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Re: Favorite One Hit Wonders

ohiodawg13 wrote:

In my mind a one hit wonder is a band that may have charted other songs, but down the road are only remembered for one song that maybe broke into the top ten or even hit number one. For example, Gerry & The Pacemakers were a big part of the British invasion and charted numerous songs, but if you mention them to me the first and only one that pops into my mind is Ferry Cross The Mersey, great tune BTW. There's really no guidelines to this, make it what you will. Start diggin' there's plenty more out there.

                                                                                                           Think Green,

                                                                                                           J Dawg

If they charted other songs they have other hits.  Greg Kihn had a hit with "The Breakup Song" before Jeopardy even hit.  The Romantics had a hit with "Talking in Your Sleep" before "What I Like about You".  "What I Like about You" didn't break into the top ten.
You haven't heard or don't remember these songs but that doesn't mean they are a one hit wonder.

This is a great topic.  I just hope the criteria is met more with one-hit wonders than listing  established acts as one-hit wonders as this is misleading to the artist and the fans.

"Holy Toledo"  -  Bill King   "Just Win Baby" - Al Davis  "The Autumn Wind" - Steve Sabol

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Panama Red "     -   New Riders of the purple sage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db5413DhhZw

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The RiverCat^-^ wrote:
ohiodawg13 wrote:

In my mind a one hit wonder is a band that may have charted other songs, but down the road are only remembered for one song that maybe broke into the top ten or even hit number one. For example, Gerry & The Pacemakers were a big part of the British invasion and charted numerous songs, but if you mention them to me the first and only one that pops into my mind is Ferry Cross The Mersey, great tune BTW. There's really no guidelines to this, make it what you will. Start diggin' there's plenty more out there.

                                                                                                           Think Green,

                                                                                                           J Dawg

If they charted other songs they have other hits.  Greg Kihn had a hit with "The Breakup Song" before Jeopardy even hit.  The Romantics had a hit with "Talking in Your Sleep" before "What I Like about You".  "What I Like about You" didn't break into the top ten.
You haven't heard or don't remember these songs but that doesn't mean they are a one hit wonder.

This is a great topic.  I just hope the criteria is met more with one-hit wonders than listing  established acts as one-hit wonders as this is misleading to the artist and the fans.

Come on, you 're sorta arguing against yourself. You made a good point stating that calling Free or Jimi Hendrix a one hit wonder is wrong (to which I assume everyone here will agree), but listing those artists here is not misleading to the artist OR the fans. Water seeks it's own level...if an artist/group made a name for themselves, then everybody knows it. If not, then maybe they really ARE one hit wonders.

I mentioned Jimi Hendrix in my first post "tongue in cheek", because I happened to see him high on a past list of one hit wonders. The criteria was an artist that only had one top 40 hit. Based on that, Jimi certainly qualified.
Does anybody anywhere ever have a hard time remembering who played All Along the Watchtower?? Or any other songs that artist performed? Of course not.

"Rock ON & Keep the Faith"

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"Surfin' Bird" - The Trashmen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow

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Bill S wrote:
The RiverCat^-^ wrote:
ohiodawg13 wrote:

In my mind a one hit wonder is a band that may have charted other songs, but down the road are only remembered for one song that maybe broke into the top ten or even hit number one. For example, Gerry & The Pacemakers were a big part of the British invasion and charted numerous songs, but if you mention them to me the first and only one that pops into my mind is Ferry Cross The Mersey, great tune BTW. There's really no guidelines to this, make it what you will. Start diggin' there's plenty more out there.

                                                                                                           Think Green,

                                                                                                           J Dawg

If they charted other songs they have other hits.  Greg Kihn had a hit with "The Breakup Song" before Jeopardy even hit.  The Romantics had a hit with "Talking in Your Sleep" before "What I Like about You".  "What I Like about You" didn't break into the top ten.
You haven't heard or don't remember these songs but that doesn't mean they are a one hit wonder.

This is a great topic.  I just hope the criteria is met more with one-hit wonders than listing  established acts as one-hit wonders as this is misleading to the artist and the fans.

Come on, you 're sorta arguing against yourself. You made a good point stating that calling Free or Jimi Hendrix a one hit wonder is wrong (to which I assume everyone here will agree), but listing those artists here is not misleading to the artist OR the fans. Water seeks it's own level...if an artist/group made a name for themselves, then everybody knows it. If not, then maybe they really ARE one hit wonders.

I mentioned Jimi Hendrix in my first post "tongue in cheek", because I happened to see him high on a past list of one hit wonders. The criteria was an artist that only had one top 40 hit. Based on that, Jimi certainly qualified.
Does anybody anywhere ever have a hard time remembering who played All Along the Watchtower?? Or any other songs that artist performed? Of course not.

Nowhere in what I stated am I arguing against myself.  I made my point very clearly.

It is misleading to fans and to the artist.  Your minimizing the artist's music and are doing music fans a disservice by not differentiating between a band who had 1 big hit like Jimi as you referenced above and a band who is a 1 hit wonder, again wonder being the key. As with Free, giving that example as "All Right Now" fans may not look further into there music, writing them off as only a one hit wonder.  Alot of U.S. fans have no idea who Free is or who Paul Kossoff is. They have no idea the influence they had.

You just stated this:
Water seeks it's own level...if an artist/group made a name for themselves, then everybody knows it. If not, then maybe they really ARE one hit wonders. 

Free made a name for themselves, but not everybody knows it and there is no maybe about it, they are not a one-hit wonder.

Water seeks it's own level, not when you put it in a container. Then it seeks the container's level.  And putting established album-oriented bands as a one-hit wonder is just the wrong container.

"Holy Toledo"  -  Bill King   "Just Win Baby" - Al Davis  "The Autumn Wind" - Steve Sabol

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Tip toe thru the tulips   _   tiny tim

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A good list Dawg, except


ohiodawg13 wrote:

C'mon Feel The Noise...........Slade               Then Quiet Riot covered it and made a career out of it.

Slade had quite a few hits, infact they seem to release "Merry Christmas Everybody" each year!

Going back to Lizzy, they were an artist that toured the USA on an annual basis, so they still had a profile in the US, regardless of whether they had hits, so no wonder (what happened to them) involved.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J02fBoam-14
Ok, anyone remember how many times they played this album? smile

Don't peek if you are still guessing, but if you want to view lists, check this out.  I saw some of this show when it was on VH1.
http://www.gibnet.us/OneHitWonders.htm

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Too much to dream last night   -   Electric Prunes

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The purpose of a man is to love a woman...

The Game of Love - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

Rock On & Keep the FAITH
             It is
Blues From the Bottoms

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bigjeffjones wrote:

The purpose of a man is to love a woman...

The Game of Love - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

And the purpose of a woman is to love her man

The game of love, lu-ove, love, lu-ove, La-La-La-La-La love.

                                                                                               Hats Off To The FDOL,

                                                                                               J Dawg

What is success? Is it do yo' own thang, or is it to join the rest?   -Allen Toussaint

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The RiverCat^-^ wrote:
ohiodawg13 wrote:

In my mind a one hit wonder is a band that may have charted other songs, but down the road are only remembered for one song that maybe broke into the top ten or even hit number one. For example, Gerry & The Pacemakers were a big part of the British invasion and charted numerous songs, but if you mention them to me the first and only one that pops into my mind is Ferry Cross The Mersey, great tune BTW. There's really no guidelines to this, make it what you will. Start diggin' there's plenty more out there.

                                                                                                           Think Green,

                                                                                                           J Dawg

If they charted other songs they have other hits.  Greg Kihn had a hit with "The Breakup Song" before Jeopardy even hit.  The Romantics had a hit with "Talking in Your Sleep" before "What I Like about You".  "What I Like about You" didn't break into the top ten.
You haven't heard or don't remember these songs but that doesn't mean they are a one hit wonder.

This is a great topic.  I just hope the criteria is met more with one-hit wonders than listing  established acts as one-hit wonders as this is misleading to the artist and the fans.

When was the last time you heard Talking In Your Sleep? Thanks to Budwieser What I Like About You, which only charted to #48 became a rock anthem. I'm sure what Bud paid them bought a lot of skinny ties and Members Only jackets. Personally I dig that tune........HEY!

                                                                                        Still In The Crosshairs,

                                                                                        J Dawg

What is success? Is it do yo' own thang, or is it to join the rest?   -Allen Toussaint

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Nice one BJJ.

Duke, duke, duke, Duke of Earl, duke, duke, etc cool

RIP Iron Man

Rock On and keep the Faith

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" Mexican Radio "   -   Wall of Voodoo

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JBrules wrote:

" Mexican Radio "   -   Wall of Voodoo

You beat me to the punch on this one, and a great video to go with it.

                                                                                                Think Green,

                                                                                                J Dawg

What is success? Is it do yo' own thang, or is it to join the rest?   -Allen Toussaint

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Methinks Wikipedia has been hit by the Rev wink

never give up, never slow down
never grow old, never ever die young

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" One toke over the line ''    -   Brewer and Shipley

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ohiodawg13 wrote:
The RiverCat^-^ wrote:
ohiodawg13 wrote:

In my mind a one hit wonder is a band that may have charted other songs, but down the road are only remembered for one song that maybe broke into the top ten or even hit number one. For example, Gerry & The Pacemakers were a big part of the British invasion and charted numerous songs, but if you mention them to me the first and only one that pops into my mind is Ferry Cross The Mersey, great tune BTW. There's really no guidelines to this, make it what you will. Start diggin' there's plenty more out there.

                                                                                                           Think Green,

                                                                                                           J Dawg

If they charted other songs they have other hits.  Greg Kihn had a hit with "The Breakup Song" before Jeopardy even hit.  The Romantics had a hit with "Talking in Your Sleep" before "What I Like about You".  "What I Like about You" didn't break into the top ten.
You haven't heard or don't remember these songs but that doesn't mean they are a one hit wonder.

This is a great topic.  I just hope the criteria is met more with one-hit wonders than listing  established acts as one-hit wonders as this is misleading to the artist and the fans.

When was the last time you heard Talking In Your Sleep? Thanks to Budwieser What I Like About You, which only charted to #48 became a rock anthem. I'm sure what Bud paid them bought a lot of skinny ties and Members Only jackets. Personally I dig that tune........HEY!

                                                                                        Still In The Crosshairs,

                                                                                        J Dawg

The last time a few weeks ago.  But I first heard it before "What I Like about You".  Romantics not a one-hit wonder.

"Holy Toledo"  -  Bill King   "Just Win Baby" - Al Davis  "The Autumn Wind" - Steve Sabol