Betty Boo

Alison Moira Clarkson better known as Betty Boo is a London born (Mar 6) pop-rap artist who came to prominence in the late 80s with her collaboration with the Beatmasters on "Hey DJ I can't dance to that". She was prolific in the early 90s including US Dance #1 "Doin' the Do" and UK Top 3 "Where are you baby?"

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
May 1990    7	Doin' the Do
Aug 1990    3   Where Are You Baby?
Dec 1990   25   24 Hours
Aug 1992   12   Let Me Take You There

What happened next?
Over the years, Betty Boo worked with Alex James and Jack Rokka. There was an interesting recent interview/quiz with NME

Beloved

The Beloved is a British electronica dance outfit founded by Jon Marsh and Steve Waddington in 1984 (after intially being called "The Journey Through"). Their first hit was "The Sun Rising" in 1989. Into the 90s, they were more hits including "Hello" and "Sweet Harmony". Side note, if you ever see the music videos for either, why is Jon Marsh always naked? Also Tess Daly was in the "Sweet Harmony" video.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1990   19	Hello
Mar 1990   39	Your Love Takes Me Higher
Jan 1993    8	Sweet Harmony
Apr 1993   23	You've Got Me Thinking
Aug 1993   38	Outerspace Girl
Mar 1996   19	Satellite
Aug 1997   31	The Sun Rising

What happened next?
The Beloved re-released the album, "Happiness" in August 2020.

Beck

Beck David Hansen, better known as Beck is an American born (July 8) musicican, singer, songwriter and record producer. His experimental style encompasses folk, funk, soul, hip-hop, electronic, alternative rock, country and psychedelia. He is best known for his debut hit, "Loser". He quietly notched up 8 top 40 hits in the UK.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1994   15	Loser	
Jun 1996   35	Where It's At
Nov 1996   22	Devil's Haircut
Mar 1997   14	The New Pollution
May 1997   30	Sissyneck
Nov 1997   23	Deadweight
Dec 1998   39	Tropicalia
Nov 1999   27	Sexx Laws

What happened next?
On April 15, 2019, Beck released a single co-produced with Pharrell Williams titled "Saw Lightning" from his fourteenth studio album, titled Hyperspace. The song "Dark Places" was released on November 6, with the album being released on November 22. On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Beck among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. In May 2020 Beck cancelled his 2020 tour dates due to the COVID-19 crisis, rescheduling them for a later date.

Beats International / Lindy Layton

Beats International was a British dance and hip-hop outfit created by Norman Cook (who was a member of the House Martins and later known as Fatboy Slim). The line-up included vocalist Lindy Layton who had chart success in her own right (with "Silly Games" and "We got the love") as well as Lester Noel, rappers DJ Baptiste (The Crazy MC), MC Wildski and keyboardist Andy Boucher. Much like Gorillaz in the future that had graffiti artist, REQ to help with their visuals. Their biggest hit was the dub version of "Just be Good To Me", which was originally a Number 13 hit in 1984 for the SOS Band.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1990    1	Dub Be Good To Me
May 1990    9   Won't Talk About It

90 Hits for Lindy Layton (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1990   22	Silly Games (featuring Janet Kay)
Apr 1993   38   We Got The love

Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys were an American hip hop band formed in New York in 1981 as a hardcore punk combo. They first hit the scene with 3 UK Top 20 hits in the mid 80s. But had to wait until 1994 before they reached the top 20 again with "Sabotage/Get it together". From 1992 to 2001, they ran the Grand Royal label. Beastie Boys gained their biggest hit with the Godzilla-video inspired "Intergalatic", which reached the top 5 in 1998.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1994   19	Get it together/Sabotage
Nov 1994   27	Sure Shot
Jul 1998    5	Intergalactic
Nov 1998   15	Body movin'
May 1999   21	Remote Control/3 MCs and 1 DJ
Dec 1999   28	Alive

What happened next?
Following the 90s, they had another UK top 10 hit with "Ch-Check it out" (Jun 2004). The band officially stopped in June 2014, following the death of Adam Yauch in 2012.

BBE

BBE is a French-Italian project with producers Bruno Quartier, Bruno Sanchioni and Emmanuel Top. Best known for "7 days and 1 week" a Top 10 hit around the world in 1996. Retired for a couple of years, reformed in 2001 to build a new studio in Lille, France. They had two Top 5 hits in the UK: "7 days and 1 week" and "Flash". They followed these up with two further top 20 hits: "Desire" and "Deeper Love (Symphonic Paradise)", and a 1998 album entitled Games. Kai Tracid remixed "7 days and 1 week" in 1999.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1996    3	Seven Days And One Week
Mar 1997    5	Flash	
Feb 1998   19	Desire	
May 1998   19	Deeper Love (Symphonic Paradise)	

What happened next?
Later in the band's short career, the trio would move into more ethereal trance productions. Emmanuel Top managed a record label called Attack Records from 1993 to 2003, and produced many dance hits. More recently, he managed a dance club in Belgium. Bruno Sanchioni co-produced and remixed trance recordings of "The Age of Love".

Bassomatic / William Orbit

Bassomatic (sometimes written as Bass-O-Matic) was a British band from Sheffield, who recorded house music and was an early of project William Wainwright (a.k.a. William Orbit). The group also included vocalist Sharon Musgrave and rapper MC Inna Onestep amongst others. They are best known for the "Facinating Rhythm", which made the Top 10 in 1990. William Orbit himself would have a top 5 hit with his rendition of "Adagio For Strings" in 1999.

Bassomatic Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1990    9	Fascinating Rhythm

William Orbit Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1999    4	Barber's Adagio For Strings

What happened next?
William Orbit would go on to be a very successful collaborator and producer. Collaborations and productions included Prince, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mel C, Pink, U2, Katie Melua, Ricky Martin, Beth Orton, Sarah McLachlan, Queen, The Joy Formidable, Robbie Williams, All Saints, Kraftwerk, Harry Enfield and Sugababes. When working with Beck, the two of them wrote a song for Pink, "Feel Good Time," which Orbit then produced for the soundtrack for the 2003 film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.