Wednesday, 30 June 2021

JX

Jake Williams better known as the stage name JX is a British born electronic music producer and remixer. Best known for the anthemic tracks "Son of a gun" and "There's nothing I won't do". The latter reaching the top of the UK Dance chart in May 1996. "Close to Your Heart" also reached UK/Dance #1 in March 1997. JX used Shena as the female vocalist on "You belong to me" and "There's nothing I won't do"

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1994   13	Son Of A Gun
Apr 1995   17	You Belong To Me
Aug 1995    6	Son Of A Gun (remix)
May 1996    4	There's Nothing I Won't Do
Mar 1997   18	Closer To Your Heart

What happened next?
JX currently records as Rex the Dog. Shena worked with Alex Gaudino and was the vocalist on Michael Gray's 2004 hit "The weekend".

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Juliet Roberts

Juliet Roberts is an English born (May 6) jazz, rock and house music singer. She originally recorded as Julie Roberts in 1982. Her early years were part of jazz group, Working Week and she had carved out a career as an in-demand backing vocalist. During the 90s, Juliet had two US Dance #1s with "I want you" (March 1994) and "Caught in the middle" (July 1994). The latter was arguably best known in the UK. Juliet Roberts also contributed on David Morales/The Face's "Needin' you"

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1993   24	Caught In The Middle
Nov 1993   25	Free Love
Mar 1994   33	Again / I Want You
Jul 1994   14	Caught In The Middle (remix)
Oct 1994   28	I Want You (re-issue)
Jan 1998   15	So Good / Free Love 98
Jan 1999   17	Bad Girls / I Like

What happened next?
Juliet Roberts has made a few releases over the years but last known release was as featured artist on T-Empo's "Saturday Night Sunday Morning 2007".

Monday, 28 June 2021

Josh Wink

Joshua Winkelman, better known as Josh Wink is an American born (Apr 20) electronic music DJ, producer and remixer. He best known for "Higher State of Consciousness" reached #1 on UK Dance chart the two times it was released (1995 and 1996).

In 1995, Wink became one of the first DJ-producers to translate his hard work into mainstream success when he unleashed a string of classics including 'Don't Laugh'¸ 'I'm Ready' and 'Higher State of Consciousness' that topped charts worldwide. More recently he has had massive club hits such as 'How's Your Evening So Far' and 'Superfreak' but he has also gained a lot of attention trough his remixes for FC Kahuna, Paul Oakenfold, Ladytron, Clint Mansell, Sting and Depeche Mode, among others.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1995   38	Don't Laugh
Oct 1995    8	Higher State Of Consciousness
Mar 1996   35	Hypnotizin'
Jul 1996    7	Higher State Of Consciousness (remix)

What happened next?
Josh Wink had a limited release, Feel EP in Spain in 2020.

Sunday, 27 June 2021

Jon Secada

Juan Francisco Secada RamirezJon Secada is a Cuban-American born (Oct 4) singer and Songwriter. He started off as a backing singer with Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. He is best known for his breakthrough debut single, "Just another day" which peaked at #5 in both the States and the UK.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1992    5	Just Another Day
Oct 1992   30	Do You Believe In Us
Feb 1993   23	Angel
Jul 1993   30	Do You Really Want Me
May 1994   39	If You Go

What happened next?
Jon Secada's most recent release was "Por Si No Vuelves" featuring Soraya in 2019.

Saturday, 26 June 2021

Jocelyn Enriquez

Jocelyn EnriquezJocelyn Enriquez is a Philippine-American born (Dec 28) dance-pop singer. She holds the distinction of being the first Filipino American to make it in the mainstream music industry. Dubbed as the new "Queen of Freestyle", Enriquez was the first artist to be signed by Classified Records, a Filipino-owned recording company when it was established in 1993.

Enriquez's single "Do You Miss Me?" reached #49 on the Billboard singles chart, #7 in Singapore, and #12 in Canada. The followup "A Little Bit of Ecstasy" was #1 on US Dance Sales chart as it reached #55 on Billboard singles chart although the song was alledgedly ripped off. She teamed up with Ultra Nate and Amber as Stars on 54 as they took their version Gordon Lightfoot's "If you could read my mind" into the UK Top 40 and was #1 on the Canada dance chart.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date 	US  UK	Song
1994	80  --	I've been thinking about you
1996	49  --	Do you miss me?
1997	55  --	A little bit of ecstasy
1998	52  23	If you could read my mind

What happened next?
Jocelyn Enriquez made a comeback in 2018 with the song "To Love again".

Friday, 25 June 2021

Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown is an American born (Nov 25) soul singer. Before the 90s, she was known for her work with multiple groups and her solo hit "Somebody else's guy". During the 90s, she had several hits as a featured artist with Incognito, Right Said Fred, Kym Mazelle and Martha Wash on Todd Terry's "Keep on Jumpin'", which spent 1 week at #1 on US Dance Chart in August 1996. Jocelyn had another US Dance #1 when featured on Da Mob's "Fun" in April 1998. Her collaboration with Nuyorican Soul earned two UK Dance chart toppers with "It's Alright I Feel It" and "I Am the Black Gold of the Sun"

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1991    6	Always There (Incognito featuring Jocelyn Brown)
Dec 1991    3	Don't Talk Just Kiss (Right Said Fred with Jocelyn Brown)
Jun 1994   13	No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (with Kym Mazelle)
Oct 1994   22	Gimme All Your Lovin' (with Kym Mazelle)
Jul 1996    8	Keep On Jumpin'	(Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown)
May 1997   26	It's Alright I feel it (Nuyorican Soul featuring Jocelyn Brown)
Oct 1997   31	I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Nuyorican Soul featuring Jocelyn Brown)
May 1998   33	Fun (Da Mob featuring Jocelyn Brown)
Aug 1998   35	Ain't No Mountain High Enough

What happened next?
In total Jocelyn Brown has sang on 23 hit singles from the Official UK Singles Chart, 8 of which have reached the Top 20. Jocelyn Brown is scheduled to appear at the 51st State Festival in 2021.

Thursday, 24 June 2021

JK

JK was an Eurodance project made up by Italian producers Larry Pignagnoli and Davide Riva (who most famously produced Whigfield). The project was fronted in videos and on stage by Polish model, Marta Simlat. It later was revealed, Simlat did not supply any of vocals to any their songs. Early songs like "You make me feel good" and "You and I" were sung by Giovanna Bersola (Jenny B). Later songs from "My Radio" onwards were performed by Sandra Chambers (Sandy) and Annerley Gordon (Ann Lee). JK scored 2 Canada Dance #1s with "You and I" in 1995 and "My Radio" in 1996.

90 Selected Hits (Discography):
Date   CanDance	Song
Mar 1995   1	You and I
Apr 1996   1	My Radio

What happened next?
Sandy recorded a number of songs in 2000s but nothing recently. Jenny B also recorded a number of songs in 2000s. Her last release was "Secret Lover/Open up your eyes" with Alessandro Magnanini in 2014.