Act Members Notable 1990’s Songs Notable Facts
Puff Daddy “Can’t Nobody Hold Me
Down,” “I’ll Be Missing You,”
“It’s All About the
Benjamins”
Born Sean Combs, Puff Daddy
featured Led Zeppelin’s
Jimmy Page on his
contribution to the 1998
Godzillasoundtrack,
“Come with Me.”Red Hot Chili Peppers Michael “Flea” Balzary, John
Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis,
Arik Marshall, Dave Navarro,
Zander Schloss, Chad Smith
“Scar Tissue,” “Soul to
Squeeze,” “Under the
Bridge”The Red Hot Chili Peppers’
Freaky Styleyalbum was
produced by the funk pioneer
George Clinton.R.E.M. Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike
Mills, Michael Stipe
“Everybody Hurts,” “Losing
My Religion,” “Man on the
Moon”“Man on the Moon” is based
on the life of the late
comedian Andy Kaufman.LeAnn Rimes “Blue,” “How Do I Live,”
“Looking Through Your
Eyes”
Rimes was thirteen years old
when her debut single “Blue”
reached the top ten of
Billboard’s country chart.Roxette Marie Fredriksson, Per
Gessle
“It Must Have Been Love,”
“Joyride,” “Listen to Your
Heart”With Abba and Ace of Base,
Roxette is one of the most
popular musical acts to
emerge from Sweden.Salt-n-Pepa Sandra “Pepa” Denton,
Cheryl “Salt” James, Dee
Dee “Spinderella” Roper
“Push It,” “Shoop,” “Whatta
Man”Denton was married to
Naughty by Nature’s Anthony
“Treach” Criss from 1999
to 2001.Savage Garden Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones “I Knew I Loved You,” “I
Want You,” “Truly Madly
Deeply”
Savage Garden won a record-
setting ten Australian
Recording Industry
Association Music Awards
in 1997.Shai Garfield Bright, Marc Gay,
Carl Martin, Darnell Van
Rensalier
“Baby I’m Yours,”
“Comforter,” “If I Ever Fall
in Love”Gay, Martin, and Van
Rensalier were members of
the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
at Howard University.Tupac Shakur* “California Love,” “Dear
Mama,” “How Do U Want It”
Shakur died in 1996 from
multiple gunshot wounds.Smashing Pumpkins Jimmy Chamberlin, Billy
Corgan, James Iha, D’arcy
Wretzky
“Bullet with Butterfly
Wings,” “Landslide,” “1979,”
“Today”Corgan credited the debut
album by the English heavy-
metal band Black Sabbath with
inspiring his interest in music.Will Smith* “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It,” “Men
in Black,” “Wild Wild West”
Half of the rap duo DJ Jazzy
Jeff and the Fresh Prince,
Smith went on to star in
numerous films, including
Independence Day(1996),Men
in Black(1997), andAli(2001).1010 Music: Popular Musicians The Nineties in America