Posted on 04/01/2017 1:33:16 PM PDT by mdittmar
Seems like a boring news day,What's Your Favorite One-hit Wonder Song?
American Historian WILLIAM FEDERER wrote an interesting article on FRANCIS SCOTT KEY.
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/War-of-1812—Francis-Scott-Key—John-Randolph——the-Randolph-Settlement-for-freed-slaves-in-Ohio.html?soid=1108762609255&aid=Y4gmQYlrv0M
Michael Buble does a singular and superlative cover of Me and Mrs. Jones.
Great song, but not a one hit wonder. Golden Earing had a bigger hit with Twilight Zone (When the Bullet Hits the Bone) that hit #1. Radar Love never made the top 10.
“Outside of Vincent, which did ok, I can’t think of any hit McLean had off of that album, or any other for that matter.”
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Yup, those were his two biggies. Whenever he was asked what “American Pie” meant, his standard reply was “It meant I don’t have to work for a living”.
A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band.
Diesel - Sausalito summer nights
Key Largo by Bertie Higgins
Love Is In The Air by John Paul Young
“What Do All the People Know?” - the Monroes
Modern English - I Melt With You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls
Remember hearing this while cleaning up M48 tanks and APCs at the wash rack, Camp Drum.
“I Love You” by People! (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXY34y2a5FI
Though the group’s singer went on to huge solo success as “the father of Christian rock”.
Black Velvet
I remember the Iowa stations also playing "Since You've Been Gone" and "Gettin' Lucky," but how close those were to being "hits" is debatable. One of my classmates once delivered this gem regarding Head East: "They're as good as REO (Speedwagon)!"
I found that hilarious from a number of angles.
Mr. niteowl77
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVikZ8Oe_XA
There’s a good reason “Seasons in the Sun” was a one-timer. It was a ripoff of Jacques Brel’s “Le Moribond.”
Here’s my rough translation of the latter:
Goodbye Emile, I liked you very well
Goodbye Emile, I liked you very well, you know
We sang about the same wine
We sang about the same women
We sang about the same disappointments
Goodbye Emile I’m going to die
It’s hard to die in the springtime, you know
But I go to the flowers with peace in my heart
Because you were good as white bread
I know you’ll look after my wife.
I want them to laugh, to dance, to carry on like fools
...when they bury me.
Goodbye, priest, I liked you a lot
Goodbye, priest, I liked you a lot you know
We weren’t always on the same side
We weren’t always on the same road
But we sought the same harbor
Goodbye priest! I’m going to die
It’s hard to die in the spring you know
But I go to the flowers with peace in my heart
Since you were her confessor
I know you’ll look after my wife...
(refrain)
So long Antoine! I didn’t like you much
So long Antoine, I didn’t like you much, you know
It kills me to be dying today, when you’re living so well.
You even overcame boredom.
Goodbye Antoine, I’m going to die
It’s hard to die in the spring you know
But I go to the flowers with peace in my heart
Since you were her lover
I know you’ll take care of my wife.
(refrain)
Goodbye my wife, I loved you a lot
Goodbye my wife, I loved you a lot you know
I’m taking that train to the Lord
Taking the train before yours
But we all take the train we can...
Goodbye my wife, I’m going to die
It’s hard to die in the spring, you know
But I go to the flowers with my eyes closed, my dear
Because I closed them so often for you!
I know you’ll look after my soul.
I want them to laugh, to dance, to carry on,
When they plant me in the hole...
Brel put some thought into it. He died at the age of 49; next Saturday would have been his 88th birthday.
He also gave us “Ne Me Quitte Pas,” another song much better in the original than the translation “If You Go Away.”
We have similar taste in one hit wonders. I also love Smoke of a Distant Fire, along with Key Largo.
If we had to pick one song that you could put in the encyclopedia to say “This is what Top 40 Music is”, my nomination would be “Be My Baby”.
Perfection, right from Hal Blaine’s bum-—bu-bum!
It’s not a one-hit wonder by any means, but anyone interested in the Wrecking Crew and behind the scenes in the studio will enjoy “Take 25” -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHqXfxq6rNQ
And this session recording shows how perfection is achieved:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikeporZ5cog
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