1990s

The songwriting team of Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly who wrote #1 hits for Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Whitney Houston, joined Chrissie Hynde in 1994 to help her write many of the songs for The Pretenders’ 6th album Last of

The soundtrack for the 1998 Nicolas Cage/Meg Ryan movie City of Angels sold over six million copies worldwide, reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and received multiple Grammy nominations thanks to performances by U2, Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLachlan, and the

Nominated for six Grammy awards, Ten Summoner’s Tales was the fourth solo album by Sting with the title of the record a combined pun of his family name, Sumner, and a character in The Canterbury Tales, the summoner. Seven singles

Hootie & The Blowfish wrote a tribute to Bob Dylan containing lyrics from various songs including mentions of “Tangled Up In Blue” and “Idiot Wind.”  But apparently, Dylan felt it infringed too closely on his original work so he sued

The 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Eraser also starred Vanessa Williams who hit #5 on the Adult Contemporary chart with a song that was featured in the movie, but not included on the soundtrack. Although it would later appear on Vanessa’s

Toad the Wet Sprocket was formed in Santa Barbara, California in 1986 with the members all attending the same high school. Over thirty years later, they’re still making music together releasing a new album late last year. Their first big

Featured in the movie City of Angels starring Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan, Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah MacLachlan helped the film’s soundtrack earned sell nearly six million copies in the US alone. And it spent 12 weeks at #1 on the

Best known for being the lead singer of the rock band Foreigner, Lou Gramm had four charted singles on the Hot 100 as a solo artist, but only one that hit the Adult Contemporary chart reaching its peak position of

You’re the Inspiration: A Collection was not exactly a compilation of greatest hits for Peter Cetera but a collection of previously recorded duets, a few re-recordings of old Chicago hits and some new songs including one that reached #6 on the

But Seriously was the fourth album by Phil Collins that would go on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide in 1990, thanks to an all-star lineup of backing musicians including Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, and David Crosby. The record spawned