Annerley Gordon (better known as Ann Lee) is an English born (Nov 12) vocalist who is best known for the UK#2 hit, "2 times". She is also credited for contributing to the composition of Corona's "Rhythm of the night".
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Oct 1999 2 2 Times
What happened next?
Ann Lee had a second UK Top 40 hit with "Voices" (UK#27) in 2000. Her most recent release was as a featured artist on Mose N and MD DJ's "Ding a ling" in 2018.
All Saints (formerly All Saints 1975) is an English girl pop group consisting of Mel Blatt (Mar 25), Shaznay Lewis (Oct 14) and sisters, Natalie (May 14) and Nicole Appleton (Dec 17). Their are best known for a string of hits from their self-titled debut album. Their 1997 debut single, "I Know Where It's At" reached the top 5 in the UK and was #1 on the Canada Dance chart, the following year. Three successive UK chart-toppers followed with "Never Ever", "Under the bridge/Lady Marmalade" and "Bootie Call".
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Sep 1997 4 I Know Where It's At Nov 1997 1 Never Ever May 1998 1 Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade Sep 1998 1 Bootie Call Dec 1998 7 War Of Nerves
What happened next?
All Saints continued their success with two more UK#1 hits with "Pure Shores" and "Black Coffee". The former was taken from the Leonardo Di Capirio movie, "The Beach". Their last UK Top 10 hit was "Rock Steady" (UK#3 2006). Their last album was "Testament" in 2018. All Saints recently collaborated with Sting on the rework of "Message in a bottle".
AirAir is a French electronic and rock duo formed in 1995, consisting of Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin (The band's name is not an acronym). They had 3 UK Top 30 hits in 1998.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Feb 1998 13 Sexy Boy May 1998 18 Kelly Watch The Stars Nov 1998 29 All I Need
What happened next?
In 2000, Air composed the score for Sofia Coppola's debut film, "The Virgin Suicides". They had one more UK Top 40 hit with the aptly named "Radio #1" (UK#31). The album from whick it was taken from, "10000 HZ Legend" was recently reissued to celebrate 20 years of the original release.
808 State is an English techno outfit formed in 1988 with founders underground record store owner Martin Price and producer Graham Massey. Gerald Simpson was initial member but left in 1989 to follow his own project, "A guy called Gerald".
DJ duo Spinmasters (Andrew Barker and Darren Partington) joined and had success with "Pacific".
Into the 1990s, They collaborated with rapper MC Tunes to have top 20 hits, "Only rhyme that bites" and "Tunes splits the atom".
Two more top 10 followed with "Cubik / Olympic" and "In yer face". Olympic was used as theme to the TV show, "The Word". Amongst other collaborations was one with UB40 on "One in ten" in 1992.
Pacific and Cubik were remixed in 1998 and reached #1 on the UK Dance chart.
Date UK Song Jun 1990 10 The Only Rhyme That Bites (MC Tunes vs 808 State) Sep 1990 18 Tunes Splits The Atom (MC Tunes vs 808 State) Nov 1990 10 Cubik / Olympic Feb 1991 9 In Yer Face Aug 1991 38 Lift / Open Your Mind Dec 1992 17 One In Ten Feb 1997 20 Lopez May 1998 21 Pacific / Cubik
What happened next?
808 State continue as a duo from the originating founders, most recently remixing the Art of Noise on "Moments in Love". Former member, Barker passed away in November 2021.
49ers were an Italian house and Eurodance act featuring producers and DJs Gianfranco Bortolotti, Luca Cittadini, Diego Leoni and Pieradis Rossini with vocalist Ann-Marie Smith. They were named after the San Francisco American Football Team. (Also not to be confused with the US hip-hop outfit of the same name)
They are best known "Touch me" and "Don't you love me", which both spent 2 weeks at #1 on US Billboard Dance chart. "Touch me" heavily sampled Alisha Warren's "Touch me" and actually released in UK (Europe) in December 1989 where it peaked at #3 but was in the top 40 for a while at the start of 1990. It also spent 5 weeks at #1 on top of the Canada Dance chart in April 1990.
Date UK Song Dec 1989 3 Touch Me Mar 1990 12 Don't You Love Me Jun 1990 31 Girl To Girl Mar 1995 31 Rockin' My Body
What happened next?
49ers released four more singles including "Lovin' You", "Baby I'm Yours", "I Got The Music" and "Let The Sunshine In" before disbanding in 1998. In 2010, 49ers briefly returned with a single entitled "Je Cherche Apres Titine", which featured samples from Charlie Chaplin's comedy film "Modern Times" from 1936. In 2013, 49ers released a song called "Shine on in love" with a singer Cheryl Porter.
Despite their name being Catalan for Ibiza, 2 Eivissa was in fact a German dance outfit manufactured by Team 33. Fronting the project was Terri B (Terri Green) and Jobel (Josephine Hiebel/Lian Ross). The project were for the Gypsy Woman sampled "Oh la la la".
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Oct 1997 13 Oh La La La
What happened next?
2 Eivissa's last known release was with El Tapo on "Allez Allez! Je Veux Que Vous Dansez" in 2016. Terri B has been recording prolificly particularly from 2005 onwards. She presents the HouseCrunch Radio Show guesting a variety of DJs. Lian Ross also still records and her last single was with Fancy on "Summer Wine".
187 Lockdown was the speed garage project created the English production duo of Danny Harrison and Julian Jonah. They are best known for the debut hit, "Gunman" and the UK Top 10 hit, "Kung Fu". Both songs hit the #1 spot on the UK Dance Chart. The project also created numerous mixes for the likes of Louise, Robbie Williams and The Shamen
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Nov 1997 16 Gunman Apr 1998 9 Kung-Fu Jul 1998 17 Gunman (remix) Oct 1998 29 The Don
What happened next?
187 Lockdown project was revived briefly in 2007 with a couple of remixes for the All around label. In 2002, the duo as M Factor had UK Top 20 hit with "Mother". After M Factor, Harrison went on become part of remix outfit Moto Blanco. Jonah still continues to work as a producer.
