12-26-2006, 07:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Winter's Claw:
My fave one-hit-wonders:
The Beatles--"Please Please Me": They had one hit and then disappeared forever. I wonder what happened to these guys.
Elvis Presley--"Heartbreak Hotel": Huge hit in 1956. This Presley fellow never had another hit and, as I understand it, spent the rest of his life shooting televisions.
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very droll W-C.You could have added Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" a one hit wonder by a
breakaway group from Bob Dylan's The Band calling themselves The Rolling Stones, I wonder what they look like as they come up for UK bus passes. I bet that Keith Richards fellow still looks like a teenager and his side kick, the Irishman Mick, is still swaggering around!!
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12-26-2006, 09:31 PM
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#102
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John,
I was going to mention the Rolling Stones also, but I couldn't remember what their first (oops, I mean ONLY) hit was. Yes, the Stones were a great one-hit-wonder band!
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12-30-2006, 03:08 AM
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#103
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My all-time favorite song, Everlasting Love by Robert Knight.
Storm Warning by The Volcanos
As mentioned earlier, My Maria by B.W. Stevenson
I have a bunch of my parents' old 45's that I used to play alot when I was little. Some great titles & singers.
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12-30-2006, 03:23 AM
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#104
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fezo's Concrete & Clay reminded me of one, not sure if it was mentioned already and can't remember the exact title, something like Mud & Cement, but I think the Mud part is wrong. It's sung by a woman & I think it may have been her only hit. Came out in the late 60's.
Ok, just remembered & googled it, it was Tar & Cement.
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10-10-2008, 11:09 PM
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Re: The BEST one hit wonders
someone asked where is B.W. Stevenson now. He passed away in 1988. B.W. Stevenson co-wrote My Maria and was a Texas artist who hung around Austin, Texas quite a bit.
http://www.oldies.com/artist-songs/BW-Stevenson.html
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10-11-2008, 10:27 AM
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Re: The BEST one hit wonders
i frequent a restaurant run by the former lead male singer of the Bells...I consider their duet, (I think I'm gonna) Stay A While their only hit...I know some who find the gal's voice a bit over-whispery...anyhow, I still like the simplicity and laid back groove and most of all, the cheesiness  ...perhaps this only got Canadian airplay
Last edited by jj; 10-11-2008 at 10:29 AM.
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10-11-2008, 08:57 PM
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Re: The BEST one hit wonders
aussie one hit wonder from 1980... Joe Dolce - Shaddap you face!
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10-12-2008, 08:59 AM
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Re: The BEST one hit wonders
Shaddap you face !
I remember this one very well, it had been a while since I heard it tho...
Thanks joveski !
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10-12-2008, 09:03 AM
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Re: The BEST one hit wonders
This one from Tee Set/1969 !
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10-13-2008, 07:45 AM
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Re: The BEST one hit wonders
Definately my sharona stands out for me. HAHAHAHA disco duck....i think my sister still has the record to this day. What about saturday night by the bay city rollers?
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10-13-2008, 08:37 AM
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Re: The BEST one hit wonders
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10-13-2008, 08:38 AM
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Re: The BEST one hit wonders
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