Dario G

Dario G is the name of an English dance music project. The trio are Paul Spencer, Scott Rosser and Stephen Spencer (the Spencers are not related). The name came from then manager of Crewe Alexandra, Dario Gradi. They are best known for the 1997 UK #2 hit "Sunchyme" and World Cup 1998 inspired "Carnaval de Paris" (reached UK#5), which to this day is played at many sporting events. "Sunchyme" sampled Dream Academy's "Life in a Northern Town" and was US Dance #1 hit in June 1998.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1997    2	Sunchyme
Jun 1998    5	Carnaval De Paris
Sep 1998   17	Sunmachine

What happened next?
Dario G had further hits with "Voices", "Dream to Me", "Carnival 2002" and the old Fiction Factory song "Heaven is closer (Feels like Heaven)." In September 2018, Dario G released "Cry". Paul Spencer is the only remaining member of the founding trio.

Daft Punk

Daft Punk are a French electronic music duo formed in Paris in 1993 by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. Guy and Thomas attended the same secondary school in Paris and were part of a group called Darlin'. When Darlin' disbanded in 1992. The duo formed Daft Punk. Their debut album, "Homework" spawned 2 UK Top 10 hits and dancefloor fillers with "Da Funk" and "Around the World". Both tracks reached #1 on the dance charts of Canada, UK and USA.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1997    7	Da Funk / Musique
Apr 1997    5	Around The World
Oct 1997   30	Burnin'

What happened next?
Daft Punk have had continued success over the years, their sophomore effort, "Discovery" had hits like "One More Time", "Aerodynamic", "Digital Love" and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". All which have sampled and reused on a several songs (notably Kanye West's "Stronger"). The album was also featured in anime movie, "Interstella 5555". Daft Punk also did the soundtrack for "Tron: Legacy". In 2013, they had their biggest hit, "Get Lucky" with Pharrell Williams. In 2016, they worked with The Weeknd on "Starboy". On February 22, 2021, Daft Punk announced their split through this epilogue.

Curtis Stigers

Curtis Stigers is an American born (Oct 18) jazz, sax player and pop singer who is best known for such songs as "I wonder why" and "You're all that matters to me", which both reached the UK Top 10 in 1992.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1992    5	I Wonder Why
Mar 1992    6	You're All That Matters To Me
Oct 1992   34	Never Saw A Miracle
Jun 1995   28	This Time

What happened next?

Curtis Stigers most recently release was the album "Gentleman" in April 2020.

Culture Beat

Culture Beat is a German outfit that was originally created and produced by Torsten Fenslau and Peter Zweier. Torsten Fenslau passed away in 1993 and his brother Frank Fenslau decided to continue the project together with Peter Graber. Also Tania Evans took over vocal duties from original singer Lana E. With Evans and Jay Supreme, Culture Beat had the most successful period with "Mr. Vain", "Inside Out", "Take Me Away" and "Walk The Same Line". "Mr Vain" was their biggest hit as that spent 4 weeks at #1 in the UK singles chart in August 1993. It was one of three tracks that reached #1 on the Canada Dance chart as it spent 10 weeks there in 1993. The others being "Got to get it" (January 1994) and "Crying in the rain" (May 1996) (in part due to the Sweetbox funky remix). "Got to get it" was also #1 on the US Dance chart.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1993    1	Mr Vain
Nov 1993    4	Got To Get It
Jan 1994    5	Anything
Apr 1994   20	World In Your Hands
Jan 1996   32	Inside Out
Jun 1996   29	Crying In The Rain

What happened next?
Tania Evans and Jay Supreme left Culture Beat in 1998 after change of direction from Eurodance to commercial pop. Kim Sanders became the vocalist in 1998 and was featured on the "Metamorphosis" album. Jackie Sangster (2001) and MC 4T (2003) joined Culture Beat and that is the current line-up. Menawhile, Tania Evans is still performing a few gigs including one at London's Indigo O2 in 2019.

Crystal Waters

Crystal Waters is a Philadelphia-born (Nov 19?) house and dance singer is best known for her debut hit, "Gypsy Woman", which reached #2 in the UK only denied by Cher's "Shoop shoop song". The song has had countless remixes (Tin Tin out mix being a personal fave) and been sampled so many times over the years. For example, a 1992 remix made the top 40 as a double-A side with a remix of Sabrina Johnston's 'Peace as fundraising single from the 'Red Hot And Dance' album for AIDS charities. "Gypsy Woman" spent 3 weeks as US (May 1991) and Canada (June 1991) Dance #1. She has been very popular on the dance scene, particularly in USA, where she had a total of 5 US Dance #1s with "Gypsy Woman", "Makin' Happy", "100% Pure Love", "What I need" and "Relax". In 1997, Crystal Waters recorded a track with all people, Dennis Rodman on "Just a freak", which on the soundtrack for the movie, "Double Team".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
May 1991    2	Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee La Da Da)
Sep 1991   18	Makin' Happy
Jan 1992   39	Megamix
Oct 1992   35	Gypsy Woman (remix)
Apr 1994   15	100% Pure Love
Jul 1994   40	Ghetto Day
Nov 1995   37	Relax
Aug 1996   35	In De Ghetto (featured on David Morales)

What happened next?
Crystal Waters continues to record to this day. She combined with Alex Gaudino to have big dance hit, "Destination Calabria". In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as the 52nd).

Crush

Crush were originally an English duo of Donna Air and Jayni Hoy. The group came from the British Children's drama, "Byker Grove". In fact, it started as a trio with Vicky Taylor in the group, which was called "Byker Grooove" before evolving into Crush. In the UK, Crush released "Jellyhead" and "Luv'd up" in 1996, both narrowly failing to reach the top 40. However, they were more successful abroad, reaching the top 40 in Australia in 1997. The pumphouse mix by Motiv8 pushed "Jellyhead" all the way to #1 on Canada Dance Chart where it spent 4 weeks on top in January 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1996   50	Jellyhead
Aug 1996   45	Luv'd up

What happened next?
"Jellyhead" probably would and should have been re-released. However, Jayni Hoy left the duo and was replaced by Luciana Caporaso. Donna and Luciana went on an international tour promoting "Jellyhead". Jayni moved to Australia and pretty much been quiet ever since. Donna Air went on to be a presenter on MTV UK and the Big Breakfast. In recent times, Donna has taken part in a few reality shows such as "Splash!" and "Dancing on Ice".
Luciana had a couple of hits as a featured artist on Bodyrox's UK#2 hit "Yeah Yeah" (2006) and Super Mal's "Bigger than big" (2007). She is still recording and has a couple of US Dance #1s with "I'm still hot" (2011) and "Yeah Yeah (2017)".

Crash Test Dummies

Crash Test Dummies are Canadian Alternative Rock band founded in 1988 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are comprised of lead singer Brad Roberts, Benjamin Darvill, Michel Dorge, Ellen Reid and Dan Roberts. They are best known in the UK for the song "Mmm mmm mmm mmm", which reached #2 in April 1994, foiled by Prince's "Most beautiful girl in the world".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1994    2	Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Jul 1994   23	Afternoons And Coffeespoons
Apr 1995   30	The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead

What happened next?
After a couple of hiatuses for other projects, the band reunited in 2017 and went on tour to celebrate the 25th anniversairy of the release of "God shuffled his feet", which featured "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".