Nominations for best one-hit wonder ?

[funkyguitar]

I dug The Blues Magoos..."We Ain't Got Nothing Yet"

[General Specific]

Hocus Pocus is a good one. Iron Butterfly? I don't think of them in terms of "one hit wonders".

Here is my pick:

Sympathy - by Rare Bird (I hope someone will second this one)

Name one more Iron Butterfly song.

[General Specific]

Only reading the thread title, Greenbaum's "Spirit..." popped up immediately.
Gtrplyr: Nena doesn't really qualify because she's a german "artist" (really wouldn't call her an artist because her career was all hyped and she still can't hit a right note to save her life LOL!) and she had some more hits here in Germany - her US appearance on the charts was a surprise and more due to a kind of novelty factor, I'd guess.
I don't think "Layla" qualifies because it's album oriented material and the entire album is still a hit record (and an all-time classic).
We'd have to agree on what "one hit wonder" means - to me it's somebody who came out of nowhere, had a hit and disappeared again.
Sorry for the long post - back to the scheduled program:

and Clapton has had more than one hit.

[Kap'n]

Name one more Iron Butterfly song.

Um, on the other side, there was a tune called Termination, or something.

[davey]

Name one more Iron Butterfly song.

Flowers and Beads are one thing
But having you girl, that's something...

[davey]

Does the Knack's My Sharona count?

How about Donny Iris' Ah, Leah? (would Love Is Like A Rock count as a "hit?"

[Smokey]

How about "The Undisputed Truth" with Smiling Faces back in '71. I just checked this one out on Wikipedia and it turns out that the Temptations recorded that song first but it never was released as a single (even though it had been edited from 12 minutes down to a length apropriate for AM radio). Later on the Undisputed Truth did it and it went to #3. They did actually chart again later on but never into the top 40.

Strangely, after making a hit out of a Temptations song that failed the Undisputed Truth recorded Papa Was a Rolling Stone which didn't make it above #63 but which the Temptations rerecorded and turned into a #1 hit with three grammys. I guess that the Undisputed Truth is stranger than fiction.

[Mikey]

How could you all forget "Hey, Hey Baby" by Bruce Chanel or "That Thing You Do"? The ultimate OHW. Heck even "Friday on My Mind" by the EasyBeats.

[telecast]

Does the Knack's My Sharona count?

Nope. You forgot 'Good Girls Don't'.

[Rickenjangle]

Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods - Billy Don't Be a Hero

I'm friggin' serious here...love it!

[JM3]

867-5309

Tommy Tutone


He's staying at my friends house at the moment.

I wish I was kidding

[flintpunk]

They also had a hit with Conquistador.

Conquistador is a wierd song, but I really dig it for some reason

How about MMM, MMM, MMM, MMM by the Crash Test Dummies?

[Rickenjangle]

How about MMM, MMM, MMM, MMM by the Crash Test Dummies?

They had more than just that one hit. I think they did a few covers that turned into minor hits, too.

[Kap'n]

They [Crash Test Dummies] had more than just that one hit. I think they did a few covers that turned into minor hits, too.

I think they also were considerably more popular in Canada than the US.

[Gravity Jim]

Crash Test Dummies did a version of "Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" for the soundtrack of "Dumb and Dumber," of all things, and it kills.

[Offshore Angler]

867-5309

Tommy Tutone


He's staying at my friends house at the moment.

I wish I was kidding

oOHHHH, good call!

[NeoFauve]

867-5309

Tommy Tutone


He's staying at my friends house at the moment.

I wish I was kidding

I wonder if Jenny's a local call.

[funkyguitar]

I don't think Ace had another hit besides "How Long" (has this been going on) and "Dead Skunk" (in the middle of the road) by Loudon Wainwright.

[Kap'n]

"Dead Skunk" (in the middle of the road) by Loudon Wainwright.

Well, he didn't have the "hit" recording, but I'm bet he's a zillionaire for Suicide Is Painless.

[telecast]

Well, he didn't have the "hit" recording, but I'm bet he's a zillionaire for Suicide Is Painless.

I had no idea he wrote that.

[Smokey]

Suicide is Painless

Music Johnny Mandel
Lyrics Mike Altman

[Kap'n]

Suicide is Painless

Music Johnny Mandel
Lyrics Mike Altman

OK, so I screwed up. He did appear on the show a few times.

[refin]

Frigid Pink---grungy fuzzy remake of "House Of The Rising Sun" (circa '72?)

Melanie-- "Lay Down The Candles" (I think)

[Gravity Jim]

That title is "Candles In The Rain," refin (easy to confuse becuause of the massive "Lay down, lay down," chorus). But not a one hitter... did we forget "Brand New Key?"

[Mikey]

How about that "MMMMMMMMBop" by the Hansons? was it?

[NeoFauve]

"You Get What You Give" - New Radicals

I'm pretty sure I picked this one for the earlier "1HW" Thread, but what the heck... I digz it.

[gweimer]

Gotta go with a couple that turned me onto guitar (before I knew what guitar was).

1. Spirit in the Sky
2. Journey to the Center of the Mind

I'd also add Reelin' in the Years, but the Dan isn't exactly 1 hit wonder material.

The Amboy Dukes hit small first with "Baby, Please Don't Go".

My entry would be Pacific Gas & Electric's "Are You Ready"

Or Chi Coltrane's "Thunder and Lightning"

[Gravity Jim]

"You Get What You Give" - New Radicals

Dang, that record was hot. So very, very Todd.

[NeoFauve]

"Magnet And Steel" - Walter Egen

Egen?
Egan?
I dunno.
Good tune though.

[flintpunk]

Brandy by The Looking Glass

[cooltone]

How about Donny Iris' Ah, Leah?

Donny was also in a band called "The Jaggerz" who had a single hit "The Rapper"

[gweimer]

Donny was also in a band called "The Jaggerz" who had a single hit "The Rapper"

And also in Wild Cherry, who are legendary for "Play That Funky Music White Boy"

[YaReMi]

That title is "Candles In The Rain," refin (easy to confuse becuause of the massive "Lay down, lay down," chorus). But not a one hitter... did we forget "Brand New Key?"

Yeah, Brand New Key was #1 if I'm not mistaken.
Melanie also had other fine songs: What Have They Done to My Song, Peace Will Come, great cover of Ruby Tuesday.

[gweimer]

And, although I think he was bigger in the UK, David Essex's "Rock On" needs to be mentioned. Even his record company didn't think it would fly.

[Gtrplyr]

And, although I think he was bigger in the UK, David Essex's "Rock On" needs to be mentioned. Even his record company didn't think it would fly.

Love that song. The bass line on that is amazing.

[Gravity Jim]

"Rock On" is wicked cool, and begging for a remake.

It reminds me of another tune I'd love to hear redone in a more modern, electronica style, without losing the charm of the original: Tommy James' "Draggin' The Line."

[NeoFauve]

"King Tut" - Steve Martin!
http://www.yellow-springs.k12.oh.us/...King%20Tut.jpg

"Rock On" is wicked cool, and begging for a remake.

It reminds me of another tune I'd love to hear redone in a more modern, electronica style, without losing the charm of the original: Tommy James' "Draggin' The Line."

Def Leppard has just recently done a cover of "Rock On."
IMO, it just doesn't cut it.

[funkyguitar]

Just heard a couple of tunes that some of you might remember ?

"Reflections Of My Life" by a band called "Marmalade" and "The Swingin' Medallions- Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)."

[Dr Fene]

Thunderclap newman, something in the air.

[NeoFauve]

The Raspberries - "Go All The Way"