The Nineties in America - Salem Press (2009)

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Act Members Notable 1990’s Songs Notable Facts


Faith Evans “All Night Long,” “Love
Like This,” “Soon as I Get
Home”


Evans is the widow of the
rapper the Notorious B.I.G.

Firehouse Michael Foster, Bill Leverty,
Perry Richardson, C. J.
Snare


“Don’t Treat Me Bad,”
“Love of a Lifetime,” “When
I Look into Your Eyes”

Firehouse took its name from
the title of a 1974 song by Kiss.

Fugees Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean,
Pras Michel


“Fu-Gee-La,” “Killing Me
Softly,” “No Woman, No Cry”

The term “fugee” is a
contraction of “refugee.”

Goo Goo Dolls Mike Malinin, Johnny
Rzeznik, Robby Takac,
George Tutuska


“Iris,” “Name,” “Slide” Rzeznik, Takac, and Tutuska
first called their band Sex
Maggots.

Amy Grant “Baby Baby,” “Every
Heartbeat,” “That’s What
Love Is For”


Grant’s albumAge to Agewas
ranked number one in the
bookCCM Presents: The 100
Greatest Albums in Christian
Music.

Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré
Cool, Mike Dirnt


“Basket Case,” “Long View,”
“When I Come Around”

In 2006, Green Day teamed
with U2 to record “The Saints
Are Coming,” a fund-raiser
benefiting victims of
Hurricane Katrina.

Guns n’ Roses Steven Adler, Gilby Clarke,
Saul “Slash” Hudson, Duff
McKagan, Dizzy Reed, Axl
Rose, Matt Sorum, Izzy
Stradlin


“Don’t Cry,” “Live and Let
Die,” “November Rain”

Guns n’ Roses’ 1993 album
The Spaghetti Incident?contains
an unlisted version of “Look
at Your Game, Girl,” written
by Charles Manson.

Hanson Isaac Hanson, Taylor
Hanson, Zac Hanson


“I Will Come to You,”
“MMMBop,” “Where’s the
Love”

“MMMBop” was a number
one hit in seven countries in
1997.

Heavy D & the Boyz Dwight “Heavy D” Meyers,
Troy Dixon, Edward Ferrell,
Glen Parrish


“Big Daddy,” “Got Me
Waiting,” “Now That We
Found Love”

Heavy D played the role of
“Peaches” in the 2000 filmThe
Cider House Rules.

Hi-Five Roderick Clark, Toriano
Easley, Treston Irby, Russell
Neal, Marcus Sanders, Tony
Thompson


“I Can’t Wait Another
Minute,” “I Like the Way
(The Kissing Game),” “She’s
Playing Hard to Get”

Lead vocalist Thompson died
of a heroin overdose in 2007.

Hootie and the Blowfish Mark Bryan, Dean Felber,
Darius Rucker, Jim Sonefeld


“Hold My Hand,” “Let Her
Cry,” “Only Wanna Be with
You”

The group’s debut album,
1994’sCracked Rear View,
has sold over 16 million
copies.

Whitney Houston “Exhale (Shoop Shoop),”
“I’m Your Baby Tonight,” “I
Will Always Love You”


Houston earned a gold
record in 1991 for her
performance of “The Star
Spangled Banner” at Super
Bowl XXV.

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