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FReeper Canteen ~ One Hit Wonders (Voter Thread) ~ Do You Have A Favorite? ~ 13AUG2005
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Posted on 08/12/2005 6:49:37 PM PDT by MoJo2001


 

 


One Hit Wonders
(Voter Thread)
 

Welcome To The Canteen Music Dedication!!
In our continued effort to bring music themes that you want, we continue this week with our Canteen voted thread of One Hit Wonders!

This list was compiled from various sources. Some of you may disagree with an artist showing up in our One Hit Wonders list, but that's okay. We're not here to state that we are the authority on such matters. We're here to enjoy some music from popular artist (although, not popular for long) of their respective music eras.

There are many artists/songs that are considered One Hit Wonders. However, we don't have all day and night to list them. We've gotta sleep now and again! Hehehe!

We enjoy feedback. If you have requests, please ping laurenmarlowe on the thread or via FReepmail.

As always, we greatly appreciate the opportunity to entertain our Troops, Veterans, and their family members.

Enjoy!



 

 

Artist Song Artist Song

Neneh Cherry
*Related to Don Cherry and Eagle Eye Cherry. This song is 1989. 80s Hip Hop/Dance
 
Buffalo Stance Betty Harris
*This song forces one to almost cry at how she sounds singing it.
Cry me a river comes to mind!
Cry To Me

Teddy Bears
*The Shirelles are probably better known for this song.
 
To Know Him Is To Love Him Barry Mann
*Song from 1961
Who Put The Bomp

The Voxpoppers
*From 1958
 
Wishing For Your Love Hollywood Argyles
*From 1960
Alley Oop

The Gentrys
*From 1965
 
Keep On Dancing Amboy Dukes
*From 1968
Journey To The Center Of The Mind

Leapy Lee
*From 1968
 
Little Arrows Four Jacks & A Jill
*From 1968
Master Jack

Terry Jacks
*1974
 
Seasons In The Sun Carl Douglas
*From 1974
Kung Fu Fighting

Rosie & The Originals
*From 1976
 
Angel Baby The Knack
*From 1979
My Sharona

Anita Ward
*From 1979
 
Ring My Bell The Buggles
*From 1979
Video Killed The Radio Star

Amii Stewart
*From 1979
 
Knock On Wood Rupert Holmes
*From 1980
Escape (Pina Colada Song)

Buckner & Garcia
 
Pac Man Fever Dexy's Midnight Runners Come On Eileen

The Divinyls
*This song was rereleased in the 1990s.
 
I Touch Myself Falco Rock Me Amadeus

Gary Numan
 
Cars
Greg Kihn Band
*MoJo likes Weird Al Yankovic's parody of this tune!
 
Jeopardy

Harold Faltermeyer
*No Crazy Frog version tonight! WooHoo!!
 
Axel F Johnny Hates Jazz Shattered Dreams

Johnny Kemp
*VH1 obviously forgot about his awesome "Birthday Suit" song, huh?
 
Just Got Paid
Lipps, Inc
*MoJo and sibs annoyed the parents on a family vacation with this song. Who knew parents were so touchy!
 
Funkytown

Matthew Wilder
*A very chippy and happy song!
 
Break My Stride Men Without Hats
*Who remembers the midget from the video?
Safety Dance

 

Artist Song Artist Song

Modern English
*MoJo could've sworn they had another hit, but VH1 thinks otherwise. Oh well! Anyone else remember Nicholas Cage in "Valley Girl" and this song?
 
Melt With You Murray Head One Night In Bangkok

Real Life
*There was a white horse a chick and that's all remember about the video to this song!
 
Send Me An Angel Rick Astley
*Who was lamer? Rick or his brother Jon? LOL!
Never Gonna Give You Up

Scritti Politti
*Another great song to annoy the parental units on a long road trip!
 
Perfect Way Soft Cell
*How MoJo misses the 80s! What a great song!
Tainted Love

T'Pau
 
Heart and Soul
Terrence Trent Darby
*Whatever happened to him?
 
Wishing Well

Thomas Dolby
*A song that makes almost every 80s collection.
 
She Blinded Me With Me Science
The Belle Stars
*Song made popular thanks to "Rain Man". Remember that movie?
Remake of the Dixie Cups!
 
Iko Iko

Timex Social Club
*This group was created from members of Club Noveau. Both groups experienced One Hit Wonders!
 
Rumors Tom Cochran Life Is A Highway

Tommy Shaw
*From Styx to Solo Artist to Damn Yankees with Ted Nugent
 
Girls With Guns Kajagoogoo
*Stunned that Big Apple wasn't considered a hit!
Too Shy

Trio
*Volkswagen commercial made this song a hit!
 
Da Da Da Wall Of Voodoo Mexican Radio

When In Rome
*What does MoJo remember about these guys? They were cute! Hehe!
 
The Promise
Yello
*Ferris Bueller's Day Off and this song! Oh YEAH!
 
OH YEAH

Alana Davis
*If you ever have a chance, listen to her entire CD. What an incredible voice and range!
 
32 Flavors Billie Meyers Kiss The Rain

Chumbawumba
*Um, very British! How about that?
 
Tubthumping
Del Amitri
*Um, MoJo thinks there was a shopping cart in this video. Maybe not!
 
Roll With Me

Des'ree
*Loved this song until they used it in Promos for "Good Morning America". Nothing like killing a song!
 
Gotta Be
Sir Mix A Lot
*This song caused great distress to the NOW chicks. Meanwhile, the rest of us loved it.
Old School Rap!
 
Baby Got Back

Right Said Fred
*These dudes were strange, but a bumping overplayed song!
 
I'm Too Sexy
Billy Ray Cyrus
*MoJo disagrees with VH1 on this one. After all, the song "Some Gave All" was awesome!
 
Achy Breaky Heart

Joe Public
*One of those songs MoJo was sleepwalking through in the 90s.
 
Live and Learn Lisa Loeb
*MoJo kind of disagrees with this one as well, but oh well!
Stay

Tag Team
*90s Hip Hop/Rap
 
Whoomp! There It Is Gabrielle Dreams

 

Artist Song Artist Song

Craig Mack
*Hip Hop/Rap
 
Flava In Ya Ear Ini Kamoze Here Comes The Hotstepper

Wynona Carr
*A MoJo favorite!
 
Til The Well Runs Dry
Jeannie C. Riley
 
Harper Valley P.T.A

Bobby *Boris* Pickett
*Great song to scare little kids during Halloween!
 
Monster Mash The Contours
*Loved this song in the movie "Dirty Dancing".
Do You Love Me

The Bobbettes
 
Mr. Lee
Essex
 
Easier Said Than Done

Hollywood Flames
*TexasCowboy made an awesome music for our Troops with this song!
 
Buzz Buzz Buzz Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs Sugar Shack

Duice
*Jessica Simpson would love this song!
 
Daisy Dukes
JJ Fad
*Love people that talk fast? You'll love this song!
Old School Rap/Hip Hop
 
Supersonic

Kid Frost
*Latino Hip Hop/Rap
 
La Raza
Master Ace
*hotstreak loved this video because they were at a car show. Hello?
 
Born To Roll

Quad City DJs
*Choo choo train!
90s Hip Hop/Rap
 
Come On Ride The Train Skee Lo
*Rap/Hip Hop
Very funny song!
I Wish

RuPaul
*Okay! MoJo loves this song!
 What can I say?
 
Supermodel The Ad Libs Boy From New York City

Sheb Wooley
 
Purple People Eater The Trashmen Surfin' Bird

The Verve
 
Bittersweet Symphony Til Tuesday Voices Carry

The Kingsmen
 
Louie Louie
Rockwell
*Michael Jackson sings back up.
 
Somebody's Watching Me

Shannon
 
Let The Music Play Tracey Ullman They Don't Know

Peter Shilling
*English version of this song
 
Major Tom Linear Sending All My Love

Vanilla Ice
*There is so much MoJo could say, but I won't.
 
Ice Ice Baby
DMob and Cathy Dennis
*MoJo guesses Diva Betsy Ross could really get down to this song! WooHoo!
 
C'Mon and Get My Love

 

Artist Song Artist Song

Mellow Man Ace
*Bilingual Rapper
 
Mentirosa
(That would be *liar* for the Spanish inept out there like Ma!)
Kyper Tic Tac Toe

Oran *Juice* Jones
*Old School Rap
 
Walking In The Rain Archies
*Hmm...
Sugar Sugar

Guy Mitchell
 
Singing The Blues J. Frank Wilson
*A sad Oldies song!
Last Kiss

Thurston Harris
 
Little Bitty Pretty One EMF Unbelievable

Faith No More
*Not For Ma or Kids
 
Epic
Gerardo
*He was nice to look at! Um, oh the song? Well, it was sort of nice. Hehe!
 
Rico Suave

K7
*Don't click Ma, ok?
 
Come Baby Come
No Mercy
*Another 90s group that was nice to look at! Hehe!
Where did they go?
 
Where Do You Go

Portrait
 
Here We Go Again The Castaways Liar Liar

Wilbert Harrison
*First heard this song in the 80s when Kansas City was hosting the basketball NCAA championships! It stuck with MoJo forever!
 
Kansas City C Note Wait Till I Get Home

 

 


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To: MoJo2001

Rubber Buscuit by The Chips.


21 posted on 08/12/2005 7:00:42 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: MoJo2001

DOA by Bloodrock


22 posted on 08/12/2005 7:01:32 PM PDT by FReepaholic (I'd rather hear a fat girl fart than a pretty boy sing.)
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To: MoJo2001

Thanks for today's thread!

PS lil mojo is a fan of DA BEARS!


23 posted on 08/12/2005 7:02:11 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (DA BEARS!)
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To: MoJo2001

"Yummy Yummy Yummy" comes to mind as does "I Saw The Sign"


24 posted on 08/12/2005 7:02:32 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Lil Mojo has been brainwashed in the worst way.
*HUGS*
Can't wait to see pictures of Tony! Are you excited? I'm excited for you!!
*HUGS*


25 posted on 08/12/2005 7:02:49 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (www.proudpatriots.org (Support Our Troops)....12)
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To: MoJo2001; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; HiJinx; Radix; Spotsy; ...

Canteen Music Requests!
Incoming!
(Please support the artists below!)
 
If you would like to be added/removed from the Canteen Music Ping List, please FReepmail MoJo2001 or Kathy In Alaska

Corrosion Of Conformity~Painted Smiling Faces

Green Day~Good Riddence

 
Sidenote:Alternative Rock
*** Please ping laurenmarlowe to any song requests made on the thread. Thank you! ***

26 posted on 08/12/2005 7:04:03 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: The Sailor; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; Blue Scourge; Cool Multiservice Soldier; ...




FYI : Look in upper right corner of "My Comments" page.
Set it for "Brief" instead of Full.
You only will get title of thread and who pinged you.
No graphics will load.

27 posted on 08/12/2005 7:04:08 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (DA BEARS!)
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To: MoJo2001

WOO HOO MoJo, awesome music thread!


28 posted on 08/12/2005 7:05:30 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; bentfeather; beachn4fun; Fawnn; StarCMC; MS.BEHAVIN; Bethbg79; ...
From the men in the Military and the Canteen


29 posted on 08/12/2005 7:05:41 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (DA BEARS!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub


30 posted on 08/12/2005 7:06:11 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: MoJo2001; All
Just Damn! Are you finished Mojo? Lol - you did good. Now that I've cropped my list of duplicate One Hit Wonders, I'm left with ... uh .... uh .... oh, here's one you missed (I hope):

The Little Black Egg
~ The Nightcrawlers ~




The Nightcrawlers were formed in Daytona Beach, FL, in the mid-'60s and along with the Birdwatchers and We the People, were one of the most regionally popular Florida rock groups of that era. They had a small hit, "The Little Black Egg," in the 1967 that's remembered for its cutesy folk-rock-cum-garage sound and its enigmatic lyrics. Although it only reached number 85 on the national charts, it made more of an impact than that low placing might reflect, since it was a regional hit in various parts of the country after it was recorded in 1965. Due to poor distribution it only made the national charts upon its third issue. The Nightcrawlers did a few more singles with their original lineup, which disbanded in mid-1966 with enough material for one LP on Kapp Records.

Principal songwriter Charlie Conlon did a couple of singles as leader of a different band called Conlon and the Nightcrawlers. Conlon's original material showed a Byrds/Beau Brummels influence in the folky guitar riffs, minor melodies, and introspective lyrics, but weren't nearly as skilled or developed as those groups were. Conlon left the band in spring 1966 and the Nightcrawlers broke up a few months later, although two of the members formed a different lineup of the Nightcrawlers that did one more single for Kapp, "My Butterfly." That 45 was Who-lite, not very similar to the old garage-folk-rock Nightcrawlers and in spite of that, was their best song other than "The Little Black Egg." They never recorded after 1967, but different lineups with the Nightcrawlers name continued to perform until 1970 on the strength of "Little Black Egg" ...
... the first guitar lick the ole' Drumbo Klown ever learned.




31 posted on 08/12/2005 7:06:33 PM PDT by Drumbo ("Of course I have an attitude, I spent my life beating things for a living." - Drumbo Thunder)
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32 posted on 08/12/2005 7:06:51 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (DA BEARS!)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Hi Diva!
I've got most of the songs requested loading right now.
*HUGS*
It's great to see you as always!!


33 posted on 08/12/2005 7:07:00 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (www.proudpatriots.org (Support Our Troops)....12)
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To: MoJo2001
This is not the best recording of this song, but it is a great old song that I think fits this thread ~ Billy Swann's .. I Can Help
34 posted on 08/12/2005 7:07:39 PM PDT by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
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To: MoJo2001
Acad’s favorite One-Hit-Wonder!

Smithereens - A Girl Like You

Support the artists you hear in the Canteen (buy their music)!

35 posted on 08/12/2005 7:08:52 PM PDT by acad1228 (Free The West Memphis Three!!!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; MoJo2001; Fawnn; HiJinx; Radix; Spotsy; Diva Betsy Ross; The Sailor; ...

DJ SUNSHINE!

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Canteen Music Requests
Incoming!
(Please support the artists below!)

If you would like to be added/removed from the
Canteen Music Ping List, please
FReepmail MoJo2001 or Kathy In Alaska

Black Watch ~ Daily Parade Calls

Black Watch ~ The Piper's WElcome

Genre: Bagpipes! Yippee!!

*** Please ping laurenmarlowe to any song requests
made on the thread. Thank you! ***

36 posted on 08/12/2005 7:08:58 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: MoJo2001

Was "Spirit in the Sky' a 1 hit wonder?

My dad says that's the song he wants played at his funeral.


37 posted on 08/12/2005 7:10:05 PM PDT by NYTexan
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To: MoJo2001

Great theme, Mojo! How fun to try to think of one. My hubby came up with "Sea of Love" but he can't remember the artists name except Phil (?) ......


38 posted on 08/12/2005 7:10:16 PM PDT by luvie (A BAD DAY FOR THE DIMS IS A GOOD DAY FOR THE COUNTRY!!!!!! GO BOLTON-CLEAN HOUSE AT THE UN!!! :o))
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Awww....cute lil flowers Tonkin! Thanks men in the Military and the Canteen! *Hugs*


39 posted on 08/12/2005 7:10:28 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: LUV W

Sea of love is from The Honeydrippers! If it's from the 80s, that's the group!!
*HUGS*


40 posted on 08/12/2005 7:11:12 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (www.proudpatriots.org (Support Our Troops)....12)
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