and who can forget this one

My vote is for Stranger's post. I had never heard that song and it is grooovy!

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That whole album is pretty good

Nothing like the heart felt stories from the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch #whitehoodlife

Another Houston group who were contemporaries and friends with Sam Irwin and Fun & Games. They tried to sell image of West Coast but were really Texans. Another KILT connection was another workmate of mine at KILT radio,Scott Holtzman. He and wife, Vivian, wrote all of the lyrics for Fever Tree. It was a good time to be around the music scene in Houston in those days.

actually a two hit wonder if you count Rock Me Amadeus

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Bet you didn't think of this one...

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No thanks
I've already eaten

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500 Miles is a little too good for that to be a one hit wonder

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That whole album is pretty good

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Agreed . Actually like a lot of their stuff but that was likely their only actual hit .

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500 Miles is a little too good for that to be a one hit wonder

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They recorded the song in like 1979. No one listened to it then, but it became a favorite of one of the participants in the movie "Benny and Joon". It got included in the movie and became a hit, but by that time the band had long since broken up.
/csb

All it takes is one hit to be set for life financially. As long as you don't go Vince Young on your success!

How could we forget this one? Some of the greatest lyrics ever written.

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How could we forget this one? Some of the greatest lyrics ever written.

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Don't know that one, but funny they mention John Barleycorn - I know that name




Traffic had several hit so they are not on one hit wonders

no one hit, but my favorite Traffic

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How could we forget this one? Some of the greatest lyrics ever written.

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Don't know that one, but funny they mention John Barleycorn - I know that name




Traffic had several hit so they are not on one hit wonders

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Interesting (at least to me) bit of trivia: Traffic adapted the song from a poem by Robert Burns from the mid-1700s. Burns himself was drawing on Scottish songs that went back at least 200 years before his own time. John Barleycorn was a personification of grains used in making alcoholic beverages. In the earliest versions, it is ordinary folk who seek to kill John Barleycorn out of revenge for the hangovers he inflicted on them.

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The Church wasn't a one hit wonder. Your mentioning it means that you don't listen to them much.

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Can't believe this has not been posted

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We have a nurse in our ORs that every time the song comes on, we will page someone to 867-5309 and every time she will ask if we want her to call it back. She has never once in a decade hinted at the fact that she knew it was a joke.

Fun thread.

With the exception of Strangers great finds, very heavy MTV early years influence

Everybody thought this was Buddy Holly, maybe because it was written by SonnyCurtis of the Crickets and produced by Norman Petty in the same Clovis, New Mexico studio where Buddy did his early hits. Bobby of Baytown, Texas was starting to catch on in California when he was found dead in a car at 23. Most stories point to being mixed up with the wrong kind of people. Despite being a one hit wonder this song is #175 on Rolling Stones all-time Top 500.

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Everybody thought this was Buddy Holly, maybe because it was written by SonnyCurtis of the Crickets and produced by Norman Petty in the same Clovis, New Mexico studio where Buddy did his early hits. Bobby of Baytown, Texas was starting to catch on in California when he was found in a car at 23. Most stories point to being mixed up with the wrong kind of people. Despite being a one hit wonder this song is #175 on Rolling Stones all-time Top 500.

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Wow, what an awesome find with the video. (I'd have loved to have attended the party with the dancers after they shot that.)

Never really connected this song to Buddy Holly before, but when you hear it again, it definitely has that same kind of sound.

I've always loved this version best, though I like the Clash's take as well.

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Speaking of which, this was the first song that aired on MTV. Went to No. 1 and by that time the group had disbanded when its co-founders left to join Yes. When Yes broke up, the Buggles got back together to release a second album, but it didn't do well.

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The Church wasn't a one hit wonder. Your mentioning it means that you don't listen to them much.

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Lots of songs on here aren't one hit wonders, my choice isn't the only one. The thread basically evolved into to peoples favorite obscure songs.

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The Church wasn't a one hit wonder. Your mentioning it means that you don't listen to them much.

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Lots of songs on here aren't one hit wonders, my choice isn't the only one. The thread basically evolved into to peoples favorite obscure songs.

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I'd consider a "hit" to be be a song that appeared for at least a couple of weeks on a recognized US chart, at least Top 20 or so.