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Original message:420 days 22 hours 59 minutes ago

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Member: Johnny

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we are all familiar with "one hit wonders". i can think of a few that were really good songs and it puzzles me as to why the band responsible for it never had another hit. some of them were obviously talented and capable of producing several hits, but for whatever reason they didnt. the ones that come to mind for me are:

cover of the rolling stone - dr hook
keep your hands to yourself - georgia sattelites
all right now - free

which ones stand out for you?

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Reply:420 days 22 hours 41 minutes ago
Member: bradZILLA

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the thing that immediately comes to mind is "i like big butts" - sir mixalot

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Reply:420 days 20 hours 14 minutes ago
Member: duane

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In some cases it's bad management or band break ups ( free, moby grape (classic example), etc) the "usual" causes.

Omaha (love that song to this day).

In others the "one hit" was the art of right place right time and not because of the player, etc (Knack, etc).

Reply:420 days 18 hours 27 minutes ago
Member: johnny cox

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The one that comes to mind with me is Jenny from Tommy Tutone (867-5309). It was big when I was in high school.

And as for Free and "All Right Now", they evolved into Bad Company and had a few more hits.

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Reply:420 days 4 hours 23 minutes ago
Member: dcunning30

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Free had a really good tune called "Love is like Oxygen"
Greg Ginn Band - The Breakup Song (they don't write like that anymore)
The Knack - My Sharona
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Faith No More - Epic
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Gary Neuman - Cars

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Reply:420 days 3 hours 26 minutes ago
Member: duane

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"The Vapors - Turning Japanese "

You know.. I was going to say that but I didn't know who (if anyone) would have known it.

Kinda like "Future's so bright (I gotta wear shades)"

Reply:420 days 3 hours 17 minutes ago
Member: Xarkzila

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Have to disagree on Dr. Hook. Sylvia's Mother was a hit for them as well. ("Lookin' For Pussy," was not.) Most of what they performed they didn't write in the first place. About 99% of their songs were written by Shel Silverstein, (including "Cover of the Rolling Stone.")

Zager & Evans - 2525
Don McLean - (OK, so he was a 2 hit wonder...) "American Pie" and "Vincent"

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Reply:420 days 1 hours 56 minutes ago
Member: dcunning30

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2525, that's a really good tune. I downloaded it from walmart.com. Last night, I was watch one of those Time-Life infomercials for their Hippie music CDs. Thet has a short video clip of Zager and Evans playing it.

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Reply:419 days 7 hours 16 minutes ago
Member: gary landry

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Okay....how about these two gems from the 60's: a song called, I love you, by the People. (it's on youtube...check it out)
and the second is Pictures of Matchstick Men, by.....oh geez...I am forgetting who did it as I type it....must be all of those drugs from the 60's still having an impact.

Reply:419 days 4 hours 18 minutes ago
Member: Johnny

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JC, i was not aware that bad company derived from free. thanks for that info.

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Reply:418 days 9 hours 50 minutes ago
Member: johnny cox

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You should look them up on Wikipedia. There is some good info on there

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Reply:408 days 6 hours 1 minutes ago
Member: MizzLizzBeck

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One hit wonders...Mandy Moore "Candy"...I heard her do a blues-y version of it and it was WAY better than the original. The reason she hasn't had more hits is because she decided not to be like Britney Spears and all those other cookie cutter pop princesses and make music with substance. Mandy Moore is a surprisingly talented songwriter.

And......

Flock of Seagulls "I Ran"
Lipps, Inc. "Funkytown"
Devo "Whip It"
Dee-Lite "The Groove is in the Heart"
Billy Ray Cyrus "Achy Breaky Heart"
Luniz "I Got Five On It"

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Reply:408 days 5 hours 32 minutes ago
Member: dcunning30

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I wouldn't think DEVO would be a one-hit-wonder band. They had a bunch of popular tunes, Jocko-Homo (Are we not men, we are DEVO), and Girluwant to name a couple.

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Reply:408 days 5 hours 29 minutes ago
Member: dcunning30

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and as a bit of trivia regarding DEVO, the Mothersbaugh brothers went on to do the soundtrack for the Nick cartoons Rugrats.

.....more trivia, what very popular metal band did the soundtrack to one of the Spongebob Squarepants episodes?

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Reply:408 days 2 hours 44 minutes ago
Member: Ari Katz

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Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In the Sky
...amazing...he made this tremendous song and then basically disappeared off the face of the earth...

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