One Hit Wonders

[Targ]

And another

[RotelliCaster]

Originally Posted by Targ

And another

With their outstanding work in this video maybe they all went on to become dancers! The guitarist makes not one, but two, death defying stage jumps!!!

[Skully]

"Turning Japanese" by The Vapors! The album that one hit comes from ("New Clear Days") is one of my favorites. You can get it with the second album ("Magnets," also very good) on a two-fer CD titled "Vaporized."

[jz63]

I've always loved ...
'1-2-3' by Len Barry
'Worst That Could Happen' by the Brooklyn Bridge
'Born A Woman' by Sandy Posey
'Paralyzed' by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy

[DustyJr]

Anyone remember "Switchin to Glide" by The Kings? Good tune.

[-PickupTruck-]

Originally Posted by Tim73

Fire - Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Wow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8

Love the little go-go style dancing he does after taking off the fire hat.

[Frank B]

Ah... arthur brown. Mr Keith Emerson's on keyboard btw.

I think King Diamond's his illegitimate son.
Brown


King

[David Barnett]

[stevieboy]

Originally Posted by Dr. T

How about: "Tighten Up," by Archie Bell and the Drells?

Unless, of course, they charted a bunch of No. Ones over in the UK...

I was gonna say Tighten Up, til I saw you got there first.

I used to get to Austin fairly regulary, decades after Tighten Up, and I'd always go to Antone's Records. (Still do, but not as often.) Anyway, in their used CD section for at least a couple of years they had a copy of Archie and Bell and the Drells Greatest Hits--and Tighten Up wasn't on it!

[Fendrcaster]

Lorne Greene - Ringo
Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through the Tulips

[Big Lug]

I really like Blues Image's "Ride Captain Ride."

and...

Keith: 98.6
Marmalade: Reflections of my Life
Thunderclap Newman: Something in the Air
Flying Machine: Smile a Little Smile for Me
Tee Set: Ma Belle Ami

And who can forget Fever Tree's "San Francisco Girls." Gotta love that fuzz guitar.

Oh stop it. I'm getting nostalgic.

[martin82]

Black Velevet - Alannah Myles
Journey to the Center of the Mind - Amboy Dukes
Bend Me, Shape Me - American Breed
L.A. Song - Beth Hart
We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet - Blues Magoos
Mountain of Love - Bobby G. Rice
I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Drive
Lady in Red - Chris DeBerg
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
Come On eileen - Dixie's Midnight Raiders
Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Signs - Five Man Electric Band
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Vehicle - Ides of March
Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest
Brandy - Looking Glass
Suavacito - Malo
Hang on Sloopy - McCoys
Groovy Kind of Love - Mindbenders

[sean79]

Maybe not a "big hit," but it got a lot of MTV play back in the late 80s...
Don't Dog Me by Raging Slab
Lots of slide guitar in some of their stuff.

[ralphie]

Little Black Egg by the Nightcrawlers:

[Just-Jim]

"Turning Japanese" by The Vapors! The album that one hit comes from ("New Clear Days") is one of my favorites. You can get it with the second album ("Magnets," also very good) on a two-fer CD titled "Vaporized."

Agreed. New Clear Days was an 8-track I wore the heck out of and I did not even like Turning Japanese after hearing the rest of it. I also liked Magnets, but it was definitely a change from the first album. I still listen to both of them from time to time.

[freddie]

'Shake it' Ian Matthews
'Angel Baby' Toby Beau

1978???????

Cool songs,

freddie

[Just-Jim]

Had to add a couple...

Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
Who's Behing The Door - Zebra

Early MTV era.

[HoodieMcFoodie]

Originally Posted by endzone

The Sherbs- I Have The Skill

The Sherbs aka Sherbet were massive here from about '72 through to about '78 or so with a string of top 10 and #1 hits. They were very big with teenaged girls, but actually had some good songs.

They were also derogatively referred to as "Daryl Bathwater and the Fizz Tops"

Someone else also mentioned Dragon. They were actually from New Zealand, but we'll claim them as our own (hell we'll even claim Russell Crowe, we have no pride). They (Dragon, not Russell) had a sting of big hits here as well, the biggest being "April Sun In Cuba"



Rotelicaster mentioned Billy Thorpe. His biggest hit here was "Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy...

[HoodieMcFoodie]

Originally Posted by pengipete

A prime example of One Hit Wonders with dozens of hits is my fave band Status Quo.

Fear not, brother pengipete. Quo are fairly well known here in Oz, they had a few big hits here, "Down Down", "Rockin' All Over The World" and "Roll Over Lay Down" spring to mind.

It's funny that people mention Golden Earring. They've released something like 25-30 albums and are still together and still recording with (I think) their original line-up.

Maybe some of our Dutch brothers can bring us up to speed.

I guess there will always be bands that are massive in our own countries but unheard of overseas. Down here *no-one* has heard of Journey, believe it or not. You guys missed out on Cold Chisel.

[Hockey Rocker]

Wow. Nice list. I just read all the pages and I don't think anyone mentioned what I consider the quintessential one hit wonder; MacArthur Park by Richard Harris. It hit again in the Disco era, Donna Summer, I believe, but the Harris version is epic.

There are so many good ones already listed, but I also like Dean Friedman's Ariel, Johnny Bristol's Hang on in There Baby and Hurricane Smith's Oh Babe, What Would You Say?

[Nighthawk]

"Liar Liar" The Castaways.

[teleweezel]

My personal favorite is "Groovy Grubworm" by Harlow Wilcox and the Oakies

Scott 'teleweezel' Manery

[castpolymer]

I may take a lot of abuse for this, but Rupert Holmes " Pina Colada Song."

[byrdbrain]

Anyone mention these guys yet?

I think the Korgis had another sniff at the charts, but no real hit.

[David Barnett]

Speaking of Aussies: