One Hit Wonders

[ajpoe]

Rico Suave... LOL

Or, how about Sno's Informer?

What I Like About You - The Romantics
Lo Fidelity All Stars - Battle Flag
Dirty Vegas - Days Go By (thanks to Mitsubishi)

How about the list of actors who tried to turn singers and ended up only having one single get some airplay... Deion Sanders, Eddie Murphy, Don Johnson to name a few.

And yes, the dance craze one hit wonders does open a whole new can of worms...

BTW... Who Let the Dogs Out? :rofl:

AJ

[jimmyp58]

Here's an actor that had a one-hit wonder....David Soul (Starsky & Hutch fame) with 'Don't Give Up On Us'.

[ekkoville]

aj, didn't Mars do "Pump Up The Volume".....i'm not sure House of Pain was a one hit wonder, I had two of their cd's.....although, they may be the only two, guess you're right!!

Erik

[dave]

You're DIGGING DEEP for "David Soul" good thinking Jim!

Heres a bit of a list,

#1 Darkness Darkness (also did get together)
#2 Incence & Peppermints
#3 Pictures of Matchstick Men
#4 Do Ya!
#5 Reflections of my life
#6 I love you
#7 Time won't let me
#8 Hey Joe (original hit version)
#9 White Bird
#10 I fought the Law
#11 Viva Tirado
#12 Mr. Dieingly sad
#13 Don't try to lay no Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock 'N' Roll
#14 Evil Woman (not elo's version)
#15 Shame Shame

there are tons more to be listed, Who did these?

[dave]

In the Summertime when the weather is hot you can stretch right out and touch the sky in the winter time you got women you got women on your mind, always happy lifes for livin, lifes for livin yeh, thats our philosophy..................

[NMyTree]

Devil Woman, from Cliff Richard. I had that 45 vinyl.

Loved that silly song :B

[dave]

I forgot about that tune!!! Wow that brings back some behind the wheel cruzin'
Memories!!!

How bout Mississippi Queen by Mountian.........

[Burke Strickland]

"Incense and Peppermints" -- Strawberry Alarm Clock

[jimmyp58]

Bobby Fuller Four did 'I Fought The Law'

[jimmyp58]

Pictures of Matchstick Men was done by Status Quo.

[jimmyp58]

Mungo Jerry did ...In the Summertime....

[dave]

Man, you guys are AWESOME!!!
heres a tribute to Burke and Jim and thier EXCELLENT MEMORIES!!!

the year was 1972,,,
the American charts had been pretty much dominated by British artists for quite a few years and alot of people were beginning to think that the American artists were,nt as
capable of putting out what you would call the True bonifide Hit Record that is until this Band came to the Americans attention and I MEAN ATTENTION!!!
the song had perfect time signitures, and the interplay of instruments was at that time Overwhelming, the tune owned a Guitar part that went into the stratosphere
the precision Drumming and Bass interplay was intact and then there was the Hammond B-3 with the 122rb Leslie that literally cooked over the top and we all enjoyed these lyrics that I am about to type.


Green Eyed Lady lovely lady,,,,,,,,
Strolling slowly towards the sun.
Green Eyed Lady Ocean Lady,,,,,,,
soothing every raging wave that comes.
Green Eyed Lady passions lady,,,,,,
dressed in love she lived for life to be.
Green Eyed Lady feels life i'll never see,,,,
setting suns and lonely lovers free........

Heres to Jerry Corbetta and "Sugarloaf" other hits were Tongue and Cheek and Don't Call us Well call you...... What was your impression when you 1st heard this hit that did'nt enter but screamed up to the #3 slot Nationally!!!
Heres to you all guys with the GREAT memories and keeping this thread ALIVE!!!
and especially Jimmy58 for having the insight to Create it!
Regards,

[jimmyp58]

Thanks Dave. In the spirit of keeping this alive, how about.....

'Fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.....

[Burke Strickland]

How bout Mississippi Queen by Mountian.........

That was easily Mountain's best known song. During their short supernova burst on the scene, they were as well-regarded a heavy metal group as any of the best of them (at least among the people I knew in the early 1970s). Before my CD changer recently went "kaput", "The Best of Mountain" was a permanent resident.

I especially like their "Theme for an Imaginary Western", an awesome musical achievement which goes beyond mere "rock" -- richly textured, imaginative story telling, it's a moving song that I can't listen to just once in a sitting.

Burke

[DelRay]

Remember this one. "Hot child in the city" Or this one hit wonder "You were on my mind" I mentioned this one because the woman who sings the lead is a sister to someone I knew in California. I did some painting at her house.

[BradF]

I'll jump in for a couple...

Mr. Dieingly Sad was/is a really nice tune. A band called The Critters hit the charts with it, back in '66. Time Won't Let Me was a hit for another sixties band, The Outsiders.

dave, when I first heard Green Eyed Lady, I had the impression that it owed an awful lot to the Zombies big hit, Time Of The Season. Nothing wrong with that.

Anyone remember a Rick James project from the 1980s called The Mary Jane Girls?

[dave]

Nantucket Sleighride. and Theme are among my fav's as well, Burke!!
hard to believe Jim but I listened to "The Crazy World of Arther Brown" last weekend,
It's a Weird disc to say the least!!! however the way Prelude (nightmare)
Fanfare (fire poem) and the tune you mentioned Fire are put together makes for a
very powerful listening experience!!! one interesting thing about this album is the fact that Kit Lambert produced it and Pete Townshend was the associate producer!
Many years ago I had a chance to see Arther Brown perform on network television
(Was That Ed Sullivan?) and he came out lowered by a crane on stage and dancing
wildly and his face was conceiled inside this helmet that was really shiny and he wore a robe sort of thing around his shoulders it seems that somewhere in the show he lit this wig or something on fire during the climax as the song fire was being performed!!!
back in 68' that was as bizzare as it got!!! Did anyone else happen to catch that televised show and if so was it on Sullivan?

Regards,

[dave]

Delray Thats really cool to hear stuff like that!!! I really liked her voice on that track
Regards,

Also Brad, do you remember the minor hit the "Critters" had with the cover version of
the Lovin Spoonful's "Younger Girl"?

that got me to thinking of another really nice cover of the Beatles "You Got to Hide Your Love Away" by The Silkie yet another One Hit Wonder!!!

[jimmyp58]

Ah...'Hot Child In The City' I believe was done by Nick Gilder.

[H.Donald]

How about..."It's raining men"...the Weather Girls

[Burke Strickland]

Uh oh, disco! Although it saved the Bee Gees from early retirement, it was fertile ground for one hit wonders as well as attempts by a lot of singers who should have known better. :>)

Actually quite a few of the disco OHWs are still highly listenable. Of course, we've already discussed "Flashdance -- What a Feeling" by Irene Cara. Here are a few more:

"I love the nightlife" Alicia Bridges

"Funkytown" Lipps, Inc.

"Turn The Beat Around" Vickie Sue Robinson

.

Burke

[H.Donald]

Speaking of Alicia Bridges...did I hear some months ago that she passed on ?
And disco one hit wonders could have a thread of their own....
what was that Gloria Gaynor song??

[jimmyp58]

I Will Survive!!!!!

[jimmyp58]

Here's a real disco one-hit wonder dandy (I'll try to keep it clean!):

Musique doing PUSH, PUSH, IN THE B*&^ (I think you can figure that out).

[Burke Strickland]

PUSH, PUSH, IN THE B*&^

Let's see -- would that be like trying to get someone to go for a particular flavor of ice cream -- "PUSH, PUSH in the Baskin & Robbins" ? :>)

Burke

[jimmyp58]

Good one Burke!!!!!!! :rofl:

[jimmyp58]

Here's another to add....'Timothy' by The Buoys.

[jimmyp58]

Don't know if these folks had more than one hit but certainly this is the one, I think, they are most remembered for....'United We Stand' by The Brotherhood of Man.

[jimmyp58]

Spearmint:

Good one with Gimme Dat Ding!!!

What was the name of the song (and artist) that did ...

"they're coming to take me away ah-ha, they're coming to take me away oh-ho, he-he, ha-ha, to the funny farm, they're coming to take me awayyyyy!!"

[ekkoville]

How about Corey Hart......"Sunglasses at Night"

[ajpoe]

I think 90% of the 80s were one hit wonders... :P

How about Soft Cell's Tainted Love!

AJ

[Burke Strickland]

"Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to leave because I'd go berserk?"

Hehe-- I've been waiting for someone to ask about that one:

Napoleon XIV "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"

Not really a song, since it was spoken, not sung, but with its insistent drum beat accompanied by tamborine (or was it heavy chains) and unforgettably psychotic narrative, it was irresistible. :>)

If you like songs about the heartbreak of losing your dog (which is what that "song" was about, sort of), :>) check out Slobberbone's "Gimme Back My Dog". Not quite a hit, but a great song! And, unlike "They're coming To Take Me Away...", it was from the year 2000, not the 1960s.

Burke

[Foxman]

Sort of a diffearnt direction.

Hair of the Dog

Anyone?


(This is really a 2 hit wonder I supose, the other hit was Love Hurts)

[Burke Strickland]

Nazareth

Roy Orbison warbled "Love Hurts" long before Nazareth growled their painful way through it, (you may think I prefer Oribison's version from reading that, but you would be wrong) :>) but, as far as I know he never did anything like "Hair of the Dog", (which Nazareth pretty well owns as their "signature" song), and he had lot of other hits as well, most of which are unlistenable today, but a few of which are timeless (such as "Pretty Woman", speaking of growling). :>)

Burke

[jimmyp58]

Geez Burke, how about 'Me and You and a Dog Named Boo'....????

[Foxman]

Geez Burke, how about 'Me and You and a Dog Named Boo'....????

Now THATS funny :lol:

[jimmyp58]

Oh, how could we forget Bobby "Boris" Pickett singing 'Monster Mash'!!!

[Burke Strickland]

Now THAT'S funny! :>) (It's a graveyard smash!)

[Spearmint]

Has anyone mentioned

"Smoking in the boys room" - Brownsville Station

"Desiderata" - Les Crane

[H.Donald]

Brownsville Station featured a guy named Cub Coda...who later had a band,
Cub Coda and the House Rockers...and made a couple of decent blues albums,wish I still had them.The band featured serveral well known Chicago blues sidemen.

[jimmyp58]

Great ones Spearmint ... you are keeping this thread rockin' (no pun intended).

Great piece of trivia H.Donald....

[jimmyp58]

I have a few more to add to the list.....

'Heartbeat --- It's A Love Beat' --- The DeFranco Family (or was that the Osmonds with a different name?)

'Friday On My Mind' by the Easybeats

'Sunshine' by Jonathan Edwards

[David Meek]

Okay Dave, I'm going OT here for a second. Props to Mr. Santana, but the absolute best song titled Evil Woman was done by the Doobie Brothers on their The Captain And Me album. OMG what a killer song!
;b>

JAMMIN'!!!!!!

[dave]

I give you 100% for effort David!! the track your referring to by the
Doobies is an excellent track! I wish I could say it's the one I am
thinking of though. The One hit wonder this time is preformed by a band that simply calls themselves 'CROW' this one has a Chunky mid-section and also
features a great horn section as well. Lyrics?

the chorus goes like this.

Evil woman don't play no games with me!
anyone remember this rocker? that went all the way to #19 on the national charts and #7 with cashbox in the year 1969

Don,t feel bad David at least You swung the bat!!! and in my book your a winner for trying!!!
Regards,

[H.Donald]

Has anyone mentioned "American woman" by the ...was it the "Guess Who"?..recently covered by Lenny Kravitz..