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FReeper Canteen ~ One Hit Wonders (Voter Thread) ~ Do You Have A Favorite? ~ 13AUG2005
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Posted on 08/12/2005 6:49:37 PM PDT by MoJo2001


 

 


One Hit Wonders
(Voter Thread)
 

Welcome To The Canteen Music Dedication!!
In our continued effort to bring music themes that you want, we continue this week with our Canteen voted thread of One Hit Wonders!

This list was compiled from various sources. Some of you may disagree with an artist showing up in our One Hit Wonders list, but that's okay. We're not here to state that we are the authority on such matters. We're here to enjoy some music from popular artist (although, not popular for long) of their respective music eras.

There are many artists/songs that are considered One Hit Wonders. However, we don't have all day and night to list them. We've gotta sleep now and again! Hehehe!

We enjoy feedback. If you have requests, please ping laurenmarlowe on the thread or via FReepmail.

As always, we greatly appreciate the opportunity to entertain our Troops, Veterans, and their family members.

Enjoy!



 

 

Artist Song Artist Song

Neneh Cherry
*Related to Don Cherry and Eagle Eye Cherry. This song is 1989. 80s Hip Hop/Dance
 
Buffalo Stance Betty Harris
*This song forces one to almost cry at how she sounds singing it.
Cry me a river comes to mind!
Cry To Me

Teddy Bears
*The Shirelles are probably better known for this song.
 
To Know Him Is To Love Him Barry Mann
*Song from 1961
Who Put The Bomp

The Voxpoppers
*From 1958
 
Wishing For Your Love Hollywood Argyles
*From 1960
Alley Oop

The Gentrys
*From 1965
 
Keep On Dancing Amboy Dukes
*From 1968
Journey To The Center Of The Mind

Leapy Lee
*From 1968
 
Little Arrows Four Jacks & A Jill
*From 1968
Master Jack

Terry Jacks
*1974
 
Seasons In The Sun Carl Douglas
*From 1974
Kung Fu Fighting

Rosie & The Originals
*From 1976
 
Angel Baby The Knack
*From 1979
My Sharona

Anita Ward
*From 1979
 
Ring My Bell The Buggles
*From 1979
Video Killed The Radio Star

Amii Stewart
*From 1979
 
Knock On Wood Rupert Holmes
*From 1980
Escape (Pina Colada Song)

Buckner & Garcia
 
Pac Man Fever Dexy's Midnight Runners Come On Eileen

The Divinyls
*This song was rereleased in the 1990s.
 
I Touch Myself Falco Rock Me Amadeus

Gary Numan
 
Cars
Greg Kihn Band
*MoJo likes Weird Al Yankovic's parody of this tune!
 
Jeopardy

Harold Faltermeyer
*No Crazy Frog version tonight! WooHoo!!
 
Axel F Johnny Hates Jazz Shattered Dreams

Johnny Kemp
*VH1 obviously forgot about his awesome "Birthday Suit" song, huh?
 
Just Got Paid
Lipps, Inc
*MoJo and sibs annoyed the parents on a family vacation with this song. Who knew parents were so touchy!
 
Funkytown

Matthew Wilder
*A very chippy and happy song!
 
Break My Stride Men Without Hats
*Who remembers the midget from the video?
Safety Dance

 

Artist Song Artist Song

Modern English
*MoJo could've sworn they had another hit, but VH1 thinks otherwise. Oh well! Anyone else remember Nicholas Cage in "Valley Girl" and this song?
 
Melt With You Murray Head One Night In Bangkok

Real Life
*There was a white horse a chick and that's all remember about the video to this song!
 
Send Me An Angel Rick Astley
*Who was lamer? Rick or his brother Jon? LOL!
Never Gonna Give You Up

Scritti Politti
*Another great song to annoy the parental units on a long road trip!
 
Perfect Way Soft Cell
*How MoJo misses the 80s! What a great song!
Tainted Love

T'Pau
 
Heart and Soul
Terrence Trent Darby
*Whatever happened to him?
 
Wishing Well

Thomas Dolby
*A song that makes almost every 80s collection.
 
She Blinded Me With Me Science
The Belle Stars
*Song made popular thanks to "Rain Man". Remember that movie?
Remake of the Dixie Cups!
 
Iko Iko

Timex Social Club
*This group was created from members of Club Noveau. Both groups experienced One Hit Wonders!
 
Rumors Tom Cochran Life Is A Highway

Tommy Shaw
*From Styx to Solo Artist to Damn Yankees with Ted Nugent
 
Girls With Guns Kajagoogoo
*Stunned that Big Apple wasn't considered a hit!
Too Shy

Trio
*Volkswagen commercial made this song a hit!
 
Da Da Da Wall Of Voodoo Mexican Radio

When In Rome
*What does MoJo remember about these guys? They were cute! Hehe!
 
The Promise
Yello
*Ferris Bueller's Day Off and this song! Oh YEAH!
 
OH YEAH

Alana Davis
*If you ever have a chance, listen to her entire CD. What an incredible voice and range!
 
32 Flavors Billie Meyers Kiss The Rain

Chumbawumba
*Um, very British! How about that?
 
Tubthumping
Del Amitri
*Um, MoJo thinks there was a shopping cart in this video. Maybe not!
 
Roll With Me

Des'ree
*Loved this song until they used it in Promos for "Good Morning America". Nothing like killing a song!
 
Gotta Be
Sir Mix A Lot
*This song caused great distress to the NOW chicks. Meanwhile, the rest of us loved it.
Old School Rap!
 
Baby Got Back

Right Said Fred
*These dudes were strange, but a bumping overplayed song!
 
I'm Too Sexy
Billy Ray Cyrus
*MoJo disagrees with VH1 on this one. After all, the song "Some Gave All" was awesome!
 
Achy Breaky Heart

Joe Public
*One of those songs MoJo was sleepwalking through in the 90s.
 
Live and Learn Lisa Loeb
*MoJo kind of disagrees with this one as well, but oh well!
Stay

Tag Team
*90s Hip Hop/Rap
 
Whoomp! There It Is Gabrielle Dreams

 

Artist Song Artist Song

Craig Mack
*Hip Hop/Rap
 
Flava In Ya Ear Ini Kamoze Here Comes The Hotstepper

Wynona Carr
*A MoJo favorite!
 
Til The Well Runs Dry
Jeannie C. Riley
 
Harper Valley P.T.A

Bobby *Boris* Pickett
*Great song to scare little kids during Halloween!
 
Monster Mash The Contours
*Loved this song in the movie "Dirty Dancing".
Do You Love Me

The Bobbettes
 
Mr. Lee
Essex
 
Easier Said Than Done

Hollywood Flames
*TexasCowboy made an awesome music for our Troops with this song!
 
Buzz Buzz Buzz Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs Sugar Shack

Duice
*Jessica Simpson would love this song!
 
Daisy Dukes
JJ Fad
*Love people that talk fast? You'll love this song!
Old School Rap/Hip Hop
 
Supersonic

Kid Frost
*Latino Hip Hop/Rap
 
La Raza
Master Ace
*hotstreak loved this video because they were at a car show. Hello?
 
Born To Roll

Quad City DJs
*Choo choo train!
90s Hip Hop/Rap
 
Come On Ride The Train Skee Lo
*Rap/Hip Hop
Very funny song!
I Wish

RuPaul
*Okay! MoJo loves this song!
 What can I say?
 
Supermodel The Ad Libs Boy From New York City

Sheb Wooley
 
Purple People Eater The Trashmen Surfin' Bird

The Verve
 
Bittersweet Symphony Til Tuesday Voices Carry

The Kingsmen
 
Louie Louie
Rockwell
*Michael Jackson sings back up.
 
Somebody's Watching Me

Shannon
 
Let The Music Play Tracey Ullman They Don't Know

Peter Shilling
*English version of this song
 
Major Tom Linear Sending All My Love

Vanilla Ice
*There is so much MoJo could say, but I won't.
 
Ice Ice Baby
DMob and Cathy Dennis
*MoJo guesses Diva Betsy Ross could really get down to this song! WooHoo!
 
C'Mon and Get My Love

 

Artist Song Artist Song

Mellow Man Ace
*Bilingual Rapper
 
Mentirosa
(That would be *liar* for the Spanish inept out there like Ma!)
Kyper Tic Tac Toe

Oran *Juice* Jones
*Old School Rap
 
Walking In The Rain Archies
*Hmm...
Sugar Sugar

Guy Mitchell
 
Singing The Blues J. Frank Wilson
*A sad Oldies song!
Last Kiss

Thurston Harris
 
Little Bitty Pretty One EMF Unbelievable

Faith No More
*Not For Ma or Kids
 
Epic
Gerardo
*He was nice to look at! Um, oh the song? Well, it was sort of nice. Hehe!
 
Rico Suave

K7
*Don't click Ma, ok?
 
Come Baby Come
No Mercy
*Another 90s group that was nice to look at! Hehe!
Where did they go?
 
Where Do You Go

Portrait
 
Here We Go Again The Castaways Liar Liar

Wilbert Harrison
*First heard this song in the 80s when Kansas City was hosting the basketball NCAA championships! It stuck with MoJo forever!
 
Kansas City C Note Wait Till I Get Home

 

 


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To: Darksheare

Sweet dreams Darks....See ya tomorrow! *Hugs*


381 posted on 08/12/2005 9:47:15 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: Jack Deth
Good evening/early morning, Jack. Glad you are enjoying the music. Quite eclectic tonight. Have you got "weather" coming?


382 posted on 08/12/2005 9:47:30 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; MoJo2001; Fawnn; HiJinx; Radix; Spotsy; Diva Betsy Ross; The Sailor; ...

DJ SUNSHINE!

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Canteen Music Requests
Incoming!
(Please support the artists below!)

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail MoJo2001 or Kathy In Alaska

The Eagles ~ Long Run

Etta James ~ Don't Cry Baby

Genre: 70s/Blues

Posting for Star

*** Please ping laurenmarlowe to any song requests
made on the thread. Thank you! ***

383 posted on 08/12/2005 9:48:26 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: All
At This Moment
~ Billy Vera & The Beaters ~


Vera wrote for the likes of Barbara Lewis and Rick Nelson during the mid-'60s before recording his "Storybook Children" as an R&B duet with Judy Clay in 1967 for Atlantic. It proved a solid hit, as did their 1968 follow-up "Country Girl - City Man." But it was 1887 before Vera surfaced as a solo artist when "At This Moment," a song he'd cut in 1981 with his band, The Beaters, was featured on the popular TV sitcom Family Ties and topped the pop charts.




384 posted on 08/12/2005 9:48:36 PM PDT by Drumbo ("Of course I have an attitude, I spent my life beating things for a living." - Drumbo Thunder)
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To: Horatio Gates; acad1228; AZamericonnie; beachn4fun; bentfeather; Bethbg79; ...

Make a text file of all of the DJs and keep it on your hard drive then just copy/paste. Put a ; between each DJ name.

I keep mine in alpha order so as not to offend one of our brilliant DJs.

The file name I use is "Brilliant FR DJs.txt" but of course you can name the file anything you'd like.


385 posted on 08/12/2005 9:49:13 PM PDT by El Gran Salseron (Dear LUV W, Please don't pick on me today! :-))
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To: Army Air Corps; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; HiJinx; Radix; Spotsy; ...

DJ SUNSHINE!

Music for our Troops, Veterans, and their families!!
Canteen Music Requests Incoming!
(Please support the artists below!)

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail MoJo2001 or Kathy In Alaska

Manfred Mann~The Mighty Quinn

Genre: Classic!

Suitable for MA and kids: YES!

*** Please ping laurenmarlowe to any song requests
made on the thread. Thank you! ***

386 posted on 08/12/2005 9:49:22 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

Thank ye kindly! (tips hat in your direction)


387 posted on 08/12/2005 9:50:45 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: AZamericonnie

Thank you Hon, that was most needed.


388 posted on 08/12/2005 9:50:47 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA
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To: All
One Hit Wonder Incoming!
If God Was One Of Us
~ Joan Osborne ~







389 posted on 08/12/2005 9:51:00 PM PDT by Drumbo ("Of course I have an attitude, I spent my life beating things for a living." - Drumbo Thunder)
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To: GoldStarBrother

I love Vanity 6!!
(Shhhh..don't tell Ma!)
Of course, Denise Matthews is now a born again Christian and has spoken out against the music she used to make. And since that time, Prince has refused to speak to her. Oh well!


390 posted on 08/12/2005 9:51:04 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (www.proudpatriots.org (Support Our Troops)....12)
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To: perfect stranger
Here in Florida that happened on August 1st.

You must be filled with orgasmic glee!

:) HA!

391 posted on 08/12/2005 9:51:06 PM PDT by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Thomas Paine and Ronald Reagan.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; MoJo2001; Fawnn; HiJinx; Radix; Spotsy; Diva Betsy Ross; The Sailor; ...

DJ SUNSHINE!

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Canteen Music Requests
Incoming!
(Please support the artists below!)

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail MoJo2001 or Kathy In Alaska

Fine Young Cannibals ~ Good Thing

Frankie Lee Simms ~ Jelly Roll Baker

Genre: 80s/Blues

Posting for Star

*** Please ping laurenmarlowe to any song requests
made on the thread. Thank you! ***

392 posted on 08/12/2005 9:52:54 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: Jack Deth
Hi Jack, how nice to find you here!

Did you have a great week?
393 posted on 08/12/2005 9:53:15 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA
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To: AZamericonnie


Canteen Music Requests!
Incoming!
(Please support the artists below!)
 
If you would like to be added/removed from the Canteen Music Ping List, please FReepmail MoJo2001 or Kathy In Alaska

Genre: GENRE HERE

Artist/Title: 
Archie Shep~Blues Foe Brother George Jackson
 

Artist/Song Title:

Bix Beiderbecke And His Gang~Louisiana
 
Suitable For Ma and Kids:  Yes

Sidenote: 

 
*** Please ping laurenmarlowe to any song requests made on the thread. Thank you! ***

 


394 posted on 08/12/2005 9:53:23 PM PDT by GoldStarBrother (Don't Give Up Hope Moses Was A Basket Case Also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: El Gran Salseron
I keep mine in alpha order so as not to offend one of our brilliant DJs.

Does that make me the "alpha" female? LOLOL Please don't respond to that Salsa!:)

395 posted on 08/12/2005 9:53:57 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: laurenmarlowe
AHA! And everybody is very talkative....heheee
396 posted on 08/12/2005 9:54:30 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA
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To: All
One Hit Wonder Incoming!
Hocus Pocus
~ Focus ~







397 posted on 08/12/2005 9:55:16 PM PDT by Drumbo ("Of course I have an attitude, I spent my life beating things for a living." - Drumbo Thunder)
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To: Drumbo

Oh, do you have Billy Vera's "I Can Take Care of Myself?"

And I'm looking for Johnny Mathis' "Simple" and The Trammps "Magic in the Moonlight!"


398 posted on 08/12/2005 9:56:10 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: GoldStarBrother
I really enjoyed this....Bix Beiderbecke And His Gang~Louisiana
399 posted on 08/12/2005 9:56:26 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: Jack Deth

How about a thumbnail report of your rout?


400 posted on 08/12/2005 9:56:57 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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