Thursday 1 December 2022

Zoe

Zoe Pollock (or just Zoe) is an English born singer. Best known for the song, "Sunshine On A Rainy Day".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1991    4	Sunshine on a rainy day
Nov 1991   37	Lightning

What happened next?
Zoe recorded folk songs under the name, Hephzibah Broom in 2008. Zoe recorded a new track "Lago Austente" in 2021.

Zig & Zag

Zig & Zag are an irish puppet duo who first appeared on Irish TV in 1987. The characters are a pair of furry extraterrestrial twins from the planet Zog. In 1992, the pair appeared on the Channel 4 breakfast show "The Big Breakfast" which led to bizarre release of "Them girls them girls" a couple of years later.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1994    5	Them girls them girls
Jul 1995   21	Hands Up! Hands Up!

What happened next?
After their stint of the Big Breakfast and their own TV show, "Zig and Zag show" finished in 1998, they made sporadic appearances after 90s. Zig & Zag returned in 2020 on irish Children's TV show, "The Den".

Wednesday 30 November 2022

York

York is a German trance producer duo founded in 1997 by brothers Torsten and Jorg Stenzel. Their breakout hit, "The Awakening" spent 1 week at #1 on UK Dance Chart in October 1999.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1999   11	The Awakening

What happened next?
York went on to have UK#4 hit with a rework of Chris Rea's "On the beach". York have done a number of collaborations over the years notably Jennifer Paige on "Lost under the sun" in 2013. Recently, York released the album, "Indigo" in 2022.

Yomanda

Paul Kevin Masterson (better known as Yomanda) is a Northern Irish DJ and record producer. He is best known for the track "Synth and Strings" which spent a week on top of the UK Dance chart in July 1999. He also had hits under the alias, "Amen UK" with the hi-nrg track "Passion" reaching #15 in the UK charts in 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1995   23	Fee Fi fo fum (as Candy Girls)
Dec 1995   31	What's that tune? (as Dorothy)
Feb 1996   20	Wham Bam (as Candy Girls)
Dec 1996   30	I want candy (as Candy Girls)
Feb 1997   15	Passion (as Amen UK)
Jun 1997   36	People of love (as Amen UK)
Jul 1999    8	Synth and Strings

What happened next?
Yomanda has worked on a number of projects over the years, notably with Judge Jules as Hi-Gate in the early 2000s including a UK Top 10 hit, "Pitchin' (in every direction)" and collaborations with Boy George on their album, "Split Personality" (2003). In 2002, under his real name, Masteron had a UK Top 40 hit presenting Sushi with "The Earthshaker" (reached UK#35).
Yomanda's most recent release was "Music pumpin" in 2020 with Peter Martine featuring Soraya Vivian.

Yazoo

Yazoo (or to Americans, Yaz) are an English synth-pop duo consisting of keyboardist Vince Clarke and vocalist Alison Moyet. Whilst they are better known as an 80s outfit. Their songs were very popular with remixers, particularly "Situation", "Don't go" and "Only you". "Situation" remixed in 1990 reached the UK Top 20 and remixed again in 1999 reached and spent 3 weeks at #1 on US Dance Chart in October 1999.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1990   14	Situation
Sep 1999   38	Only you (re-issue)

What happened next?
Yazoo actually disbanded in 1983 and both have had successful careers, Clarke was an ex-member of Depeche Mode but would be part of another duo, Erasure with Andy Bell. Alison Moyet had multiple hits in the 1980s but has continued to release albums and singles over the years. Yazoo reconnected for a 25-year anniversairy tour in 2008 and briefly in 2011 for a number of festival appearances.

Wednesday 23 November 2022

X-Press 2

X-Press 2 is an English house project formed by the two Darrens, House and Rock. They scored a UK dance chart #1 with "Rock 2 House/Hip Housin'" in 1994, despite not reaching the Top 40 itself. "The Sound" reached #1 on the US Dance chart in 1996.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1993   32	Say what!
Mar 1996   38	The Sound

What happened next?
X-Press 2 went on to work with David Byrne on "Lazy", which reached UK#2 in 2002.

Sunday 13 November 2022

Wildchild

Roger McKenzie (better known as Wildchild) was English born producer of the heavy sample-loaded "Wildtrax" series released through Loaded Records. In 1994 he started his own label Dark Black Recordings and in 1995 he released the Legends of the Dark Black Part 2 EP featuring the highly influential track Renegade Master. He had 3 UK Dance #1s with "Jump to my beat" (1996), "Legends of the Black Night" (1995) and the 1998 remix of "Renegade Master".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1995   34	Legends Of The Dark Black Part 2
Oct 1995   11	Renegade Master
Nov 1996   30	Jump to my beat
Jan 1998    3	Renegade Master 98
Apr 1998   30	Bad Boy (featuring Jomalski)

What happened next?
Soon after Hi Life Recordings gave commercial release for Renegade Master, Wildchild tragically passed away prematurely on Nov 25, 1995.

Westbam

Maximilian Lenz (better known as Westbam) is a German born (Mar 4) DJ. The name was derived from the abbreviated form of artist's home state in Germany (Westphalia) and his role model Afrika Bambaataa. WestBam established himself in Germany in the 1980s before reaching out into the international stage in the 90s. He is best known in the UK for Dance chart #1, "Wizards of the Sonic" in 1995.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1995   32	Wizards of the Sonic

What happened next?
Westbam continues to record and release tracks and released "Wasteland", "Medizin" and "Alle warten auf den drop" in 2022.

Waterlillies

Waterlilies was an American electronic pop duo consisting of instrumentalist/producer Ray Carroll and vocalist Sandra Jill Alikas. They released a couple of albums, "Envoluptuousity" (1992) and the more successful, "Tempted" (1994). The title track "Tempted" hit number four on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and a Junior Vasquez of "Never get enough" gave them their sole chart topper on the US dance chart in 1995.

What happened next?
Ray Carroll continues as a US house musician producer active in New York City. He has remixed a number of times under the alias of headcleanr for the likes of Depeche Mode and Madonna.
Jill moved away from from singing and songwriting after the second album. In 2007, she launched the Mad Hatter Coffee and Tea, which is a cannabis infusion company. Jill has focused into poetry and fiction writing based on life experiences.

Sunday 6 November 2022

Voices of Life

The Voices Of Life was a vocal project created by Steve "Silk" Hurley with a number of vocalists. The plan was to work with Meli'sa Morgan, Ann Nesby, Tina Moore, Chantay Savage, Sabrina Johnston, DeNetria Champ (aka Chance) and Vernessa Mitchell. However, only one track was released under the project, "The word is love" featured Sharon Pass but it did reach #1 on the UK Dance chart in 1998.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1998   26	The word is love (Say the word)

What happened next?
Hurley later released a couple of tracks on Silk Entertainment with Vernessa Mitchell and Ann Nesby were likely intended for the Voices of Life project. His most recent release was "House Train" featuring Risse in 2021.

Victor Calderone

Victor Calderone is an American born (Mar 20) electronic music producer, DJ and remixer. Victor) is best known for US Dance chart-topper, "Give it up" in 1997. He is also for remixing for a number high profile artists including Madonna, Beyonce and Lisa Stansfield.

What happened next?
After a long string of successful albums and singles, Victor Calderone established his Evolve brand in 2005 as a way to coalesce his numerous residencies around the world, including Montreal, Tel Aviv, Bulgaria, and a monthly residency at New York's Pacha. With the Evolve brand now taking off globally, clubgoers have quickly begun to equate the word with joy-inducing, risk-taking sets that shatter musical boundaries and the conventions of what a DJ set “should” be.

Veronica

Veronica Vazquez (or just Veronica) is an American born (Jul 24) dance music singer and stage actress. She is best known for US Dance #1 hit, "Let me go... Release me" and club anthem "Someone to hold".

What happened next?
In 2021, Veronica recorded the song "Out of My Dreams" for the film adaptation of the Jonathan Larson musical Tick, Tick...Boom!

Vanilla Ice

Robert Matthew Van Winkle (better known as Vanilla Ice) is an American born (Oct 31) rapper and is best known for sampling Queen's "Under Pressure" on the UK chart-topping "Ice Ice Baby".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1990    1	Ice Ice Baby
Feb 1991   10	Play That Funky Music
Jun 1991   27	Rollin' In My 5.0
Aug 1991   22	Satisfaction

What happened next?
Vanilla Ice has made a few recordings and collaborations, notably in the UK with X-Factor finalists, Jedward in 2010 with "Under Pressure" reaching #2 in the UK. His most outing was "All the way in" with Forgiato Blow and Kodak Black.

Vanessa Daou

Vanessa Daou is an American (Virgin Islands) born (Oct 4) singer and songwriter. She is best known for US Dance chart #1s, "Sunday Afternoons" and "Two to tango". Her work is known among nu jazz, trip hop and electronic music circles for her trademark spoken word and aspirated singing style as well as its erotic and literary subtexts. She started her career with her then husband, Peter Daou in the quintet, "The Daou". The Daou had a US Dance #1 with "Surrender you" in 1992.

What happened next?
Vanessa Daou's last album was "Light Sweet Crude" in 2013. Vanessa has moved more into the literary world as a poet and a visual artist.

Tuesday 1 November 2022

Usher

Usher Raymond IV (or just Usher) is an American born (Oct 14) R&B singer-songwriter. He is best known for his breakout hit, "You make me wanna" which reached #1 on the UK, US R&B and Canada dance chart.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1998    1	You make me wanna
May 1998   24	Nice and slow

What happened next?
Usher continued his international success with multiple hits in the noughties with UK#1 hits with "Yeah" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) and "Burn" in 2004. "OMG" with Will.I.Am was also a #1 in 2010.

US3

US3 is a jazz-rap group founded by Geoff Wilkinson in London in 1992. The name was inspired by a Horace Parlan recording produced by Alfred Lion, the founder of Blue Note Records.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1993   34	Riddim (featuring Tukka Yoot)
Sep 1993   23	Cantaloop (featuring Rahsaan)	
Mar 1997   38	Come on everybody (Get down)

What happened next?
US3 last studio album was "The third way (hand on the torch vol II)" in 2013.

Urban Soul

Urban Soul was a UK/US house music studio project assembled by producer, songwriter and vocalist Roland Clark. Whilst the project never had a UK Top 40 hit, "Show me" did reach #1 on the US Dance chart in 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1991   43	Alright
Mar 1992   41	Always
Nov 1996   76	Back together
Jun 1998   75	Love is so nice

What happened next?
Roland Clark is currently a resident of Atlanta, Georgia. Roland has since started a record label Delete Records, which is distributed my Labelworx. "Leave Me Alone (I'm Dancing)" with Dean Mickoski is Roland Clark's most recent release.

U96

U96 German techno act that made its name in 1991 with the chart-topping commercial success of the track "Das Boot", based on the theme music of the movie "Das Boot" composed by Klaus Doldinger. The name "U96" is the designation of the German U-boat featured in the film. The act consists of original members, Ingo Hauss and Hayo Panarinfo and Joshua Stolten (from 2014).

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1992   18	Das Boot

What happened next?
U96 have busy the last couple of years with "20000 Leagues below the sea" released in 2022.

Friday 28 October 2022

Two Cowboys

Two cowboys is an Italian Euro House project consisting of Maurizio Braccagni and Roberto Gallo Salsotto and best known for the UK Dance #1 hit, "Everybody gonfi-gon". They also remixed a number of tracks in the mid-90s for such acts like Berri and DJ Dado.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1994    7	Everybody Gonfi-Gon

What happened next?
Both Maurizio and Roberto went on to have successful careers as producers. Maurizio created his own label MABRA Records and studio in 2006.

T-Spoon

T-Spoon is a Dutch Eurodance project founded in 1991 by rapper Shalamon Baskin (aka Shamrock) and co-founder Remy de Groot (aka Prince Peration). They are best known in the UK for "Sex on the beach" that reached #2 in 1998 and reworking "Tom's Diner" as "Tom's Party". 90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1998    2	Sex on the beach
Jan 1999   27	Tom's Party

What happened next?
T-Spoon last known release was "Summertime" in 2016. More recently, Remy de Groot explained that the name actually came from a western TV show in which the sheriff was called Teaspoon.

Tricky Disco / Technohead

Tricky Disco / Technohead is an English group consisting of Lee Newman and Michael Wells. As Tricky Disco, they had a song wih eponymous, "Tricky Disco". As Technohead, they had multiple hits including "I want to be a hippy".

90 Hits (Discography) as Tricky Disco:
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1990   14	Tricky Disco
90 Hits (Discography) as Technohead:
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1996    6	I want to be a hippy
Apr 1996   18	Happy Birthday

What happened next?
Tragically Lee Newman died of cancer in 1995. Wells continued to work numerous projects. One of his later ventures was S.O.L.O. with a number of tracks released in 2017. As Technohead, the "Wasted EP" was released in 2019.

Tricky

Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws (better known as Tricky) is an English born (Jan 27) musician and actor. He began his career as an early collaborator of Massive Attack, before embarking on a solo career with his debut album and considered as a pioneer of trip hop music. He teamed up with the American hip hop outfit, The Gravediggaz in 1995 on the Hell EP.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1995   34	Overcome
Apr 1995   28	Black Steel
Aug 1995   12	The Hell EP (vs The Gravediggaz)
Nov 1995   26	Pumpkin
Nov 1996   36	Christiansands
Jan 1997   28	Tricky Kid
May 1997   29	Makes Me Wanna Die
May 1998   25	Money Greedy / Broken Homes

What happened next?
Tricky's most recent work was as featured with Silent Strike & Lucia on the 2022 song, "Skip".

Touch and Go

Touch and Go was a collaboration between television composer David Lowe, trumpeter James Lynch and featured vocalist Vanessa Lancaster. (Radio presenter and music journalist Charlie Gillett and co-founder of Oval Music Gordon Nelki were involved in the project as A&R consultants.)

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1998    3	Would you?

What happened next?
David Lowe has been mainly working on Television and Radio projects over the years. He has contributed to a number of British programmes includeing the BBC News, The One Show and Grand Designs.

Sunday 23 October 2022

Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton is an American born (Oct 7) singer and actress. Known for her husky alto voice, has won seven Grammy Awards and has sold over forty million records worldwide. She started off as a group with her sisters, the Braxtons. Besk known for "You're makin' me high", which reach #1 on both the Canada and US dance charts as well as the US singles chart. "Un-break my heart" and "I don't want to know" also peaked at #1 on the US dance chart. "Un-break my heart" was also reached the top of US Hot 100 chart.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1994    2	Breathe Again
Apr 1994   15	Another Sad Love Song
Jul 1994   30	You Mean The World To Me
Dec 1994   33	Love Shoulda Brought You Home
Jul 1996    7	You're Makin' Me High
Nov 1996    2	Un-Break My Heart
May 1997    9	I Don't Want To
Nov 1997   22	How Could An Angel Break My Heart (with Kenny G)

What happened next?
Toni Braxton would a couple of hits in noughties with "He wasn't man enough" reaching UK#5. Her most recent album was "Spell my name" which feature the US R&B number 1 hits, "Do it" and "Gotta move on". Toni appeared on the sixth season of the American version of the "Masked Singer" as Pufferfish but was third to be eliminated.

Tinman

Tinman is project put together by Paul Dakeyne. Best known for track, "18 strings", which reached #1 on both the UK and Canada dance charts. Other aliases: Hedo, Terpsichord, Tinman, Tinman Out, Zone Ranger.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1994    9	Eighteen Strings

What happened next?
Tinman has recorded numerous dance tracks but under multiple aliases like Hedo, Terpsichord, Tinman Out and Zone Ranger.

Time Frequency

Time Frequency is a Scottish rave band, formed in 1990 by producer Jon Campbell. Famous for a "hands-in-the-air" sound, typified by Techno rhythm & piano breakdowns such as contemporaries N-Joi & Bizarre Inc. Their biggest hit was the 1993 remix of Real Love (which reached #8 in the UK charts), although they are also remembered for New Emotion & The Ultimate High. All these songs featured Mary Kiani as vocalist.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1993   36	New Emotion
Jun 1993   17	The Ultimate High / The Power Zone
Nov 1993    8	Real Love
May 1994   25	Such A Phantasy
Oct 1994   32	Dreamscape '94

What happened next?
Time Frequency re-released "Real Love" in 2002 but narrowly failed to chart (UK#43). Their most recent single was "Home" in 2018.

Three Drives

Three Drives is a Dutch trance group founded by Erik de Koning and Ton van Empel (DJ Ton T.B.) in 1997. Best known for their EP "Greece 2000".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1999   12	Greece 2000

What happened next?
Three Drives had a couple more tracks reach the UK Top 75 with "Carrera 2" reaching #57 in 2003 and "Air traffic" reaching #75 in 2004. In June 2014, van Empel decided to leave the group. According to discogs.com, their most recent offering was "somewhere out there" in 2017.

Taboo

Taboo was a German Eurodance project from Nico Dee and Piero Brunetti and best knoen for Canada Dance #1 hit, "I dream of you tonight".

What happened next?
"I dream of you tonight" appears to be the only release as Taboo. However, Dee and Brunetti on many different projects include one they worked together on, Culture Trance.

Thursday 20 October 2022

System F

System F is a project of dutch trance DJ and producer Ferry Corsten (also known as Gouryella).

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1999   14	Out of the blue

What happened next?
System F would have another top 20 hit with "Cry" in 2000. Ferry Corsten had producing and recording tracks over the years. Most recent effort was with Morgan Page featuring Cara Merlin on "Wounded".

Sweetbox

Sweetbox is a German pop-dance music project created by producer Heiko Schmidt and Roberto "Geo" Rosan (Geo) The act merged a number of different music styles. The debut release was "Booyah (Here We Go)" in 1995 together with vocalist Kimberly Kearney (Tempest). The project is best known for the international hit, "Everything's gonna be alright", a song derivated from "Air" out of Suit No 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Tina Harris was the vocalist on the track but despite the success, left the group.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1998   5	Everything's gonna be alright

What happened next?
Geo left the project in 2007 but rejoined in 2020 along with previous singer, Jade Villalon and recorded an album, "Da Capo" in 2020.

Sub Sub

Sub Sub are a Manchester based group consisting of twin brothers Andy Williams and Jez Williams, and Jimi Goodwin. Their biggest hit was "Ain't no love" featuring vocalist Melanie Williams (unrelated?), which reached UK#3 in 1993.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1993    3	Ain't no love (Ain't no use)

What happened next?
In 1998, the group completely changed styles to alt-rock as they renamed themselves as Doves. They went on have success in 2000s with "There goes the fear" reaching #3 in 2002 and "Nlack and white town" reaching #6 in 2005. Doves are still together with the most recent album being "The Universal Want" in 2020. Melanie Williams is currently a vocalist in another group, "Butterfly Jam".

(Adventures of) Stevie V

"Adventures of Stevie V" was a project of English born (Aug 9) dance music producer, singer and songwriter Steven Vincent (better known as Stevie V). The project consisted of Stevie, Mick Walsh and singer Melody Washington. The project is best known for the song, "Dirty Cash", which reached #2 in the UK and was #1 on both the Canada and US Dance charts.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1990    2	Dirty Cash
Sep 1990   29	Body Language

What happened next?
The project released a second album, "Satisfy me" which unfortunately didn't satisfy the public and the project was wound up. Stevie V would go on to teach music technology at Bedford College, Bedford as well as running the Beatbox International Recordings label.

Stevie B

Steven Bernara Hill (better known as Stevie B) Singer, songwriter and producer Stevie B. was among the leading lights of the Miami dance music (freestyle) scene of the late 1980s, later reaching the top of the US chart with the megahit "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)."

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1991    6	Because I love you (The Postman Song)

What happened next?
Stevie B still performs and his most recent singles from 2020 were "Now that we found love again" and a remix of "If you leave me now" with Trinere.

Sunday 9 October 2022

Sphinx

Sphinx was a project from the duo consisting of Rob Dougan and Roland Armstrong (Rollo). The only single released by Sphinx was 'What Hope Have I' in 1995. Vocals were performed by Sabrina Johnston. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Dance chart in 1995.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	USD	Song
Mar 1995   43	 1	What hope have I

What happened next?
Rob Dougan and Rollo have gone on to become a successful composer and music producer respoectively. Dougan is best known for "Clubbed to death" that was used the original Matrix movie (1999).

Spacedust

Spacedust is production project from Duncan Glasson and Paul Glancy. The commercial dance act profited on the juridic void over the Thomas Bangalter record "Gym Tonic" (released by Bob Sinclar). Their single "Gym And Tonic" reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1998. The video for the song, despite being made in the late 1990's, is known for being cheaply made and has featured on a worst video list before.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1998    1	Gym and Tonic
Mar 1999   20	Let's get down

What happened next?
Glasson went on to remix a few tracks in the early 2000s. Glancy founded Spirit Production.

Shy FX

Andre Williams (better known as Shy FX) arrived on the scene with the underground ragga-jungle anthem "Original Nuttah" (with UK Apachi). He recorded a couple of songs "Gangsta Kid" and "Sound Of The Beast" under S.O.U.R. records. Shy FX started his own Ebony Recordings label soon after, releasing more classic Jungle tunes like "The Message" and "Wolf" in 1997. The former was UK Dance #1 as was "Bambaata" om 1999.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1994   39	Original Nuttah (UK Apachi featuring Shy FX)

What happened next?
Shy FX would have his biggest hit to date in 2002 when collaborating with T Power on "Shake ur body" reached #7 in the UK. He had a couple more hits with "Don't wanna know" (UK#19, 2002) and "Feelin' u" (UK#34, 2003). In 2005, Shy FX focused on his Digital Soundboy venture. He has worked with numerous artists notably Cara Delevingne and Sweetie Irie on "Raggamuffin Soundtape" in 2019. His most recent work was "Amazing" with Voltage featuring Agent Sasco and is currently touring the UK.

Shut up & Dance

Shut up and dance are English DJ duo consisting of Carlton Hyman (Smiley) and Philip Johnson (PJ). When no record label would sign them, they decided to start their own label, Shut Up and Dance Music. Best known for revamping "Walking in Memphis" into the UK #2 hit "Raving I'm raving" in 1992.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1992    2	Raving I'm Raving
Apr 1995   25	Save it 'til the mourning after

What happened next?
Shut up & Dance are still more or less about. Their last release was "New Script" in 2021.

Shanks & Bigfoot

Shanks and Bigfoot is a project from the duo of Danny Langsman and Steven Meade. Best known for the UK chart topper, "Sweet like chocolate". They also recorded under the name, Doolally.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1999    1	Sweet like chocolate

What happened next?
Shanks and Bigfoot had a follow-up single, "Sing a long" make #12 on the UK chart in 2000.

Sasha

Alexander Paul Coe (better known professionally as Sasha), is a Welsh born (Sep 4) DJ and record producer. He is best known for his live events and electronic music as a solo artist, as well as his collaborations with British DJ John Digweed as Sasha & John Digweed. He is best known for UK Dance chart-topper "Be as one" featuring Maria Nayler.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1994   19	Higher Ground
Aug 1994   32	Magic (with Sam Mollison)
Mar 1996   17	Be As One (with Maria)

What happened next?
Sasha continues mix and DJ. His most recent release was reworking Photek's "Aviator".

Friday 30 September 2022

Robyn

Robin Miriam Carlsson (or just Robyn) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and producer. Her breakout album, "Robyn is here" was an international hit featuring "Show me love" and the Canada Dance #1 hit, "Do you know (what it takes)".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1997   26	Do You Know (What It Takes)
Mar 1998    8	Show Me Love
May 1998   20	Do You Really Want Me

What happened next?
It wasn't until 2007, Robyn gathered worldwide attention when she teamed up with Kleerup on "With every heartbeat" when that topped the UK singles chart. Further hits included "Be mine" and "Dancing on my own".

Rick Astley

Rick Astley is an English born (Feb 6) singer who is best known for numerous late 80s singles. During the 90s, he went a different way from the manufacture sounds of Stock, Aitken and Waterman with a standout hit with "Cry for help" that featured the Andrae Crouch Choir providing backing vocals in the interlude.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1991    7	Cry For Help
Nov 1993   33	Hopelessly

What happened next?
Rick Astley went into the wilderness for a number of years (actually retired after "Hopelessly" but came back with the some new material in the mid 2000s but came to everyone's attention with the rickrollin' meme. In 2016, Rick had a UK #1 album with "50".

Richard Marx

Richard Noel Marx is an American born (Sep 16) adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He had continued success in the 90s after his self titled album featuring "Right here waiting" and "Satisified". In the 90s, he is best known for the UK Top 3 hit, "Hazard".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1990   38	Too Late To Say Goodbye
May 1992    3	Hazard
Aug 1992   13	Take This Heart
Nov 1992   29	Chains Around My Heart
Jan 1994   13	Now And Forever
Apr 1994   32	Silent Scream
Aug 1994   38	The Way She Loves Me

What happened next?
Richard Marx is busy right now, currently embarking on European tour, playing in the UK at start of October and is also releasing a new album, "Songwriter".

Roni Size

Ryan Owen Granville Williams (better known as Roni Size) is an English born (Oct 29) DJ and producer who came to prominence in 1997 with Reprazent, a drum and bass collective. They had 4 Top 40 hits in the UK with three of them, "Share the fall", "Heroes" and "Watching Windows" all reaching #1 on the UK Dance chart. Ironically, it was their other hit, "Brown Paper Bag" that gave them their biggest UK hit. They also won the mercury music prize for their debut studio album, "New Forms".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1997   37	Share The Fall
Sep 1997   31	Heroes
Nov 1997   20	Brown Paper Bag
Mar 1998   28	Watching Windows

What happened next?
Roni Size has recorded over hundred tracks over the years with keeping with times titled "Cold Front / Locked Down" being his latest release in 2022.

Red 5

Red 5 is a monkier used by German DJ and Eurodance musician, Thomas Kukula. The name is of course call sign used in the classic Star Wars universe. He is best known for the song, "I love you... stop!" which memorably used DJ Quicksilver's "Belissima" as its main beat (ir vice versa). A second song, "Lift me up" reached #1 on Canada Dance Chart in 1998.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1997   11	I love you... stop!
Dec 1997   26	Lift me up

What happened next?
Thomas Kukula has continued to DJ and produce tracks with different monikers, General Base, Candy Beat and THK.

Raze

Raze was an American electronic dance music group by the multi-instrumentalist and producer Vaughan Mason. Raze also included the vocalists Keith Thompson, Wanda Sykes, Bobby Coleman and DJ Stephon Johnson. The project is best known for the UK Dance (1994) and US Dance (1988) #1 hit, "Break 4 love". The song was released on a number of occassions (1988, 1990, 1994 and 2003).

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1990   30	All 4 Love (Break 4 Love 1990) (featuring Lady J & Secretary Of Entertainment)

What happened next?
Oddly enough Raze did not realise another track after "Break 4 love".

Rage

Rage (also known as En-rage) were an English dance oufit created by the producers Barry Leng and Duncan Hannant. The project featured vocals by Tony Jackson and later on by Steve Lee.
Under the name Rage, they released their first single in the end of 1992 "Run To You" (a cover of a Bryan Adams song) was a big European hit. It reached #3 on the UK singles chart and made #12 on the Dutch singles chart in late 1992. In early 1993, it made #14 on the German singles chart and spent a week at #1 on the Canada Dance chart.
The first (and the only) album was called Saviour, all sung by Tony Jackson, containing all the first hits. Then came the single Give It Up, still released in 1993. It was a cover of a single originally released by Creation (from the same producers, under Deconstruction records).

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1992    3	Run to you

What happened next?
The project ceased with the last release, "My cryings done" in 1995. Duncan Hunnant went on write and produce songs with the latest known work, "Number One" in 2014. Steve Lee has continued a career as a successful songwriter.

Thursday 8 September 2022

Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (or simply Quincy Jones) is an American born (Mar 14) record producer, conductor, arranger, film score composer, television producer, and trumpeter. In the 90s, he scored a US Dance chart topper in 1997 with "Stomp".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1990   21	I'll Be Good To You (featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan)
Sep 1996   28	Stomp

What happened next?
Quincy Jones is still producing in a career that has spans 7 decades.

Queen

Queen is one of most well known English rock bands of all time consisting of enigmatic lead singer Freddy Mercury, guitarist/singer Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon. They formed in 1970. With countless hits in the 70s and 80s, they had continued success in the 90s including a #1 with "Innuendo". However, that was curtailed when Mercury died due an AIDS related illness. The re-issue of Bohemian Rhapsody as a result of Mercury's death and being featured on the Wayne's World soundtrack spent 5 weeks at UK#1. Brian May had a couple of solo UK Top 10 hits with "Driven by you" and "Too much love will kill you"

90 Hits (Brian May Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1991   6	Driven by you
Sep 1992   5	Too much love will kill you
Nov 1992   19	Back to the light
Jun 1993   23	Resurrection (featuring Cozy Powell)
90 Hits (Queen Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1991    1	Innuendo
Mar 1991   22	I'm Going Slightly Mad
May 1991   14	Headlong
Oct 1991   16	The Show Must Go On
Dec 1991   27	The Show Must Go On (re-entry)
Dec 1991    1	Bohemian Rhapsody (re-issue) / These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Nov 1995    2	Heaven For Everyone
Dec 1995    6	A Winter's Tale
Mar 1996   15	Too Much Love Will Kill You
Jun 1996    9	Let Me Live
Nov 1996   17	You Don't Fool Me
Jan 1998   13	No-One But You / Tie Your Mother Down
Nov 1998    5	Another One Bites The Dust (with Wyclef Jean featuring Pras Michel & Free)
Dec 1999   14	Under Pressure (re-issue) (with David Bowie)

What happened next?
The legacy left by Queen is well documented. There is a musical, "We will rock you" as well as the Oscar-winning movie, "Bohemian Rhapsody". Between 2004-2009, Paul Rodgers (of Free fame) toured with Queen. From 2011, Adam Lambert joined and has been part of Queen ever since.

QFX

QFX are a Scottish Happy Hardcore / Trance act, formed in 1992 by producer Kirk Turnbull. Mainly known for tracks such as "Freedom", "Whiplash" and their rework of Moby's "Every Time You Touch Me". The former was their biggest hit to date after narrowly failing to reach the UK Top 40 upon first release in 1995. Vocals during that period were provided by Moiran Rankin.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1996   22	Every time you touch me
Aug 1996   33	You got the power
Jan 1997   21	Freedom 2
May 1999   34	Say you'll be mine

What happened next?
QFX had another UK Top 40 hit with a remix of "Freedom" in 2003 before quietly disabnding.

Saturday 27 August 2022

Proyecto Uno

Proyecto Uno was founded in 1989 by Nelson Zapata and Rick Echavarría. They were the groups' original members. Later the original producer for the group Pavel De Jesus and John G. Wilson aka Magic Juan became part of the group. Debuting with their original manager, Porfirio "Popi" Pina.
The present members are Nelson Zapata, Kid-G, Josue Cedeño and Paolo Tondo. One of his greatest successes was with the theme "El Tiburon" which spent three weeks at #1 on the Canada Dance chart in 1996. Other successes were "Esta Pega'o", "Move Your Body (Mueve La Cadera)", "Latinos" and "Another Night".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song

What happened next?
After the 90s, Proyecto Uno went on hiatus but since 2014 have been regularly releasing tracks and most recently released "Musica Feliz" with Mad Stuntman (returning a favour when Proyecto Uno were featured artist on Reel 2 Real's "Move your body").

Praxis

Praxis was a project consisting of House DJ/Production duo of Cevin Fisher and David Shaw. Best known featuring vocalist Kathy Brown on the song "Turn me out (turn to sugar)", which reached #1 in both the UK and US Dance charts.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1997   35	Turn me out (turn to sugar) (featuring Kathy Brown)

What happened next?
Both Cevin Fisher and David Shaw continue to DJ and produce. Kathy Brown has kept recording tracks over the years, most recently as featured artist on Brookes Brothers & Kove's "Burn" in 2020.

Powerhouse

Powerhouse was a project of American DJ Lenny Fontana and is best known for the track "What you need" featuring Duane Harden. It reached the top of both UK and US dance charts in 1999. Note in 1997, another powerhouse project (belonging to Hamilton Dean and Julian Slatter) reached the UK top 40 with "Rhythm of the night".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1997   38	Rhythm of the night
May 1999   13	What you need (featuring Duane Harden)what yy

What happened next?
Lenny Fontana continues to DJ and mostly released the track "Hell Yeah" with Vangela Crowe. Duane Harden has kept busy over the years and did an excellent collaboration with House Gospel Choir in 2020/2021.

Pizzaman

Pizzaman is a project consisting of DJ/Production duo of Norman Cook and JC Reid with vocalist Jon Martin. Best known for the songs, "Trippin' on sunshine" and "Sex on the streets". The latter reaching #1 on the UK Dance chart on two separate occasions in mid 1995 and early 1996.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1994   33	Trippin' On Sunshine
Jun 1995   24	Sex On The Streets
Nov 1995   19	Happiness
Jan 1996   23	Sex On The Streets (re-entry)
Jun 1996   18	Trippin' On Sunshine (re-issue)

What happened next?
Unfortunately, little activity from the Pizzaman project with a "very best of" compilation in 2000. Norman Cook of course became Fat Boy Slim, but little was heard from both JC and Jon.

Pianoman

Pianoman (better known as James Sammon) is an English DJ and producer. He made his presence known with a heavily sampled rave track simply entitled "That Whitney Tune" in 1992. But he is best known for the UK Top 10 hit "Blurred", which took inspiration from Blur's "Girls and Boys".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1996   6	Blurred

What happened next?
Carl Cameron joined the project in 2016 as they have been working together at Salford Central Records. Pianoman have been busy in 2022 with three tracks, including the remix of "Whitney Tune" (30 years after original release), "Relevation 2022" and "Pump that party".

Photek

Rupert Matthew Swain Parkes (better known as Photek) is an English born dance producer and ventured from jungle in the early 90s to drum and bass in the late 90s. Best known for the song "Ni Ten Ichi Ryu", which reached #1 on UK Dance chart early 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1997   37	Ni Ten Ichi Ryu

What happened next?
In 2001, he collaborated with Robert Owens on "Mine to give", which narrowly failed to break the UK Top 40 (#44). Recently Photek has moved into the realm of producing film scores from where he is currently based in Hollywood. His most recent musical effort was a collaboration with Sasha on "Aviator".

Perpetual Motion

Perpetual Motion are an UK based production duo consisting of Andy Manston and Julian Napolitano. Best known for the UK Top 20 hit, "Keep on dancin'" from mid-1998.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1998   12	Keep on dancin' (Let's go)

What happened next?
Julian Napolitano released a 2011 album entitled "Club Electro" but has become a record producer for the most part. Andy Manston released a 2001 track, "Soul Killer" and like Julian became a record producer.

Patti LaBelle

Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards (better known as Patti LaBelle) is an American born (May 24) soul singer who has been recording since 1977. In the 1990s, her 1989 original of "If you asked me to" was covered by an up and coming Celine Dion in 1992 (reached #4 in the States). She reached the the top of US Dance chart three times including as part of LaBelle with "Turn it out" (1995).

90 Hits (Discography):
Date   USD US	Song
1994	1   61	The Right kinda lover
1995	1   -	Turn it out (LaBelle)
1997	1   56	When you talk about love

What happened next?
Patti LaBelle most recent release was with Braxton Holmes on "Get Ready (Lookng for loving) in 2019. She also appeared on the secnd season of the American Masked Singer as "Flower" in 2019.

Patra

Dorothy Smith (better known as Patra) is a Jamaican born (Nov 22) dancehall/reggae singer. Best known for "Worker man", which spent a week at #1 on the US dance chart mid-1994. Three other tracks made the Billboard Hot 100, "Romantic Call" with Yo-yo (1994), a cover of Grace Jones' "Pull up to the bumper" (1995) and "Scent of attraction" with Aaron Hall (1996). Her only appearance on the UK chart was as a featured artist on Shabba Ranks' "Family Affair".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1993   18	Family Affair (Shabba Ranks featuring Patra/Terry/Monica)

What happened next?
Patra appears to working on new material with Dnacehall producer Not Nice

Pato Banton

Patrick Murray (better known as Pato Banton) is an English reggae artist from Birmingham. Best known for his version of the Equals' "Baby come back" with help from Robin and Ali Campbell from UB40, which spent 4 weeks at #1 on the UK singles chart late 1994.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1994    1	Baby come back
Apr 1995   15	Bubbling hot (with Ranking Roger)
Jan 1996   36	Spirits in the material world (with Sting)
Jul 1996   14	Groovin' (with the Reggae Revolution)

What happened next?
Pato Banton has continued the release reggae music over the years and is currently in the states touring. His most recent album was "Baseball Reggae" in 2021.

Sunday 14 August 2022

Oui 3

Oui 3 were an English/American/Swiss dance music outfit consisting of Blair Booth (singer-songwriter), Philippe Erb, (Swiss engineer) and Trevor Miles (US Rapper). Scored several hits in the nineties, most notably "Break from the Old Routine" and an adaptation of Buffalo Springfield's "For What it's Worth."

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Fen 1993   28	For what it's worth
Jul 1993   17	Break from the old routine
Oct 1993   26	For what it's worth (remix)
Jan 1994   38	Fact of life

What happened next?
Not a lot is known of late about Blair Booth and Trevor Miles. But Philippe Erb helped remix for Heaven 17's "Play to win" in 2020.

OT Quartet

OT Quartet was a project combining the talents of Rob Dougan and Roland (Rollo) Armstrong. Together they released the song, "Hold that sucker down."

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1994   24	Hold that sucker down
Sep 1995   26	Hold that sucker down (remix)

What happened next?
Rob Dougan released a couple of singles in the mid-90s in his own right "Hard Times" and "Clubbed to death." The latter was featured in the 1999 movie, "The Matrix". Rollo is a founder member of Faithless and not only that he remixed and produced tracks for so many artists like Pet Shop Boys, Simply Red, U2, Moby and even his sister, Dido.

Original

The Original was a house music project created by French DJ Walter Taieb in his studio in New York City. In April 1994, he invited his friend, the Italian DJ and producer Giuseppe Nuzzo (DJ Pippi) who was the resident DJ of Pacha in Ibiza to come to New York to do a track for the summer. Taieb invited another friend, New York session vocalist Everett Bradley for vocals to the track.
"I Love You Baby (Swing Mix)" was the first release on Taieb's label WT Records in 1994 after Mercury Universal passed on their option to release it. The following year, a remix by Dancing Divaz became a hit single titled as "I Luv U Baby"

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1995   31	I luv u baby
Aug 1995    2	I luv u baby (remix)
Nov 1995   29	B 2 gether

What happened next?
Everett Bradley has been backing vocalist for many big names like Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, Jon Bon Jovi, Quincy Jones and Hall & Oates. He also became music director for the musical, "Stomp". Pippi continues to DJ and produce back in Ibiza, Spain. Taieb continues to record, most recently "Vertigo" with Jonathan Mouton in 2021.

Onephatdeeva

Onephatdeeva is a project created by Spanish House DJ and producer Aydin Hasirci. The name was was derived from the debut track "In And Out Of My Life" that combined elements from Fatboy Slim "Right Here Right Now" along with Adeva "In & Out Of My Life". Originally the track was credited with the name 'OnePhatDiva', it later changed to the artist name as OnePhatDeeva.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1999   11	In and out of my life

What happened next?
Aydin continues to work under the moniker ATFC and last release was "Spirit of House" in 2020.

Omni Trio

Omni Trio is a project belonging to expiermental musician Robert Haigh. In the 90s, he developed a unique style of what has become known as ambient (or 'intelligent') Drum and Bass and released a number of acclaimed albums. The Omni Trio sound iss notable for its intricate orchestrated production and atmospheric sound palette. The project is best for the UK Dance #1 hit, "Sanctuary!"

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1994   81	Omni Trio Volume 4
Oct 1994   85	Volume 5 - Soul Promenade
Aug 1996   97	Trippin' on broken beats
Oct 1997   99	Sanctuary

What happened next?
The Omni Trio faired a little better with "The angels and shadows project" reaching UK#44 in 2001. Under his own name, Rob Haigh released a classical album "Human Remains" in 2022.

Friday 5 August 2022

Nuyorican Soul

Nuyorican Soul is an American outfit formed by Little Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. As the name indicated, their music was based on New York (dance) music scene. Their 1997 self-titled album features a number of guest performances including George Benson, Roy Ayers, Tito Puente, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jocelyn Brown, Vincent Montana Jr., Salsoul Orchestra, and India. They are best known for the 1997 UK and US Dance #1 hit, "Runaway". Two songs featuring Jocelyn Brown also reached the top of the UK Dance charts with "I am the black gold of the sun" and "It's alright I feel it"

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1997   24	Runaway (featuring India)
May 1997   26	It's alirght I feel it (featuring Jocelyn Brown)
Oct 1997   31	I am the black gold of the sun (featuring Jocelyn Brown)

What happened next?
As Nuyorican Soul, no new material was released with the exception of 2013 release, "The Nervous Track/Mind Fluid". Both Vega and Kenny Dope have been fairly active produce new tracks. Kenny Dope's most recent release was "Talk Dirty" in 2017 and Vega released a new album in 2022, "Expansions in NYC."

Ned's Atomic Dustbin

Ned's Atomic Dustbin are an English alternative rock band that took their name from an episode of radio comedy "The Goons". The band is fronted by John Penney with guitarist Gareth Pring, drummer Dan Warton, bassists Alex Griffin and Matt Cheslin. They had 2 UK top 20 hits with "Happy" and "Not sleeping around" in the early 90s.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1991   16	Happy
Sep 1991   21	Trust
Oct 1992   19	Not sleeping around
Dec 1992   36	Intact
Mar 1995   33	All I ask of myself is that I hold together

What happened next?
After eight years of existence Ned's Atomic Dustbin disbanded in 1995. A new re-formed line-up was created in 2000 and the original line-up returned in 2008. In 2017, encouraged by Miles Hunt (Wonder Stuff) to perform songs acoustically, Penney created a new project aptly named "Ned's acoustic dustbin".

Natural Born Grooves

Natural Born Grooves (not to be confused with Natural Born Chillers) was a Belgian project from the duo of Bert Boon and Jaco van Rijswijk and are best known for the 1997 UK Dance #1 hit, "Groovebird".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1997   21	Groovebird

What happened next?
Natural Born Grooves have continued released tracks over the years. Their most recent one was the 2017 release, "Love in the city". van Rijswijk also went on to run the NBG Studios label in the noughties.

Natural Born Chillers

Natural Born Chillers (sometimes Natural Born Killers) is an English project compromising of Arif Salih and Lee Parker (sometimes Audio Vandal) that released the UK Dance #1 hit, "Rock the funky beat" in November 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1997   30	Rock the funky beat

What happened next?
Arif went on to Punx Soundcheck and is also credited as a composer on Marc Almond's 2016 album "Trials of Eyeliner: The Anthology 1979-2016". Not much new is known about Lee Parker.

Sunday 31 July 2022

Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Imbruglia is an Australian born (Feb 4) singer, songwriter, and actress. Before crossovering into music, she appeared as a debut in Austrlian soap opera "Neighbours" between 1992 and 1994. She made her breakthrough in 1997 with a Grammy-nominated cover version of "Torn", as originally performed by US band Ednaswap, which gave her huge international success.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1997    2	Torn
Mar 1998    2	Big Mistake
Jun 1998   19	Wishing I was there
Oct 1998    5	Smoke

What happened next?
Natalie Imbruglia would have 6 more UK Top 30 hits in the 2000s with "Shiver" the best of these making #8 in 2005. In 2003, she was leading lady in the first "Johnny English" movie. Her most recent album was "Firebird" in 2021. In 2022, Natalie appeared and won the third season of the Masked Singer UK and appeared the final episode of "Neighbours".

Nalin & Kane

Nalin & Kane are a German trance duo consisting of Andreas Bialek (Nalin) and Ralf Beck (Kane) and are best known for anthematic, "Beachball", which was #1 on the dance charts of the UK and Canada.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1998   17	Beachball

What happened next?
Curiously Ralf Beck has used Harry Kane" as an alias long before this Harry Kane.

Wednesday 11 May 2022

MTS

MTS was an American Eurodance project created in Miami, Florida. Originally, the projects's acronym stood for "Max, Tolga and Stacy", later changed to "Move Through Sound". MTS is best known for the song "I'll Be Allright", number one in Canada Dance Chart. The members were Tony Delaney, Tonia Lee and Melissa Hamm.

What happened next?
An album, "Let it go" was released in 1996 and a second single, "I'm gonna make you love me" was promoted but that was the extent of the activity from MTS.

Mr Roy

Mr Roy is actually trio consisting of Alun Harrison, Graham Simmons and Mark Mumford. They are best known for reworking the BBC Test Match Cricket theme tune (Booker T & The MGs' "Soul Limbo") on the track, "Saved". They actually scored 2 UK Dance #1s in 1995, "Something about u" was the other #1.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1995   24	Saved

What happened next?
No new material has been released since 1999's "Speeding up the beat". Although a 2019 remix of "Something about u" was made by Mark Knight.

Moloko

Moloko is an electronic music duo formed in England, consisting of Irish born (July 5) vocalist Roisin Murphy and English born producer Mark Brydon. Together they are best known for the UK and US Dance #1, "Sing it back". "Sing it back" was written in honour of the regular house music party, "Body & Soul". The name was conceived from the drink consumed by Droogs in the Karova Milk Bar in "Clockwork Orange".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1996   36	Fun for me
Sep 1999    4	Sing it back

What happened next?
Moloko would have #2 hit in the UK with "The Time is Now" in 2000. "Pure Pleasure Seeker", "Familiar Feeling" and "Forever More" were further hits in the UK. Moloko disbanded in 2003. Roisin Murphy launched a solo career with "Let me Know" (UK#28 in 2007) her biggest hit to date and last album, "Roisin Machine" was released in 2020. Mark Brydon continues work as aranger and remixer (as DJ Plankton).

Martika

Marta Marrero (better known as Martika) is an American born (May 18) singer/songwriter. Best known for the 1989 US #1 hit, "Toy Soliders", she has had a UK top 10 hit with "Love... they will be done" for which Prince added the music to her prayer/lyrics.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1990   15	More Than You Know
Aug 1991   9	Love... Thy Will Be Done
Nov 1991   17	Martika's Kitchen

What happened next?
Martika formed a Latin duo with husband, Michael Mozart called Oppera and recorded a couple of album in the mid-2000s. Recently, she has toured ona few 80s revival shows.

Sunday 8 May 2022

Martha Wash

Martha Elaine Wash (or just Martha Wash is an American born (Dec 28) singer and songwriter, known for her distinctive and powerful voice. Before the 90s, she was best known for one half of the Weather Girls. In the 90s, she had some success particularly as a featured artist working with Todd Terry. She was quite prolific US Dance chart where she hit the top spot with "Carry on" (1992), "Give it to you" (1993) and "Catch the light" (1998) that she got dubbed the "Queen of Clubland". But she perhaps best known after the fact for performing vocals for both Black Box and C&C Music Factory as stated by the Rolling Stone!

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1993   37	Give It To You
Jul 1996    8	Keep On Jumpin' (Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown)
Feb 1998   21	It's Raining Men The Sequel (featuring RuPaul)
Apr 1998   20	Ready For A New Day (Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash)

What happened next?
Martha Wash continues to record and tour. Mostly recenntly, she recorded the album, "Love & Conflict" and was released in 2020. In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as the 58th). Wash has scored 7 US dance #1 hits (excluding the ones with Black Box and C&C Music Factory).

Magic Affair

Magic Affair is a German eurodance project consisting of producer Mike Staab, singer, Franca Morgano and American rapper Burnell Keith Herring (AK Swift). They are best known for the UK Top 20 hit, "Omen III".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1994   17	Omen III
Aug 1994   30	Give Me All Your Love
Nov 1994   38	In The Middle Of The Night

What happened next?
Magic Affair continued to release tracks until 1999 before going to hiatus. A couple of comebacks were attempted, mostly in 2014 with "Hear the voices". Franca Morgano continues to record, mostly on Stefan Rio's "Crush on you".

Madonna

Madonna Louise Ciccone (or just Madonna) is an American born (Aug 16) singer-songwriter and actress. An absolute icon in popular culture since the 80s. In the 90s, she was prolific with no less than 29 UK Top 20 hits including #1s "Vogue" and "Frozen" whilst she had 4 chart toppers in the US with "Frozen", "Justify my love", "This used to be my playground" and "Take a bow".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK US USD	Song
Jan 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 
Mar 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 has had her (mostly) ups and downs but never really disappeared. In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her Number 1 on the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time. Not surprising considering, she has had a staggering 50 chart toppers on the US Billboard dance chart, mostly recently with "I don't search I find" in 2020. Recently, she is starting reissue her back catalogue in commemoration of her 40th anniversairy of her recording career and autobiographical movie is in the works.

Lucid

Lucid is a UK house duo consisting of Mark Hadfield and Adam Ryan-Carter, best known for the UK Dance #1 and UK Top 10 hit, "I can't help myself". A couple other singles made the UK top 40.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1998   7	I can't help myself
Feb 1999   14	Crazy
Oct 1999   25	Stay with me til dawn

What happened next?
Despite the number of hits, no album was ever released as no material was released (to date) after the 90s.

Lou Bega

David Lubega Balemezi (Better known as Lou Bega) is a German born (Apr 13) singer, best known for the UK charttopper, "Mambo No 5 (A little bit of)". The 1999 song was a remake of 1949 Perez Prado instrumental piece. Bega's influences consists of combining musical elements of the 1940s and 1950s with modern beats and grooves.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1999    1	Mambo No 5 (a little bit of...)

What happened next?
Lou Bega continued to record and release tracks over the years but thus far failed to add to the success of Mambo No 5. However, his most recent releases include the rework of Scatman John (John Larkin) called "Scatman & Hatman" in 2019, which was featured on 2021 album of 90s covers called "90s Cruiser"

Sunday 1 May 2022

Lina Santiago

Lina Santiago is an American born (Sep 5) singer and best known in North America for the song, "Feels so good (Show me your love)". It reached #6 on the US Dance chart and #1 on the Canada Dance chart in 1996. Her follow-up, "Just because I love you" did not fare as well but did reach the US Top 100.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	US	Song
1996	35	Feels so good (Show me your love)
1996	78	Just because I love you

What happened next?
Maybe it's just me but when Britney Spears debuted "Baby one more time, I thought it looked very similar to Lina's album sleeve. In 2017, she was a featured artist on the Randy Taylor-Weber/Lenny Ruckus song, "Mi Amor".

Lil Suzy

Suzanne Melone (better known as Lil Suzy) is an American born (Mar 1) freestyle singer, best known for the song, "Take me in your arms" from her debut album, "Love can wait". She was only 12 at the time of the record. The song reached #67 on the US chart but also #4 ont he Canada Dance chart.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	US	Song
1991	67	Take me in your arms
1994	62	Promise Me
1997	79	Can't get you out of my mind
1998	94	I still love you

What happened next?
In the 2000s, Lil Suzy oured with Lisette Melendez and Angel Mercado (The Cover Girls) as a trio, S.A.L. (Suzy, Angel, Lisette). Lil Suzy has also toured with Amber, and the now disbanded electronic group, Prophecy Collective. Her last releases were in 2002 as featured artist on Collage's "Don't you want me" and "Dance Tonight" in 2009.

LaTour

William John Latour (or just LaTour) is an American born electronic musician and engineer who is best known for then controversial "People are still having sex", which topped the dance charts in both Canada and USA and reached the top 20 in the UK.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1991   15	People Are Still Having Sex

What happened next?
LaTour largely went underground after the success of "People are still having sex" and performed as a strudio for many house music labels in Chicago in the 90s. He went on to be on numerous radio stations in the Chicago area.

Tuesday 26 April 2022

Klubbheads

Klubbheads is a collective of dance music producers and DJs from Holland. The collective had a UK top 10 hit and UK dance chart #1 with "Klubbhopping".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1996   10	Klubbhopping
Aug 1997   35	Discohopping
Aug 1998   36	Kickin' hard

What happened next?
Klubbheads last released material in 2007 with "Baby wants to ride" and "Deep inside".

Kim English

Kimberly English (or just Kim English) was an American born house singer who had US Dance #1 hit with "Unspeakable Joy" in 1999. Her only UK Top 40 hit was debut "Nitelife" in 1994. which was re-released in 1996.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1994   35	Nite Life
Nov 1996   35	Nite Life

What happened next?
Kim would go onto have seven consecutive US Dance #1s starting with "Missing you" in 2000 and ending with her last track, "My Destiny" in 2007. In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as 10th).
Tragically Kim passed away in 2019.

Kicks like a mule

Kicks like a mule is a dance duo consisting of Nick Nalkes and Richard Russell. Best known for the UK Top 10 track, "The Bouncer".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1992    7	The bouncer

What happened next?
Nick Halkes moved into producing and management, setting up the Positiva label before founding his own label, Incentive Music. Richard Russell became the manager and eventually owner of XL Recordings.

Keith Sweat

Keith Sweat is an American born (July 22) singer, songwriter and record producer. An leading early figure in the new jack swing movement. In 1996, he released the self-titled album that featured the US Top 3 hits "Twisted" and "Nobody".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1996   39	Twisted
Nov 1996   35	Just a touch
May 1997   30	Nobody (featuring Athena Cage)

What happened next?
Keith Sweat was also part of the R&B supergroup, LSG (Levert/Sweat/Gill) that had US Top 5 hit with "My Body". Most recent release was the 2018 album, "Playing for Keeps"

Ken Doh

Ken Doh is a house music project consisting of Michael Devlin and Steve Burgess. They had #1 on the UK Dance chart in 1997 with the "Nakasaki EP".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1996    7	Nakasaki EP (I need a lover tonight)

What happened next?
An interesting remix was created by Bob Sinclair billed as "Ken Does Bob (aka the beat goes on Nakasaki)" in 2006.

Kellee

Kellee Warren (or just Kellee) is an American electronica and house music vocalist who best known for the dance tracks, "My Love" (peaked at #5 on the US Dance chart in 1995) and "This man" (#1 on the US Dance chart in 1997).

90 Hits (Discography):
Date  US Dance	Song
1995	5	My Love
1997	1	This Man

What happened next?
Very little is known about Kellee since her US dance #1 hit and long left recording house music.

Kele Le Roc

Kelly Biggs (better known as Kele Le Roc is an English born (Oct 5) soul/R&B singer. She had two UK Top 10 hits in the late 90s with "Little bit of lovin'" and "My Love" both reaching #8 and taken from the debut album, "Everybody's somebody".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1998   8	Little bit of lovin'
Mar 1999   8	My Love

What happened next?
Kele Le Roc had another UK top 40 hit with "Feelin' U" in 2003 when it reached #34. In 2020, she was featured vocalist with Gok Wan and Craig Knight on a cover of Baby D's "Let me be your fantasy".

Friday 22 April 2022

Judy Cheeks

Judy Cheeks is the American born (Feb 13) singer originally recording as soul and R&B vocalist including "Mellow lovin'". In the 90s, Judy turned to dance and scored 5 UK Top 40s with the most recognise track to the UK audience "Reach". "Respect" and "As long as you're good to me" both reached #1 on the US Dance chart in 1995.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1993   27	So In Love (The Real Deal)
May 1994   17	Reach
Mar 1995   23	This Time / Respect
Jun 1995   30	You're The Story Of My Life / As Long As You're Good To Me
Jan 1996   22	Reach (remix)

What happened next?
Judy Cheeks last release was "Crying in the rain" in 2018.

Jody Watley

Jody Vanessa Watley (or just Jody Watley is an American born (Jan 30) singer, songwriter and producer. She started her career as lead vocalist in the group, Shalamar before a succesful career particularly in her home country. She started the decade with "Everything" peaking at #4 in the USA. She had a number of tracks that reached the top 10 on the Hot 100 Dance chart including #1 "Off the hook" in 1998.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1994   33	When A Man Loves A Woman

What happened next?
Jody Watley In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as 22nd)

Jimmy Nail

James Michael Aloysius Bradford (better known as Jimmy Nail) is an English born (Mar 16) actor and singer. Best known in the 80s for starring in "Auf wiedersehen pet" and the track "Love don't live here anymore" reaching UK#3 in 1985.In the 90s, he starred in Crocodile Shoes and sung theme tune. But ultimately he is best known for the 1992 UK chart topper, "Ain't no doubt".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1992   1	Ain't no doubt
Nov 1994   4	Crocodile Shoes
Feb 1995   13	Cowboy Dreams
Oct 1995   18	Big River
Dec 1995   33	Love
Nov 1996   25	Country Boy

What happened next?
Jimmy Nail was last seen in the production of Sting's musical, "The Last Ship" in 2018.

Jennifer Paige

Jennifer Paige is an American born (Sep 3) singer best known for the international hit, "Crush".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1998    4	Crush

What happened next?
Jennifer Paige most recent release was the kickstarter-funded album "Starflower" in 2017.

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lynn Lopez (or just J'Lo) is an American born (Jul 24) singer/songwriter and actress. During the 90s, she started out as a fly girl dancer on the American comedy sketch show "In Living Color". But only came to prominence, starring as Selena in the biopic of the same name in 1997. She also starred in "Anaconda" and "Out of sight" But in 1999, she launched music career with debut album "on the 6", which spawned a number of hits including US charttopper, "If you had my love".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1999   4	If You Had My Love
Nov 1999   5	Waiting For Tonight

What happened next?
J'Lo In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as 10th)

Wednesday 13 April 2022

Isotonik

Isotonik is an alias of English born DJ Chris Paul and is best known for the dance/rave track "Different Strokes", which surprisingly has nothing to do with the 80s TV show of the same name.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1992   12	Different Strokes
May 1992   25	Everywhere I go/Let's get down

What happened next?
CHris Paul is now based in Miami and is still recording and DJing to this day. He released "A new life" EP in 2021.

Isha D

Beverly Reppion (better known as Isha D) is an English singer songwriter. She has performed backing vocals for numerous artists but it is as her alter ego, Isha D that she has some success with the underground house and UK Dance #1 hit, "Stay (Tonight)".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1995   28	Stay (Tonight)

What happened next?
Isha D has worked with TouchFreak recently and has put out a number of tracks on her website.

Monday 4 April 2022

Hyperlogic

Hyperlogic is an English hard house production team featuring Tidy Trax (Tidy Boys) owners Amadeus Mozart (not Wolfgang) and Andy Pickles (member of Jive Bunny) and had hit dance single "Only Me" that heavily sampled the baseline of U2s "New Years Day".
Paul Janes, legendary UK hard house producer, remixer and engineer joined the team on a second single "U Got The Love".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1995   35	Only me

What happened next?
Mozart and Pickles still run the Tidy brand as the Tidy Boys and have their own twitch sessions.
Paul Janes has had a heavy hand in the makings of today's Hard Dance scene. But is difficult to pinpoint what he is up to as he has recorded under so many pseudonyms for labels including Positiva, Data Records, Tidy Trax, Untidy Trax, Nukleuz, Vicious Circle Recordings, Tripoli Trax, Elasticman Records, Nebula, Bulletproof Records, Recharge, Frantic and Overdose Records to name a few.

Human Resource

Human Resource is a Dutch hardcore/techno group established in 1990 by Robert Mahu & Johan van Beek. They are known for various versions of "Dominator".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1991   36	Dominator
Dec 1991   18	The Complete Dominator

What happened next?
Later joined by keyboardists Jasper Drexhage and Guido Pernet (also MC), as well as by rapper and former professional basketball player Larenzo Nash. In 1992 Van Beek left without being replaced. Soon after rapper Marvin D (Marvin Tholen) became a band member but left in 1995. After Drexhage's departure over dissatisfaction with their new hardcore sound he was replaced by Sander Scheurwater. Human Resource disbanded at the end of 1990s.
In 2004 Guido Pernet formed the band once again, this time with Zenon Zevenbergen (as MC) and Maurice Steenbergen. Zevenbergen left soon after the tour in 2005. The same year they introduced the new Hardcore-Gabber music festival Dominator. Last known release was a collaboration with Miss Djax vs Marshall Master on "Stereo Destroyer" in 2010.

Human League

Human League is an English Electronic and synth-pop band consisting of Phil Oakey, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley. The group was originally formed in 1977 by Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh when Phil Oakey joined in 1978, they had changed their name from "The Future" to "The Human League". Ware and Marsh left to form Heaven 17. Oakey kept the band name and added female vocalists, and it is this incarnation that gained widespread popularity. They are best known for 80 hits, "Don't you want me" and "Human". In the 90s, they made a resurgence, with "Tell me when" their first top 10 hit for a numbe of years.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1990   29	Heart Like A Wheel
Jan 1995    6	Tell Me When
Mar 1995   13	One Man In My Heart
Jun 1995   36	Filling Up With Heaven
Oct 1995   16	Don't You Want Me (remix)
Jan 1996   40	Stay With Me Tonight

What happened next?
Human League are still performing to this day.

Heaven 17

Heaven 17 is an English new wave and synth-pop that was formed in Sheffield in 1980 when Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware both left the group, Human League. The formation was a side project of the British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.), the production company formed by Marsh. Glenn Gregory joined the team as the vocalist. They are known for the 1980s songs "Let me go" and "Temptation".
The name "Heaven 17" was derived from Stanley Kubrick's movie "A Clockwork Orange", where Heaven 17 is mentioned as one of the hip bands in the record store scene.
In 1992, a remix by Brothers in Rhythm was released and that gave Heaven 17, their UK top 5 hit in the 1990s. "Temptation" was also featured in the 1996 movie "Trainspotting" and appeared on volume 2 of "Trainspotting: Music from the motion picture".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1992   4	Temptation
Feb 1996   40	(We don't need this) Fascist Groove Thang

What happened next?
Marsh left the band in 2007 with Ware and Gregory continued to perform as Heaven 17. They have been embarking on their "(We dont need this) Fascist Groove Thang tour over the last couple of years.

Herbie

Herbie Crichlow (or just Herbie) is an English born (Nov 26) singer and producer. He is best known in dance circles for the mid 90s eurodance album, "Fingers" that featured four Canada Dance Top 10s, including the #1 hit, "Right type of mood". He also struck the UK chart as featured (rap) artist on 3T's "Gotta be you"

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	CanDan	Song
Jul 1995   4	Pick it up
Oct 1995   1	Right type of mood
Feb 1996   7	Big funky dealer
May 1996   2	I believe

Date	  	UK	Song
Apr 1997  	10	Gotta be you (3T featuring Herbie)

What happened next?
Herbie collaborated with other songwriters and producers including Max Martin, RedOne and Denniz Pop. He went to write songs for the likes of the Backstreet Boys, Zayn Malik, Robyn, Rita Ora and Five. He resides in Sweden and has go on to win the ASCAP award for "most played song of the year". Herbie recently released his second album "The art of making music for the people" in 2021.

Hed Boys

Hed Boys was a project compromising of the house duo of English born (Jun 18) David Russell Lee (or just Dave Lee) and Andrew Livingstone. Both had numerous aliases and for Hed Boys, Dave was known as "Brad Hed" and Andrew "Gavin Hed". Together they are best known for "Girls and Boys". "Girls and Boys" was popular in the clubs, so much so that the song sparked a bidding war among labels. For fun, they kept the identity of the Hed Boys under wraps by inventing ridiculous personas for themselves, newbie producers complete with large unruly wigs, bristling moustaches & outlandish accents. It was some time before they were discovered and revealed to the UK music press. The song would become #1 on the UK Dance chart in 1994.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1994   21	Girls + Boys
Nov 1995   36	Girls + Boys (remix)

What happened next?
Dave's most known alias is remixer, Joey Negro. Although in 2020, he announced he was dropping the alias. Andrew stayed in producing and has been producing mostly for small little group called Take That.

Sunday 27 March 2022

Not Known For Singing in the 90s Top 40 (10-to-1)

#10: Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan is best known for bringing wrestling to the masses back in the 1980s. In December 1993, he recorded a version of "I'm the lead of the gang" with Green Jelly.

ArtistHulk Hogan (with Green Jelly)
Biggest HitI'm the lead of the gang
UK Top 40 Hits1Peak (UK)25
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#9: Tia Carrere

Tia Carrere is an American actress best known for the TV series, Relic Hunter and movies such as True Lies and Wayne's World. Her venture into music is related to Wayne's World where she sung "Ballroom Blitz". Featured on the movie soundtrack, it was released as a single in the UK and reached the Top 40.
Recently, Tia has appeared in Netflix TV series, "AJ and the Queen" alongside RuPaul.

ArtistTia Carrere
Biggest HitBallroom Blitz
UK Top 40 Hits1Peak (UK)26
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#8: Phillip Schofield

Phillip Schofield is best known for presenting "This Morning" and multiple game shows such as "The Cube" and "Five Gold Rings". In the 1990s, he took over from Jason Donovan as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and released "Close every door" in December 1992 for the festive period and made the UK Top 30. In 2018, Schofield made surprise return as Joseph on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.

ArtistPhillip Schofield
Biggest HitClose every door
UK Top 40 Hits1Peak (UK)27
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#7: Samantha Janus

Samantha Janus (now known as Samantha Womack) is best known for acting in soap Eastenders and sitcom Game On. Her foray into music occurred in 1991, when she represented the UK in the Eurovision song contest finishing joint 10th and scoring a Top 30 hit.

ArtistSamantha Janus
Biggest HitA Message To Your Heart
UK Top 40 Hits1Peak (UK)30
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#6: Amanda Barrie / Johnny Briggs

Amanda Barrie and Johnny Briggs were best known for appearing in the UK soap opera, Coronation Street portraying Alma and Mike Baldwin. In 1995, an album of covers from members of the then Coronation Street cast was released including the couple's "Something stupid," which reached the top 40 in December 1995.
Unfortunately, Johnny Briggs recently passed away leading to a tribute from Amanda Barrie. Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman took "Something stupid" to the top of UK chart for Christmas 2001.

ArtistAmanda Barrie / Johnny Briggs
Biggest HitSomething Stupid
UK Top 40 Hits1Peak (UK)35

#5: Lisa B

Lisa Barbuscia is an American model and actress. In her early years, she signed up with Pete Tong at London Records and released 3 singles in the UK all reaching the top 50. Her debut single, "Glam" peaked at #49 in 1993. However, the old Company B song, "Fascinated" (#35) and "You and me" (#39) both made the top 40.
Lisa would go on to sing "Adore You" for the 2001 film Kiss of the Dragon and release the Telling Tales EP in 2004. Along with her modelling career, Lisa appeared in several movies, notably Bridget Jones's Diary, Highlander: Endgame, and Almost Heroes.

ArtistLisa B
Biggest HitFascinated
UK Top 40 Hits2Peak (UK)35
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#4: David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff (or just the "Hoff") is best known for acting in "Baywatch" and "Knight Rider". But during that time, he launched a music career of some sort. He is particularly huge in Germany, as proven by performance of "Looking for Freedom" at the Berlin Wall on New Year's Eve, 1989. Strictly in the 1990s, Hoff had just one song make the UK Top 40, "If I could say goodbye" in November 1993.
In 2006, a campaign to get hoff to #1 was launched with the song, "Jump in my car", it got close but only reached #3.

ArtistDavid Hasselhoff
Biggest HitIf I could say goodbye
UK Top 40 Hits1Peak (UK)35
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#3: Catherine Zeta Jones

Catherine Zeta Jones is far better known for being an actress. In the early 90s, in between her acting success in the UK and making it big in Hollywood, Jones embarked on brief music career. She made the UK Top 75 on 3 occasions with 2 of them reaching the top 40. Her debut, "For all time" reached #36 in September 1992 and a duet "True love ways" with David Essex (what is about her and older men?) reached #38 in November 1994. Her last single "In the arms of love" barely reached the top 75 and convinced her to head for the hills of Hollywood.

ArtistCatherine Zeta Jones
Biggest HitFor all time
UK Top 40 Hits2Peak (UK)36
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#2: Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal (or just Shaq) is a decorated basketball player winning 4 NBA titles with the LA Lakers (2000-2002) and the Miami Heat (2006) and a gold medal as a member of the Dream Team at 1996 Olympics. However, he had a bit of go at music and has actually released 5 rap studio albums. In the UK, he had 3 singles reach the UK Top 75 but his best effort came in February 1997 when "You can't stop the reign" peaked at #40.
These days, Shaq is best known for being a sports analyst on the American sports show, "Inside the NBA." He also been involved in All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

ArtistShaquille O'Neal
Biggest HitYou can't stop the reign
UK Top 40 Hits1Peak (UK)40
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#1: Naomi Campbell

Your #1 act not known for singing is the supermodel, Naomi Campbell. Her only UK hit reached #40 like Shaq but she achieved the feat first in 1994. She is best known for being a diva but in the fashion industry. Because of her good looks, she ventured into acting appearing in number of films and TV shows. She also appeared in number of music videos, most notably in Michael Jackson's "In the Closet" (1992). She must have thought this music lark was a piece of cake and tried to launch a pop career. She did release an album, "Baby Woman" featuring her only hit single, "Love and Tears".
Recently, she tried her hand at interviewing. Whilst she is (and wouldn't claim to be) no Michael Parkinson nor a Oprah Winfrey, her "No filter with Naomi" does get some high-profile guests on board.

ArtistNaomi Campbell
Biggest HitLove and Tears (1994)
UK Top 40 Hits1Peak (UK)40
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