Tiffany

Tiffany Darwish was born in Norwalk, California in 1971. She started performing locally as a teenager and caught producer George Tobin's attention when she was 13. Her first single 'Tommy Boy' came out in 1987 and did well enough, but it was her version of 'I Think We're Alone Now' that really broke through. That song topped charts in multiple countries and became one of those tracks that just defines a certain moment in pop.

She followed that with 'Could've Been,' another big hit that showed she could handle ballads as effectively as the upbeat stuff.

There was some predictable criticism about her being a manufactured teen star, but the songs connected regardless. She kept recording through the decade, with albums like 'Dreams Never Die' in 1993 and 'The Colour of Silence' in 1997.

Songs like 'All This Time' and 'Here In My Heart' kept her on the radio through the late 80s and into the 90s. That initial burst of fame was intense but brief, as tends to happen with teen pop stars. She was part of that particular wave of mall-tour artists who dominated the charts for a couple of years before the culture moved on.