Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder

Bluenose. I often ask the same question. Is music less fun, or are we less fun? It's tough to figure. I honestly think that the stuff from the 50/60/70 era was better stuff. There were so many different influences back then. Just think about the influence of Motown alone.

Blues Image, "Ride Captain Ride" For some reason, that really struck me as a teenager.

Actually, I'd put several in front of that, but they've been mentioned -- Green Eyed Lady, 96 Tears & Spirit in the Sky at the forefront.

By the way, the Mountain Climbing album is an excellent group of songs (e.g., Theme for an Imaginary Western written by Jack Bruce) so even though they only had one big hit (Roll Over Beethoven was a smaller one perhaps), they had one of the 50 best albums made in rock, IMO.

Also, I heard an interview with the guy who wrote "This Diamond Ring" (can't remember the name) and his vision for that was very bluesy/R&B. To this day, he hates the pop rendition. He has a version of his own which is very good, but I love the pop one.

I posted one trying in vain to follow the "rules" but here goes a few more...

Gerry Doucet "Mama Let that Boy Play Some Rock 'n Roll"

Trooper "Two for the Show"

Eddy and the Cruisers "Dark Side"

Stevie Wright "Evie" hmmm, dunno I have the spelling right on the artist or song. Oh well...

Don McLean "American Pie"

Murray Head "Say it Ain't So"

Queensryche "Silent Lucidity"

There are dozens more and I know some of you will disagree that these bands were one-hit wonders, but to my aged ears this is the short list that came to mind. Cheers, Jeff

Of course, most of these probably had a career in the UK - some no doubt a good career - but I think these bands only hit the US charts once with decent songs in the late 70's/80's:

The Corgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down (although perhaps hit later with "Looking for Atlantis")
Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
Ultravox/Midge Ure - Reap The Wild Wind
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good

It seemed like several disco/soul acts seemed to have only one hit ... Of course, at the time I wasn't exactly following the charts. Still - I don't remember many acts that hit multiple times - Chic, Tavares, Donna Summer, KC - any others???

Odysses (sp?) - Native New Yorker
Anita Ward? - You Can Ring My Bell
Minnie Ripperton - Loving You
Rose Royce - Car Wash
Merrie Wilson? - Telephone Man

One hit balladeers of the 70's include -
Kenny someone or other - I Like Dreaming ('cos dreaming can make you mine)
David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us, Baby

reg

The old saying, "You made your bed, now lie in it" is holding true.

I can't get this fucking Till Tuesday song out of my head!

They weren't kidding. Voice DO Carry. I was humming it last night while listening to the Thelma Houston that Vayasteve reminded me of.

I'm losing it.