Adam Fenton or Adam F for short was musician and DJ from Liverpool. He has great pedigree with his dad being the late Alvin Stardust. He had a couple of top 40 hits in the UK in the late 90s.
Hits (Discography):
Date UK Song Sep 1997 20 Circles Mar 1998 27 Music In My Mind
This swedish pop group was formed in 1990 and originally consisted of sibilings Jonas, Linn and Jenny Berggren along with Ulf Ekberg. Often compared with Abba (what with being a 2 male/2 female group from Sweden), they had international success with their debut album "Happy Nation" that spawned many hits including "All that she wants" (43 weeks at UK#1), "The Sign" (US#1) and the Aswad cover "Don't turn around".
Hits (Discography):
Date UK Song May 1993 1 All That She Wants Aug 1993 20 Wheel Of Fortune Feb 1994 2 The Sign Jun 1994 5 Don't Turn Around Oct 1994 40 Happy Nation Jan 1995 18 Living In Danger Nov 1995 20 Lucky Love Jan 1996 15 Beautiful Life Jul 1998 5 Life Is A Flower Oct 1998 8 Cruel Summer Dec 1998 12 Always Have Always Will Apr 1999 22 Everytime It Rains
What happened next?
Ace of base took a hiatus from 2003. When they reunited in 2007, it was without Linn who wanted the quiet life. Jenny decided to call it a day in 2009. Julia Williamson and Clara Hagman were replacements. The band again disbanded in 2013. Their legacy is quite striking with Lady Gaga, Katy Petty and Clean Bandit semingly influenced.
This was a Belgian Eurodance project created by Jacko Bultinck and Peter Gillis in 1991. Their most recognised dance song was "The Hitman", which made the US Dance Top 20 and #6 in Australia. This was also around the same time was another hitman was at the height of his powers/popularity, which may have helped! This featured rapper K-Swing (Cedric Murril) and pop music vocalist Marianne Festraets. Other songs included "Get up (Move boy move)" and self-titled "AB Logic" (See: Discography for more).
Hits (Discography):
Date UK Song Oct 1991 2 Get Ready For This Jan 1992 2 Twilight Zone May 1992 4 Workaholic Aug 1992 11 The Magic Friend Jan 1993 1 No Limit May 1993 4 Tribal Dance Sep 1993 8 Faces Nov 1993 15 Maximum Overdrive Feb 1994 6 Let The Beat Control Your Body May 1994 6 The Real Thing Oct 1994 17 No One Mar 1995 22 Here I Go Oct 1995 16 Do What's Good For Me Jul 1998 38 Wanna Get Up
What happened next?
Ray is still with group but Anita left in 2016 to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Kim Vergouwen.
The duo consisted of rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixed Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta and are best known for their international hit "Wiggle it (just a little bit)" which was #1 for 2 weeks on the US Dance chart (Oct 1990) and made the top 3 in the UK at the start of 1991. Contrary to popular belief, they were not a one hit wonder as "El Trago (The Drink)", which sampled Yazoo's "Don't go" at the end, scraped into the UK Top 40 in 1994.
Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Jan 1991 3 Wiggle it Oct 1994 34 El Trago (The Drink)
What happened next? A little search led to the fact Dose became some guy called "Fulanito" seemingly celebrating his dominican heritage. Whilst Roger continued remixing and in recent times compiled a Debbie Gibson megamix!
The Dutch dance outfit was created by two brothers Bobby and Martin Boer with Desiree Manders their main vocalist. I still never figured out why the 4th floor. Did they live on the 4th floor? Was their studio on the 4th floor? Who knows?
They mostly had success in their native Netherlands with no less than 9 Top 10 hits. But they manage some success in the rest of Europe and internationally too. One of the early proponents of Eurodance, their most notable songs include "Dreams (will come alive)", "Fly (Through the Starry Night)" and "Never alone" (See: Discography for more).
I am going to try to write about an act back in the 1990s as I try to reminisce songs of yesteryear! Strange new year resolution!
