A concert event coming to Bimbadgen in December could prompt the loudest crowd singalong ever heard in the Hunter Valley.
Yes, this song has the potential to trump Mr Brightside by The Killers, or Crowded House's Better Be Home Soon. It's End of the Road by the best-selling RnB group of all time, Boyz II Men, who are touring Australia with hip-hop royalty Salt-N-Pepa and Bell Biv DeVoe later this year.
These are the artists that wrote the songs that carried many of you from first love to first heartbreak, or straight to the dancefloor.
Boyz II Men have more than 64 million album sales to their name. They've earned four Grammy Awards, nine American Music Awards, nine Soul Train Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and dual Hall of Fame inductions.
End of the Road was No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 13 weeks, breaking the record previously held by Elvis Presley. Songs I'll Make Love To You, One Sweet Day (with Mariah Carey), On Bended Knee and Motownphilly all topped the charts.
The smooth harmonies of Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman struck a chord in the '90s and continue to resonate three decades later.
Then there's Salt-N-Pepa, the first female hip-hop act to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame whose hits Push It, Whatta Man, Let's Talk About Sex and Shoop could rival End of the Road in the singalong stakes.
Cheryl "Salt" James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton and DJ Spinderella blazed a trail for countless female artists, selling more than 15 million records along the way. They not only broke down barriers, they championed female sexuality as they delivered anthem after anthem.
In 1995 Salt-N-Pepa made history as the first female rap act to win a Grammy Award, before receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 and earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
As Bell Biv DeVoe, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe pioneered the New Jack Swing movement which blended R&B harmonies, hip-hop beats and pop melodies into a groundbreaking new sound. Their quadruple-platinum debut album, Poison, produced the hits Do Me!, B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)? and Poison.
