Members Rabid Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 ...Roxy Music is one of my favorites. They never did do well in America. I think "Avalon" and maybe "Angel Eyes", but that was it. Roxy was of course huge in Europe, but most of the people I've talked to state side have never even heard of them. .... I covered "Love is a Drug" in three different bands. That is the hit from them I hear most on the Radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkZ Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 Were these missed? Marshall Crenshaw "Someday Someway", a gem of a 2:30 song. The Motels "Only the Lonely" Bram Tchaikovsky "Girl of My Dreams", the best song Roger McGuinn never wrote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rabid Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 The Jimmy Castor Bunch, "Bertha Butt Boogie" Troglodyte? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 "A Little Bit of Soap" was originally by The Jamels (sp?) and it was a 1HW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 The Hollies, "Air That I Breathe"; that's all I can remember, correct me if I'm wrong.The Hollies had a TON of hits before Graham Nash left for Crosby, Stills and Nash. Bus Stop, Carrie Anne, Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, He Ain't Heavy, and the list goes on. Good stuff for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 "In the Year 2525" by Zagger and Evans was a one hit wonder (THANK GOODNESS). What a HORRIBLE song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 I don't think anyone has mentioned "A Little Bit of Soul" by the Music Explosion. "Mule Skinner Blues" by The Fendermen, a band out of Wisconsin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 I don't think anyone has mentioned "A Little Bit of Soul" by the Music Explosion."Mule Skinner Blues" by The Fendermen, a band out of Wisconsin. The Fendermen kind of leads back to the Minneapolis label SOMA which was founded by an early giant of record rack jobbing, Amos Heilicher. SOMA also had 1HW with Surfin' Bird by the Trashmen and Liar Liar by the Castaways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 Were these missed?Marshall Crenshaw "Someday Someway", a gem of a 2:30 song. Great call. A perfect little pop record! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 I don't remember seeing Lean On Me by Bill Withers...or Drift Away by Dobie Gray. I think those are both good...dB Drift Away... Dobie Gay? He's a two hit wonder. Let's not forget -- he was in with the in crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meccajay Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 Frankie is technically a Two-Hit Wonder. Remember the video to "Two Tribes" with Ronald Regan wrestling Soviet Premier Konstantin Chernenko? He should get credit for another hit just for those huge font white t-shirts everybody wore in the 80's... "Frankie Say..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 I LOVE this dorky little 1HW from 1970: "Lay A Little Lovin' On Me" by Robin McNamara It's a Jeff Barry/STEED production, so that simply HAS to be Miss Ellie Greenwich doing the female BG vox... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hard Truth Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 Anyone remember "Timothy" by the Buoys? A nice little song about cannibalism. It was written by Rupert Holmes in an attempt to generate controversy and get publicity for the group. If you were around in the seventies and don't know it, it may be because it was banned in several markets. "Trapped in a mine that had caved in And everyone knows the only ones left Were Joe and me and Tim When they broke through to pull us free The only ones left to tell the tale Were Joe and me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gatorwing Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 "I Fought the Law and the Law Won" - Bobby Fuller Four Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 Anyone remember "Timothy" by the Buoys? A nice little song about cannibalism. It was written by Rupert Holmes in an attempt to generate controversy and get publicity for the group. If you were around in the seventies and don't know it, it may be because it was banned in several markets. "Trapped in a mine that had caved in And everyone knows the only ones left Were Joe and me and Tim When they broke through to pull us free The only ones left to tell the tale Were Joe and me" LOLOLOLOLOL. I don't remember it from when I was a kid; it was probably banned on KTSA, the San Antonio Top-40 AM radio I listened to as a little kid... I had to wait to be 33 years old to hear it on a RHINO recomp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 "I Fought the Law and the Law Won" - Bobby Fuller Four Bobby Fuller was a nice Texas boy who met a ghastly demise in LA.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 Not strictly a 1HW--- they had a lesser follow-up with "Get Up And Boogie"-- but they did have a brief moment of visibility. This curious video is a lot of fun... Were they German? I think I'm in love with these three disco honeys :love: Just watch 'em git down! (1976) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 The Fendermen kind of leads back to the Minneapolis label SOMA which was founded by an early giant of record rack jobbing, Amos Heilicher. SOMA also had 1HW with Surfin' Bird by the Trashmen and Liar Liar by the Castaways. Soma was part of Heilicher Brothers (Amos and Sam IIRC), the distributor that eventually evolved into Pickwick International. Pickwick International also owned the Musicland chain and bought the Sam Goodys chain. The Heilicher guys eventually sold the business to American Can (of all things). The name Soma was derived from Amos spelled backwards. I worked for a while as remastering engineer for Pickwick records, their label that would re-release old albums by a variety of artists. If you have any of those sitting around from about 1976-78 or so you will find my name on the back of many of them. I don't know if that is good or bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 Soma was part of Heilicher Brothers (Amos and Sam IIRC), the distributor that eventually evolved into Pickwick International. Pickwick International also owned the Musicland chain and bought the Sam Goodys chain. The Heilicher guys eventually sold the business to American Can (of all things). The name Soma was derived from Amos spelled backwards. I worked for a while as remastering engineer for Pickwick records, their label that would re-release old albums by a variety of artists. If you have any of those sitting around from about 1976-78 or so you will find my name on the back of many of them. I don't know if that is good or bad. Well it was the Twin Town sound. Everybody refers to them as Garage Band records. But my recollection is that MPLS garages are way too cold.It was Amos and Danny and IIRC they sold Pickwick to Hartz Mountain (that would be birdseed) and then it went to American Can. Then through about 3 more iterations to history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 Everybody refers to them as Garage Band records. But my recollection is that MPLS garages are way too cold.You got that right. A bit before, and during, the time that I worked at Pickwick I was doing some freelance engineering doing demos, etc. in a few studios around Minneapolis. Some of the equipment that I used was the same type used for some of the Soma hits and can be seen in the first two pix here: http://www.pbase.com/rking401/studio_stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fendercaster Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 Givin' It Up for Your Love - Delbert McClinton One of my favorite performers, not much Top 40 success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 You qualify as a true 1HW connoisseur if you remember this little oddity (From Germany? The Netherlands?) which charted ever-so-briefly in the USA in 1971: It may have been a Eurovision number, I'm not sure... They were famous at one time for always having nonsense syllables as hooks and titles (Remember the Python's satire called "Bing Tiddle Tiddle Boing" ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 I guess you can't really call it a one hit wonder since it never charted very high, but it certainly should be in the running for an honorable mention in the category of nonsense songs: "Rubber Biscuit" by The Chips. It was later covered by The Blues Brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lsits Posted October 2, 2007 Members Share Posted October 2, 2007 I don't think anyone mentioned "Walking On Sunshine" by Katrina & the Waves or "99 Luftbaloons" by Nena (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beck Posted October 3, 2007 Members Share Posted October 3, 2007 You qualify as a true 1HW connoisseur if you remember this little oddity (From Germany? The Netherlands?) which charted ever-so-briefly in the USA in 1971: "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" by Mac & Katie Kisson It may have been a Eurovision number, I'm not sure... They were famous at one time for always having nonsense syllables as hooks and titles (Remember the Python's satire called "Bing Tiddle Tiddle Boing" ?) I don't remember it, but somehow I kinda picture Scooby and Shaggy being chased by a ghost or something with that song in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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