Sunday, 7 March 2021

Camisra / Tall Paul

Paul Newman, also known as Tall Paul or Camisra, is an English born (May 5) DJ, who is best known for the tracks "Rock Da House" and "Let Me Show You" (as Camisra). Both tracks reached #1 on the UK Dance charts. "Let me show you" is known for sampling the backbeat for Sandy B's "Make the world go round". He began his DJing career in 1985 at Turnmills, a nightclub his father owned. From there, Tall Paul became the resident DJ at the Gardening nightclub, London, before headlining at various events in countries including the US, Brazil and Ibiza. Tall Paul has also remixed songs for many artists, such as The Original's "I Luv U Baby", Liquid's "Sweet Harmony", The Stone Roses' "Fools Gold '95", Kool World Productions' "In-vader" and Mary Kiani's "100%".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1997   12	Rock Da House (as Tall Paul)
Feb 1998    5	Let Me Show You
Jul 1998   32	Feel The Beat
May 1999   34	Clap Your Hands

What happened next?
I thought Tall Paul was in the 2000 movie, "Kevin and Perry Go Large" but in fact the DJ character, Eyeball Paul played by Rhys Ifans. Wonder if the character was named after him? In 2001, Tall Paul released an album of "sanitised" music, Mixed Live Tall Paul. "Rock Da House" made a return to the UK chart and "Precious Heart", a collaboration with Riva, Lush and Marc O'Tool was a top 20 hit.

Saturday, 6 March 2021

Camille

Not to be confused with Prince's alter ego, Camille Rodwell is American singer and songwriter of Trinidadian decent. Back in the 90s, she is best known (particularly in Canada) for the big dance track, "A deeper shade of love". The fact she won the MuchMusic Best Dance Video in 1995 and a Juno for dance song of the year in 1996 led me to think she was Canadian but my mistake!

90 Hits (Discography):
Date  Song
1995  A Deeper Shade Of Love
1996  Do ya own thing

What happened next?
Camille still recording bits and pieces including "You're so beautiful" (2014) and "Choose Hope" (2018).

Friday, 5 March 2021

Byron Stingily

Byron Stingily is an American R&B and house-music singer born in Chicago, Illinois, known for his falsetto voice. Stingily had several hit records in the late 1980s as the lead singer of Ten City. As a solo artist, Byron Stingily had his biggest success on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, where he scored #1 on three occasions. In 1997, he spent a week at the top spot with "Get Up (Everybody)" which sampled Sylvester's "Dance (Disco Heat)". In 1998, a remake of Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" reached #1. "That's the Way Love Is" a #1 dance hit in 1989 for Ten City, brought him to #1 again in 1999 when he re-recorded it on his own.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1997   14	Get Up (Everybody)
Nov 1997   38	Sing A Song
Jan 1998   13	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

What happened next?
Byron Stingily actually had to wait until 2000 before "That's the way love is" was a UK Top 40 hit. Over the years, he was a part-time principal at a school in Chicago while still performing. He still bookable and looks to be reuniting with Ten City in 2021.

Thursday, 4 March 2021

Bucketheads

Bucketheads is a disco-sampling solo project of American born (Jul 5) Carl Kenneth Gonzalez (better known Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez or K-Dope). Bucketheads is best known for "The Bomb!", which was a top 5 in the UK in March 1995. It samples Chicago's "Street Player" and the voice of Reverend C.L. Franklin (taken from Green Velvet's Preacherman). The subtitle of the track, "These Sounds Fall Into My Mind", is inspired by the lyrics of Street Player ("Street sounds swirling through my mind"). The B-side, "I Wanna Know" samples Atmosfear's Motivation. "The Bomb!" spent 2 weeks at #1 on US Dance Chart in April 1995. The follow-up "Got myself together" was both a UK and US Dance #1 in January 1996.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1995    5	The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)
Jan 1996   12	Got Myself Together

What happened next?
Kenny Dope currently owns and produces under the name of Kay Dee Records.

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

BT

Brian Transeau, better known under the moniker BT is an American born (Oct 4) producer and DJ from Maryland. He has been active in the electronic music scene since the early 1990s. He has had a couple of top 20 hits in the UK, "Loving you more" and "Flaming June". He had 2 UK dance #1s with "Embracing the Sunshine" (March 1995) and "Flaming June" (January 1998). He had another 2 US dance #1s with different songs, "Blue Skies" in January 1997 and "Remember" in March 1998.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1995   34	Embracing The Sunshine
Sep 1995   28	Loving You More (featuring Vincent Covello)
Feb 1996   14	Loving You More (Remix)
Nov 1996   26	Blue Skies (featuring Tori Amos)
Jul 1997   19	Flaming June
Jan 1998   28	Flaming June (Remix)
Apr 1998   27	Remember
Oct 1999   38	Mercury And Solace

What happened next?
BT's most recent offering was his 13th studio album, "Lost in the art of longing", which was released in August 2020.

Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams is a Canadian born (Nov 5) rock singer and guitarist. His started out in a glam rock band, Sweeney Todd. He had international success began with the album, "Reckless", which featured "Run to you", "Summer of 69" and US chartopper "Heaven". Interesting fact that "Summer of 69" never made the UK Top 40. However in the UK, he is best known for the biggest selling single of 1991 and the song that has spent at the time, the longest run at UK #1 (16 weeks), "Everthing I do". It was from the soundtrack for "Robin Hood, Prince of thieves". Along with this, many hits came from the album "Waking up the Neighours". He had two more US #1's with "All for love" from the soundtrack to 'The Three Musketeers' and "Have you ever really love a woman". Amongst the 19 UK top 40 hits was the popular duet with Melanie C on "When you're gone".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1991    1	(Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Sep 1991   12	Can't Stop This Thing We Started	
Nov 1991   32	There Will Never Be Another Tonight	
Feb 1992    8	Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven	
Jul 1992   22	All I Want Is You	
Sep 1992   30	Do I Have To Say The Words	
Oct 1993    2	Please Forgive Me	
Jan 1994    2	All For Love (with Rod Stewart and Sting)
Apr 1995    4	Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman	
Jun 1996    6	The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You 
Aug 1996   10	Let's Make A Night To Remember
Nov 1996   13	Star
Feb 1997   10	I Finally Found Someone	(with Barbra Streisand)
Apr 1997   22	18 Til I Die	
Dec 1997   18	Back To You	
Mar 1998   20	I'm Ready	
Oct 1998   13	On A Day Like Today	
Dec 1998    3	When You're Gone (featuring Melanie C)	
May 1999    6	Cloud Number 9	

What happened next?
Bryan Adams continues to perform, record and tour and has taken up a bit of Photography too.

Monday, 1 March 2021

Brownstone

Brownstone is a female R&B group popular during the mid-1990s, which has begun a revival in 2007. They are best known for their 1995 hit single "If You Love Me", which was nominated for a best R&B performance Grammy Award. "Grapevyne" and "Pass the Lovin'" also brought them some success, as well as their rendition of "I Can't Tell You Why," a song originally recorded by the Eagles. The original members of the group were Charmayne "Maxee" Maxwell (deceased), Kina Cosper, Monica "Mimi" Doby and Nicole "Nicci" Gilbert.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1995    8	If You Love Me
Jul 1995   16	Grapevyne
Sep 1995   27	I Can't Tell You Why 
May 1997   12	5 Miles To Empty
Sep 1997   21	Kiss And Tell

What happened next?
Original member Charmayne Maxena "Maxee" Maxwell died on February 27, 2015 at age 46 following what has been reported publicly as an accidental fall. In 2019, it was announced that Brownstone are to reunite with the two remaining original members for the 25th anniversary of the Essence Festival in July as well the 25th anniversary of the group.