One Hit Wonders

[Bent]

Has anyone mentioned "American woman" by the ...was it the "Guess Who"?..

What! One hit wonder!!!! 8O

It's a good thing for you that I really never did like the "Guess Who" :rofl:
To most Winnipeggers, that's blasphemy.

[H.Donald]

ops: ,did'nt mean to create an international incident,I'm sure they are a great band with many hits :wink: .

[Bent]

Actually I'm with you on your first take - they will always be a one hit wonder in my books.
No offence taken what-so-ever.
But the Guess Who are held in very high esteem 'round these parts
('Pratt prolly likes them)

[Spearmint]

Hey guys don't talk ill of the Guess Who... :cry: (Just kidding)

I love their "Live at the Paramount" album; I even imported the CD and if I remember was only released in Canada.

'Friday On My Mind' by the Easybeats

Hey jimmyp58, now your talking!!! Australian Bands :T

I may have to throw in a few other Aussie one hit wonders :lol:

[Spearmint]

Okay now your've done it :B

"Down Under" - Men at Work

"Solid Rock" - Goanna

"Girls on the Avenue" - Richard Clapton

"Run To Paradise" - The Choirboys

"Great Southern Land" - Icehouse

[H.Donald]

I think I will head to Soulville....how about.....
"if loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right" by Luther Ingram,
"magic man" by Robert Winters and Fall,
"show and tell" Al Wilson.....
Lou Bega did "mambo#5", "little bit of Monica by my side,little bit of Sandra in the sun,little bit of Mary all night long...and so on and so on...
Also from long ago, anyone remember "Captian Beefheart"? I don't know if he ever really had a commercial "hit",but he did a song on the soundtrack for an old
Richard Pryor/Harvey Keitel movie...Blue Collar was the movie and the song was called "hard workin' man"...a hit in my house.

[Burke Strickland]

Okay now your've done it

OK now that we've done it, :>) can someone tell us who did "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" ? Hint: initials are R.H. -- he may have had a ton of hits Down Under (I have no idea whether he did or not) , but AFAIK this is his only song that made it big in the US.

Burke

[Spearmint]

OK now that we've done it, :>) can someone tell us who did "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" ? Hint: initials are R.H. -- he may have had a ton of hits Down Under (I have no idea whether he did or not) , but AFAIK this is his only song that made it big in the US.

Burke

Yes he did have a few hits Down Under, I am sure he now resides in England.

Used to have his own TV show where he did comic skits, painted paintings with a 4" brush, and of course sang songs. I also remember a few years ago he did a cover version of Led Zeppelins "Stairway to Heaven", and this caused a stir amongst the avid LZ fans. He also had a song years ago "Jack the Peg" where he had special pants and 3X legs, we all used to try and figure which leg was the fake. :Z

And his name is....... Dam I can't remember :B

[jimmyp58]

How about...Rolf Harris?!

(At first, I thought it was the Bushwacker's from wrestling fame --- just kidding! :E )

[David Meek]

Don,t feel bad David at least You swung the bat!!!

8O 8O Oh Dave, that wasn't a guess!!!!! I was just plugging one of my all-time favorite groups (pre-Michael McDonald) and one of my favorite songs by them. The Doobie Brothers, one-hit-wonders? Nope, nope, nope. :B

[jimmyp58]

I was just thinking about the 'Tie Me Kangaroo...' song, didn't Pat Boone (certainly no one-hit wonder) do a rendition of this?

[David Meek]

Oh, I hope not.

[dave]

The Unicorn, Irish Rovers

[David Meek]

Here's one for you:

They're Coming To Take Me Away

And the winner is?

[David Meek]

Back to the Evil Woman question. Was it Spooky Tooth?

[Burke Strickland]

That's right, jimmyp58 -- Rolf Harris did the version of "Tie Me kangaroo Down, Sport" that made it big in the US!

Since Pat Boone has attempted to sing something in just about every genre during his career (although without artistic success, IMO, even if he's been an occasional commercial success) it is possible that he covered "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", But, if he has, I am thankful that I have never had to listen to it. :>)

Burke

[Burke Strickland]

Here's one for you:

They're Coming To Take Me Away

And the winner is?

Umm, David, is this a different one than Jimmyp58 asked in the second to last post on the previous page and I answered in the second post on this page?

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

If that's not the one, I haven't a clue. :>)

[dave]

No David, it was a band that called themselves 'CROW' if you've never heard it
give it a listen on FYE it's a pretty cool tune.

[jimmyp58]

Burke:

So you're telling me you didn't like 'Love Letters in the Sand' or 'Moon River'????? Find that hard to believe!!!!!!!!!! :cry:

[dave]

Hey David, try a google search for the crow tune, just type 'evil woman by crow' and you'll find a bunch of links and you are correct, Spooky Tooth also had a tune by the same name!

[Burke Strickland]

So you're telling me you didn't like 'Love Letters in the Sand' or 'Moon River'????? Find that hard to believe!!!!!!!!!!

If Boone had just done "Love Letters In The Sand" and then quit, he'd have been a respectable "one hit wonder", and not the perennial laughing stock of the rock world.

For a brief moment in the late 1950s, Pat Boone was featured in magazine spreads as the only serious rival to Elvis Presely.in popularity -- one the lovable "bad boy", the other a squeaky-clean "bobby soxer". (I'm guessing I don't need to spell out which was which.) :>) One went on to be a legend, the other just went on to be a joke...

In fact, "J-O-K-E" is how he described his " heavy metal" album ("In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy") a few years ago when he appeared sporting tatoos on the Tonight Show. About 30 seconds of "Smoke on the Water" and you'll see why. Actually, his cover of "Love Hurts" on that album is surprisingly good -- but not enough to get me to buy the album. :>)

Of course I like "Moon River". But if we have to hear vocals instead of just an instrumental version of Mancini's marvelous tune, I like Andy William's rendition.

Burke

[Spearmint]

Here is one I forgot, that may have made it to the US

"Bombora" - The Atlantics

Next move Kiwi bands..... (Nah just kidding :B )

[dave]

You guys have'nt heard unlistenable until you've heard,
William Shattner singing, Mr. Tamborine Man
Bing Crosby singing, Hey Jude
Phyliss Diller singing, Satisfaction
Leonard Nimoy singing, Proud Mary
Jack Webb singing, Try a little tenderness
Mae West singing, Twist and Shout
William Shattner singing, Lucy in the sky with Diamonds
Mae West singing, Light My Fire
Leanord Nimoy singing, Put a little love in your heart
these remakes redefine the meaning of the word unlistenable
the disc is called Hollywood Celebrity Sound Off

[jimmyp58]

Those are totally brutal Dave but how about adding Jose' Feliciano singing 'Light My Fire'. Damn, Mr. Mojo Rising himself, Jimbo Morrison, must've been turning in his grave when he heard that one!

[dave]

I could,nt resist posting those Jim,
Yeh Jose is another one that makes me want to turn the system OFF!!!
What were these people THINKING!!!!
lets punish the population the best way we know how????

[jimmyp58]

Though this is taken off to a different plane for a bit, but hey, no worries!

How 'bout 'Ol Blue Eyes himself doing MacArthur Park --- yeah, Donna Summer's song! Whew....talk about brutal!!! Right on the Trilogy disc itself. I love that disc, and I love Frankie, but The Chairman of the Board muttering that song has me spinning in my grave and I ain't even dead yet.

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[David Meek]

Ooops, my apologies on They're Coming... ops: I s'pose I missed a few posts.

Dave, that's a NASTY list. Do you own that CD? :B I mean, William Shatner singing anything would be enough all by itself. Leonard Nimoy? Phyllis Diller????

Run away, run away....

[George Bellefontaine]

Jimmy, I am a hardcore Sinatra fan, but I tell you, MacArthur Park is one song he was ill advised to record. But the rest of Trilogy ( especially The Past ) is wonderful.

[Foxman]

Along the lines of putrid That golfing great John Daily sang a song called you don't know....it's to die for or maybe die before you hear it. :evil:

[dave]

trust me y'all when I say that (to pun a phrase) "it was the worst that could happen" to
the recording studio!!! can you imagine being the recording engineer and having to put up with all that nonsense that those actors and comedians were doing???
I mean how many retakes do you think it took for Shattner to get tamborine man at its awful worst!!! where at the end of the song he screams at the top of his lungs
MR. TAMBORINE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and yes David whatever I post on this or any other thread I do own!!! I pull it out to loosen people up at parties and get some
humor going. Sorry to take this astray Jim! I just had to share this with everyone.
and now hears another One Hit Wonder!!!
The Spencer Davis Group doing, "Gimme Some Lovin" (they had another minor hit with) I'm a Man as well...
Regards