Happy Clappers

Happy Clappers was an English outfit consisting of Chris Scott, Graeme Ripley, Mark Topham, Martin Knotts, Sandra Edwards and Scott Bradford. They are best known for the dance song "I believe", which was remixed a few times and was #1 on the UK dance charts twice in 1995 and also a Canada Dance #1.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1995   21	I Believe
Aug 1995   27	Hold On
Nov 1995    7	I Believe (re-issue)
Jun 1996   18	Can't Help It
Nov 1997   28	I Believe 97

What happened next?
Odd fact is that despite having 4 UK Top 30 hits, Happy Clappers only released an album, "Games" in 1997 when they disbanded. I Believe was never released in the US until American producer Chris Cox remixed it in 2002. It achieved major club success peaking at number one on the US Club Play charts.

Hammer

Stanley Kirk Burrell Hammer, MC Hammer,is an American born (Mar 30) singer and rapper. He was successful during the 1980s and early 1990s. He was mostly known for his dance moves, baggy pants and his song "U Can't Touch This".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1990    3	U Can't Touch This
Oct 1990    8	Have You Seen Her
Dec 1990    8	Pray
Feb 1991   15	Here Comes The Hammer
Jun 1991   16	Yo! Sweetness
Jul 1991   20	(Hammer Hammer) They Put Me In The Mix
Dec 1991    4	Addam's Groove
Mar 1992   14	Don't Pass Me By

What happened next?
Hammer's lavish lifestyle and falling album sales eventually led him to filing for bankruptcy. He made numerous TV appearances and made the odd movie appearance too. He is still known for dancing and chereography including a dance style called hyphy. He has always maintained his Christian beliefs and has go on pastoral ministry.

Haddaway

Nestor Alexander Haddaway (or just Haddaway) is an Trinidadian-born (Jan 9) Eurodance singer and is best known for the international hit, "What is Love?" Haddaway's 1993 self-titled debut album spawned several hit singles, along with 'What is Love?', there was "Life", which spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Canada dance chart and UK Top 10 hits, "I miss you" and "Rock my heart". His second album "The Drive" (released in 1995 had a few hits as well.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1993    2	What Is Love
Sep 1993    6	Life
Dec 1993    9	I Miss You
Apr 1994    9	Rock My Heart
Jun 1995   20	Fly Away
Sep 1995   39	Catch A Fire

What happened next?
Haddaway's "What Is Love" enjoyed a resurgence in popularity as the theme music for the Butabi brothers (Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan) on Saturday Night Live and the 1998 film "A Night at the Roxbury". He appeared on both the UK and US versions of "Hit Me, Baby, One More Time" in 2005.

Gusto

Edward Lee Greene, better known as Gusto is an American house producer and DJ. Best known for "Disco's Revenge", which was a UK Dance chart #1 in March 1996 and on the Canada dance chart in April 1996. Before his success, Ed was a rapper and also established and ran the Soul Power Records label as well working as a residential specialist helper for people with disabilities.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1996    9	Disco's Revenge
Sep 1996   21	Let's All Chant

What happened next?
Not a lot it would appear happened after "Let's all chant" except for a production credit on Roz White's "A Little More Love"

Guru Josh

Paul Dudley Walden Guru Josh was a British born (Jun 6) DJ and dance music producer from the Channel Islands. Best known the 90s anthem, "Infinity (time for the 90s)"

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1990    5	Infinity
Jun 1990   26	Whose Law (Is It Anyway)

What happened next?
After 2 years playing the club circuit on the back of his success with "Infinity", Guru Josh started producing fractal videos with great success. He also made video graphics for MTV. Infinity was remixed and was a hit again in 2008 when it reached #3 in the UK. Unfortunately he passed away in Balearic Islands in 2015.

Grid

The Grid are an English electronic dance group, consisting of David Ball (born May 3, formerly of Soft Cell) and Richard Norris (born Jun 23), with guest contributions from other musicians. They are best known for the dance track, "Swamp Thing", which reached #3 in the UK charts.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1993   27	Crystal Clear
Oct 1993   21	Texas Cowboys
Jun 1994    3	Swamp Thing
Sep 1994   19	Rollercoaster
Dec 1994   17	Texas Cowboys (re-issue)
Sep 1995   32	Diablo

What happened next?
Of late Richard Norris has been with the project, Beyond The Wizards Sleeve with Erol Alkan. Dave Ball has produced and went back to work with Marc Almond as Soft Cell. In 2018, the Grid released another album called One Way Traffic and it appears right now, new material is on the way in the form of Leviathan (with Robert Fripp) in 2021.

Goodmen

Goodmen is an older monkier used by the duo, Chocolate Puma. They are a Dutch DJ and music production duo, consisting of DJ Zki (Rene ter Horst) and Dobre (Gaston Steenkist). They are best known for "Give it up", which was the dance chart #1 in US (November 1993) and Canada (January 1994). The song was sampled by "Simply Red" on their 1995 UK #1 hit "Fairground".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1993   23	Give It Up
Oct 1993    5	Give It Up (re-entry)

What happened next?
Chocolate Puma didn't use "The Goodmen" monkier after "Give it up" and primarily went by Chocolate Puma. Although other monikers were used. The most infamous one would be as Riva where they collaborated with Dannii Minogue on the UK Top 3 hit "Who do you love now?" in 2001. As Chocolate Puma, their biggest hit in the UK was "I wanna be u", which reached #6 in the UK in 2001. Their most recent release was "It ain't right" in September 2020.