Welcome to our show and we are excited to share decades of music with you in 2022.
Here is my first selection of top 1991 hits which I hope you will enjoy.
R.E.M. – Losing my religion
“Losing My Religion,” built on a mandolin riff, was the first single from the group’s 1991 album “Out of Time.” It garnered extensive airplay on radio as well as MTV and VH1 thanks to its critically acclaimed music video. The song became R.E.M.’s highest-charting hit in the United States, reaching #4 on Billboard’s Hot 100. “Losing My Religion” won two Grammy Awards: Best Short Form Music Video and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group. The music video was nominated in nine categories at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards and won six including Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Art Design, Best Direction, and Best Editing.
January 16th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: LaVern Baker; The Byrds; John Lee Hooker; The Impressions; Wilson Pickett; Jimmy Reed; Ike and Tina Turner; Howlin’ Wolf; Dave Bartholomew; and Ralph Bass
Bryan Adams – Everything I do I do it for you
“(Everything I Do) I Do It for You,” from the soundtrack album “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” was written by Adams, Michael Kamel, and Robert John “Mutt” Lange. The song was an enormous chart success internationally, reaching #1 around the world and most notably in the UK where it spent sixteen consecutive weeks at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, the longest uninterrupted run ever on that chart as of 2021. In the United States, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks. Adams, Kamel, and Lange won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.
January 28th 18th American Music Awards: M.C. Hammer & Janet Jackson
Here are my first picks from 1991
C&C Music Factory – Everybody Dance Now
“Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” is a hit song by American dance group C+C Music Factory. It was released in late 1990 as the debut and lead single from the album Gonna Make You Sweat. The song is sung by singer Martha Wash and rapper Freedom Williams. It charted internationally and achieved great success in the United States, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, where it reached number one on the charts. C&C Music Factory
March 16th Seven members of Reba McEntire’s band are killed in a plane crash
Rod Stewart – Rhythm of my Heart
“Rhythm of My Heart” is a song written by Marc Jordan and John Capek that Dutch rock and roll artist René Shuman included on his 1986 debut album, René Shuman. In 1991, British singer Rod Stewart recorded the song for his album Vagabond Heart with production by Trevor Horn. It is the album’s opening track and was released as its first single on 4 March 1991. Stewart’s version reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Canadian and Irish charts. The melody is an adaptation of “Loch Lomond”. The meter, stanzas and lyrics are also based on the poem, a nod to Stewart’s own Scottish heritage. Eric Rigler played the Great Highland bagpipes heard during Stewart’s version. Rod Stewart
June 11th Natalie Cole releases “Unforgettable…with Love”, covering her father’s standards including a “virtual duet” of title track; wins 6 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, 1992
Additional sources: On This Day – Music – Hits of the 80s: Playback FM – Wikipedia
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William Price King is an American jazz singer, crooner, and composer.
His interest in music began at an early age when he studied piano and clarinet in high school. At Morehouse College in Atlanta where he grew up, he sang in the Glee Club and studied classical music. After graduation he went off to the Yale School of Music where he earned a Masters degree. From there he journeyed to New York where he created a jazz trio ‘Au Naturel’ which performed in some of the hottest venues in Manhattan including gigs on Broadway and the famous ‘Rainbow Room.’ These gigs opened doors for performances in Montreal and a European tour.
While touring Europe he met a lovely French lady, Jeanne Maïstre, who, a year later became his wife. King left the group ‘Au Naturel’ and settled in the south of France where he started a new life on the French Riviera, opening his own music school – the “Price King Ecole Internationale de Chant.” He has had the pleasure over the years of seeing many of his students excel as singers on a professional level, and some going on to become national celebrities. He continues to coach young singers today, in his spare time.
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Sally Cronin is an author, blogger and broadcaster who enjoyed four years as part of the team on Onda Cero International’s English speaking morning show in Marbella and then for two years as a presenter on Expressfm the local radio station in Portsmouth. She co-presented two ‘Drive Time’ shows a week with Adrian Knight, hosted the live Thursday Afternoon Show and The Sunday Morning Show guests including musicians and authors. Following this she became Station Director for a local internet television station for two years, producing and presenting the daily news segment, outside broadcasts and co-presenting the Adrian and Sally chat show live on Friday evenings.
She and her husband David have now returned to Ireland where they live on the Wexford Coast where she blogs and continues to write books.
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