OT: National One Hit Wonder Day

[Aluminny69]

Sept. 25 is National One-Hit Wonder Day! A day where we can celebrate those songs that topped the charts but then their performers faded away from the music scene. What are some of your favorite one-hit wonders?

I'm going with an oldie:

 

[Scud49]

Gotta go with this gem:

 

[Mdoggie]

 

[Kaizen]

Debby Boone has this #1 song for 13 weeks in 1977, then ,,,,

 

[chrissaran]

Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain DareDevils Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band Magic - Pilot
Don't Give Up on Us - David Soul Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles
Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor

 

[Huskee11]

Have heard this at many sporting events, hope to as well in the (hopefully near) future!

By "Steam". Betcha didn`t know dat.

 

[bantamlaker]

Question Mark and the Mysterians had a #1 hit with their debut single 96 Tears in 1966. They released some other songs but never had much success again and I think they qualify as a one hit wonder.

 

[Hoops66]

Sorry for being redundant, one more time, so here again....

 

[Hoops66]

I'm not sure if this is a OHW but I can't think of anything else they did that was worth anything.

 

[EricLA]

Dexys Midnighth Runners - Come on Eileen. A GREAT song - loved it when i was in college. I never could understand half of what they were saying until websites like Lyrics.com were created.

 

[Dove]

LOL at the first 8 posts.

Lets reel this into kinda modern times...

 

[bbfanLA]

One of my favorite songs of the 80s, which is a one hit wonder, though, according to Billboard, it wasn’t officially a “hit.”

 

[BIGMAC]

And he I am thinking it is "National Lobstah Day "

 

[bramos]

I can name 4 OHW..Sylvia Hatchell 1994 UNC. Carolyn Peck 1999 Purdue. Brenda Frese 2006 Maryland. Gary Blair 2011 TA&M..any more?

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[Scud49]

Of course, we have this one:

 

[Scud49]

Bobby Fuller Four - Go go dancers with six guns - gotta love it:

 

[JordyG]

Hundred come to mind in this area. But why was this the first to pop into my mind? Now technically, he had three hits. But this is the cover I remember the most.

 

[Sonny44]

 

[Boreifs]

Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana. Composed it in 18 days to make an entry deadline for a one-act opera contest, but never wrote anything of any significance afterwards. It remains one of every opera buff’s favorites, with the orchestral interlude regularly winning favorite melody contests.

 

[Jingo]

1955 - The Penguins - Earth Angel

 

[Jingo]

1962 - Chubby Checker - The Twist

 

[Tonyc]

 

[Golden Husky]

"Take Me Back to Sorrento," written by Ernesto Dequista, 1898 (according to Ralph Kramden and confirmed by Mrs. Manicotti)

 

[TerpWomenFan]

This my first choice.