Why Is Cupidad So Popular In The 80's

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Music in the 90s had been a huge impact on lives in the United States. Although in April there were some songs that we have not heard in 17 years, they were popular back then. “All My Life,” is one of the songs that were popular in the month of April. “All My Life” by K-Ci and JoJo, almost didn’t make it onto their album Love Always. JoJo told MTV the he penned the song about his daughter but offered it to and unnamed artist (Fuoco). “All My Life” was popular from April 4 toApril 24. From April 25 to May 29, the song “Too Close” by Next was popular. Will Smith had a popular hit “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It,” this song was popular from March 14 to April 3 (1998 Billboard #1 Hit Songs). TV was a big factor of the 1990s because TVs’ were starting to grow in size and in picture quality. In 1998 First Wave a popular TV show went on the air until 2001. This intelligent Sci-Fi, adventurous, drama packed series was about genetic cloning, but the clones were aliens among us, with the intent of enslaving the population. (IMDB) Another popular TV series was Cupid. Cupid is about an attractive, witty, uncommonly intelligent person named Trever Hale, who may be Cupid. This romantic comedy series is about how Hale is the …show more content…
He had been a very good player for a long time on the PGA Tour, but entering the 1998 Masters had not won a major championship. During 1998, O’Meara won tow majors - the masters, plus the British Open according to Brent Kelley. O’Meara won the Master in 1998 by closing with rounds of 68 and 67, and by birdying the final hole to secure the victory. In fact, O’Meara birdied three of the final four holes, capping his surge with a 20-footer on the 72nd hold for the one- stroke victory over David Duval and Fred Couples. The 1998 Masters is also notable as the last time Jack Nicklaus was part of the story in the final round. Nicklaus, 56 years old, tied for sixth, four strokes off the lead, with a final-round 68.

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