Monday, 31 May 2021

Gloworm

Gloworm is a Gospel house/progressive house group comprising of Sedric Johnson and Will Mount. They are best known for their great tracks "I lift my cup" and "Carry me home".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1993   20	I Lift My Cup
May 1994    9	Carry Me Home

What happened next?
Not a lot happened for Gloworm after the above 2 hits. Sedric Johnson and partcularly Will Mount wrote and produced songs for others. Will has a credit on Kristine W's "Land of the Living".

Sunday, 30 May 2021

Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García Estefan or just Gloria Estefan is a Cuban born (Sep 1) American singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman. She had 18 UK Top 40 hits in the 90s with the "Miami hit mix" being the most successful reaching #8. In the States, she had a US#1 hit with "Coming out of the dark" in 1991, which was her comeback single after a horrific traffic accident left her with severe injuries. She had 5 US Dance #1s with "Tradicion" (1993), "Turn the beat around" (from the movie, The Specialist in 1994), cover of Robert Knight's "Everlasting love" (1995), "Tres Deseos (Three Wishes)" (1996) and "Oye!" (1998).

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1990   23	Here We Are
Jan 1991   25	Coming Out Of The Dark
Apr 1991   24	Seal Our Fate
Sep 1991   33	Live For Loving You
Oct 1992    8	Miami Hit Mix / Christmas Through Your Eyes
Oct 1992   24	Always Tomorrow
Apr 1993   13	Go Away
Jul 1993   36	Mi Tierra
Aug 1993   40	If We Were Lovers / Con Los Anos Que Mw Quedin
Oct 1994   21	Turn The Beat Around
Dec 1994   11	Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
Feb 1995   19	Everlasting Love
May 1996   15	Reach
Aug 1996   18	You'll Be Mine (Party Time)
Dec 1996   28	I'm Not Giving You Up
Jun 1998   17	Heaven's What I Feel
Oct 1998   33	Oye
Jan 1999   28	Don't Let This Moment End

What happened next?
In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as 17th) Gloria Estefan helped put together a jukebox musical "On your feet!" a celebration of her and husband Emilio Estefan's lives in 2015 and had a broadway run (2015-2017) and limited run in London's West End in 2019. Presumably more was to come in the UK before COVID struck.

Saturday, 29 May 2021

Gina G

Gina Mary Gardiner, better known as Gina G is an Australian born (Aug 3) UK based singer. She is best known for her eurovision song entry (finished 8th), grammy nominated (best dance recording) and UK#1 hit "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit" (1 week in May 1996)

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1996    1	Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit
Nov 1996    6	I Belong To You
Mar 1997    6	Fresh!
Jun 1997   11	Ti Amo
Sep 1997   25	Gimme Some Love

What happened next?
Gina G's most recent effort was "Next 2 U" in 2011. But not lot has happened since then music wise.

Friday, 28 May 2021

George Michael

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou George Michael was an English singer, songwriter and record producer, who had a string of hits in the 1980s as part of the duo, Wham!
In the 1990s, he embarked a successful solo career with 4 UK #1s and 16 UK Top 20 hits. The first of these was the duet recorded live in London with Elton John for "Don't let the sun go down on me" (1991), which was also a US #1. The second was another live collaboration at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert on April 20, 1992 with Queen and Lisa Stansfield on the "Five Live EP" (1993). The other two were the first two singles from the album Older, "Jesus to a child" and "Fast Love", which sampled and borrowed the words from Patrice Rushen's 1982 hit "Forget me nots". In the states, "Praying for time" was a US #1 in 1990. George had a success on the dance charts as well with "Too Funky" reaching #1 on the Canada Dance chart and "Star People 97" #1 on the US Dance chart.
In 1998, he was arrested for public lewdness in a toilet in LA, which at the time that I did not believe and commented to friend, would the real George Michael please come out... A day later, George did come out... as gay! Anyhow, he beautifully parodied the whole situation in song and video on the UK#2 hit, "Outside".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1990    6	Praying For Time
Oct 1990   23	Waiting For That Day
Dec 1990   28	Freedom
Feb 1991   31	Heal The Pain
Dec 1991    1	Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me with Elton John
Jun 1992    4	Too Funky
May 1993    1	Five Live EP & Queen with Lisa Stansfield
Jan 1996    1	Jesus To A Child
May 1996    1	Fast Love
Aug 1996    2	Spinning The Wheel
Feb 1997    3	Older / I Can Make You Love Me
May 1997    2	Star People '97
Jun 1997   10	Waltz Away Dreaming	(Toby Bourke with George Michael)
Sep 1997    2	You Have Been Loved / The Strangest Thing '97
Oct 1998    2	Outside
Mar 1999    4	As (with Mary J Blige)

What happened next?
He continued his success into the millienium although "Amazing"ly not quite as successful with #4 being his highest chart position in the UK. Tragically George Michael passed away on Christmas day, 2016 due to heart/liver problems. He had sold at the time 115 million records (including his work with Wham!) He currently has a total of 7 UK #1s, 36 UK Top 40 hits and 8 US #1s under his name. Not too bad, don't you think?

Thursday, 27 May 2021

Genesis

Genesis are an English rock group consisting of keyboardist Tony banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford (Mike & The Mechanics) and drummer/singer Phil Collins. They were formed in 1967 and did have Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett in their early line-up.
In the 1990s, after hiatus for solo projects Genesis released their 14th album, "We can't dance" and from it came tongue-in-cheek song and video for "I can't dance" and "No son of mine".

90 Hits for Genesis (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1991    6	No Son Of Mine
Jan 1992    7	I Can't Dance
Apr 1992   16	Hold On My Heart
Jul 1992   20	Jesus He Knows Me
Nov 1992    7	Invisible Touch (live)
Feb 1993   40	Tell Me Why
Sep 1997   29	Congo
90 Hits for Phil Collins (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1990    7	I Wish It Would Rain Down
Apr 1990   15	Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
Jul 1990   26	That's Just The Way It Is
Oct 1990   34	Hang In Long Enough
Oct 1993    7	Both Sides Of The Story
Jan 1994   15	Everyday
Oct 1996    9	Dance Into The Light
Dec 1996   30	It's In Your Eyes
Nov 1998   26	True Colors
Nov 1999   17	You'll Be In My Heart
90 Hits for Mike & the Mechanics (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1991   13	Word Of Mouth
Feb 1995   12	Over My Shoulder
Jun 1995   33	A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold
Feb 1996   27	All I Need Is A Miracle
Jun 1999   35	Now That You've Gone

What happened next?
In 1996, Phil Collins left the Genesis amicably having celebrated 25 years with the band. Ray Wilson of Stiltskin replaced him and they continued to record. Finally in 2000, the group decided it would no longer be recording or touring. Over the years, they have been much speculation that there would be a reunion. In 2020, Genesis announced the Last Domino? tour but due to the COVID pandemic, this has been pushed back into 2021.

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

Gat Decor

Gat Decor was an English electronic music group comprised of English DJs and producers Simon Slater, Laurence Nelson-Boudville and Simon Hanson. They are best known for the 1992 song "Passion", which is considered to be one of the best-known works of the early progressive house genre. The name "Gat Decor" was derived from an anagram of "Tag Records", a record store based in Soho, London.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1992   29	Passion
Mar 1996    6	Passion (remix)

What happened next?
Simon Slater went on to own his own company SBS Productions.

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Gary Clail

Gary Clail is an English singer, MC, DJ and record producer. He is best known for his work with On-U Sound System on the 1994 UK Top 10, "Human nature".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1992   31	Who Pays The Piper
Mar 1994   10	Human Nature

What happened next?
Gary Clail's last offering was the album entitled "Nail it to the mast" in 2014.