Roxette

Roxette was a Swedish pop rock duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (born May 30) (vocals and keyboards) and Per Gessle (born Jan 12) (vocals and guitar). They came to prominence just before 90s with "The Look" and their multi-hit album "Look Sharp!" They continued their success well into the 90s with the "Pretty Woman" ballad, "It must have been love" (UK#3) and the reissue of "Listen to your heart" (UK#) . Both songs were #1 in the States. Upon release of their third album, "Joyride", the title track was nother US #1 as well making the top 5 in the UK. Roxette scored 18 top 40 hits in the UK in the 1990s.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1990    3	It Must Have Been Love
Aug 1990    6	Listen To Your Heart / Dangerous
Oct 1990   18	Dressed For Success
Mar 1991    4	Joyride
May 1991   12	Fading Like A Flower
Sep 1991   21	The Big L
Nov 1991   22	Spending My Time
Mar 1992   21	Church Of Your Heart
Aug 1992   13	How Do You Do!
Nov 1992   28	Queen Of Rain
Jul 1993    7	Almost Unreal
Sep 1993   10	It Must Have Been Love (re-issue)
Mar 1994   14	Sleeping In My Car
Jun 1994   26	Crash! Boom! Bang!
Sep 1994   30	Fireworks
Dec 1994   27	Run To You
Nov 1995   28	The Look (remix)
Mar 1999   11	Wish I Could Fly

What happened next?
Roxette continued to release singles and albums throughout the 2000s and 2010s where they remained successful in their native Sweden. Roxette stopping recording new material and limited touring in 2016 cancelling their European tour, mostly due Freriksson's health.
Marie Fredriksson died on 9 December 2019, at the age of 61, following a long battle with a brain tumour. The day of her death, the music video for "It Must Have Been Love", posted on Roxette's official YouTube channel, had reached over 430 million views. Paying tribute to Fredriksson after her death, Gessle said she was "an outstanding musician, a master of the voice, an amazing performer." An album of previously unreleased outtakes, Bag of Trix, will be issued in December 2020. An outtake from the Good Karma sessions, "Let Your Heart Dance with Me" was released on 2 October. It was one of the final songs Fredriksson recorded before her death.

Rosie Gaines

Rosie Gaines is an American born (Jun 26) singer who is best known for "Closer than close" as solo artist and was a member of prince's group, the New Power Generation. She duetted with Prince on the US R&B #1, US Top 3 hit and title track from said album, "Diamonds and Pearls". "Closer Than Close" itself reached #4 on the UK chart as it also spent 1 week at #1 on UK Dance Chart in June 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
May 1997    4	Closer Than Close
Nov 1997   39	I Surrender

What happened next?
In 2015, Rosie Gaines released a couple of hits compliation albums "Essential Rosie" and "Dance with me". The latter being a dance/remix album. Rosie released a couple of tracks in 2018, "Pain" and "Exploding All Over Europe".

Robin S

Robin Stone or just Robin S is an American born (Apr 27) house music singer and songwriter, best known for the dance hits "Show me love" and "Luv 4 luv". Both reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1993 as did "It must be love" in 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1993    6	Show Me Love
Jul 1993   11	Luv 4 Luv
Mar 1997    9	Show Me Love (remix)
Jul 1997   37	It Must Be Love

What happened next?
In 2016, Robin S's collaboration with DJ Escape on the track, "Shout It Loud", went to number one on the US dance chart.

Robert Palmer

Robert Allan Palmer or just Robert Palmer was an English born (Jan 19) pop-rock vocalist, songwriter and musician. He started as a member of supergroup, Power Station and biggest solo hit was "Addicted to Love". In the 1990s, he is best known for his collaboration with UB40 on Bob Dylan's "I'll be your baby tonight" and his version of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy mercy me - I want you". Both from the album, "Don't Explain" and both UK Top 10 hits.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1990    6	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (with UB40)
Jan 1991    9	Mercy Mercy Me - I Want You
Sep 1994   25	Know By Now
Dec 1994   38	You Blow Me Away

What happened next?
Tragically, Robert Palmer died from a sudden heart attack in a Paris hotel room on 26 September 2003 at age 54.

Robert Owens

Robert James Owens (or just Robert Owens) is an American born (Aug 16) singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a member of the Chicago house group Fingers Inc in the mid-1980s. He is best known for the house anthem "I'll be your friend", which was #1 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1992. The song was remixed numerous times and eventually hit the UK Top 40 in 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1997   25	I'll Be Your Friend

What happened next?
Robert Owens would score a second US Dance #1 in a collaboration with Photek on "Mine to give" in 2000. He has collaborated with many acts including Tomiie, Cevin Fisher and Coldcut. In 2021, he has been collaborating with Sebas Ramis and Nebula.

Robert Miles

Robert Miles was a pseudonym used by Roberto Concina, a Swiss-born (Nov 3) Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ. Born in Switzerland, his family returned to Italy when he was a boy to live in Fagagna. He spearheaded the "dream-house" sound in the mid-1990's with his worldwide hit single "Children" and the subsequent album "Dreamland". "Children" was #1 on the UK, US and Canada Dance charts. Follow-ups "Fable" and "One and One" featuring Maria Nayler also reached the top of the US Dance chart.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1996    2	Children
Jun 1996    7	Fable
Nov 1996    3	One And One (featuring Maria Nayler)
Nov 1997   15	Freedom	(featuring Kathy Sledge)

What happened next?
Robert Miles founded Salt Records and was managed by Gavino Prunas. Miles tragically died of pancreatic cancer in Ibiza, Spain, on 9 May 2017 at the age of 47. Miles’ Open Lab station was taken off-air shortly afterwards, pending discussions on the future of the station. After receiving many messages from people expressing dismay at the station's suspension, it was announced that the station would be returning soon in 2019 starting with a live radio stream in January 2019 followed by a reboot to radio on 106.4 FM in Ibiza in April 2019.

Right Said Fred

Love, shirt, Milan, New York, Japan, Party, car and hat were the things Right Said Fred were too sexy for. Right Said Fred are group formed by brother Richard and Fred Fairbrass. They were joined by Rob Mazoli in 1990. Their name came from the Bernard Cribbins 1962 song of the same name. Together, they are best known for the song "I'm too sexy", which spent 7 weeks at UK#2 behind Bryan Adams' "Everything I do" in 1991. "I'm too sexy" did spend 3 weeks on the top of US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canada Dance Chart in February 1992. Right Said Fred also collaborated with Jocelyn Brown on "Don't talk just kiss" and their only UK#1 was "Deeply Dippy" which spent 3 weeks at #1 in April 1992.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1991    2	I'm Too Sexy
Dec 1991    3	Don't Talk Just Kiss (with Jocelyn Brown)
Mar 1992    1	Deeply Dippy
Feb 1993    4	Stick It Out (and Friends)
Oct 1993   32	Bumped

What happened next?
Rob Mazoli left the group in 1997. Right Said Fred had another UK top 20 in October 2001 with "You're my mate". Their most recent release was "We are Criminals" in December 2020.