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"Doom"" where Short Round implores Indiana Jones to ""wake up"" after being brainwashed by the blood of Kālī Ma, or during a scene on an airplane when Willie Scott says, ""Calling Dr. Jones, wake up!"". The video was one of five Aqua-videos directed by Peder Pedersen, who would later spoof the Indiana Jones-movies again in his computer-animated short film ""Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick"" (2008). Doctor Jones ""Doctor Jones"" is a song by Danish dance-pop group Aqua. Released as the band's fifth single overall, it was the follow-up to their most successful song ""Barbie Girl"""
"Doctor and the Medics Big Doctor and the Medics is a British glam rock band formed in London in 1981. The group was most successful during the 1980s and is best known for their cover of Norman Greenbaum's ""Spirit in the Sky"" which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. The band currently performs, with a different line-up, as a tribute act to various artists. The group's musical style includes neo-psychedelia, glam rock, new wave and pop rock. The Big Doctor (Clive Jackson, born 7 July 1961 in Knotty Ash, Liverpool), a former London-based DJ, formed the group in"
"55 in the UK and at number 18 in the US in March 1990. In mid-1990 English DJ Steve Wright began playing the song on BBC Radio 1, soon followed by many more radio DJs. The song was then re-released as a double A-side single, along with ""Healing Hands"", and reached number one in the UK in June 1990. Thus, it became John's first solo number-one single in the UK Singles Chart, remaining on the top spot for five weeks. With this re-release, Elton John also got his first number one in France and stayed on the chart for 26"
"Number One on the UK Singles Chart in 1988. The song's lyrics referenced the Daleks and the TARDIS, and its melody was based largely around the show's opening theme. As well as both Mankind and The Timelords, many other acts have incorporated the ""Doctor Who"" theme music into their own compositions. British rock band Pink Floyd briefly used the theme during their 1971 single ""One of These Days"", which featured a ""Doctor Who""-related music video. The theme music has also been covered by several other acts, such as Orbital, while other bands such as Coldcut have featured samples of the"
"Vol. II: 1990 – A New Decade Vol. II: 1990 – A New Decade is a 1990 album by Soul II Soul. The album reached No. 1 in the UK in May 1990, and contained three UK hits, ""Get a Life"", which reached No. 3 (and which peaked at No. 54 on America's ""Billboard"" Hot 100), ""A Dream's A Dream"", which made No. 6 (and peaked at No. 85 on the Hot 100), and ""Missing You"", which reached No. 22 (and did not chart on the Hot 100). The album was recorded following the departure of Caron Wheeler (the Soul"
"1990s, drug addiction took its toll on the 45 King's career, which caused him to lose a production deal that he signed with Warner Bros. Records. Around this time the 45 King released multiple series of breakbeat records (the ""Lost Breakbeat"" series, the ""Breakapalooza"" series, etc.) and remixed Madonna's Top-10 single ""Keep It Together"", but he stayed mainly with his breakbeat record franchises. In July 1990, Manchester-born DJ Chad Jackson sampled ""The 900 Number"" on his single ""Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked)"", which reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart. A remixed version was also a minor UK hit in"
"had two iconic music videos for ""Addicted to Love"" and ""Simply Irresistible"". The Bee Gees 1987 single ""You Win Again"" reached number one, making them first group to score a UK #1 hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Other British artists who achieved success in the pop charts in the 80s included Paul McCartney, Elton John, Culture Club, The Fixx, Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, Kate Bush, Billy Idol, Paul Young, Elvis Costello, Simple Minds, Billy Ocean, Tears for Fears, UB40, Madness and Sade. In 1988, Irish singer Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career with"
"Medicine Head Medicine Head was a British blues rock band – initially a duo – active in the 1970s. Their biggest single success was in 1973, with ""One and One Is One,” a Number 3-hit on the UK Singles Chart. The group recorded six original albums; the opening trio of which were on John Peel's Dandelion label. For most of its career, the group was a duo comprising: At various stages, the band utilised the following musicians: Laurence Archer, Clive Edwards, Keith Relf, Tony Ashton, Roger Saunders, George Ford, John Davies, Rob Townsend and Morgan Fisher. Fiddler and Hope-Evans met"
"September 1990. Its placing second was due to a rule instituted in the UK Singles Chart in the 1980s, which settled any ""ties"" over chart positions due to equal sales: the single with sales that had increased most from the previous week would reside above the other, controversially giving ""The Joker"" by the Steve Miller Band the top place. Following complaints from Deee-Lite's record company, WEA, the rule, of which this had been the only case, was scrapped and joint positions were once again allowed. ""The Joker"" spent a second week at the number one spot and thereafter convincingly outsold"
"comeback was the song ""A Groovy Kind Of Love"", originally a hit in 1965 for The Mindbenders, it hit number 1 in September for Phil Collins, taken from the film ""Buster"" in which Collins also starred. Some of the more unusual hits of the year included a remix of the theme tune from the popular television series Doctor Who, by ""The Timelords"", who would go on to have huge success in the early 1990s under the name The KLF. Their song ""Doctorin' The TARDIS"" (a play on Coldcut's ""Doctorin' The House"") was number 1 for a week in June. A"
"became popular throughout the 1990s. Popular European pop artists of the 1990s included Seal, Jamiroquai, Milli Vanilli, and Right Said Fred. During the 1990s, some European managers created their own boy band acts, beginning with Nigel Martin-Smith's Take That and East 17, which competed with Louis Walsh's Irish bands Westlife and Boyzone. In 1996, the male saturated market was turned on its head by one of the most successful and influential pop acts of the decade, the Spice Girls. The group achieve nine number 1 singles in the UK and US, including ""Wannabe"", ""2 Become 1"" and ""Spice Up Your"
"911 (English band) 911 (pronounced ""nine one one"") are an English pop group consisting of Lee Brennan, Jimmy Constable and Simon ""Spike"" Dawbarn. They were formed in 1995 and released their debut single ""Night to Remember"" in May 1996. This was followed by their debut album ""The Journey"" in March 1997, which was certified Gold by the BPI in November 1997. 911 released two more Silver-certified albums, ""Moving On"", which featured the talents of guitarist Nick Cash (real name Keith Lucas) and ""There It Is"", in 1998 and 1999, respectively. ""There It Is"" also produced their only UK number-one single,"
"70 in the UK singles chart. Years later it was included in ""Mojo"" magazine’s list of the best punk rock singles of all time. A lack of further chart activity, and with only one UK Top 40 single to their credit, sees the Vibrators join the list of one-hit wonders; a list that includes other UK punk and new wave acts such as The Banned, The Flying Lizards, Jilted John, 999, the Radio Stars, and the Rich Kids. During the 1980s, John Ellis recorded with Peter Gabriel, as well as recording and touring frequently with Peter Hammill, then subsequently The"
"Howard Jones (English musician) John Howard Jones (born 23 February 1955) is a British singer, musician and songwriter. He had ten top 40 hit singles in the UK between 1983 and 1986, including six which reached the top ten, and his 1984 album ""Human's Lib"" went to number one. Around the world, he had 15 top 40 hit singles between 1983 and 1992. He has been described by AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine as ""one of the defining figures of mid-'80s synth pop."" He also performed at Live Aid in 1985. Jones is the eldest of four boys. His brothers,"
"number two in the UK Singles Chart. Their version of ""Here's Where the Story Ends"" was awarded the 1999 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song. Tin Tin Out also remixed and produced under the alias Baby Blue. Stokes also collaborated with Daniele Davoli from Black Box and DJ Tall Paul under the name 'Tall Tin Box' for the record ""God's Love"" in 2001. In addition to his involvement with Tin Tin Out, Dr Edwards is an Oxford-educated researcher and lecturer, who holds qualifications in both physiology and mathematics. He spent some time as a l Lecturer in Physiology at"
"completed a hat-trick of Number Ones after the massive success of ""Barbie Girl"", as ""Doctor Jones"" and ""Turn Back Time"" both hit the top. The first was a slightly similar sounding track to their debut single, but ""Turn Back Time"" was a much slower track than their previous two singles. Their debut album, ""Aquarium"" reached No. 6 on the albums chart. They followed up their three consecutive Number Ones with two further hits by the end of the year; the former hit the Top 10 and the latter made the Top 20. They did not return to the UK charts"
"been Principal Conductor since 1980. Notes: The 1990 BRIT Awards winners were: 1990 in British music This is a summary of 1990 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. The first year of the 1990s saw a total of 17 singles top the chart. The first, ""Hangin' Tough"" by the boyband New Kids on the Block, which became the group's second chart-topper, set the record for lowest first-week sales for a number 1, with only 28,000 copies sold. Although January is usually a low sales month due to it being post-Christmas season, the vinyl"
"1991 in British music This is a summary of 1991 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Like 1990, this year saw 17 songs at number 1. The first number 1 of the year surprisingly came from heavy metal band Iron Maiden, scoring their first and only number one ""Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter"" which stayed at the top for 2 weeks. The next number one was a track right at the opposite end of the musical spectrum – Enigma, with the calm and hypnotic ""Sadness Part 1"". Known as ""Sadeness Part 1"""
"Meiert Avis. The B-side, ""Big Business"", was exclusive to this single with two versions: 7"" version and an extended version called ""Very Big Business"". Side A Side B Side One Side Two Side One Side Two Written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, and Joe Leeway. Don't Mess with Doctor Dream ""Don't Mess With Doctor Dream"" is a 1985 song by the British band Thompson Twins. It was released as a single from their album ""Here's to Future Days"", and peaked at No. 15 in the UK, spending six weeks on the chart. Written by bandmembers Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie and"
"as his Christmas release peaked at #3. Tom Jones continues to have success with his chart-topping album ""Reload"" when ""Sexbomb"" and ""Mama Told Me Not To Come"" – the latter being a duet with the Stereophonics – both became Top 5 hits for the legendary star. Probably the most successful solo male artists of the year were Robbie Williams and Ronan Keating. The former scored a third UK chart topper with his new single ""Rock DJ"", however the very popular collaboration with Kylie Minogue ""Kids"" stalled at No. 2 despite spending 15 weeks inside the UK Top 40. His album"
"No. 1 on 1 December, staying there for a total of seven weeks. The song has sold over 1.25 million copies in the UK as of September 2017. Jones' version also reached #11 pop, #12 easy listening on the ""Billboard"" US charts. In February 2009, Jones performed the song live on a special ""Take-Away Show"" with Vincent Moon, along with ""If He Should Ever Leave You"" and ""We Got Love"", live in front of a camera in a hotel room in New York. In September 2006, Jones performed the song as a duet with Jerry Lee Lewis during the taping"
"1990 in British music This is a summary of 1990 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. The first year of the 1990s saw a total of 17 singles top the chart. The first, ""Hangin' Tough"" by the boyband New Kids on the Block, which became the group's second chart-topper, set the record for lowest first-week sales for a number 1, with only 28,000 copies sold. Although January is usually a low sales month due to it being post-Christmas season, the vinyl single had been in severe decline in the UK since the late"
"Third Eye Blind, Stone Temple Pilots, Faith No More, The Smashing Pumpkins, Live, Everclear, Bush, Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees, and Ween. Dr. Dre's 1992 album ""The Chronic"" provided a template for modern gangsta rap. Due to the success of Death Row Records, West Coast gangsta rap commercially dominated hip hop during the early 1990s, along with The Notorious B.I.G. on the East Coast. Hip hop became the best selling music genre by the mid-1990s. In the United Kingdom, the uniquely British alternative rock Britpop genre emerged as part of the more general Cool Britannia culture, with Blur, Oasis, The"
"""My Oh My"", with the latter re-released in 1998.) The album's third single, ""Barbie Girl"" brought the group to international attention after reaching number one in both Denmark and Norway, as well as across Europe and in Australia and New Zealand. It would later peak at number 7 in the US. Its success helped the album reach number one in both the group's home countries, and make the top 10 in the UK and US. While not selling as highly ""Barbie Girl"", the album's fourth single ""Doctor Jones"" was released in late 1997/early 1998 and became a number one in"
"that features his musicianship. He passed away on April 29th 2018 after a long battle with heart disease. The Saw Doctors The Saw Doctors are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, they have achieved eighteen Top 30 singles in the Republic of Ireland including three number ones. Their first number one, ""I Useta Lover,"" topped the Irish charts for nine consecutive weeks in 1990 and still holds the record for the country's all-time biggest-selling single. Renowned for their live performances, the band has a cult following, especially in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United"
"passionate about how brilliantly dumb pop can be they wouldn't have got to Number One."" The ""reason we purport to hate novelty records"", he argued, ""is because we continue to romanticise the creative process. We feel that our intelligence is insulted by novelty."" A 1994 piece in ""The Guardian"" called ""Doctorin'"" a ""piss-take"". ""It was a triumph for Trash Art and it spent exactly one week at the top of the chart. Perfect."" Music critic Tom Ewing, writing for FreakyTrigger, later gave the song a 9/10 in a series where he individually reviews every UK number one single ever, saying"
"McLean's cover of Roy Orbison's ""Crying"". The Ska and Mod revivals reached their peak this year, with strong chart showings by The Jam, The Specials and Madness. 1970s favourites ABBA and Blondie both had their last years as chart heavyweights, clocking up 5 No.1 singles between them. David Bowie scored his second No.1 this year, while the death of John Lennon at the end of the year gave him his first chart topper (and would dominate the early months of 1981). Kate Bush became the first British female artist to have a No.1 album, and The Police finished the year"
"singles were scored in 2010. Previous to 2009, a British rapper had never topped the UK singles chart. Grime Artists to reach the number 1 spot are Taio Cruz, Dizzee Rascal, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk, Tinie Tempah, Roll Deep and Plan B. Dubstep developed from garage music at the end of the 1990s and in the early 2000s, using elements of drum'n'bass, techno, and dub, to produce a largely instrumental, ""dark"" sound, based around relatively simple rhythms and often with extended hypnotic mixes. Its origins centred around the London Forward» club nights and it was disseminated through pirate radio shows. Major"
"kept out by poor sales in Northern Ireland. ABBA have reached the top spot in four ""consecutive"" decades, though this was with the same album (""Gold"") in the 1990s and the 2000s. For solo artists, Elvis Presley has scored UK number-one albums in five different decades (the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2000s and 2010s). In 1993, Cliff Richard became the first male solo artist to score UK number-one albums in four ""consecutive"" decades (the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s). In 2010, Kylie Minogue became the first female solo artist to have UK number-one albums in four consecutive decades (the 1980s, 1990s,"
"Jones One to One (Howard Jones album) One to One is the third album by British pop singer Howard Jones, released in October 1986. The CD release also contains the single version of ""No One Is to Blame"" (a song featured on his previous album) with Phil Collins on drums and backing vocals. The album contained the hits ""You Know I Love You...Don't You?"" (US top twenty) and ""All I Want"" (top 40 in many European countries). The album reached number 10 in the UK and was certified Gold for shipments in excess of 100,000 copies. All songs written by"
"Music of the United Kingdom (1990s) Popular music of the United Kingdom in the 1990s continued to develop and diversify. While the singles charts were dominated by boy bands and girl groups, British soul and Indian-based music also enjoyed their greatest level of mainstream success to date, and the rise of World music helped revitalise the popularity of folk music. Electronic rock bands like The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers began to achieve a high profile. Alternative rock reached the mainstream, emerging from the Madchester scene to produce dream pop, shoegazing, post rock and indie pop, which led to the commercial"
"including the number one hit Sealed with a Kiss, Every Day (I Love You More), and the Christmas number two record ""When You Come Back to Me"", kept off the top spot by the Band Aid II record –Do They Know It's Christmas?, also produced by Stock Aitken and Waterman. 1989 became Stock Aitken and Waterman's most successful year having helmed seven UK #1s (a feat equalled only by George Martin in 1963) and 15 top 5s. During 1989 Stock wrote and produced over seven albums' worth of material for artists such as Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Bananarama, Donna Summer,"
"Dr. Dre's [[Death Row Records]] had fallen apart. East Coast rappers like [[Puff Daddy]], 50 Cent and [[Busta Rhymes]] re-established the East Coast, while [[Atlanta]]'s [[OutKast]] and other performers found a mainstream audience. [[Alanis Morissette]], one of the top-selling artist of the 1990s, injected renewed popularity to singer-songwriters such as [[Tori Amos]], [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]], and [[Sarah McLachlan]]. In the wake of grunge and gangsta rap came a fusion of soul and hip hop, called [[neo soul]], some popularity for British [[Britpop]] and the rise of bands like [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] and [[No Doubt]], playing a form of pop punk influenced by"