One Hit Wonder Day

[LuvMyQuad]

Maybe a little cannibalism?



Or maybe some Gangster tales?

 

[4_everyman]

People, I am just -ing this thread!

 

[IMachine]

A-ha!
How could I not list this one!:

A-HA had several hits in Europe.
Hunting High And Low is another one.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

Sanborn was everywhere back then!

Oh yeah...

I never understood the accent Curry used for that song.... but for some reason, I liked it.

 

[Obbop]

 

[Obbop]

No, it's not Elvis

 

[godathunder]

 

[JonUrban]

 

[par4ken]

When If think of Jim Stafford I think of "Wildwood Weed". Also "My Girl Bill" was a big hit in Canada. So really he had three big hits.

 

[par4ken]

How about The Tee Set "Ma Belle Amie". They did have other hits in their native Holland though.

 

[Gimme 4]

"Too Loose To Get Tight" Pt.1 & 2 by SOD (USA, 1971)

Was played quite a bit on the radio here in summer of 1971, they even ran a commercial for the album "SOD.. like in GRASS, on Decca records..." This tune got released on a single parts 1 and 2, then the band seemed to disappear after putting out one more LP which I have too. Never found anything by "SOD" on a CD. One of the first albums I transferred to CD from LP...

 

[winopener]

"Too Loose To Get Tight" Pt.1 & 2 by SOD (USA, 1971)

Was played quite a bit on the radio here in summer of 1971, they even ran a commercial for the album "SOD.. like in GRASS, on Decca records..." This tune got released on a single parts 1 and 2, then the band seemed to disappear after putting out one more LP which I have too. Never found anything by "SOD" on a CD. One of the first albums I transferred to CD from LP...

That was groovy... very groovy. Thanks for this post.

 

[salsdali]

I've only heard of two songs in this entire thread

 

[LuvMyQuad]

I've only heard of two songs in this entire thread

Which two?

 

[Gimme 4]

RUSSELL MORRIS The Real Thing



Made it all the way to No. 107 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1969.

 

[HomerJAU]

RUSSELL MORRIS The Real Thing

Huge hit in Australia. He had 5 songs in the top 10 here during his early career.

 

[Gimme 4]

Huge hit in Australia. He had 5 songs in the top 10 here during his early career.

I think that was pretty much it for Russell here in the US. But yeah I noticed he was a pretty big deal there and in Europe and did a lot of production work too. Kinda forgotten about "The Real Thing" until it showed up in the movie "The Dish" and I thought it might be a stereo version so I bought the soundtrack CD... nope. Likewise his "Best Of" CD which I have too. Still have the old 45 from 1969!

 

[wilberforce55]

Probably my favorite true one-hit wonder is:



Bonus surround content: the members of Pilot are all over those Alan Parson Project releases (but you already knew that).

Not in Australia and the UK. They also had a chart topping hit January

 

[wilberforce55]

I think that was pretty much it for Russell here in the US. But yeah I noticed he was a pretty big deal there and in Europe and did a lot of production work too. Kinda forgotten about "The Real Thing" until it showed up in the movie "The Dish" and I thought it might be a stereo version so I bought the soundtrack CD... nope. Likewise his "Best Of" CD which I have too. Still have the old 45 from 1969!

You need to get the stereo version. Amazing production. The jibberish at the end is actually the liner notes off an ampex tape box!

 

[HomerJAU]

You need to get the stereo version. Amazing production.

I did a Penteo upmix and it turned out quite good. I’ll have a go at merging the YouTube video and the upmix later today and post it on YouTube. The YouTube video is 30Hz so I need to change the frame rate to match the audio.