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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: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks, Kathy. I love it here--y'all do such a great job for the troops and vets that I want to re-up!

Great thread tonight, all of you. Ping me the next time "oldies" comes up--most of my CD collection is pre-1990, weighted heavily toward 60s...

581 posted on 08/13/2005 12:30:50 AM PDT by umbagi (Monthly donor [entry level])
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To: Trident/Delta
Welcome to the Canteen, Trident/Delta, where we honor our troops, our veterans, their families, and our allies every day. We are here 24(mostly)/7/365 to provide a place for our military to stop in, pull up a chair, and enjoy a joke, hear a song (requests taken), read some history, enjoy a cyber meal (no calories), hear about our families lives, join in the silliness, and just relax. Glad you enjoyed your visit. And thank you for your service to America.


582 posted on 08/13/2005 12:31:41 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Thanks for making my night.
Prayers and thanks for our troops serving at home and abroad. Would love to hear where they are and what they are doing (and listening to) next time.
Please put me on the music ping list.


583 posted on 08/13/2005 12:32:33 AM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: umbagi

I'm loading a couple "oldies" now.


584 posted on 08/13/2005 12:37:45 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; All

Pacific Ocean (Aug. 11, 2005) - Chief Warrant Officer Enrico Orfiguerra checks the radar screen in the pilothouse aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51), while standing as watch while underway for PANAMAX 2005. PANAMAX is a training exercise in defense of the Panama Canal involving 15 countries. The Panama Canal is critical to the free flow of trade and goods in the Western Hemisphere and the entire world. The region's economy and stability largely depend on the safe transport of several hundred million tons of cargo that transit through the canal every year. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza (RELEASED)

Jacksonville, Fla. (Aug. 10, 2005) - Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Anthony Versage, right, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Ramon Diaz replace a main landing gear tire on one of their squadron's P-3C Orion aircraft. Versage and Diaz are assigned to the "Mad Foxes" of Patrol Squadron Five (VP-5). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Susan Cornell (RELEASED)

Cherry Point, N.C. (Aug. 8, 2005) - U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aircraft Group Sixteen (MAG-16), off-load a Navy MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter from an Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport on board Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Three MH-53 Sea Dragons have been removed from the nation's war reserve, or "bone yard," at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., for upgrading and reconfiguration at Naval Air Depot Cherry Point, before being returned for service in the fleet. Photo courtesy of Larry Conley (RELEASED)

Gulf of Mexico (Aug. 11, 2005) - Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Chris De Santiago and Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Jaime Rodriguez, assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15), power-up a MK-105 Magnetic Influence Minesweeping System during minesweeping operations in the Gulf of Mexico as part of PANAMAX 2005. PANAMAX is a training exercise in defense of the Panama Canal involving 15 countries. The Panama Canal is critical to the free flow of trade and goods in the Western Hemisphere and the entire world. The region's economy and stability largely depend on the safe transport of several hundred million tons of cargo that transit through the canal every year. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Pedro A. Rodriguez (RELEASED)

585 posted on 08/13/2005 12:38:41 AM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: The Sailor; MoJo2001

Thanks to The Sailor and the husbands of
Mags, Sharise, Mali, Debbie, Angie, and Amy for your part in keeping all of us safe and free.
Prayers for your safety and success of mission.


586 posted on 08/13/2005 12:39:02 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: laurenmarlowe

I love that song. I grew up listening to it. Thanks for posting it. I'm going to save it.


587 posted on 08/13/2005 12:41:41 AM PDT by beckysueb (God bless America and President Bush.)
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To: mabelkitty

Consider yourself added to the ping list. Thanks for helping honor our troops.


588 posted on 08/13/2005 12:42:34 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: BykrBayb

Thank you, Bill, for helping keep us free.
Prayers for your safety and success of mission.


589 posted on 08/13/2005 12:43:13 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; HiJinx; Radix; Spotsy; Diva Betsy Ross; ...



DJ SUNSHINE!

If you'd like to be added/removed from the Canteen Music Ping list,
please FReepmail MoJo2001 or Kathy In Alaska.
This is a HIGH VOLUME PING LIST!!
Please ping laurenmarlowe to any song requests on the thread!
Thank you!!

Genre: Celtic/Irish
Artist: The Chieftains featuring John Hiatt
Song: Jordan Am Hard Road To Travel


Sidenote:
One of MoJo's favorite songs of that persuasion!
Okay! Not nearly as good as Irish drinking songs, but close enough!
Lyrics below:

I'm gonna sing you a brand new song
It's all the truth for certain
We can't live high if we get by
And get on the other side of Jordan

Oh pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves
Jordan is a hard road to travel
Pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves
Jordan is a hard road to travel I believe.

The public schools and the highways
are causing quite an alarm
Get a country boy educated just a little
and he won't work on the farm

Now I don't know but I believe I'm right
the auto's ruined the country
Let's get back to the horse and buggy
and try to save some money.

I know a man an evangelist
his tabernacle's always full
The people come from miles around
just to hear him shoot the bull

You can talk about your evangelists
you can talk about Mr. Ford too
But Henry's shaking more hell out of the folks
than all the evangelists do.



***PLEASE ping laurenmarlowe to any requests on the thread***
Thank you!
 

590 posted on 08/13/2005 12:46:41 AM PDT by MoJo2001 (www.proudpatriots.org (Support Our Troops)....12)
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To: MoJo2001

I like this Jordan song. Thanks for the lyrics.


591 posted on 08/13/2005 12:50:39 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: Old Sarge

Thanks, Sarge, and The Kids, for your service to America.
Prayers for your safety and success of mission.

Temporary


592 posted on 08/13/2005 12:51:38 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Good morning everyone.


593 posted on 08/13/2005 12:56:53 AM PDT by Pusterfuss (You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right. LBJ)
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To: Laurita

Thanks, Laurita, for your service to America.
Prayers for your safety and success of mission.


594 posted on 08/13/2005 12:58:10 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: Pusterfuss
Good morning, Pusterfuss...do you have to work today?
595 posted on 08/13/2005 12:59:22 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: umbagi; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; MoJo2001; Fawnn; HiJinx; Radix; Spotsy; Diva Betsy Ross; ...

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

Rick Nelson ~ Hello Mary Lou

Mills Brothers ~ Up A Lazy River

Genre: Oldies

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

596 posted on 08/13/2005 1:06:08 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Good morning Kathy. As a matter of fact I do have to work today. You?


597 posted on 08/13/2005 1:06:16 AM PDT by Pusterfuss (You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right. LBJ)
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To: laurenmarlowe
Great pictures, lauren, of our troops at work.

A perfect fit!

Hmmmmmm.......

598 posted on 08/13/2005 1:11:51 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: Pusterfuss

I get Saturday and Sunday off. No getting up at 6am. Yippee!! I hope you get some days off. You are always up EARLY!!


599 posted on 08/13/2005 1:13:52 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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To: AbnSarge

Thank you, AbnSarge, for your service to America.
Prayers for your safety and success of mission.


600 posted on 08/13/2005 1:20:23 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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