Posted on 09/25/2020 1:45:28 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 News) – Sept. 25 is National One-Hit Wonder Day! A day where we can celebrate those songs that topped the charts but then their performers faded away from the music scene. What are some of your favorite one-hit wonders? Let us know on our social media pages! Below are some of the ABC4 staff’s favorite ‘one-hit wonders’:
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Both great songs
R. B. Greaves
Take a Letter, Maria
“Sweet” wasn’t a one-hit wonder. They also had “Ballroom Blitz” and “Fox On The Run.”
“Also did Billy Don’t Be A hero.
Two hit wonders.
:D”
I didn’t know that.
The U.S. Hit was by Bo Donaldson and the Heywwods.
I looked it up thanks to you. I’d never known Paper Lace recorded Billy Don’t Be a Hero.
Paper Lace’s Billy did chart in the U.S., but only at 96, which doesn’t count for one hit wonder status.
Bo Donaldson’s hit number one.
One Fine Morning - Lighthouse
Signs - Five Man Electrical Band
““Dancing in the Moonlight—King Harvest””
Yeah, that’s a good call.
You must be a Doctor Demento fan.
I listened before transistor radio. I am old. Very old.
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
Also, a dark version of Eurhythmics “Sweet Dreams”
Was “The Thrill is Gone” B.B. King’s only “hit”?
“There’s a reason these songs/groups are ‘one hit wonders’...”
And a reason they were hits and are classics.
Love that song!!
But my choice is The Proclaimers, 500 Miles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0
As a kid I learned what haver meant. My parents hung around a bunch of Scots.
Come On Eileen
It’s My Life
Pictures of Matchstick Men
No Rain
Walking in Memphis
Kayleigh
Safety Dance
Magnet and Steel
Thunder Island
Turn the Beat Around
Take a Letter Maria
Drift Away
Street of Dreams
Undercover Angel
Lonely Boy
I Got a Line on You
“Everyone knows it’s Windy”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsY8l0Jg3lY
“The Association.” Not a one hit wonder. Remember this one?
Along Comes Mary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URUd5RUAz1I
As a huge Marillion fan myself, I didn’t think “Kayleigh” charted here in the US.
Tony Cary. “A Fine Fine Day (for a Reunion)”. 1984
Find one more obscure than that one...
I will admit I LOVE that version. Much more than the original
The guy is a sicko in videos and on-stage but on talk shows or call ins he actually sounds pretty intelligent and well-spoken
Frank Zappa - Valley Girl (his only Top 40 hit)
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