Mark Summers

In the early 90s, there was trend for raving up children's tv theme tunes (called Cartoon Rave). The first of those tracks to hit the UK Top 40 was by Mark Summers with a track called "Summers Magic", which ironically hit the charts in middle of winter. The track used the theme tune to the "Magic Roundabout".

Other cartoon rave tracks to follow:

• Prodigy's "Charly", which sampled "Charley says" (Aug 1991)
• Urban Hype's "Trip to Trumpton", which sampled "Trumpton" (Jul 1992)
• Smart-Es Sesame's Treat, which sampled the theme tune to "Sesame Street" (Jul 1992)
• FAB featuring MC Parker's Thunderbirds are go, which sampled the theme to Thunderbirds (Jul 1990)
• Shaft's Roobarb and Custard, which sampled the theme to Roobarb (Dec 1991)

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1991   27   Summer's Magic

What happened next?
Whilst Mark Summers registered Summers Magic as his only hit, he has become far more succesful as a producer and sound engineer. He founded and still owns the music production company, Scorrccio in 1996. He provided music for Shapeshifters UK #1 "Lola's Theme", Pitbull "I Know You Want Me", Bob Sinclar, Diplo, Disclosure, The Prodigy, Defected, Spinnin', Armada Records. Winner of an MTV VMA award in 2005 for Best Game Soundtrack "Dance Dance Revolution" (Konami/PlayStation). A London DJ since 1979, he is a guest lecturer and masterclass presenter on sample replay production, sound engineering, DJ culture, sampling and the music industry. . Guest Speaker on panel discussions at the New Music Seminar in New York, June 2015. His productions have been featured on hits for Diplo, Sam Smith, The Prodigy, Pitbull, Fatboy Slim, David Penn, Jess Glynne, Disclosure, Steve Aoki, CamelPhat, Swedish House Mafia and many other notable music artists.

Mark Morrison

Mark Morrison is an English born (May 3) R&B singer, best known for UK chart-topper, "Return of the Mack" in 1996. He had moderate early success with "Crazy" and "Let's get down" before releasing the monster "Return of the Mack". Never understand why but with UK acts back then, they have to wait over 6 months before release in North America. This was the case with "Return of the Mack" as it reached #2 on the Billboard charts and #1 on the Canada dance chart nearly year later in 1997. Back in the UK, he followed up with the remix of "Crazy", which sampled Kool and the Gang's "Jungle Boogie" into the UK Top 10. He had a total of 5 Top 10 hits all from the "Return of the Mack" album. Altogether, he had 9 Top 40 hits in the 90s.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1995   19	Crazy
Sep 1995   39	Let's Get Down
Mar 1996    1	Return Of The Mack
Jul 1996    6	Crazy (remix)
Oct 1996    8	Trippin'
Dec 1996    5	Horny
Mar 1997    7	Moan And Groan
Sep 1997   13	Who's The Mack
Sep 1999   23	Best Friend (Mark Morrison & Conner Reeves)

What happened next?
Mark Morrison had the reputation of being the bad boy of UK R&B and his troubles with the law is well documented. But he has managed get himself together and returned to Leicester where he is developing a project, MackLife Studios Creative Hub to help young people off the streets, away from a potential life of crime. Musically, he and Chris Brown were featured on G-Eazy's single, "Provide" in 2021.

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an American born (Mar 27) singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register, she is referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records. She has also been referred to as the "Queen of Christmas". In 1990, Her debut single, the ballad "Vision of Love" reached #1 on the US Chart. This was the first of 5 consectutive #1s there. "Love Takes Time", "Someday" and "I don't wanna cry" all from Mariah's epononymous album and the title track from Mariah's second album, "Emotions" made the top spot. She would go on to have 10 more US #1s including Heartbreaker which sampled Stacy Lattisaw's Attack Of The Name Game. Ironically, her only UK #1, Nillson's "Without you" failed to reach the top in the states.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	US	Song
Aug 1990    9	 1	Vision Of Love
Nov 1990   37	 1	Love Takes Time
Jan 1991   38	 1	Someday
1991	   --	 1	I don't wanna cry
Oct 1991   17	 1	Emotions
Jan 1992   20	 2	Can't Let Go
Apr 1992   17	 5	Make It Happen
Jun 1992    2	 1	I'll Be There (featuring Trey Lorenz)
Aug 1993    9	 1	Dreamlover
Nov 1993    7	 1	Hero
Feb 1994    1	 3	Without You
Jun 1994    8	12	Anytime You Need A Friend
Sep 1994    3	 2	Endless Love (with Luther Vandross)
Dec 1994    2	 1	All I Want For Christmas Is You
Sep 1995    4	 1	Fantasy
Dec 1995    6	 1	One Sweet Day (Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men)
Feb 1996    4	 -	Open Arms
Jun 1996    3	 1	Always Be My Baby
Sep 1997    3	 1	Honey
Dec 1997   22	 -	Butterfly
Jun 1998    4	 1	My All
Dec 1998    4	15	When You Believe
Apr 1999   16	 4	I Still Believe
Nov 1999    5	 1	Heartbreaker (featuring Jay-Z)

What happened next?
Mariah Carey is very much still in the public consciousness. In particular, "All I want for Christmas is you" after multiple re-issues finally reached #1 in the UK at Christmas in 2020. Not very hard to find news about her.

Marc Almond

Mark Peter Sinclair Almond, OBE, better known as Marc Almond is an English born (July 9) singer-songwriter who started of as one half of duo Soft Cell (with Dave Ball) before making it on his own. In the 1990s, his biggest hit was the old David McWilliams song, "The days of Pearly Spencer", which reached #4 on the UK chart.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1990   29	A Lover Spurned
Sep 1991   17	Jacky
Jan 1992   33	My Hand Over My Heart
Apr 1992    4	The Days Of Pearly Spencer
May 1995   25	Adored And Explored

What happened next?
Marc Almond's last album "Chaos and a Dancing Star" released in 2020 was co-written with Chris Braide and Ian Anderson both singing and playing flute.

Mantronix

Mantronix was an American dance outfit from New York City. The band consisted of DJ Kurtis Mantronik (Kurtis el Khaleel) and rapper MC Tee (Toure Embden). Their style was a pioneering blend of old school hip hop, electro funk and club music. They are best known for the UK Top 10 hits "Got to have your love" and "Take your time" both featuring the vocal of Wondress.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1990    4	Got To Have Your Love (featuring Wondress)
May 1990   10	Take Your Time (featuring Wondress)
Mar 1991   22	Don't Go Messin' With My Heart

What happened next?
Mantronix's last release was "Needle to the groove/Fresh is the word" in 2015.

Madonna

Madonna Louise Ciccone (better known as Madonna, Madge or her Madgesty in the UK) is an American born (Aug 16) singer, songwriter and actress. Often referred to as the "Queen of Pop" is regarded as one of the most influential figures in popular culture, known for reinvention, versatility and longetivity. People may argue her best work was in the 1980s (with in the UK alone, 6 UK #1's amongst 23 Top 20 hits). But 1990s provided Madonna with a full decade of hits, 29 UK Top 20 hits and 2 UK chartoppers with "Vogue" (4 weeks in April 1990) and "Frozen" (1 week in March 1998).

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	US  USD  Song
Feb 1990    -	 8   1	Keep it Together
Apr 1990    1	 1   1	Vogue
Jul 1990    2	10   -	Hanky Panky
Dec 1990    2	 1   1	Justify My Love
Mar 1991    2	 -   -	Crazy For You (remix)
Apr 1991    3	 9   6	Rescue Me
Jun 1991    5	 -   -	Holiday (re-issue)
Jul 1992    3	 1   -	This Used To Be My Playground
Oct 1992    3	 3   1	Erotica
Dec 1992    6	 7   1	Deeper And Deeper
Mar 1993   10	36   -	Bad Girl
Apr 1993    6	 -   1	Fever
Jul 1993    7	14   -	Rain
Apr 1994    7	 2   -	I'll Remember (Theme From 'With Honours')
Oct 1994    5	 3   1	Secret
Dec 1994   16	 1   -	Take A Bow
Feb 1995    4	42   1	Bedtime Story
Aug 1995    8	46   2	Human Nature
Nov 1995    5	 6   -	You'll See
Jan 1996   16	 -   -	Oh Father
Mar 1996   11	 -   -	One More Chance
    1996    -   78  16	Love Don't Live Here Anymore	
Nov 1996   10	18   -	You Must Love Me
Dec 1996    3	 8   1	Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Mar 1997    7	 -   -	Another Suitcase In Another Hall
Mar 1998    1	 2   1	Frozen
May 1998    2	 5   1	Ray Of Light
Sep 1998   10	 -   -	Drowned World (Substitute For Love)
Dec 1998    6	11   -	The Power Of Good-Bye / Little Star
Mar 1999    7	93   1	Nothing Really Matters
Jun 1999    2	19   1	Beautiful Stranger

What happened next?
Madonna continues to reinvent herself, collaborating with a variety artists and producers.

Love Inc

Love Inc is a Canadian dance act consisting of founder Chris Sheppard, Brad Daymond and Simone Denny. They had a number of hits in the late 90s scoring 4 dance chart #1s in native Canada with "Broken Bones", "You're a superstar", "Homeless" and "Who do u love".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	Can  CanDance	Song
1997	 23	 1	Broken Bones
1998	 13	 1	You're A Superstar
1998	 21	 1	Homeless
1999	 18	 1	Who do you love

What happened next?
Daymond left the group to pursue a successful remix and production career with Alex Greggs as "Riprock & Alex G". Sheppard and Denny continued as a duo and in 2000 reelased a second album, "Into the night" with "Here comes the sunshine being their 5th Canada Dance #1. Soon afterwards the duo disbanded. Ironically after the breakup, Love Inc had international success when "You're a superstar" reached #7 in Decemeber 2002 and "Broken Bones" reached #8 in May 2003.
Sheppard launched his own label Pirate Records. In 2013, Denny returned to performing with a touring version of Love Inc., this time billing themselves as "Love Inc. Featuring Simone Denny," performing the band's songs at nightclubs across Canada. Brad Daymond (born Bradley Daymond Ralph on February 22, 1970 in Missisauga, Ontario, Canada) died on August 3, 2018 from complications after a cardiac arrest he had suffered three months earlier, at the age of 48. Denny recently reflected on her time with Love Inc.

Los Del Rio

Los Del Rio (or The Del Rios) are a Spanish Latin pop and dance duo which was formed in 1962 by Antonio Romero Monge (born 1948) and Rafael Ruiz Perdigones (born 1948). Best known for their international hit dance single "Macarena", which reached #1 in many countries including Australia, most of Europe and USA.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1996    2	Macarena

What happened next?
Los Del Rio these days run a guest house in Andalusia teaching guest their iconic dance moves.

Lonnie Gordon

Lonnie Gordon is an American born (Nov 8) female Hi-NRG, House and Soul music singer-songwriter. Best known for the song "Happenin' all over again", which reached #4 in the UK charts in 1990. It eventually reached #1 on the US Dance chart in 1993.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1990    4	Happenin' All Over Again
May 1991   32	Gonna Catch You

What happened next?
Lonnie Gordon's journey continued on and her last release was "Horny" in 2014.

Londonbeat

Londonbeat is a British-American dance-pop band who scored a number of pop and dance hits in the early 1990s. The band consisted of American Jimmy Helms (who also had a successful solo career and sang radio jingles for Radio Hallam and Hereward Radio in the UK), Trinidadian born (Jan 29) Jimmy Chambers and Charles Pierre. Other members over the years included multi-instrumentalist William Henshall (credited as Willy M), George Chandler (formerly a founding member and frontman of Olympic Runners), Marc Goldschmitz (subsequently a member of the band Leash) and Myles Kayne. Before the 90s, they are best known for the UK Top 20 hit, "9am". In 1990, they scored a US #1, Canada Dance chart #1 and UK #2 hit, "I've been thinking about you". In 1995, they had US Dance #1 with "Come back"

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1990    2	I've Been Thinking About You
Jul 1991   23	A Better Love
Jun 1992   32	You Bring On The Sun

What happened next?
In 2003, Londonbeat re-grouped with a new lineup and signed to German record label Coconut. An album called Back in the Hi-Life featured re-recordings of "A Better Love" and "I've Been Thinking About You" among the new tracks. Marc Goldschmitz left the band in 2004. Currently living in Berlin, he now plays guitar in the band Leash. In 2011, Londonbeat were featured on two tracks on The Crossing (Expansion Records) by Brazilian pianist Eumir Deodato, the title track (with guest percussionist Paco Sery) and "No Getting Over You". In 2019, Londonbeat collaborated with German DJ Klaas, who remixed the number one hit "I've Been Thinking About You". The remix reached the top 10 on the Billboard Dance chart.

Lisa Marie Experience

The Lisa Marie Experience is a project created by DJ and house producers D Ramirez (born Aug 13, Dean Marriott) and Neil Hynde. Together they are best known for their version of Musique's "(Keep on) Jumpin'". It topped the UK Dance charts twice (April/August) in 1996.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1996    7	Keep On Jumpin'
Aug 1996   33	Do That To Me

What happened next?
D Ramirez went to run his own label Slave Recordings.

Lisa Lisa

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam were an American hip-hop and R&B group. The group consisted of singler Lisa Velez (Jan 15) and musicians iIke Hughes and Alexander Mosely. "Let the beat hit 'em" was #1 on both US (3 weeks in July) and Canada dance charts (1 week in August) in 1991.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1991   17	Let The Beat Hit 'Em
Mar 1994   34	Skip To My Lu

What happened next?
Lisa Lisa made a couple of TV appearances after being cast in Nickeloden sitcom, Taina and also in an episode of Law and Order.

Liquid

Liquid are an English dance act consisting of AME (Eamon Downes) and DJ Model (Shane Heneghan). They are best known for the debut track, "Sweet harmony", which layered the house music of CeCe Rogers' "Someday" over rolling breakbeats. First released in 1992, it reached #15 in the UK singles chart. Upon remix and second release, it reached #14 and was also #1 on the UK dance chart.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1992   15	Sweet Harmony
Jul 1995   14	Sweet Harmony (remix) / One Love Family

What happened next?
Liquid last release was a remix of "Sweet Harmony" in 2010.

LFO

Low Frequency Oscillation (or LFO for short) was a UK dance electronica outfit created by Gez Varley and Mark Bell. Their biggest was the self-titled track, "LFO", which included a sample of a Speak'n'Spell going "L, F, O". DJ Martin (Martin Williams) helped to coproduce "LFO".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1990   12	LFO

What happened next?
Bell passed away in 2014 effectively ending the project. There was an attempt to get LFO to Christmas #1 that year.

Lenny Kravitz

Leonard Albert Kravitz, better known as Lenny Kravitz is an American born (May 26) singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, pop, folk, and ballads. He gained initial popularity with "It ain't over til it's over" and "Are you gonna go my way". He scored a UK chart topper for 1 week in Feb 1999.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1990   39	Let Love Rule
Jun 1991   11	It Ain't Over Til It's Over
Feb 1993    4	Are You Gonna Go My Way
May 1993   30	Believe
Aug 1993   20	Heaven Help
Sep 1995   22	Rock And Roll Is Dead
Feb 1999    1	Fly Away

What happened next?
Lenny Kravitz recently came out with a memoir/biography called "Let love rule".

90s Act Profile:

Legacy of Sound / Meja

Legacy of Sound is the musical project created by Australian Mick Cardy in 1992. Cardy is an instrumental composer and independent artist who often collaborates with a variety of vocalists and musicians covering various musical styles. One of the collaborations was with Swedish singer, Meja (Meja Anna Pernilla Kullersten) who would go on to have a top 20 hit in the UK with "All about the Money".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	UK  US	Song
1992	--  68	Happy (Legacy of Sound feautring Meja)
1998	12  37	All about the money (Meja)

What happened next?
Cardy still promotes Legacy of Sound and has released many singles and albums at his base in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. Meanwhile, in 2000, Meja had a top 10 hit with Ricky Martin, "Private Emotion".

La Bouche/Le Click

La Bouche is a German Eurodance act created by Frank Farian. During the 1990s, it was fronted by American born (May 13) singer Melanie Thornton and American (Apr 13) rapper/singer Lane McCray. Their biggest hits were "Be my lover" which was their only UK Top 40 hit and #1 in Germany, Italy and Holland as well on both the Canada and US Dance charts and "Sweet Dreams", which was Canada dance #1 in 1994.

Before La Bouche, both Melanie Thornton and Lane McCray Jr were also on the Le Click project and Thornton was featured on "Tonight is the night" in 1994. Le Click eventually replaced them with Kayo Shekoni and Robert Haynes with them, they had #1 on the Canada Dance chart in 1997 with "Call me". It also scraped into the UK Top 40.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1995   27	Be My Lover
Mar 1996   25	Be My Lover (remix)
Aug 1997   38	Call me (as Le Click)

What happened next?
Sadly, Melanie Thornton died in an airline crash on November 24, 2001 promoting the single "Wonderful dream (holidays are coming)". The song would be posthumous top 5 in Austria, Germany and Switerzland. Lane McCray brought back La Bouche in 2007 and continues produce songs including "One night in Heaven" with Zsofi Cairo and "Rhythm of love" in 2020.

Kym Sims

Kimberly Russell, better known as Kym Sims is an American born (Dec 28) singer. Best known for the UK Top 5 hit, "Too blind to see it".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1991    5	Too Blind To See It
Mar 1992   13	Take My Advice
Jun 1992   30	A Little Bit More

What happened next?
Kym Sims released "Turn it up", which reached #6 on the US Dance chart in 2017. In 2019, the release of the "Dance Floor EP" a limited edition 12" bright pink vinyl record with a matching sleeve and mixes from Scott Featherstone, Dez Ford, Lee Pennington, Late Night Dub Addict and Hall North.

Kylie

Kylie Minogue or just Kylie is an Australian born (May 28) singer, songwriter and actress. She came to attention in the UK as Charlene in then popular Oz soap, "Neighbours". She left the soap and launched her pop career starting with Little Eva's "The Locomotion" in Australia but it was debut single "I should be lucky" in 1988 that really kicked things off. Into the 1990s where she started with her only UK #1 hit, a cover version of Little Anthony's "Tears on my pillow" from the movie, "The Delinquents". She had three more UK #2 hits in "Better the devil you know", Chairman of Board's "Give me just a little more time" and "Confide in me". She also collaborated with Keith Washington on "If you were with me now" and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on "Where the wild roses grow".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1990    1	Tears On My Pillow
May 1990    2	Better The Devil You Know
Nov 1990    4	Step Back In Time
Feb 1991    6	What Do I Have To Do
Jun 1991    6	Shocked
Sep 1991   16	Word Is Out
Nov 1991    4	If You Were With Me Now	(with Keith Washington)
Jan 1992    2	Give Me Just A Little More Time
Apr 1992   11	Finer Feelings
Aug 1992   14	What Kind Of Fool (Heard It All Before)
Nov 1992   20	Celebration
Sep 1994    2	Confide In Me
Nov 1994   11	Put Yourself In My Place
Jul 1995   16	Where Is The Feeling
Oct 1995   11	Where The Wild Roses Grow (with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
Sep 1997   22	Some Kind Of Bliss
Dec 1997   14	Did It Again
Mar 1998   14	Breathe	

What happened next?
Kylie had in a revivial in 2001 in no short part to a pair of gold hot pants, which with Kylie was featured in the #1 hit "Spinning around" in 2000. In 2001, she gained international recognition with "Can't get you out if my head", which was #1 in the UK and #7 in the States and US Dance #1 as well.

KWS

KWS are an English dance act consisting of producers Chris King and Winston "Winnie" Williams, and vocalist Delroy St. Joseph. The name comes the first letter of each member's surname. They are best known for taking KC and Sunshine Band's "Please don't go" to #1 on the UK chart for 5 weeks in May 1992. Around same time, a second version by the group Double You, which was #1 in Belgium and Holland and generally big in Europe, stalled at #41 in the UK. KWS' other UK top 10 was a cover of George McCrae's "Rock your baby".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1992    1	Please Don't Go / Game Boy
Aug 1992    8	Rock Your Baby
Dec 1992   30	Hold Back The Night (featuring The Trammps)
Jul 1994   21	Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) (featuring Gwen Dickey)
Nov 1994   35	The More I Get The More I Want (featuring Teddy Pendergrass)

What happened next?
Not a lot of activity from KWS past the 1990s. In 2004, in an interview it was revealed that Chris King was running a factory making and supplying 12" vinyl to the music industry. He also appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks identity parade, said to be renovating classic scooters in 2009.

Kristine W

Kristine Weitz, better known as Kristine W is an American born (Jun 3) Dance-Pop, House, Hi-NRG and Smooth Jazz singer-songwriter. She has styled herself as the Queen of Dance Music. During the 1990s, she had 3 Hot Dance Club #1 hits with "Feel what you want", "One more try" and "Land of the living". The latter named was also the name of the album containing those 3 hits.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1994   33	Feel What You Want
Jul 1997   40	Feel What You Want (remix)

What happened next?
Kristine W has to date scored no less than 17 #1s on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as 8th) Of late, she has been performing online One more try and at Ivoted festival.

Kristine Blond

Anne-Kristine Blond better known as Kristine Blond is a Danish born (Apr 16) singer who is best known for spending 1 week at #1 on UK Dance Chart in April 1998.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1998   22	Love Shy

What happened next?
Kristine Blond reached the UK Top 40 again with "You Make Me Go Oooh" (#35) in 2001. She recorded "A Day Without You", which was the theme tune for the Dutch TV show, Star Academy.
In 2008, Blond released a self-titled album changing musical direction to a more acoustic and non-commercial sound and began to write her own songs.

K-Klass

K-Klass are English house group of producers originally consisting of Carl Thomas and Andy Williams. Best known for UK Top 3 hit, "Rhythm is a mystery".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1991    3	Rhythm Is A Mystery
Apr 1992   20	So Right
Nov 1992   32	Don't Stop
Nov 1993   13	Let Me Show You
May 1994   24	What You're Missing

What happened next?
K-Klass have also been involved with producing and remixing tracks by other artists. K-Klass was one of the producers on the Pet Shop Boys album, Bilingual and their remix of "Baby Come On Over" by Samantha Mumba was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002 in the Best Remix category. They have been credited as producers for Candi Staton, Rebekah Ryan, Rosie Gaines and The Corrs. They have been credited with as remixers for Carleen Anderson, Bobby Brown, Sunscreem, Kylie Minogue, Geri Halliwell, S Club 7 ("Bring It All Back") and M People.
In 2013, the collaboration with Lempo and Japwow on Applique Music, entitled "Brass Attack" was featured on the album Done & Dusted.

KLF

KLF is an English duo comprising of Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond. KLF are arguably best known for their UK and US Dance chart topper "3am eternal" and their collaboration with legendary country icon Tammy Wynette on Canada Dance chart #1, "Justified and Ancient". Before the 90s, KLF recorded under the name Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (or JAMMs). They changed they name to release a novelty single "Doctorin' the Tardis", which inadvertently put them into the mainstream as that became a UK#1 in 1988. They renamed themselves as KLF (which stood for Kopyright Liberation Front and launched a series of successful singles with an upbeat pop-house sound which they dubbed "Stadium House". Notorious at the height of the popularity decidesd to call time in dramatic style in their appearance on the 1992 BRIT awards, where they fired machine gune blanks into the audience in their performance with Extreme Noise Terror. They dumped a dead sheep at the aftershow party and the announced their departure from the music business and consequently deleted their entire back catalogue. As stated in "3am eternal", The KLF had left the building.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1990    5	What Time Is Love (featuring The Children of The Revolution)
Jan 1991    1	3AM Eternal (featuring The Children of The Revolution)
May 1991    2	Last Train To Trancentral
Nov 1991   10	It's Grim Up North (as Justified Ancients of Mu Mu)
Dec 1991    2	Justified And Ancient (with Tammy Wynette)
Mar 1992    4	America: What Time Is Love

What happened next?
With The KLF's profits, Drummond and Cauty established the K Foundation and sought to subvert the art world, staging an alternative art award for the worst artist of the year and burning one million pounds sterling. Although Drummond and Cauty remained true to their word of May 1992—the KLF Communications catalogue remains deleted in the UK—they have released a small number of new tracks since then, as the K Foundation, The One World Orchestra and most recently, in 1997, as 2K.
The KLF catalogue remained absent from digital platforms until January 1, 2021, when an 8-track compilation of their 7" hit singles 1988-1991 - Solid State Logik 1 was released on streaming platforms, marking the 1st installment of a series called Samplecity Thru Trancentral.
KLF also published a book, The Manual, and worked on a road movie called The White Room.

Kim Wilde

Kim Smith, better known as Kim Wilde is an English born (Nov 18) singer. Probably better known for her 80s exploits (e.g. "Kids in America", "You keep me hanging on" and "You came"). She had 3 UK top 40 hits including her version of the Yvonne Elliman disco classic "If I can't have you".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
May 1992   16	Love Is Holy
Jun 1992   34	Heart Over Mind
Jul 1993   12	If I Can't Have You

What happened next?
These days Kim Wilde is mixing a blooming gardening career with her music and perform. Her most recent album, "Here comes the aliens" was inspired by a UFO sighting in her own garden. In 2021, she recently worked with Boy George on the song "Shine on".

Kim Appleby

Kim Loraine Appleby better known as Kim Appleby is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. She participated in the duo Mel and Kim, with her sister Melanie Appleby, until her sister's death from pneumonia following treatment for cancer. Kim released her first solo album Kim Appleby, in November 1990. The album included songs co-written with Mel for what was intended to be the next "Mel and Kim" album, alongside other songs that Kim had composed following Mel's passing. One of these songs, "Don't Worry", was selected as the first single, and reached number two in the British charts in November 1990, as well as being a huge hit in Europe. As a result, "Don't Worry" was nominated for a prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song in 1991.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1990    2	Don't Worry
Feb 1991   10	G.L.A.D.
Jun 1991   19	Mama

What happened next?
Kim Appleby's last releases were "What's not to love" in 2016 and as a featured artist with Vicarious Bliss on "Whatever makes you happy" in 2017. Kim also co-presented the BBC show,"Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain and Ireland" and also did an interview in 2018.

Kenny Thomas

Kenny Thomas is an English born (Sep 12) soul singer who had a successful solo career in the 1990s with eight UK top 40 singles. He is best known for his version of the Gap Band's "Outstanding" and the top 5 hit follow-up "Thinking about your love".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1991   12	Outstanding
Jun 1991    4	Thinking About Your Love
Oct 1991   11	Best Of You
Nov 1991   26	Tender Love
Jul 1993   22	Stay
Sep 1993   17	Trippin' On Your Love
Nov 1993   36	Piece By Piece
Sep 1995   27	When I Think Of You

What happened next?
In 2016, Thomas became the lead singer of the band 'Living in a Box' after they reformed, replacing Richard Darbyshire. Kenny Thomas recently wrote an autobiography called "Baring my soul"

kd lang

Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (or just kd lang) is a Canadian born (Nov 2) singer-songwriter and occasional actress. The multi Grammy and Juno award winning singer is best known for the song, "Constant Craving", a UK top 20 hit in 1993. She had 2 US Dance #1 with "Lifted by love" (August 1994) and "If I were you" (January 1996).

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1993   15	Constant Craving

What happened next?
KD Lang participated in the Leonard Cohen memorial celebration "Tower Of Song" in Quebec in November 2017, performing "Hallelujah".

Karyn White

Karyn Layvonne White (or just Karyn White) is American born (Oct 14) singer. She had a few hits in the late 1980s with "Superwoman". "Secret Rendez-Vous" and "The way you love me". But in 1991, she had biggest hit in the States with Billboard chart #1, Romantic in November 1991.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1991   23	Romantic

What happened next?
Karyn White is still performing and was discussing her career and show in Washington in 2019.

Karen Ramirez

Karen Ramelize, better known as Karen Ramirez is an English born (Nov 21) singer. She is best known for her version of Everything But The Girl's "(I didn't know I was) Looking for love", which #1 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1998    8	Looking For Love
Nov 1998   23	If We Try

What happened next?
Karen Ramirez's last release was the Distant Dreams EP from 2011.

K7

Louis Ramon Sharpe, better known as K7 (or Kayel) is an American born (Aug 25) singer. Best known for the UK top 3 hit, "Come baby come". K7 is the frontman of the Latin freestyle group TKA.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1993    3	Come Baby Come
Apr 1994   17	Hi De Ho

What happened next?
In 2020, TKA reformed with K7 Aby, K7, Tre and Los. Performing for the first time in 30 years.