Nineties Revival
A to Z of the Nineties (C)
For two hours each Tuesday evening between 7 and 9, The Nineties Revival reboots a decade which brought us Saved by the Bell, Goosebumps and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (yes, really). It’s an era I grew up in and remember vividly. For each programme I dig through my music collection and pick a selection of vintage classics. Many of which I’ve not heard in a while too! One of my current challenges is to find enough nineties music for each letter of the alphabet to fill one hour of the show. Very early days so far as we’ve...
read moreNumber 2 Hits of 1997 & 1998
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve featured bumper editions of the Nineties Revival, with an incredible 42 number two hit singles of 1997 and 1998. In these years, England and Scotland qualify for the Football World Cup in France, St Martins Square in Basildon was completed and named and Geri Halliwell sold her Union Jack dress in a charity auction for £41,000. Whilst Billie Piper became the youngest solo female artist to reach number one since Helen Shapiro and Elton John achieved the biggest selling single EVER with...
read moreNumber 2 hits of 1995 & 1996
The nineties had everything. At least from a music point of view. One hit wonders, million sellers, catchy dance moves and record breaking stays at number one. There were also many brilliant songs which didn’t quite make it to the top of the charts. Throughout 2012 the Nineties Revival has been revisiting each year of the decade and playing the number two hits from 1990-1996…so far. So if you missed what I’ve featured, the last two weeks of play lists are below. Coming up on Tuesday the 14th of February is 1997 when The...
read moreNineties Revival > 10.01.12
The Nineties Revival is a weekly nostalgia music show broadcast on a Tuesday evening between 7 & 9. Presented by Mark Hardie (me) the show digs out the music you’ve not heard for ages, with nineties related features and themes. This week we had some alternative nineties from the Foo Fighters, a double eighties & nineties track from Bon Jovi, a forgotten classic from Aqua who are touring Australia this March and the A to Z moved onto the letter C with tracks from Catatonia and Chaka Demus & Pliers. 2012 is also the 20th...
read more"Don't Have A Cow, Man" – 03/01/2012
Six days into 2012 (at time of writing) and I’m going to wish you a Happy New Year. I think that’s just about still acceptable. Right? I’m sure there will be some of us who are still trying to clear the fridge of Chrismas leftovers, taking down cards and wrapping decorations up ready to dig out of the loft again in eleven months or so. On the latest edition of the Nineties Revival I continued my news series looking back at the number two hits of the decade. In 1991 we experienced one of the coldest winters since 1987 with...
read moreYour Favourite Festive Hits Of The Nineties – The Vote!
Decorations are going up, garden centres are packed and there’s celebrity Christmas countdowns on the TV. It must be December. To celebrate the festive season on the Nineties Revival, we’re asking you to pick your favourite Christmas hit of the decade. On December 20th from 8pm we’ll countdown the top ten as chosen by you. Nominate from the list or add one yourself. Choose as many as you wish. You have until 6pm on Monday the 19th of December to get involved. The choices are below. Use the comments box to make your...
read more90s Revival: Ten Comebacks Of The 90s.
Not a week has gone by this year without something nineties being mentioned. Bands reforming, TV shows recommissioned and films remade. The revival of the 90s has been steadily building. So here, in no particular order, is a rundown of ten things from the decade which made a return in 2011. Meanwhile, for all your nineties music, join me (Mark Hardie) for the Nineties Revival every Tuesday from 7 on Gateway 97.8 FM. You can also ‘like’ the show here too – go on, tell your friends. Note: link opens a new browser...
read moreNineties Revival – Albums Of The Decade Part 1 & 2
If you’ve ever been to a Pub quiz, the type of ‘music round’ questions which might pop up are ‘who spent the most weeks at number one’ or even ‘guess the year’. On the Nineties Revival over the last two weeks, the question we’ve asked is: Which albums by male/female artists and groups of the 90s spent the most weeks in the charts? The results were two top twenty countdowns of some truly awesome music. If you missed either show, don’t worry, because we have compiled the playlists for you...
read moreNineties Revival – 01/11/2011
Pop stars, hairdressers and taxi drivers is how a 1991 episode of ‘The Word’ described our county when they ran a feature on Essex Girls. Twenty years later, we’ve moved on a bit, though still causing immense fascination. Maybe not for the description above. 1991 was also the year we had number one hits from The Simpsons and Chesney Hawkes and the Dartford Bridge opened. Celebrating it’s 20th birthday at the weekend, I decided to take the Nineties Revival back to the top ten singles and albums which were in the charts...
read more90s Revival – 25.10.2011
The Nineties Revival is the radio show which LOVES the nineties. It was the decade of instant messaging and Rugrats! If you missed anything on this weeks edition, we’ve got a round up what happened and the entire playlist too. Be sure to set your alarm for next Tuesday evening from 7 and join Mark Hardie (me) on Gateway 97.8 FM for Basildon & East Thurrock. The show was jam packed with decade related news from a campaign to get Nirvana to Christmas number one and Noel Gallagher knocked Steps off the top of the album charts. Westlife...
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