Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. For a brief period in the mid-1990s, Hootie & the Blowfish was one ...

Scotty McCreery’s "Bottle Rockets," featuring Hootie & the Blowfish, debuts at No. 30 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart and samples the band’s 1994 hit. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 04: ...

In 1994, you couldn’t escape Cracked Rear View. The debut album from the South Carolina-born band Hootie & The Blowfish was everywhere. And for good reason. Lead singer Darius Rucker wrote catchy ...

Hootie & the Blowfish's first record, Cracked Rear View, featuring hits like "Only Wanna Be with You," "Hold My Hand," and "Let Her Cry," catapulted the South Carolina-based band into the spotlight.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was the Year of Hootie: With grunge tailing off, country getting huge and top 40 starting to drift to a mellower and rootsier ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When we think of the defining artists of the 1990s, our minds tend to alight on the bands of the grunge era: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, ...

This Vintage Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast looks at the year an unambitious bar band from South Carolina improbably became the biggest new thing in pop music. By Andrew ...