“There is no place I would rather be,” Calderon said. No one is, really except for huge acts like Adele, but the act, which formed in Oklahoma City in 1985, is on the “I Love the ’90s” tour. “That blew us away.” Color Me Badd isn’t selling millions anymore. “We literally sold more than a million CDs the next day after being on ‘90210,’ ” Calderon said. It was amazing and we got to meet Luke Perry on the set and he was the nicest guy.”Ĭolor Me Badd scored more than a photo op with the late Perry. “That show was the most watched ‘90210’ to that point.

“We weren’t actors but they made the show around us,” Calderon said. The group was tabbed to appear as themselves on an episode of the popular drama “Beverly Hills 90210 where they performed “I Adore Mi Amor.” “Labels actually worked to break bands and artist’s benefited from the chances they had.” Color Me Badd, an R&B act who hit the charts with such ballads as “I Adore Mi Amor” and “All 4 Love,” took advantage of some cool opportunities.

Part of the reason the ’90s was an amazing time for recording artists was due to the support musicians received from an industry and fans actually bought music. “It was a great time to be making music.” “The ’90s were a great time to be alive,” Color Me Badd vocalist Mark Calderon said while calling from Aurora, Illinois. It was an era of good times, so it’s no wonder the tour featuring Vanilla Ice, Color Me Badd, Montell Jordan, Mark McGrath, All-4-One, Coolio and Rob Base, which stops Wednesday at Northern Quest Resort & Casino, is dubbed the “I Love the ’90s” tour. The internet emerged, cellphones became more accessible and Amazon and Google got their starts. The Soviet Union collapsed just as an array of bands from Seattle were part of a movement which changed the course of pop music and pop culture. It’s not surprising that Americans look back fondly at the ‘90s.

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