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Post by dth1971 on Dec 12, 2020 9:05:45 GMT -5
How about when Marc Cohn and Arrested Development won BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMYS in the 1990's? Their careers went downhill after that.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 12, 2020 12:25:32 GMT -5
Cyndi Lauper is another interesting one. Her and Madonna came out at the same time and everyone said Cyndi would be the superstar and Madonna would be the one hit wonder. Well as we all know that didn’t happen. Cyndi had a good run 1983-1989 she had two number ones I believe but by the end of the decade her luck was over. Another victim of image burnout. From my memory of that era I think Cyndi Lauper didn't move fast enough. By the time she had her second album Madonna had three albums and one or two movies. It didn't help that by 1989 when Cyndi had to drive all night just for one final hit, radio was moving toward urban, rap, and grunge thus her sound really wasn't being supported any longer.
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Post by mrjukebox on Dec 12, 2020 13:12:17 GMT -5
Here's a band that should've had greater success:Living Colour had a major hit in 1989 called "Cult Of Personality"-Then nothing.
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Post by mrjukebox on Dec 12, 2020 13:14:39 GMT -5
Terence Trent D'Arby-Had two big hits in 1988:"Wishing Well" & "Sign Your Name"-After that,he was a has been.
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Post by pb on Dec 12, 2020 14:35:33 GMT -5
Here's a band that should've had greater success:Living Colour had a major hit in 1989 called "Cult Of Personality"-Then nothing. Their second album was good. Didn't seem like there was a potential hit there though.
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Post by retrodaddy on Dec 14, 2020 22:17:59 GMT -5
Terence Trent D'Arby-Had two big hits in 1988:"Wishing Well" & "Sign Your Name"-After that,he was a has been. I really liked Dance Little Sister, which peaked around #30 iirc. Surprised it didn't do better coming on the heels of the two songs you mentioned. He was pretty much done here after that, though his third album yielded four top 20 singles in the UK.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 15, 2020 10:40:28 GMT -5
How about when Marc Cohn and Arrested Development won BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMYS in the 1990's? Their careers went downhill after that. That particular award had often been the 'kiss of death', even in the '70s. Just ask Starland Vocal Band (1976) or A Taste Of Honey (1978). Although the latter act did manage one more hit in 1981.
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Post by mrjukebox on Dec 16, 2020 5:47:20 GMT -5
Didn't Debby Boone win the Best New Artist award at the 1977 Grammys?
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Post by dth1971 on Dec 16, 2020 7:08:02 GMT -5
How about when Marc Cohn and Arrested Development won BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMYS in the 1990's? Their careers went downhill after that. That particular award had often been the 'kiss of death', even in the '70s. Just ask Starland Vocal Band (1976) or A Taste Of Honey (1978). Although the latter act did manage one more hit in 1981. And does Milli Vanilli count? They won the BEST NEW ARTIST Grammy in 1990, but had to disown it when they (Rob and Fab, that is) didn't really sing at all!
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Post by dth1971 on Dec 16, 2020 7:12:51 GMT -5
Terence Trent D'Arby-Had two big hits in 1988:"Wishing Well" & "Sign Your Name"-After that,he was a has been. I really liked Dance Little Sister, which peaked around #30 iirc. Surprised it didn't do better coming on the heels of the two songs you mentioned. He was pretty much done here after that, though his third album yielded four top 20 singles in the UK. Terrence Trent D'Arby had a brief comeback on the R&R CHR chart used for Casey's Top 40 and Rick Dees in 1993 with "Delicate", but it failed to make Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream chart used for Shadoe Stevens AT40.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 16, 2020 10:06:59 GMT -5
Didn't Debby Boone win the Best New Artist award at the 1977 Grammys? Yes!
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 20, 2020 19:48:48 GMT -5
A couple acts that roughly first charted at the same time, both had 4 very quick top 40s, and then rapidly vanished concurrently...Asia and Stray Cats.
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Post by adam31 on Dec 23, 2020 10:51:47 GMT -5
I really liked Dance Little Sister, which peaked around #30 iirc. Surprised it didn't do better coming on the heels of the two songs you mentioned. He was pretty much done here after that, though his third album yielded four top 20 singles in the UK. Terrence Trent D'Arby had a brief comeback on the R&R CHR chart used for Casey's Top 40 and Rick Dees in 1993 with "Delicate", but it failed to make Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream chart used for Shadoe Stevens AT40. I remember a story from Casey about TTD where he had a magazine interview in which he indirectly compared himself to the Beatles.
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Post by adam31 on Dec 23, 2020 11:35:28 GMT -5
The #1 song this week 30 years ago was by Stevie B - "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)". He would fit this topic, pretty much disappeared, although according to Wikipedia, he is still doing some musical things - including concerts. "On September 30, 2011, he was arrested by Springfield, Massachusetts police officers after his concert in MassMutual Center in Massachusetts due to his owing $420,000 in unpaid child support." Uh OH.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 26, 2020 15:31:23 GMT -5
Branigan was big until 1985 when the lights began to flicker and then after 1987 Laura really suffered a major 'Power outage.
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