For the Friday Forgotten 45 at 3:45 we go back to the charts on this date in 1993 for the very first top ten hit for Toni Braxton with “Another Sad Love Song”.
Toni was born in Maryland and her mother was an opera singer, so Toni and her 4 sisters grew up singing at church and were signed by a record label in 1990 called The Braxton’s. Their debut single didn’t perform very well but it did catch the attention of super producers L.A. Reid and Babyface who helped Toni record her first album, released in the Summer of ’93 it sold 8 million copies and featured 4 top 40 hits including the top 10’s “Breathe Again”, “You Mean the World to Me”, and “Another Sad Love Song”, a tune that went to #7 on the charts.
Toni and her sisters Tamar, Traci, Towanda, and Trina also starred in the reality TV show Braxton Family Values, a show that ran 7 seasons starting in 2011. In the meantime from the charts on November 6th, 1993 it’s Toni with “Another Sad Love Song” it’s today’s Forgotten 45.
