 Walk On By Oct 1999 9 Sunshine
What happened next?
Gabrielle continued her success into 2000 with the follow-up to "Sunshine", the title track from the album, "Rise." "Rise" used the back-beat from "Knockin' on Heaven's door" and it gave her second ever UK chart-topper. A further 5 Top 20 followed including "When a woman," "Should I stay", "Out of reach" (from the movie, "Bridget Jones' Diary") and "Don't need the sun to shine". Surprisingly, "Stay the same" was her last UK Top 20 in 2004.
Gabrielle recently appeared in the second series of Masked Singer UK (2021) where she was Harlequin and finished a respectable 4th. At the same time, Gabrielle released her 7th studio album, "Do it again" and will be touring in the UK later in 2021.
Funky Green Dogs is a project by house duo Murk (Oscar Gaetan and Ralph Falcon). They had a Canada Dance #1 with "Fired Up" (for 4 weeks in December 1996), which featured Tamara Wallace on vocals. They also scored US Dance #1s with "The way" (1997) and "Body" (1999).
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Apr 1997 17 Fired Up!
What happened next?
Funky Green Dogs are known as Murk these days and their last release was "Coyo" with Arthur Baker in 2018.
Full Intention are an English duo of DJ/producer/remixers Michael Gray and Jon Peran. They are best known for their cover of Patrick Juvet disco classic "America (I love America)", which spent 2 weeks at #1 on US Dance Chart in June 1996. They have collaborated on remixes including: Ultra Naté, Todd Terry, Gusto, Duke, Jamiroquai, First Choice, Eddie Amador, Debbie Pender, Mica Paris, Barbara Tucker.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Apr 1996 32 America (I Love America) Jul 1997 34 Shake Your Body Down (To The Ground)
What happened next?
Full Intention have collabored with many artists over the years and their most recent effort was with Milk and Sugar featuring Natasha Watts on "You've been gone too long" in 2020.
Fugees were an American hip-hop and R&B; outfit comprising of Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill (born May 26) and Pras Michel.
Their style combined elements of hip hop, soul and Caribbean music. Their name was derived from a shortening of the word "refugees".
Their first hit "Fu-gee-la" sampled Teena Marie's "Ooo La La La". Their biggest hit was "Killing me softly", which was originally sung by Lori Leiberman (not Roberta Flack who first had a hit with it).
"Ready or not" sampled Enya's album track "Boadicea". They covered Bob Marley's "No woman no cry". They collaborated with a Tribe called Quest, Busta Rhymes and Forte on "Rumble in the Jungle" that sampled Abba's "Name of the game" and was featured on the soundtrack to the film, "When we were kings".
Individually, they all had chart success in their own right. Lauryn Hill's solo ablum "The miseducation of..." was US#1 and UK#2 and spawned top 5 hits "Doo Wap (That Thing)" and "Ex-Factor". Pras Michel had a big hit with "Ghetto Superstar (That is what you are)" with ODB and Mya, which made #1 on the Canada Dance chart. Wasn't sure why Warren Beattie was on the cover but turns "Ghetto Superstar" was on the soundtrack for his 1998 satirical movie "Bulworth". Wyclef had a top 3 hit with "Gone til November" in 1998.
Date UK Song Apr 1996 21 Fu-Gee-La Jun 1996 1 Killing Me Softly Sep 1996 1 Ready Or Not Nov 1996 2 No Woman No Cry Mar 1997 3 Rumble In The Jungle (featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes and Forte)90 Hits for Lauryn Hill (Discography):
Date UK Song Sep 1997 18 The Sweetest Thing (Refugee Camp Allstars featuring Lauryn Hill) Oct 1998 3 Doo Wap (That Thing) Feb 1999 4 Ex-Factor Jul 1999 19 Everything Is Everything Dec 1999 15 Turn Your Lights Down Low (featured with Bob Marley)90 Hits for Pras Michel (Discography):
Date UK Song Jun 1998 2 Ghetto Superstar That Is What You Are (featuring ODB and Mya) Nov 1998 6 Blue Angels Nov 1998 5 Another One Bites The Dust (Queen with Wyclef featuring Pra Michel and Free)90 Hits for Wyclef Jean (Discography):
Date UK Song Jun 1997 13 We Trying To Stay Alive (with Refugee Allstars) Sep 1997 25 Guantanamera (with Refugee Allstars) May 1998 3 Gone Till November Oct 1999 23 New Day (featuring Bono)
What happened next?
Lauryn Hill recorded a studio version of her song, "Guarding the Gates", for the movie Queen & Slim which was released on November 27, 2019. She had been singing this song during live performances for several years prior to the recording for the movie. This song appears on the album, Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack.
Wyclef Jean had a few more hits in the 2000s as he collaborated with Mary J Blige on "911" and the Rock Dwayne Johnson on "It doesn't matter". Both were top 10 hits in the UK. He was a guest duet (with Naughty Boy) helping Rak-Su to win X-Factor in 2017. On March 8, 2019, Wyclef released his ninth studio album, Wyclef Goes Back to School Volume 1.
In 2015, Pras Michel completed a documentary, Sweet Micky For President, which chronicles the rise of Haitian musician Michel Martelly, through his election to fight corruption as President of Haiti, an election campaign that was strongly endorsed by Pras. The film had its World premiere at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival.
Farrokh Bulsara, better known as Freddie Mercury was a Zanzibar born (Sep 5) singer best known for being the lead singer of Queen. He is known for his own projects including the duet with Montserrat Caballe on "Barcelona", which was re-issued for the Olympic Games in 1992 and the revamped chart topper "Living on my own". Both of those tracks were posthumous hits after his passing in November 1991.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Aug 1992 2 Barcelona (re-issue) (Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballë) Dec 1992 8 In My Defence Feb 1993 29 The Great Pretender (re-issue) Jul 1993 1 Living On My Own
First Base was a German Eurodance project created in 1995. Band members are female vocalist Viktoria (Christina Safrani), rapper MC Flash (Michael Williams); and producer DJ Wondermike (Mike Wonder) whose credits include remixes for various artists including No Mercy. Back in 1995, the group released their first single on Beam Records entitled "Love Is Paradise". For some reasons, that track did not make much of a stir and for the most part left unknown. In January 1996 the song was released by BMG (Canada) on a CD compilation called Club Cutz Volume 7, instantly becoming a mega hit. This song was also nominated for the Best 1996 Song in First Annual Euro-Energy Cyberspace Awards.
90 Hits (Discography):Date Song 1995 Love is paradise 1996 Heavenly (promo) 1997 Can you keep a secret? (promo) 1999 Follow me (promo)
Francis Wright, better known by his pet name Felix is an English DJ and producer. Best known for "Don't you want me", which was charted 3 times in the UK with various remixes by Patrick Prins and Tom Hayes (Blackcurrant Tango). The original version was #1 on the US Dance chart in February 1993. For "It will make you crazy", Steele (Sam Brown, not her) provided vocals.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Aug 1992 6 Don't You Want Me Oct 1992 11 It Will Make Me Crazy May 1993 29 Stars Aug 1995 10 Don't You Want Me (remix) Oct 1996 17 Don't You Want Me (2nd remix)
What happened next?
Felix set up his own electronic music label, Dance FX based in Los Angeles with Kim Knight.
Quentin Leo Cook, better known as Norman Cook or Fatboy Slim is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. Previously he was a member of the successful 80s outfit, The Housemartins. He is best known for the UK singles and UK Dance chart topper, "Praise you" and the UK#2 hit "Right here right now" both in 1999. He has used a lot of samples in his songs. "Rockafeller skank" sampled the Just Brothers' "Sliced Tomatoes" and John Barry Seven's "Beat Girl". "Gangster Trippin" sampled Dust Junkys' "Beatbox Wash (Rinse It Remix)". "Praise You" contained a sample from a live version of Camille Yarborough's "Take Yo Praise". "Right here right now" sampled James Gang's "Ashes, The Rain And I" and an Angela Bassett quote from the movie "Strange Days". Other projects that Fat Boy Slim was part of include being part of Beats International, Double Trouble, Mighty Dub Katz and Pizzaman. Also he remixed Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha," which pushed it all the way to UK#1 in 1998.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Nov 1997 34 Everybody Needs A 303 Jun 1998 6 The Rockafeller Skank Oct 1998 3 Gangster Trippin' Jan 1999 1 Praise You May 1999 34 Badder Badder Schwing (Freddy Fresh featuring Fatboy Slim) May 1999 2 Right Here Right Now
What happened next?
In 2000, Fatboy Slim released his third studio album, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, and featured two collaborations with Macy Gray and "Weapon of Choice", which also was made into an award-winning video starring Christopher Walken.
In 2003, he produced Crazy Beat and Gene by Gene from the Blur album Think Tank, and in 2004, Palookaville was Cook's first studio album for four years.
Fatboy Slim's greatest hits album "Why Try Harder" was released on 19 June 2006. It included ten Top 40 singles, a couple of number ones ("Praise you" and "Brimful of Asha") and two new tracks "Champion Sound" and "That Old Pair of Jeans". Most of the songs were shortened and heavily edited, resulting in almost fifteen minutes of unused space on the compact disc release.
The Farm is an English collective from Liverpool. Members include: Steven Levy, George Maher, Keith Mullin, Roy Boulter, Steve Grimes, Peter Hooton, Ben Leach, Phillip Strongman, Anthony Evans, Andy McVann, and John Melvin. The group most popular releases cross over late-80s dance music and classic pop/rock stylings. They are best known for "Groovy Train" and "All together now", which reached the top 20 on the US alternative/modern rock charts as well the top 20 in the UK. They also were featured on the song "Sinful!" with Pete Wylie and covered Human League's "Don't you want me."
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Sep 1990 6 Groovy Train Dec 1990 4 All Together Now Apr 1991 28 Sinful! (Scary Jiggin' With Doctor Love) (credited as Pete Wylie and The Farm) May 1991 36 Don't Let Me Down Oct 1992 18 Don't You Want Me Jan 1993 35 Love See No Colour Aug 1994 31 Mind
What happened next?
"Altogether now" has been popular over the years in expressing and promoting unity (after all the the lyrics were written about the Christmas Day Truce (1914) in the first World War that The Farm released it again in 2004 to promote the England football team's campaign in the Euro 2004 championships and it made the UK Top 5. It was covered by Everton FC for the FA Cup Final in 1995 and Goleo with Atomic Kitten in 2006 for the World Cup 2006.
In 2018, Carl Hunter directed the feature film "Sometimes Always Never", which was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and starred Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter and Tim McInnerny. The film was produced by members of group.
Faithless is an English electronic band comprising of rapper/singer Maxi Jazz (Max Fraser, Jun 14), programmer/producer Rollo (Rowland Armstrong, May 8), programmer/DJ Sister Bliss (Ayalah Bentovim, Dec 30), singer/instrumentialist Jamie Catto and guitarist Dave Randall. They have used both Pauline Taylor and Rollo's sister, Dido as guest vocals. They are best known for the dance classic "Insomnia", which reached #1 in the UK dance chart in 1995 and upon re-release #1 in the US and Canada dance chart in 1997. Their debut single was "Salva Mea" followed by "Insomnia" and "Don't leave" with moderate success in 1995. "Insomnia" was simply re-released and was a major hit in 1996. "Salva Mea" and "Don't leave" were both reissued. "Salva Mea" was remixed and included vocals by Collette. It became US Dance Chart twice (in March 1996 and October 1997 respectively). "Don't leave" was included in the soundtrack for "A Life Less Ordinary". All tracks were from the album "Reverence", for which the title track itself was released as a single. "God is a DJ" was also US and Canada Dance #1. "Bring my family back" was from the film 'Forces Of Nature'. Both Rollo and Sister Bliss had solo projects. Rollo used different "Rollo goes" monikers depending on the mood. Rollo goes camping with "Get off your high horse" was UK Dance #1 in September 1994. Sister Bliss had UK Dance #1 a month later with "Cantgetaman, Cantgetajob (Life's a Bitch)".
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Aug 1995 30 Salva Mea (Save Me) Dec 1995 27 Insomnia Mar 1996 34 Don't Leave Oct 1996 3 Insomnia Dec 1996 9 Salva Mea (remix) Apr 1997 10 Reverence Nov 1997 21 Don't Leave (re-entry) Sep 1998 6 God Is A DJ Dec 1998 15 Take The Long Way Home May 1999 14 Bring My Family Back90 Hits (Rollo / Sister Bliss):
Date UK Song Jun 1995 32 Love Love Love - Here I Come (as Rollo Goes Mystic) Jun 1996 26 Let This Be A Prayer (as Rollo Goes Spiritual with Pauline Taylor) Oct 1994 31 Cantgetaman Cantgetajob (Life's A Bitch) (as Sister Bliss with Colette) Jul 1995 40 Oh! What A World (as Sister Bliss with Colette)
What happened next?
On 16 March 2011, Maxi Jazz announced on his website that Faithless would cease to be, commenting "But, like when writing a song, you always just know when it's finished... this is and was the Thank YOU And Goodbye tour."
In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed Faithless among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (ranked 47th).
In 2020 Faithless started to compose new songs, "Let the music decide" featuring George the Poet, "This Feeling" featuring poet Suli Breaks and Nathan Ball on vocals. An album, "All Blessed" was released in October. Maxi Jazz did not perform on the album but was thanked in the sleeve notes for "passing the baton".
Everything but the girl is an English duo consisting of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt. In the 1990s, they are best known for the song "Missing", which was #1 on the UK and Canada dance chart. It reached #3 on the UK singles chart with a lot of help from the remixes from Todd Terry. "Wrong" was also a Canada dance #1 and the first of 3 US Dance #1s in 1996. "The future of the future" and "Five Fathoms (Love more)" were also US Dance #1's.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Feb 1992 13 Covers EP Oct 1994 3 Missing (remix) Apr 1996 6 Walking Wounded Jun 1996 8 Wrong Oct 1996 20 Single Dec 1996 36 Driving (remix) Mar 1997 25 Before Today Oct 1998 31 The Future Of The Future (Stay Gold) (featured with Deep Dish) Sep 1999 27 Five Fathoms
What happened next?
In July 2017, Everything but the girl reclaimed the rights to eight of their albums, plus the American rights to Temperamental and Walking Wounded from Warner Music Group. This catalogue will now be distributed through Chrysalis Records under licence from Watt's Strange Feeling label
Ben Watt released a couple of solo albums "Hendra" (2014) and "Fever Dream" (2016). He collaborated with Bernard Butler (Suede), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd). Tracy Thorn released "Record" (2018) with collaborations with Corinne Bailey Rae and Shura amongst others. Both Thorn and Watt have each written two books. Thorn's 2013 memoir, Bedsit Disco Queen, covers a significant portion of the history of EBTG as a band.
Eternal are an English R&B girlband that originally consisted of Easther Bennett, Vernie Bennett, Kelle Bryan and Louise Nurding/Redknapp. The group are best known for their debut single "Stay", "Oh baby I" and UK#1 with BeBe Winans, "I Wanna Be The Only One". Louise left after the debut album, "Always and forever" to pursue a solo career in 1995. Kelle left in 1998 but before embarking on a meaningful solo career was struck down with lupus.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Oct 1993 4 Stay Jan 1994 8 Save Our Love Apr 1994 8 Just A Step From Heaven Aug 1994 13 So Good Nov 1994 4 Oh Baby I... Dec 1994 15 Crazy Oct 1995 5 Power Of A Woman Dec 1995 7 I Am Blessed Mar 1996 8 Good Thing Aug 1996 4 Someday Dec 1996 9 Secrets Mar 1997 3 Don't You Love Me May 1997 1 I Wanna Be The Only One (featuring BeBe Winans) Oct 1997 4 Angel Of Mine Oct 1999 16 What'cha Gonna Do90 Hits for Louise (Discography):
Date UK Song Oct 1995 8 Light Of My Life Mar 1996 17 In Walked Love Jun 1996 5 Naked Aug 1996 5 Undivided Love Nov 1996 9 One Kiss From Heaven Oct 1997 4 Arms Around The World Nov 1997 10 Let's Go Round Again Apr 1998 11 All That Matters90 Hits for Kelle Bryan (Discography):
Date UK Song Oct 1999 14 Higher than Heaven
What happened next?
Louise has a TV and media personality over the years, presenting shows such as "The Farmer wants a wife" and "Something for the Weekend, a bit of acting in the film "The Hot Potato" and dancing of Strictly come dancing in 2016. Kelle Bryan has started acting as she is a regular on "Hollyoaks" and is a panelist on "Loose Women".
Easther Bennett and Vernie Bennett have been relatively quiet. Easther was a featured artist with Aswad on a cover of Diana King's "Shy guy" in 2002. Vernie went back to university to finish studying law and has become a lawyer. Recently, Kelle Bryan and Louise
hinted at an Eternal reunion.
Erasure is an English synthpop duo, consisting of singer and songwriter Andy Bell (Apr 25) and songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke (Jul 3). Having established themselves in the late 80s with hits like "Sometimes" and "Little Respect", they continued their success into the 90s, with 16 UK Top 40s in the decade. They are best known for covering Abba songs on UK#1 "Abba-Esque EP."
Erasure kicked off the decade with "Blue Savannah," which was their third and biggest single from their fourth studio album, "Wild!" when reached UK#3. In 1991, their fifth studio album "Chorus" was released and the title track, and "Love to hate you" all made the UK Top 5. In 1992, they put together versions of Abba songs in the "Abba-Esque EP", which gave them their only UK #1 hit to date. Their next studio album, "I say I say I say" featured another UK top 5 hit and US Top 20 hit, "Always." More UK hits followed from albums "Erasure" and "Cowboy."
Date UK Song Mar 1990 3 Blue Savannah Jun 1990 11 Star Jun 1991 3 Chorus Sep 1991 4 Love To Hate You Dec 1991 15 Am I Right (EP) Jan 1992 22 Am I Right EP (remix) Mar 1992 8 Breath Of Life Jun 1992 1 Abba-Esque EP Nov 1992 10 Who Needs Love Like That Apr 1994 4 Always Jul 1994 6 Run To The Sun Dec 1994 20 I Love Saturday Sep 1995 15 Stay With Me Dec 1995 20 Fingers And Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) Jan 1997 13 In My Arms Mar 1997 23 Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
What happened next?
On 21 August 2020, Erasure released their eighteenth studio album, "The Neon" with the lead single, "Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)" also released on the same day. The band has stated that they tried to go back to their original sounds. Clarke has used some of his older synths and Bell described the new album as "going back to the beginning".
En Vogue is an American R&B/Pop vocal group whose original line-up: Cindy Herron (Braggs), Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones and Dawn Robinson. They are best known for their breakout US Dance #1 hit "Hold on" and "My lovin'". In 1990, they made #2 on the US Hot 100 singles chart with "Hold on" and quickly released it in the UK where it reached the top 5. This was the only hit from the debut album, "Born to sing" with "Lies" and "You don't ahve to worry making the US Hot 100 but failing to chart in the UK. A remix album "Remix to sing" was also released. The second studio album, "Funky Divas", spawned more hit singles with the lead off single "My lovin'" making #2 on the US Hot 100 and giving the group their biggest hit in the UK. "Giving him something he can feel", "Free your mind", "Give it up turn it loose" were US Top 20 hits as well as making it onto the UK Top 40. "Runaway Love" was an extended play release, which featured the title track (also released as single) and a collaboration with Salt'n'Pepa called "Whatta man," which reached #3 on the US Hot 100 and the UK Top 10. Their third album, "EV3" featured "Don't let go," which was also a song off the soundtrack for the 1996 moive "Set it off". It gave the group their third US #2 hit and third UK Top 5 hit.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song May 1990 5 Hold On May 1992 4 My Lovin' Nov 1992 16 Giving Him Something He Can Feel / Free Your Mind Jan 1993 22 Give It Up Turn It Loose Oct 1993 36 Runaway Love Mar 1994 7 Whatta Man (with Salt'n'Pepa) Jan 1997 5 Don't Let Go (Love) Jun 1997 14 Whatever Sep 1997 20 Too Gone Too Long
What happened next?
Dawn Robinson left in 1997 to form Lucy Pearl, leaving that group after their first album for a solo career. The three remaining members of a href="https://twitter.com/EnVogueMusic">En Vogue continued record as a trio, releasing "EV3" and "Masterpiece Theatre". Amanda Cole (nee Jones) joined the group in 2001, and Maxine Jones left the group soon after to spend more time with her daughter. Cole then recorded the album "The Gift Of Christmas" with Ellis and Herron. In 2003, Cole left the group for a solo career and was replaced by Rhona Bennett. Maxine Jones re-joined the group briefly in 2003 to replace new mother Herron for the "Night of the Proms" European tour. After the tour, Herron again replaced Jones and recorded the album 'Soul Flower' with Ellis and Bennett.
In 2005, the original line-up of Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones and Dawn Robinson re-formed and performed on Stevie Wonder's latest album as well as on VH1's Hip Hop Honours with Salt 'N' Pepa. They signed a management deal, but were let go when Robinson once again left due to business issues. Bennett rejoined the group and they were rumoured to be recording a new album together. But in 2008, Robinson rejoined the group and they are embarking on a 20 year anniversary tour, as well as working on a new album and a reality television show. In 2011 and 2012 Maxine and Dawn were in a dispute with Cindy and Terry over who rightfully represents the group and over the choice of management. In December 2011 Dawn left the group and in May 2012 Maxine followed.
Enigma is a German electronic project formed in 1990 by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. Cretu is both the composer and the producer of the project. Best known for the UK #1 hit, "Sadeness Part I" (January 1991) and "Return to Innocence". "Sadeness" was #1 on both the US and Canada dance charts. "Mea Culpa" was also a Canada Dance #1.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Dec 1990 1 Sadeness Part 1 Jan 1994 3 Return To Innocence May 1994 21 The Eyes Of Truth Aug 1994 21 Age Of Loneliness Jan 1997 26 Beyond The Invisible
What happened next?
Enigma are still about although their last album was "The Fall of a Rebel Angel" in 2016.
Energy 52 is a project created by Paul Schmitz-Moormann (DJ Kid Paul) mostly with Harald Bluchel (Cosmic Baby). They are best known for "Cafe del Mar" which was #1 for 2 weeks on the UK Dance Chart in July 1998.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Jul 1998 12 Cafe Del Mar 98
What happened next?
Not a lot known about what happened to DJ Kid Paul but there have countless remixes of "Cafe Del Mar" over the years.
Emma Morton-Smith (or just Emmie) is an English born (Aug 7) singer. She is best known for her version of the Roxy Music classic "More than this", which reached the top 5 in the UK chart in 1999.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Jan 1999 5 More Than This
What happened next?
Emmie released several songs as part of different projects including Indien, Lovebug and W.I.P.
Marie-Josee Riel or just Emjay is a French-Canadian born (Dec 9) dance singer. Her style of dance music was Eurodance with high-energy techno beat and passionate female vocals. Her music was rather well-known to Canadian dance music fans. She is best known for a version of the Company B's "Fascinated," Expose's "Point of no return" and "Flying to the moon" as well as the title track from her debut album "In your arms."
90 Hits (Discography):Date CanadaDance Song 1995 15 Sound of my heartbeat 1995 10 Fascinated 1995 4 Flying to the moon 1996 - In your arms 1996 - Point of no return 1998 - We all need love
What happened next?
Emjay has been performing some wayback gigs in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal and was a vocalist on ABA/Z Project's "Living my life". She released a cover of the Supremes (Kim Wilde) classic "You keep me hanging on". She recently performed an online wayback gig in 2021.
EMF are an English indie-dance band who are best known for the song, "Unbelievable", which was US #1 in July 1991. The name is reported to be short for Epsom Mad Funkers but I am sure you can think of a ruder representation. The group comprises of Derry Brownson, Gareth Milford, Ian Dench, James Atkin, Mark Decloedt, Steven Marsh and Tim Stephens.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Nov 1990 3 Unbelievable Feb 1991 6 I Believe Apr 1991 19 Children Aug 1991 28 Lies May 1992 18 Unexplained EP Sep 1992 29 They're Here Nov 1992 23 It's You Feb 1995 27 Perfect Day Jul 1995 3 I'm A Believer (with Reeves & Mortimer)
What happened next?
EMF still together and have played the odd gig or two. The most recent one was Arrecife en Vivo Music Festival in 2018.
Reginald Kenneth Dwight, better known as Sir Elton John is an English born (Mar 25) singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. In the 1990s, he is perhaps best known for rewording "Candle in the Wind" as a tribute to Princess Diana in 1997. He had 3 UK chart toppers with "Candle in the Wind" (5 weeks in September 1997), the double-A side "Sacrifice/Healing Hands" (5 weeks in June 1990) and the duet with George Michael, "Don't let the sun go down on me" (2 weeks in November 1991). The George Michael duet was a live recording from a George Michaek concert in London in March that year. Elton made a number of collaborations that charted including with Eric Clapton, Kiki Dee, Marcella Detroit, LeAnn Rimes, Luciano Pavarotti and RuPaul. Elton also wrote and sung on "Can you feel the love tonight" and "Circle of life" for the "Lion King" movie in 1994.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Jun 1990 1 Sacrifice (re-issue) / Healing Hands (re-issue) Oct 1990 33 You Gotta Love Someone Dec 1991 1 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (George Micheal with Elton John) Jun 1992 10 The One Aug 1992 31 Runaway Train (Elton John & Eric Clapton) Nov 1992 21 The Last Song Nov 1993 2 True Love (Elton John with Kiki Dee) Feb 1994 7 Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John & RuPaul) May 1994 24 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (Marcella Detroit & Elton John) Jul 1994 14 Can You Feel The Love Tonight Oct 1994 11 Circle Of Life Mar 1995 15 Believe May 1995 18 Made In England Feb 1996 33 Please Dec 1996 9 Live Like Horses (Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti) Sep 1997 1 Candle In The Wind 97 / Something About The Way You look Tonight Feb 1998 16 Recover Your Soul Jun 1998 32 If The River Can Bend Mar 1999 10 Written In The Stars (Elton John with LeAnn Rimes)
What happened next?
Elton John was knighted by the Queen and became a "Sir" in 1998. Recently, he made a memorable cameo helping Colin Firth and Taron Egerton in "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" (2017) and Egerton returned the favour by playing Elton in the biopic "Rocketman". Last week (30th April), he discussed COVID, lockdown, online abuse, Rocketman and Watford as the first guest on Troy Deeney's Deeney Talks.
Electronic is an English group formed around 1988 by Bernard Sumner (Joy Division/New Order) and Johnny Marr (The Smiths) following a more "electronic" style of music, blending synthesizers with guitars and rock with contemporary dance music. Their biggest hits in the 90s were "Get the message" and "Disappointed" which featured the vocals of Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys).
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Apr 1991 8 Get The Message Sep 1991 39 Feel Every Beat Jul 1992 6 Disappointed Jul 1996 14 Forbidden City Sep 1996 16 For You Feb 1997 35 Second Nature Apr 1999 17 Vivid
What happened next?
Despite huge international commercial success and collaborations with Neil Tennant, Electronic has been on indefinite hiatus since 1999.
Eiffel 65 is an Italian electronic/eurodance 3-piece group, formed in the late 90's and best known for their international hit "Blue (Da Ba Dee)". The group consisted of Gabry Ponte, Gianfranco Randone, Maurizio Lobina. The name "Eiffel" was chosen randomly by a computer program and the "65" was scribbled onto their name on a demo by mistake; it was actually part of a phone number. "Blue" reached #1 on the UK chart in September 1999 and go on to spend 3 weeks at #1 on Canada Dance Chart in November 1999. It also reached the Top 10 on the US singles chart.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Sep 1999 39 Blue (Da Ba Dee) (import) Sep 1999 1 Blue (Da Ba Dee) Feb 2000 3 Move Your Body
What happened next?
Eiffel 65 had a UK#3 hit in February 2000 with "Move your body". The group became a duo when Ponte left the group in 2006 to pursue a solo career. The story behind "Blue" was recently discussed.
East 17 (sometimes known as E17) are an English pop boy band whose original line-up was Tony Mortimer, Brian Harvey, John Hendy, and Terry Coldwell. They are best known for the Christmas UK #1 hit "Stay another day", which spent 6 weeks on top and their collaboration with Gabrielle on the cover of Shai's 1992 US hit "If I ever". In the 1990s, they had 16 UK top 40 hits including 11 top 10s.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Aug 1992 10 House Of Love Nov 1992 28 Gold Jan 1993 5 Deep Apr 1993 13 Slow It Down Jun 1993 11 West End Girls Dec 1993 3 It's Alright May 1994 3 Around The World Oct 1994 7 Steam Dec 1994 1 Stay Another Day Mar 1995 10 Let It Rain Jun 1995 12 Hold My Body Tight Nov 1995 4 Thunder Feb 1996 7 Do U Still Aug 1996 16 Someone To Love Nov 1996 2 If You Ever (featuring Gabrielle) Jan 1997 3 Hey Child
What happened next?
East 17
The current, official lineup of East 17 (as of 2020) consists of Coldwell, Robbie Craig, and Joe Livermore. The band has undergone multiple lineup changes, with Coldwell remaining the only original member.
