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Blast from the Past: What's your favorite "One-Hit Wonder" song/artist?
one man's opinion...
Posted on 01/19/2014 6:15:37 AM PST by ken5050
I was clicking through some links on Wikipedia last night, and stumbled across the "List of One-hit Wonders" in the United States." Amazingly, they have separate, detailed individual lists for each decade ( I've posted the links below..)I was astonished at how many there were, how many I'd liked, and many I'd pretty much forgotten; and I spent several hours on YouTube, reminiscing, and then downloading some of the tunes. So, enjoy.. if you have a favorite, opine below...
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:15:37 AM PST
by
ken5050
To: ken5050
Play that Funky Music White Boy.
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:18:42 AM PST
by
Daveinyork
(IER)
To: ken5050
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:19:44 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Daveinyork
AWB had a few hits, I think.
How about kung fu fighting?
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:20:53 AM PST
by
winodog
To: ken5050
In the lists from 2011 and 2012, I recognize some country music performers who have popular songs on the radio now. A singer or group who steadily produces reasonably successful material isn’t a “one-hit wonder” just because one song is exceptionally successful.
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:22:04 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Tell the mad chameleon he's not welcome anymore.)
To: Daveinyork
Lots of songs to bring back good memories. But I am curious about what their criteria happened to be. There are a few artists that would not be categorized as “One Hit Wonders” such as Devo, Don Williams, Mickey Gillie, Emylou Harris, Donald Fagen, etc.
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:22:35 AM PST
by
rjsimmon
(1-20-2013 The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: ken5050
A favorite of my dad’s that was a hit long before I was born: “Questions Of My Life” by the Marmalades. I swear he could quote every lyric from memory. Whenever it came on the radio the volume went up and the whole car had to be silent on pain of death.
To: ken5050
Talahatchee Bridge, Bobby Gentry (Ode to Billy Joe)
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:26:37 AM PST
by
billhilly
(Has Pelosi read it yet?)
To: ken5050
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:26:43 AM PST
by
JPG
(Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
To: ken5050
“Sally Sayin’ Somthin’” by Billy Harner. He was also my barber.
To: ken5050
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:27:39 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Tax-chick
Good morning..I almost didn’t post those links..IMHO, a OHW has to age, ripen, many years, like a good wine..
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:27:39 AM PST
by
ken5050
(This space available cheap...)
To: ken5050
To: billhilly
yup..and she was hot....
well..off to Mass...
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:28:26 AM PST
by
ken5050
(This space available cheap...)
To: ken5050
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:29:36 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: rjsimmon
One-hit-wonder lists usually say more about the compilers own lack of knowledge than they do about the music business.
That said, there ARE actually one-hit-wonders, just a lot fewer of them than a lot of writers imagine.
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:29:51 AM PST
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Daveinyork
How about the "classic" "Oh Babe, What Would Ya Say" by Hurricane Smith?
I kind of liked the sound.
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:30:47 AM PST
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: ken5050
You have to look back from a distance of a lot more than 2 or 3 years.
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:31:54 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Tell the mad chameleon he's not welcome anymore.)
To: ken5050
I just poured myself another cup of coffee. I suspect that I won’t be doing much today other than going through all those great links.
Thanks for posting this!
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:32:10 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: ken5050
In the mid 2000 decade I started 'collecting' some of the songs I remember listening to late into the nights in the early 1960s. The one TV channel we could get went off the air about 10:30 p.m., so the only late night option was AM radio from some of the super stations of that era. I managed to collect about 250 classics. Some songs were sung by 'other' artists, but I had my preferences.
One of the most difficult to find was Sunday Morning Coming Down. Kristofferson wrote it and both he and Johnny Cash sang it (IIRC). But the version I liked was sung by Ray Stevens, who was noted for his comedic songs. The Stevens version was the best, but it didn't show up on most of the music websites. I did eventually run across it in mp3 format on some obscure website -- and I saved it.
I still occasionally put on the earphones, auto load, and listen to many of those old classics late into the night.
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posted on
01/19/2014 6:32:22 AM PST
by
TomGuy
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