Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder

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.

Africa by Toto

Ozfly, Al Kooper wrote This Diamond Ring, he played on Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, formed The Blues Project and the original (and best) Blood, Sweat and Tears, and Super Session with Mike Bloomfield. The one hit wonder of This Diamond Ring was performed by Gary Lewis and The Playboys. Gary Lewis is the son of Jerry Lewis.

Other one hit wonders:
Fire—The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (they put on an amazing live show)
Dominique— The Singing Nun (I hated that song)
Eve of Destruction—Barry McGuire
Good Morning Britain—Aztec Camera
The Way—Fastball
Crazy—Icehouse (they had lots of hits in Austraila, but only one here)