OT: National One Hit Wonder Day

[ClifSpliffy]

 

[Hoops66]

One is enough. Although it's kind of cute?

 

[ClifSpliffy]

 

[Hoops66]

It's truly hard to believe it was over 50 years ago! BTW it's Sgt. Barry Sadler singing.

 

[Waquoit]

Have heard this at many sporting events, hope to as well in the (hopefully near) future!
By "Steam". Betcha didn`t know dat.

Bet you didn't know "Steam" was from Connecticut, sort of. Here's a great essay about the song.

 

[Aluminny69]

This guy was the king of one hit wonders


Tony Burrows - Wikipedia


Later, Burrows sang the lead vocals on several other one-hit wonder songs under different group names, Edison Lighthouse’s “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)” (February 1970); White Plains’ “My Baby Loves Lovin’” (March 1970); The Pipkins’ novelty song “Gimme Dat Ding” (April 1970); and The First Class’ “Beach Baby” (July 1974). He also sang lead vocals on The Brotherhood of Man’s “United We Stand”, which reached #10 on the UK charts and also reached #13 in the U.S.

 

[Aluminny69]

I saw these guys live when I was at UConn. I think the concert was $2, at Jorgesen Auditorium. They did have other releases, but none were nearly as big as this:

 

[ClifSpliffy]

 

[Aluminny69]

One of the prettiest songs of the sixties

 

[Scud49]

1962 - Chubby Checker - The Twist

Chubby had another good hit though - "Let's Twist Again" which charted at #3 in the US:

Let's Twist Again - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Waquoit]

My favorite 1-hit wonder changes over time. It was "Beach Baby" and "Float On" for a time. Now it's:

 

[Aluminny69]

Men without Hats/Safety Dance

Speaking of Dance Songs, how could we forget the most annoying Dance Song Ever!

 

[Mdoggie]

Well since they didn’t actually sing the song, did they “really” have a hit? Hmmmm

 

[Waquoit]

Well since they didn’t actually sing the song, did they “really” have a hit? Hmmmm

Plus the fact that they had more than one hit.

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[ClifSpliffy]

'killin ur brain like a poisonous mushroom'

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[Aluminny69]

This video is the first time I have ever seen this group!

 

[Aluminny69]

Who remembers Shindig for the Sixties?

 

[ClifSpliffy]

outrageous. never heard it before. fun tune.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Laura Branigan's Gloria. 36 weeks on the charts. Hugely popular.



That is debatable, because her recording of Self Control hit number 1 in Canada and the UK. Laura Branigan - Self Control [Official Music Video]

 

[Bigboote]

Judy in Disguise:

 

[Bigboote]

I'm not a fan of this song, but really liked Alan O'Day, who wrote songs like Angie Baby and Easy Evil. I bought his first album from a cutout bin in about 1975 and love it. I can't find it anywhere, but have ripped the album to CD.

 

[EricSD]

One is enough. Although it's kind of cute?

One hit wonder? She sang it in English - 99 Red Balloons - so is that 2 hits?

 

[EricSD]

I saw these guys live when I was at UConn. I think the concert was $2, at Jorgesen Auditorium. They did have other releases, but none were nearly as big as this:

One of my all time favorite oldies. It's just such a fun happy song.

 

[Aluminny69]

One of my all time favorite oldies. It's just such a fun happy song.

"Red Rubber Ball" was written by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers. More history here:

Red Rubber Ball

 

[MilfordHusky]

My favorite 1-hit wonder changes over time. It was "Beach Baby" and "Float On" for a time. Now it's:

This is perhaps the classic OHW. It still gets a lot of play today.

 

[MilfordHusky]

 

[MilfordHusky]

These guys actually had 2 hits, but they are fun, so I hope it's ok to include them.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Did these guys have more than 1 hit? BYW, that's a young Max Weinberg on the drums.