Posted on 09/25/2018 2:15:33 PM PDT by heterosupremacist
On September 25, we turn up the volume to honor all the musical artists and that chart-topping song that makes them memorable. Its National One-Hit Wonder Day!
Listed below are just a few of the well-known one-hit wonders from days gone by:
Give us your best Freememories!
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Brandy by the Looking Glass.
Would that song be ok today in this politically correct era???
Brandy, you’re a fine girl, what a good wife you would be?
Really, would those lyrics pass muster today????
Key Largo, Bertie Higgins
Afternoon Delight
That wasn’t his only hit. Also had Thank You For Being A Friend
The theme from Beverly Hills Cop, by Harold Faltermeyer (sp??)
The Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide
One that comes to mind is Incense and Peppermint by Strawberry Alarm Clock.
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Nope, Wolly Bully was also a hit.
Disco Duck, by Rick Dees and his cast of idiots.
Do they qualify as an official music group???
The Rosemary/Rosemarie songs.
Smile a Little Smile for Me, Rosemarie
and
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
Winchester Cathedral, by The New Vaudeville Band, 1966.
“You’re Never Gonna See No Unicorn!”, Irish Rovers, 1966
Don’t Dream It’s Over” by Crowed House, 1984
Friday!,by Rebecca Black, 2011.
Venus - Shocking Blue
Ed King - guitarist for Strawberry Alarm Clock and later guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975 and 1987 to 1996 and the co-writer of the band’s iconic hit, “Sweet Home Alabama” died recently.
Oops! Ok
Harden My Heart, by Quarterflash, 1981.
Thunderclap Newman - Something In the Air
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