Rednex

Bursting out of the barn in 1994 with their Eurodance-bluegrass novelty "Cotton Eye Joe," the Swedish pop group Rednex became one of the biggest chart-toppers in Europe in the '90s before switching up their formula and riding nostalgia into the 2000s. The act was formed by producers Patrick Edenberg, Janne Ericsson, and Orjan Oberg in 1994, recruiting a quartet of Swedes for the country-folk dance crew. The original lineup included vocalist Mary Joe (Annika Ljungberg), vocalist/banjoist Ken Tacky (Arne Arstrand), and violinists Bobby Sue (Kent Olander) and Billie Ray (Jonas Ni...