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Post by chiyankee on Jan 2, 2024 13:01:28 GMT -5
How about the pop rock group Steam with “Na Na Na Na, Kiss Him Good Bye”? The play this song all the time at Guaranteed Rate Field on the southside of Chicago, usually when the visiting team's starting pitcher is being removed. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 13:01:41 GMT -5
One of my favorite movies of the 1990s was "That Thing You Do" about a one-hit wonder band allegedly based on the experience of a Washington DC band The Chartbusters who had a 1964 hit "She's The One." When making that film they turned 1990s Orange CA into 1960s Erie PA for the street scenes. The local merchants were pretty bitter about their lost revenue as filming dragged on beyond what they were promised. Great movie, that I actually watched the other night. I was thinking about "Spirit in the Sky", which someone mentioned. Here's a few others: "Wipe Out" - the Surfaris "Friday On My Mind" - The Easybeats "My Sharona" - the Knack "Melt With You" - Modern English More good ones. I think The Knack might have had another hit with "Good Girls Don't." Not sure if they were responsible for that. "Friday On My Mind" is definitely on my short list of favorites. Great pick on Modern English. "Wipe Out" is iconic. The flip side "Surfer Joe" got a little air time. I saw The Surfaris perform in LA once. They held a drawing before the show. If your name was picked you got to attempt the drummer's part with the actual band. Even I wasn't foolish enough to enter that one. The guy who won was horrible but appeared too drunk to care. The Surfaris were great guys and a lot of fun. Made it feel like a private party. Would "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats" qualify? Thomas Dolby "She Blinded Me With Science"? |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 13:05:06 GMT -5
Anyone here have a favorite one hit wonder? My favorite is Jenny by Tommy Tutone. Green Door is my favorite! He became a disk jockey on WNEW from NY with W. B. Williams back in the 60's! It was a Frank Sinatra type station! Jim Lowe! You're seriously dating yourself Jeep. "Hospitality's thin there." Don't be going all Julius LaRosa on us! You should know "Susie Darlin'" by Robin Luke and "This Time" by Troy Shondell. Too old for most of these youngsters. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 13:08:09 GMT -5
Now you're cooking Bob. Butterfield was a phenomenal band. Elvin Bishop was in the original Paul Butterfield Blues Band and then later he had a one hit wonder with this classic: Mickey Thomas, later of Jefferson Starship, did lead vocals on that. I'd love to stay and play some more but I need to scoot for now. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 2, 2024 13:19:06 GMT -5
Now you're cooking Bob. Butterfield was a phenomenal band. Elvin Bishop was in the original Paul Butterfield Blues Band and then later he had a one hit wonder with this classic: Voice for hire Mickey Thomas, later of Jefferson Starship, sang that. I think it was a throwaway song on an Elvin Bishop album. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 2, 2024 13:24:55 GMT -5
Another staple at sports events...
"Rock & Roll Part 2" - Gary Glitter
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Post by Max on Jan 2, 2024 13:48:02 GMT -5
Anyone here have a favorite one hit wonder? My favorite is Jenny by Tommy Tutone. Green Door is my favorite! He became a disk jockey on WNEW from NY with W. B. Williams back in the 60's! It was a Frank Sinatra type station! I know that radio station well. I always liked the theme song for that station. |
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Post by bigjeep on Jan 2, 2024 13:56:13 GMT -5
Green Door is my favorite! He became a disk jockey on WNEW from NY with W. B. Williams back in the 60's! It was a Frank Sinatra type station! Jim Lowe! You're seriously dating yourself Jeep. "Hospitality's thin there." Don't be going all Julius LaRosa on us! You should know "Susie Darlin'" by Robin Luke and "This Time" by Troy Shondell. Too old for most of these youngsters. Love Al Jolson! I was always a WABC Rock & Roll nut But my first job in 1964 they had the radio set on WNEW! I changed it to WABC and almost got fired!  So my music "taste" has changed slowly! Yes I am a Sinatra guy, big band and 1930's musicals! I also know all the 60's Rock & Roll when I was in the Army and have my favorites. I had my Zenith! 300-1 radio with me in my tent, battery powered! I'd post a picture, but it says my photos are to large! |
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Post by Max on Jan 2, 2024 14:01:49 GMT -5
Jim Lowe! You're seriously dating yourself Jeep. "Hospitality's thin there." Don't be going all Julius LaRosa on us! You should know "Susie Darlin'" by Robin Luke and "This Time" by Troy Shondell. Too old for most of these youngsters. Love Al Jolson! I was always a WABC Rock & Roll nut But my first job in 1964 they had the radio set on WNEW! I changed it to WABC and almost got fired! So my music "taste" has changed slowly! Yes I am a Sinatra guy, big band and 1930's musicals! I also know all the 60's Rock & Roll when I was in the Army and have my favorites. I had my Zenith! 300-1 radio with me in my tenet, battery powered! I'd post a picture, but it says my photos are to large! Al Jolson is a legend. I remember my uncle playing his records, I think of him immediately every time I hear an Al Jolson song. |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Jan 2, 2024 14:30:38 GMT -5
Great movie, that I actually watched the other night. I was thinking about "Spirit in the Sky", which someone mentioned. Here's a few others: "Wipe Out" - the Surfaris "Friday On My Mind" - The Easybeats "My Sharona" - the Knack "Melt With You" - Modern English More good ones. I think The Knack might have had another hit with "Good Girls Don't." Not sure if they were responsible for that. "Friday On My Mind" is definitely on my short list of favorites. Great pick on Modern English. "Wipe Out" is iconic. The flip side "Surfer Joe" got a little air time. I saw The Surfaris perform in LA once. They held a drawing before the show. If your name was picked you got to attempt the drummer's part with the actual band. Even I wasn't foolish enough to enter that one. The guy who won was horrible but appeared too drunk to care. The Surfaris were great guys and a lot of fun. Made it feel like a private party. Would "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats" qualify? Thomas Dolby "She Blinded Me With Science"? You are correct about "Good Girls Don't". That was actually a much better song than "My Sharona", IMO. "Safety Dance" and "She Blinded Me With Science" are 2 excellent choices! |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 2, 2024 14:37:35 GMT -5
"Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image
"Brandy" - Looking Glass
"Summertime Blues" - Blue Cheer
"In A Gadda Da Vida" - Iron Butterfly
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 15:41:30 GMT -5
More good ones. I think The Knack might have had another hit with "Good Girls Don't." Not sure if they were responsible for that. "Friday On My Mind" is definitely on my short list of favorites. Great pick on Modern English. "Wipe Out" is iconic. The flip side "Surfer Joe" got a little air time. I saw The Surfaris perform in LA once. They held a drawing before the show. If your name was picked you got to attempt the drummer's part with the actual band. Even I wasn't foolish enough to enter that one. The guy who won was horrible but appeared too drunk to care. The Surfaris were great guys and a lot of fun. Made it feel like a private party. Would "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats" qualify? Thomas Dolby "She Blinded Me With Science"? You are correct about "Good Girls Don't". That was actually a much better song than "My Sharona", IMO. "Safety Dance" and "She Blinded Me With Science" are 2 excellent choices! Bomber, another one from the early days of MTV who was a one-hit wonder was Martin Briley, who did "Salt In My Tears." That was a funny video in heavy rotation in the days of Martha Quinn and JJ Jackson and Nita Blackwood. Actually, Briley's mentor, Arthur Brown, was another one-hit wonder with "Fire." "I am the god of hellfire." Did The Vapors have any hits beyond "Turning Japanese?" Musical Youth "Pass The Dutchie" was a OHW in the US, although they had one or two others in the UK. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 15:53:05 GMT -5
"Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image "Brandy" - Looking Glass "Summertime Blues" - Blue Cheer "In A Gadda Da Vida" - Iron Butterfly Oh man, four outstanding, no doubt about it selections. Blue Cheer -- haha, I had their album "Vincebus Eruptum." Straight out of Spinal Tap. Early metal. There was a station around here that every year on the anniversary of its release date would play the 17-minute (or whatever it was) album cut of "In A Gadda Da Vida," complete with 11-minute drum solo. It made for a great bathroom break for the DJ. A few more from roughly that era would be Vanilla Fudge, led by Carmine Appice, covering "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and Frijid Pink's distorted guitar cover of "House Of The Rising Sun." The UK group Christie had a big hit with "Yellow River" but never went anywhere after that. Around that same time the Dutch group Tee Set had "Ma Belle Amie." A 1970 one-hit wonder was Hot Legs with "Neanderthal Man." The bulk of that group re-emerged a few years later as 10CC. Back in 1967, the Mojo Men had one hit with Stephen Stills' "Sit Down, I Think I Love You." Produced unlikely enough by Sly Stone. Blues Magoos "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet." Every Mother's Son "Come On Down To My Boat." There are probably more one-hit wonders than there are multiple-hit makers. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 2, 2024 16:11:47 GMT -5
Jim Lowe! You're seriously dating yourself Jeep. "Hospitality's thin there." Don't be going all Julius LaRosa on us! You should know "Susie Darlin'" by Robin Luke and "This Time" by Troy Shondell. Too old for most of these youngsters. Love Al Jolson! I was always a WABC Rock & Roll nut But my first job in 1964 they had the radio set on WNEW! I changed it to WABC and almost got fired! So my music "taste" has changed slowly! Yes I am a Sinatra guy, big band and 1930's musicals! I also know all the 60's Rock & Roll when I was in the Army and have my favorites. I had my Zenith! 300-1 radio with me in my tent, battery powered! I'd post a picture, but it says my photos are to large! Zenith made great radios. Man, you're really going back with Al Jolson. Husband of Ruby Keeler who was in all of those wonderful 1930s Busby Berkeley musicals with Dick Powell. If that's what you mean by 30s musicals, then count me in -- "Dames" and "Golddiggers of 1933" and "Footlight Parade." Tremendous productions. Also obviously the impeccable Astaire-Rogers films, especially "Top Hat" and "Flying Down To Rio" and "Swing Time." Great music, obviously great dancing. All of the above are among my favorite films ever. I had to get into my 40s before I could appreciate Sinatra. But I sure do now, especially his work with Nelson Riddle and his early stuff with Harry James and more so with Tommy Dorsey. I knew a lot of that stuff from my parents, but didn't get around to appreciating it until much later. By my twenties I already was enjoying Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington and later came to like progressive big bands like that of Stan Kenton. Even the 20s stuff -- Paul Whiteman, who recorded some great sides with Bing Crosby and Hoagy Carmichael, and also had Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, Bunny Berigan, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang and many other top notch musicians in his band. There's too much good music out there. Can't cram it all in! |
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Post by bigjeep on Jan 2, 2024 17:14:47 GMT -5
The Dorsey brothers were born and raised in Lansford Pa. just past Jim Thorpe! They played at Flag Staff high above Jim Thorpe along with many more! Its closed now. The "Lullaby of Broadway" is one of my favorite numbers with Dick Powell! He latter became a detective when the musicals got old!
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So my music "taste" has changed slowly! Yes I am a Sinatra guy, big band and 1930's musicals! I also know all the 60's Rock & Roll when I was in the Army and have my favorites. I had my Zenith! 300-1 radio with me in my tent, battery powered! I'd post a picture, but it says my photos are to large!