1990: Captains, Kings, & Queens! The Golden Era Begins - Spcl Gst Terrence
Update: 2020-02-03
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Topics: A Black Renaissance?, Mariah Carey, House Party, In Living Color / The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound)
1990 General Snapshots
1. George Bush Sr. President
2. January - United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama", surrenders to American forces.
3. January - Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
4. January - Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
5. February - James "Buster" Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson to win the World Heavyweight Boxing crown.
6. February - A smoking ban takes effect on all domestic U.S. flights of less than six hours.
7. March - Greyhound bus drivers’ strike for higher pay.
8. April - STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.
9. June - Nelson Mandela tours North America, visiting 3 Canadian cities and 8 U.S. cities.
10. July - George H. W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination.
11. August - Gulf War: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
12. September - Chris Rock makes Saturday Night Live debut.
13. October - Evander Holyfield defeats James "Buster" Douglas to become the heavyweight boxing champion.
14. November - Sharon Pratt Kelly is elected Mayor of the District of Columbia, becoming the first black woman to head a major U.S. city. She takes office January 2, 1991.
15. Top 3 Pop Songs
16. #1 "Hold On" Wilson Phillips
17. #2 "It Must Have Been Love" Roxette
18. #3 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor
19. Record of the Year - "Another Day in Paradise" – Phil Collins
20. Album of the Year - Quincy Jones (producer & artist) for Back on the Block
21. Song of the Year - "From a Distance" performed by Bette Midler
22. Best New Artist - Mariah Carey
23. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female - Anita Baker for Compositions
24. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male - Luther Vandross for "Here and Now"
25. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group - Ray Charles & Chaka Khan for "I'll Be Good to You"
26. Best Rhythm & Blues Song - "U Can't Touch This" performed by M.C. Hammer
27. Best Rap Solo Performance - M.C. Hammer for "U Can't Touch This"
28. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group - Big Daddy Kane, Ice T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Quincy D. III & Quincy Jones for "Back on the Block"
29. Top 3 Movies
30. #1 Ghost
31. #2 Home Alone
32. # 3 Pretty Woman
33. Other Notables:
34. Top 3 TV Shows
35. Cheers
36. 60 Minutes
37. Roseanne
38. Debuts: In Living Color, True Colors, Brewster Place, The Fresh Prince
39. Economic Snapshots
40. New Home: 123k (previously 120K)
41. Avg Rent: 465 (425)
42. Avg. Income: 29k (27K)
43. New Car: 16k (15K)
44. Harvard: 13.5k (12.7k)
45. Movie Ticket: 4 3.50 - same
46. Gas: 1.34 (.97)
47. Stamp: .25 (.25)
48. Social Scene: Pop Culture Dominance and Influence
49. Politics: Colin Powell, Douglas Wilder, Congressional Black Caucus @ 25 (John Lewis 2nd term)
50. Business: Ebony/Jet, Russel Simmons, Reginald F. Lewis
51. Sports: Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr.
52. Music: Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney, Janet Jackson, MC Hammer, Anita Baker
53. Movies: Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Morgan Freeman, Spike Lee, Robert Townsend
54. Television: Oprah (Daytime), Cosby (Prime time), Aresnio (Nighttime)
55. Open Comments:
56. Question: Assimilation? OK, but who is changing who? Are we changing America or is America Changing us?
57. Music Scene
58. Black Songs from the Top 40
59. #4 "Poison" Bell Biv DeVoe
60. #6 "Vision of Love" Mariah Carey
61. #8 "Hold On" En Vogue
62. #11 "Do Me!" Bell Biv DeVoe
63. #13 "Pump Up the Jam" Technotronic
64. #14 "Opposites Attract" Paula Abdul and The Wild Pair
65. #15 "Escapade" Janet Jackson
66. #17 "Close to You" Maxi Priest
67. #21 "All Around the World" Lisa Stansfield
68. #22 "I Wanna Be Rich" Calloway
69. #23 "Rub You the Right Way" Johnny Gill
70. #24 "She Ain't Worth It" Glenn Medeiros and Bobby Brown
71. #26 "The Power" Snap!
72. #30 "Two to Make It Right" Seduction
73. #33 "Step by Step" New Kids on the Block
74. #36 "I Don't Have the Heart" James Ingram
75. #38 "Rhythm Nation" Janet Jackson
76. #41 "Everything" Jody Watley
77. #42 "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
78. #43 "Here and Now" Luther Vandross
79. Top RnB Albums
80. January Tender Lover Babyface
81. January Back on the Block Quincy Jones
82. April Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em MC Hammer
83. June Poison Bell Biv DeVoe
84. June Johnny Gill Johnny Gill
85. August I'll Give All My Love to You Keith Sweat
86. December I'm Your Baby Tonight Whitney Houston
87. Featured Artist: Mariah Angela Carey, (Songbird) singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and philanthropist
88. Childhood - Born to Patricia (Hickey), an Irish American mezzo-soprano opera singer, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer. They got divorced when Carey was only three. Her first public performance was at the age of six. By the age of sixteen, she was skipping classes to write songs and her brother, Morgan, paid for her first recording session. She finally graduated from Harborfields High School, in 1987.
89. Career - Before Carey got her big break, she worked as a temp and juggled with a few odd jobs such as a beautician, hair sweeper in a salon, waitress and as a coat check girl. After several years of struggling, Carey began singing background vocals for the pop and salsa singer-songwriter
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