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Re: One Hit Wonders
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 10:17 am
by Deuce Bigolo
What...the band 'fat Mattress'...had a hit with 'On planet earth I assume'
in 1969
Well I never
chuck
B...OZ
Re: One Hit Wonders
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 10:19 am
by steve56
Deuce Bigolo wrote:
> Naturally
>
> On Planet earth I assume
>
> cheers . not quite,naturally was fat matress,planet earth was duran duran.
> B....OZ
Re: One Hit Wonders
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 10:20 am
by steve56
magoo wrote:
> We all remember one hit wonders. Often more so than more
> "worthy" music.
>
> So lets have a thread on favourite or least favourite one hit
> wonders.
>
> I will kick the ball off by saying the names "Mungo Jerry" and
> "The Wee Papa Girl Rappas" oh and just for Deuce "Morris Minor
> and The Majors"!
>
> Music Intellectuals need not apply! Fuck off! anybody recall TOE FAT?
Re: One Hit Wonders - twice?
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:24 pm
by The Last Word
John Otway?
1977: Cor Baby, That's Really Free
2002: Bunsen Burner (terrific - BTW)
(also Norman Greenbaum of Spirit in the Sky OHW fame had another hit with The Eggplant that Ate Chicago under the pseudonym Dr. West's Junk Show and Medicine Band.)
I'm sure there's more...
Re: One Hit Wonders
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:30 pm
by Ace
Lately 2 classics were 'Breakfast at Tiffanys', and Bruce Hornsby and The Range's 'Thats the way it is'
Brilliant examples of one hit wonders
Re: One Hit Wonders
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:34 pm
by Pervert
Jonathan King made a career out of one-hit wonders. In varying guises, he released Johnny Reggae, Leap Up And Down With Your Knickers, Hooked On A Feeling, Una Paloma Blanca among others.
Re: One Hit Wonders
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:37 pm
by middle_aged_dutchman
The first three that come into my mind are:
* Twice as much, Sitting on a fence
* Peter Sarstedt, Where do you go to
* Hedgehoppers Anonymous, It's good news week!
Re: One Hit Wonders
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:38 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
Along similar lines
Adrian Gurvitz-Gonna write a Classic
Gerry Raferty - Baker street
Class singles not popular crap
cheers
B....OZ
Re: Gerry Rafferty
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:42 pm
by Ace
Not exactly a one-hit wonder Buttsie, he followed up Baker Street with 'Night Owl' and don't DARE forget that excellent song of his that can only be played slicing someones ear off too, 'Stuck in the Middle' by Steelers Wheel (Rafferty's first band- which he penned and sang) made famous in Resevoir Dogs
Re: Gerry Rafferty
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:58 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
One hit wonder to me
Never heard either of those other 2 songs obviously never made it out of britain or to Oz
cheers
B....OZ