Mark Summers

In the early 90s, there was trend for raving up children's tv theme tunes (called Cartoon Rave). The first of those tracks to hit the UK Top 40 was by Mark Summers with a track called "Summers Magic", which ironically hit the charts in middle of winter. The track used the theme tune to the "Magic Roundabout".

Other cartoon rave tracks to follow:

• Prodigy's "Charly", which sampled "Charley says" (Aug 1991)
• Urban Hype's "Trip to Trumpton", which sampled "Trumpton" (Jul 1992)
• Smart-Es Sesame's Treat, which sampled the theme tune to "Sesame Street" (Jul 1992)
• FAB featuring MC Parker's Thunderbirds are go, which sampled the theme to Thunderbirds (Jul 1990)
• Shaft's Roobarb and Custard, which sampled the theme to Roobarb (Dec 1991)

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1991   27   Summer's Magic

What happened next?
Whilst Mark Summers registered Summers Magic as his only hit, he has become far more succesful as a producer and sound engineer. He founded and still owns the music production company, Scorrccio in 1996. He provided music for Shapeshifters UK #1 "Lola's Theme", Pitbull "I Know You Want Me", Bob Sinclar, Diplo, Disclosure, The Prodigy, Defected, Spinnin', Armada Records. Winner of an MTV VMA award in 2005 for Best Game Soundtrack "Dance Dance Revolution" (Konami/PlayStation). A London DJ since 1979, he is a guest lecturer and masterclass presenter on sample replay production, sound engineering, DJ culture, sampling and the music industry. . Guest Speaker on panel discussions at the New Music Seminar in New York, June 2015. His productions have been featured on hits for Diplo, Sam Smith, The Prodigy, Pitbull, Fatboy Slim, David Penn, Jess Glynne, Disclosure, Steve Aoki, CamelPhat, Swedish House Mafia and many other notable music artists.

Mark Morrison

Mark Morrison is an English born (May 3) R&B singer, best known for UK chart-topper, "Return of the Mack" in 1996. He had moderate early success with "Crazy" and "Let's get down" before releasing the monster "Return of the Mack". Never understand why but with UK acts back then, they have to wait over 6 months before release in North America. This was the case with "Return of the Mack" as it reached #2 on the Billboard charts and #1 on the Canada dance chart nearly year later in 1997. Back in the UK, he followed up with the remix of "Crazy", which sampled Kool and the Gang's "Jungle Boogie" into the UK Top 10. He had a total of 5 Top 10 hits all from the "Return of the Mack" album. Altogether, he had 9 Top 40 hits in the 90s.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1995   19	Crazy
Sep 1995   39	Let's Get Down
Mar 1996    1	Return Of The Mack
Jul 1996    6	Crazy (remix)
Oct 1996    8	Trippin'
Dec 1996    5	Horny
Mar 1997    7	Moan And Groan
Sep 1997   13	Who's The Mack
Sep 1999   23	Best Friend (Mark Morrison & Conner Reeves)

What happened next?
Mark Morrison had the reputation of being the bad boy of UK R&B and his troubles with the law is well documented. But he has managed get himself together and returned to Leicester where he is developing a project, MackLife Studios Creative Hub to help young people off the streets, away from a potential life of crime. Musically, he and Chris Brown were featured on G-Eazy's single, "Provide" in 2021.

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an American born (Mar 27) singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register, she is referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records. She has also been referred to as the "Queen of Christmas". In 1990, Her debut single, the ballad "Vision of Love" reached #1 on the US Chart. This was the first of 5 consectutive #1s there. "Love Takes Time", "Someday" and "I don't wanna cry" all from Mariah's epononymous album and the title track from Mariah's second album, "Emotions" made the top spot. She would go on to have 10 more US #1s including Heartbreaker which sampled Stacy Lattisaw's Attack Of The Name Game. Ironically, her only UK #1, Nillson's "Without you" failed to reach the top in the states.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	US	Song
Aug 1990    9	 1	Vision Of Love
Nov 1990   37	 1	Love Takes Time
Jan 1991   38	 1	Someday
1991	   --	 1	I don't wanna cry
Oct 1991   17	 1	Emotions
Jan 1992   20	 2	Can't Let Go
Apr 1992   17	 5	Make It Happen
Jun 1992    2	 1	I'll Be There (featuring Trey Lorenz)
Aug 1993    9	 1	Dreamlover
Nov 1993    7	 1	Hero
Feb 1994    1	 3	Without You
Jun 1994    8	12	Anytime You Need A Friend
Sep 1994    3	 2	Endless Love (with Luther Vandross)
Dec 1994    2	 1	All I Want For Christmas Is You
Sep 1995    4	 1	Fantasy
Dec 1995    6	 1	One Sweet Day (Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men)
Feb 1996    4	 -	Open Arms
Jun 1996    3	 1	Always Be My Baby
Sep 1997    3	 1	Honey
Dec 1997   22	 -	Butterfly
Jun 1998    4	 1	My All
Dec 1998    4	15	When You Believe
Apr 1999   16	 4	I Still Believe
Nov 1999    5	 1	Heartbreaker (featuring Jay-Z)

What happened next?
Mariah Carey is very much still in the public consciousness. In particular, "All I want for Christmas is you" after multiple re-issues finally reached #1 in the UK at Christmas in 2020. Not very hard to find news about her.

Marc Almond

Mark Peter Sinclair Almond, OBE, better known as Marc Almond is an English born (July 9) singer-songwriter who started of as one half of duo Soft Cell (with Dave Ball) before making it on his own. In the 1990s, his biggest hit was the old David McWilliams song, "The days of Pearly Spencer", which reached #4 on the UK chart.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1990   29	A Lover Spurned
Sep 1991   17	Jacky
Jan 1992   33	My Hand Over My Heart
Apr 1992    4	The Days Of Pearly Spencer
May 1995   25	Adored And Explored

What happened next?
Marc Almond's last album "Chaos and a Dancing Star" released in 2020 was co-written with Chris Braide and Ian Anderson both singing and playing flute.

Mantronix

Mantronix was an American dance outfit from New York City. The band consisted of DJ Kurtis Mantronik (Kurtis el Khaleel) and rapper MC Tee (Toure Embden). Their style was a pioneering blend of old school hip hop, electro funk and club music. They are best known for the UK Top 10 hits "Got to have your love" and "Take your time" both featuring the vocal of Wondress.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1990    4	Got To Have Your Love (featuring Wondress)
May 1990   10	Take Your Time (featuring Wondress)
Mar 1991   22	Don't Go Messin' With My Heart

What happened next?
Mantronix's last release was "Needle to the groove/Fresh is the word" in 2015.

Madonna

Madonna Louise Ciccone (better known as Madonna, Madge or her Madgesty in the UK) is an American born (Aug 16) singer, songwriter and actress. Often referred to as the "Queen of Pop" is regarded as one of the most influential figures in popular culture, known for reinvention, versatility and longetivity. People may argue her best work was in the 1980s (with in the UK alone, 6 UK #1's amongst 23 Top 20 hits). But 1990s provided Madonna with a full decade of hits, 29 UK Top 20 hits and 2 UK chartoppers with "Vogue" (4 weeks in April 1990) and "Frozen" (1 week in March 1998).

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	US  USD  Song
Feb 1990    -	 8   1	Keep it Together
Apr 1990    1	 1   1	Vogue
Jul 1990    2	10   -	Hanky Panky
Dec 1990    2	 1   1	Justify My Love
Mar 1991    2	 -   -	Crazy For You (remix)
Apr 1991    3	 9   6	Rescue Me
Jun 1991    5	 -   -	Holiday (re-issue)
Jul 1992    3	 1   -	This Used To Be My Playground
Oct 1992    3	 3   1	Erotica
Dec 1992    6	 7   1	Deeper And Deeper
Mar 1993   10	36   -	Bad Girl
Apr 1993    6	 -   1	Fever
Jul 1993    7	14   -	Rain
Apr 1994    7	 2   -	I'll Remember (Theme From 'With Honours')
Oct 1994    5	 3   1	Secret
Dec 1994   16	 1   -	Take A Bow
Feb 1995    4	42   1	Bedtime Story
Aug 1995    8	46   2	Human Nature
Nov 1995    5	 6   -	You'll See
Jan 1996   16	 -   -	Oh Father
Mar 1996   11	 -   -	One More Chance
    1996    -   78  16	Love Don't Live Here Anymore	
Nov 1996   10	18   -	You Must Love Me
Dec 1996    3	 8   1	Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Mar 1997    7	 -   -	Another Suitcase In Another Hall
Mar 1998    1	 2   1	Frozen
May 1998    2	 5   1	Ray Of Light
Sep 1998   10	 -   -	Drowned World (Substitute For Love)
Dec 1998    6	11   -	The Power Of Good-Bye / Little Star
Mar 1999    7	93   1	Nothing Really Matters
Jun 1999    2	19   1	Beautiful Stranger

What happened next?
Madonna continues to reinvent herself, collaborating with a variety artists and producers.

Love Inc

Love Inc is a Canadian dance act consisting of founder Chris Sheppard, Brad Daymond and Simone Denny. They had a number of hits in the late 90s scoring 4 dance chart #1s in native Canada with "Broken Bones", "You're a superstar", "Homeless" and "Who do u love".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	Can  CanDance	Song
1997	 23	 1	Broken Bones
1998	 13	 1	You're A Superstar
1998	 21	 1	Homeless
1999	 18	 1	Who do you love

What happened next?
Daymond left the group to pursue a successful remix and production career with Alex Greggs as "Riprock & Alex G". Sheppard and Denny continued as a duo and in 2000 reelased a second album, "Into the night" with "Here comes the sunshine being their 5th Canada Dance #1. Soon afterwards the duo disbanded. Ironically after the breakup, Love Inc had international success when "You're a superstar" reached #7 in Decemeber 2002 and "Broken Bones" reached #8 in May 2003.
Sheppard launched his own label Pirate Records. In 2013, Denny returned to performing with a touring version of Love Inc., this time billing themselves as "Love Inc. Featuring Simone Denny," performing the band's songs at nightclubs across Canada. Brad Daymond (born Bradley Daymond Ralph on February 22, 1970 in Missisauga, Ontario, Canada) died on August 3, 2018 from complications after a cardiac arrest he had suffered three months earlier, at the age of 48. Denny recently reflected on her time with Love Inc.