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9 unusual facts about 1990s in music


Big Bert

Robert Anthony Smith, professionally known as Big Bert or Robert Anthony, is an American record producer, composer, songwriter and musician, who made his break in the industry when Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins consulted him to join his Darkchild collective in the late 1990s.

Dead Hot Workshop

They were a popular fixture of the Tempe music scene in the 1990s, when Tempe was being dubbed as "The Next Seattle" by music reps, and as a region that would produce many new, talented bands that would be ripe for national discovery.

Dirk Serries

His early work concentrated on the abrasive side of electronic music, but moved towards long isolationist ambient pieces throughout the 1990s.

KGRC

The Retro Lunch starts at Noon and features Retro hits of the '80s and '90s.

KTXY

Every weekday from noon to one in the afternoon, DJ Mike hosts the Retro Lunch, which is an hour of requests of songs from the 1980s and 1990s.

La Cucina

La Cucina was an English roots style band of the 1990s, that went under the tagline of "accordion-driven funky neapolitan rockers".

Tazmania Freestyle

The Tazmania Freestyle was a compilation series of Freestyle albums released by Tazmania Records during the 1990s.

Walter Morrison

Morrison produced other artists throughout the 90s and continued to contribute to P-Funk albums, most recently in 1996.

Zero Tolerance for Silence

He has declined to do so, although Geffen quietly allowed it to fall out of print towards the end of the 1990s.


CIUP-FM

Rawlco, however, describes CIUP-FM as a classic hits station, but remains an adult hits station because of fewer currents/recurrents at the station alongside 1990s & 2000s songs there.

Grand Daddy I.U.

Grand Daddy I.U. appeared as a guest on several hip hop albums in the 1990s, including Big L's Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous and Positive K's The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills.

KQQL

On December 27, 2009, the station tweaked to a classic hits format and dropped most 1960s titles, and added some 1990s titles, while emphasizing on 1970s and 1980s music.

KTGX

At Noon on December 28, 2009, KQLL-FM relaunched as 1990s Hits 106.1 Gen-X Radio with the first song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana.

StarLite

StarLite leaned very hot AC and rhythmic AC, as a result, and only played music from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, with Michael Jackson's Rock With You as the only 1970s song on the playlist.

WNIC

With the change, the station dropped all 1970s music and a lot of 1980s music from the playlist, focusing on upbeat music from the 1990s through today, but retained some 1980s songs.


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