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Tonight while I am watching my UT (ultrasonic C-Scan) machine work a 4 hr. part, I started thinking of one hit wonders. Thought about compileing a good play list / CD for the road.
I looked up the obvious ones from the net, but wandered around work asking people to name the first one to come to mind.
Here is what I have so far:
Children of the Sun- Billy Thorp
Ah Leigh – Donnie Iris
Hey song - Garry Glitter
Jenny – Tommy tu tone
Chevy Van – Sammy Johns
Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
I Ran – A Flock Of Seagulls
Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band
Sugar Sugar – The Archie’s
Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
The Night the Lights went out in Ga. – Vickie Larance
Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
Um Bop - The Hansons
Steal my Sunshine – LEN
Boots – Nancy Sinatra
how many hounreds am I not remembering?
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Mungo Jerry, "In the Summertime"
The Troggs, "Wild Thing"
Jimmy Castor, "Troglodyte"
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"Disco Duck" by Rick Dees... sad that THAT'S the first one that pops into my mind! 
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Don't give up on us - David Soul
Heartbeat - the geezer in Miami Vice
Shannon - Henry Goss
Gary Glitter had a string of hits in the 70's in the UK.
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Gary Glitter had a string of hits in the 70's in the UK.
As did the Troggs in the '60s.
Since I'm a bit older than many of the members, I confess to knowing only a few of those 1-hit wonders listed above. Here are some from a pair of CDs I have on the Rhino label called One-Hit Wonders of the Sixties:
I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight - Barry and the Tamerlanes
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - The Casinos
Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' - Crazy Elephant
Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead - The Fifth Estate
The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz & and Astrud Gilberto
Let It Out - The Hombres
Everlasting Love - Robert Knight (great song, BTW)
The Cheater - Bob Kuban
Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys
Love Can Make You Happy - Mercy
Morning Girl - The Neon Philharmonic
(Meet Me at) Midnight Mary - Joey Powers
Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
The Stripper - David Rose Orch.
Angel Of The Morning - Merilee Rush & the Turnabouts (I like Juice Newton's better)
If You Wanna Be Happy For The Rest Of Your Life - Jimmy Soul (great advice!)
Expressway To Your Heart - Soul Survivors
Cast Your Fate To The Wind - Sounds Orchestral
You Were On My Mind - We Five
Last Kiss - J Frank Wilson
More - Kai Winding & Orch. (from a surfing movie in the early 60's; great tune)
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mason williams-classical gas
quarterflash-harden my heart
wet willie-keep on smilin
fabulous t-birds-tuff enough
georiga satellites-keep your gland to yourself
blues magoos-we aint got nothin yet
velvet underground-im waiting for the man
zombies-tell her no
five man electrical band-signs
the fortunes-here comes that rainy day feelin
free-all right now
i will think of some more later but thats all i got for now.
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Baby Got Back--Sir Mix Alot
When I was traveling for work after the SWTF, the only thing I could find on TV to watch was a one-hit wonder countdown show on VH1. Should I start rattling them off? I just gave you #1.
Couple more from the top 10:
Tubthumping--chumbawumba
I'm Too Sexy--Right Said Fred
Ugh... the memory of those just purged the rest from my brain.
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Good selections of Big Band tunes there, Ed. However, I thought this thread was supposed to be about "One Hit Wonders"?! And thus, Sammy, Tommy and Spike all had quite a few hits back in the day, ya know.
And folks, I can't believe nobody as of yet has mentioned this one:
"Spirit In The Sky"-Norman Greenbaum
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Happiness is a warm gun - Beatles
One hit wonder?
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Happiness is a warm gun - Beatles
One hit wonder?
With a name like that who is gonna remember them anyway?? 
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Didn't the dude who sang "Radar Love" die right after making that song
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Didn't the dude who sang "Radar Love" die right after making that song
The group was "Golden Earring" and they had a couple of hits.
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BILLY THORP !!! I had that album (loved the cover art) and played that one song, children of the sun, until the stylus rendered the record to shreds (figurativly speaking of course)
Of cours there is the mighty hit wonders no one has ever heard of , Kim Mitchell & Max Webster....
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Good one's but the Zombie's had a few hits like "Time of the Season" and "She's not There". Check out their version of "Summertime" originally by Billie Holiday very good! but I regress.
How about "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo!!
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... Check out their version of "Summertime" originally by Billie Holiday very good!
Actually, George Gershwin but then again... who's counting, eh!
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The sad thing about some of those "one hit wonder" bands (especially the ones from the 80's) is that they shouldn't have been "one hit wonders". Sometimes, the hit they had was not the best song on their album, it just happened to be the song that the record company determined that would be the single that would be released for radio play.
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The sad thing about some of those "one hit wonder" bands (especially the ones from the 80's) is that they shouldn't have been "one hit wonders". Sometimes, the hit they had was not the best song on their album, it just happened to be the song that the record company determined that would be the single that would be released for radio play.
Some of the best artists never produced any "hits" on top 40 radio.
Many of those that produced the hits did their best work on early albums that never got any air play, the hits came later.
And Led Zep never released a single.The songs the radio played had to be taken from the album.
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Yeah, good point, Bill! (...in fact, that reminds me...I NEVER seem to hear ANY of Zamfir and his excellent pan flute music over the airwaves at all!!!)   
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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<And Led Zep never released a single.The songs the radio played had to be taken from the album.> Atlantic Records released around 11 Zep singles. I had a couple back then (and more now). Whole Lotta Love on a 7 incher had most of the Page bow/echoplex/screaming stuff edited out for AM radio play. FM radio was known for spinning album cuts. http://ledzeppelin.alexreisner.com/discography.html
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Yeah, I misstated  I meant that their biggest hit was never released as a single. Also (IMHO), their best songs were never hits.
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Ever heard of Bobby "Blue" Bland or Little Milton?
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If you're meaning 'Stairway...' you're right, it was never released as a single nor a lot of their other longer tracks. Probably promoted bigger LP sales.
Page did a trick early in their career of deliberately listing an incorrect track length to 'How Many More Times' of 3:30, correct length was 8:28. Knowing radio stations wouldn't play an eight minute song, he wrote the track time shorter to get airplay.
After Stairway, stations didn't have a problem with playing longer tracks. btw, the intro to that song is a direct lift from 'Taurus' by Spirit, whom they often went to see in concert according to the guitarist, Randy California. But, there were a lot of borrowed riffs by Zep. Not an uncommon thing for many bands.
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Ever heard of Bobby "Blue" Bland or Little Milton?
Sure! Two great blues R&B singers. I used to play Grits Ain't Groceries by Little Milton in a band (mainly due to Wet Willie's version i admit).
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Frank Zappa had a hit with Valley Girl,, probably the worst track he ever laid down.
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Thanks for all the input 
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