Members Anderton Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 My daughter pointed out to me that today is National One-Hit Wonder Day. Well, we needn't restrict ourselves to just this one day, right? Tell us you fave one-hit wonders! I'll start off with... "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet" by the Blues Magoos"Pop Muzik" by M"My Green Tambourine" by the Lemon Pipers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 "Midnight at the Oasis" by Maria Muldaur "In a Big Country" by Big Country "I Know There's Something Going On" by Frida "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevilRaysFan Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 Modern English "I Melt With You" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beck Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 Darn, and I didn't even get anyone a card. "Shaving Cream" Benny Bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 Darn, and I didn't even get anyone a card. "Shaving Cream" Benny Bell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyNca5ZEuEQ That was hilarious...and he even used the 1930s voice. I remember that song. I'll nominate a couple bubble gum classics, and a couple others: Hitchin' a Ride, Vanity Fair Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes, Edison Lighthouse (what's unique about this song?) One Fine Morning, Lighthouse Ooh Child, The Five Stairsteps Vehicle, Ides of March Ride, Captain, Ride, Blues Image I could go on for hours. And, "Green Tambourine" was a legitimately cool song. Speaking of psychedelia: Pictures of Matchstick Men, Status Quo Incense and Peppermints, Strawberry Alarm Clock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zeronyne Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 "Axel F" Harold Faltermeyer "Layla" Derek and the Dominos "Reach out of the Darkness" Friend & Lover (I think it's so groovy now...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fendercaster Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans Layla may have been Derek and the Dominos only hit, but somehow they don't strike me as a one hit wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geoff Grace Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 Here's a few that that have created much more great music than just their one hits: Yes ("Roundabout")Thomas Dolby ("She Blinded Me With Science")Herbie Hancock ("Rockit")Jane Child ("Don't Wanna Fall Im Love")Joan Osborne ("What If God Was One Of Us?") Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Trick Fall Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 The Standells - Dirty Water? & The Mysterions - 96 Tears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dparr Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 Thunderclap Newman - "Something in the Air" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pGht71KFkY The Spiral Starecase - "More Today Than Yesterday"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCAIt1Be94U The Cyrkle - "Red Rubber Ball"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cxx2fvcpWE Marmalade - "Reflections Of My Life" The Neon Philharmonic - "Morning Girl"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjK_HjpQKkI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 When the alarm clock went off yesterday morning they played "... the people out there turn the music into gold", was the song called "Gold"? Had Stevie Nicks on background vox, was it Jon Stewart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Raymar Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 "Easy Livin" by Uriah Heep - beat Deep Purple at their own game."White Bird" by Its a Beautiful Day"Java" by Al Hirt"Walk Right In(Sit Right Down)" by Cannon/Woods"Sugar Shack" by Jimie Gilmer and the Fireballs - if you were ever at any drive-in theater in the 60s you know this tune. "You Were On My Mind" by We Five - electric twelve string pop masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 Cars - Gary Numan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 "Don't Say You Don't Remember" by Beverly Bremers(A great Carpenters knock-off... gorgeous female backup harmonies on this record)"Pop Muzik" by M(What can one say?)"Baby, It's You" by Smith(Dig the great horn arrangement on this funky Bacharach gem... And why this lead singer didn't go on to a bigger career is a staggering mystery. She momentarily out-Janis'd Janis.)"19" by Paul Hardcastle(Remember the stunned, chilled feeling you got the first time you saw this video?)"For The Love Of Him" by Bobbi Martin(For sheerest camp value, this woman-as-doormat record can't be beat. Except maybe by)"Born A Woman" by Sandy Posey(Why the female victim of this record doesn't just snuff it is anybody's guess.)"Heart And Soul" by T'Pau(British pop perfection. Fine production. Still sounds hip.)"Ma Belle Amie" by The Tee Set(Part of that wonderful spate of Dutch hits we got in the 1970's...)"Precious And Few" by Climax(Corny maybe, but one of the best orchestral arrangements ever in a Top 40 record)"We've Got To Get It On Again" by The Addrisi Brothers (When was the last time you listened to the production values of this 1971 record with headphones? Wow!)"I've Been Hurt" by Bill Deal & The Rhondells(This is a ska groove before ska hit the USA... Groovy little YouTube video as well...)"Incense & Peppermints" by The Strawberry Alarm Clock (In some ways, I adjudge this to be the best-- or at least the definitive-- psychedelic record made in the 60's. Now, if you watch the video on YouTube, you may be floored, as I was, to see that these boys were very clean-cut and white-bread looking!)"Ariel" by Dean Friedman(Kudos to you if you remember this great novelty record of 1978)"How Do You Do?" by Mouth & McNeal(Pretty innovative little record with great performances all 'round)"Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band(The most sublime harmonies.... saddled with the dopiest lyrics.)"Once You Understand" by Think(OK, stop, check please. This is the ne plus ultra of kitsch one-hit-wonders. And-- admit it-- you relished it when it came on the car radio when you were a teen.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kurfu Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 Cheap Trick - "The Flame" Excellent band, great songs, and #2 only to The Beatles in my own book... However, they only had one #1 "hit" song - and they didn't even write it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fendercaster Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! - Napoleon XIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! - Napoleon XIV I once played this 1968 recording for my high school students, in about 2002 or so. I thought it would surely amuse them; instead, they were shocked speechless and somewhat frightened by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members n4vgm Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! - Napoleon XIV I think that's the winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Fee Bird ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 Voices - Russ BallardBloodstains -Agent Orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 That was hilarious...and he even used the 1930s voice. I remember that song. I'll nominate a couple bubble gum classics, and a couple others: Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes, Edison Lighthouse (what's unique about this song?) I'm not sure what you're referring to. I was actually listening to that, as well as Flying Machine's "Smile A Little Smile For Me" last night. Another classic: White Plains "My Baby Loves Lovin'". Terry Jacks: Seasons In The Sun. Hey, I was a kid at the time - I'm allowed some songs that, in retrospect, I don't like as much as I once did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 I had meant to post some YouTube URL's but timed out on my earlier post: "For The Love Of Him" by Bobbi Martin (How cool is this little quasi-psychedelic video?) "Once You Understand" by Think YouTube puts so many things in perspective... There's a one-hit-wonder I always thought was incredibly rubbishy.... But now I see this heartbreaking post under the video U/L on YouTube: "Whoever posted this song. Thank you very much! It was a favorite song of my sister who died from cancer last year. The song is both haunting and loving at the same time." ...now I feel like a bit of a heel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Ted, are you referring to Tony Burrows? He had a lot of groups he was involved in that were "one hit wonders"... Another example (along with the aforementioned Edison Lighthouse and White Plains tracks) is The First Class "Beach Baby". Tony's voice is uber cool IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted September 29, 2007 Members Share Posted September 29, 2007 Didn't Hardcastle also have a hit with "Rain Forest"? It's a staple on "smooth jazz" stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Internet 15 minutes of fame: "Chocolate Rain" - Tay Zonday or whatever it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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