October-20th-2006, 04:12 PM
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Your favorite One-Hit Wonders
If you subscribe to XM radio, they have a station that's only available via the internet - channel 300 - dedicated to One-Hit Wonders. Here are some of my favorites:
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
House Of the Rising Sun- Frigid Pink
Whip it - Devo
Those Were The Days (My Friend) - Mary Hopkin
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur
They're Coming To Take Me Away - Napoleon IV
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October-20th-2006, 04:24 PM
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De harder dey come...
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Ride, Captain, Ride
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October-20th-2006, 04:29 PM
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Six decades
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Have a hard time putting Devo, which had a solid body of work, and Muldaur in the category of "one-hit wonders" like the others listed, although I understand why.
Anyway, soft spots for:
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" -- Edison Lighthouse
"Hocus Pocus" -- Focus
"Ride, Captain, Ride" -- Blues Image
"The Rapper" -- Jaggerz
"Are You Ready?" -- Pacific Gas & Electric
"One Tin Solider" -- Coven (Soul Asylum did a bang-up take on this live)
"Dancing in the Moonlight" -- King Harvest
"They Don't Know" -- Tracy Ullman
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October-20th-2006, 04:32 PM
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De harder dey come...
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October-20th-2006, 04:40 PM
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Baker Street
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October-20th-2006, 04:42 PM
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Six decades
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"Just Like Romeo and Juliet" -- Reflections
"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" -- Crazy Elephant
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October-20th-2006, 04:43 PM
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Unflappable
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Didn't (thelil) start a thread like this a couple years ago?
My personal favorite:
Every Mother's Son - Come On Down to My Boat, Baby
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October-20th-2006, 05:02 PM
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Game On
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Lies - The Knickerbockers
Double Shot of My Baby's Love - The Swinging Medallions
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October-20th-2006, 05:20 PM
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De harder dey come...
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Keep on Smilin'
Wet Willie
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October-20th-2006, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Coda
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
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If this is what I think it is, the very thought makes me homicidal. Right up there with the song after the Packers score.
Ace -- "How Long"
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October-20th-2006, 05:31 PM
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And Wet Willie had a couple great records.
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October-20th-2006, 05:36 PM
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Jon
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The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
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October-20th-2006, 05:49 PM
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banned
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Macarena
Rick Springfield
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October-20th-2006, 06:31 PM
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with a twist
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I Ran
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October-20th-2006, 06:34 PM
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with a twist
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October-20th-2006, 06:58 PM
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Sally Go Round the Roses - The Jaynetts
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October-20th-2006, 07:00 PM
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www.steveminkin.com
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Joe Henderson -- Snap Your Fingers
Charlie Gracie -- Butterfly
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October-20th-2006, 09:02 PM
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"Timothy" by the Buoys... the only pop song about cannibalism.
"Ride Captain Ride" by Blues Image, whose lead guitarist was Mike Pinera, also of Iron(InnaGaddadafrekkingVida) Butterfly. Mike is still an excellent musician.
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October-20th-2006, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Olewnick
Didn't (thelil) start a thread like this a couple years ago?
My personal favorite:
Every Mother's Son - Come On Down to My Boat, Baby
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Back in the day, the guy who managed EMS also managed a folk duo that I used to play bass for. He also managed The Music Explosion ("Little Bit Of Soul"), another one-hit wonder.
As for myself, I loved the Minneapolis-based Castaways, who had a hit with "Liar, Liar."
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October-20th-2006, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by David Gitin
Sally Go Round the Roses - The Jaynetts
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"Saddest thing in the whole wide world, see your baby with another girl..."
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October-20th-2006, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Captain Hate
Lies - The Knickerbockers
Double Shot of My Baby's Love - The Swinging Medallions
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If the Beatles had come from Parkchester Avenue in The Bronx, they would have sounded like The Knickerbockers.
The Swinging Medallions...what can you say? They made puking on your girlfriend's front lawn at 3 am cool... 
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October-20th-2006, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave
The Swinging Medallions...what can you say? They made puking on your girlfriend's front lawn at 3 am cool...
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These guys made it cool again entering the new millenium.
Can we forget about the things I said
When I was drunk
I didn't mean to call you that
I can't remember what was said or what you threw at me
Please tell me, please tell me Why
My car is in the front yard,
And I'm Sleeping with my clothes on
Came in through the window last night
And your gone
Gone
It's no suprise to me I am my own worst enemy
'Cause every now and then I kick the living shit out of me
The smoke alarm is going off,
And there's a cigarette Still burning,
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October-20th-2006, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by stonemonkts
I Ran
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KILLER fucking tune!!!
And here I thought I was the only one who thought so.
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October-21st-2006, 12:13 AM
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Just be frank
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Count V - "Psychotic Reaction"
The "Nuggets" box is full of one-hitters, BTW.
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October-21st-2006, 12:22 AM
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dirty antipodal jackalope
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Originally Posted by MRS
If this is what I think it is, the very thought makes me homicidal. Right up there with the song after the Packers score.
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That must be coz of over-familiarity, I guess. For me, Walking On Sunshine is a damn near perfect pop rock 'n' roll toon.
More faves:
William Truckaway - Bluegreens
Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining
Gail Garnett - Walk In The Sunshine
Verdell Smith - Tar And Cement
Sandy Posey - Single Girl
Crispian St Peters - Your Were on My Mind and Pied Piper (with Jimmy Page on guitar)
Best ever B side: The Small Faces - I'm Only Dreaming (flip of Itchyass Park)
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Last edited by kenny weir; October-21st-2006 at 12:42 AM.
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October-21st-2006, 03:32 PM
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Just be frank
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I don't think that Jeff Beck and Small Faces were "one hit wonders" (but I could be dreaming ...) 
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October-21st-2006, 05:00 PM
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Ah!!! Mr. Jelly!!!
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Originally Posted by David Gitin
Sally Go Round the Roses - The Jaynetts
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Perhaps the greatest of them all ...
Cheers,
Rob
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October-21st-2006, 10:02 PM
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Next year....
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Originally Posted by BFrank
Count V - "Psychotic Reaction"
The "Nuggets" box is full of one-hitters, BTW.
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What BFrank said.
And where is that guy, anyway...?
Last edited by GoodSpeak; October-21st-2006 at 10:03 PM.
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October-21st-2006, 10:17 PM
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Just be frank
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Originally Posted by GoodSpeak
What BFrank said.
And where is that guy, anyway...?
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NOT...........watching the Giants/Dodgers/Cubs in the World Series.
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