One Hit Wonders

[mummybear]

They hit the scene with a big splash and have a hit song and then... nothing, nada, zip, zilch. So what happened? where are they now? do we care?

One "One hit wonder" that comes instantly to mind is Katrina and the Waves - "Walking on Sunshine".

[remember]

How about:

Musical Youth "Pass the Dutchie"
Soft Cell "Tainted Love"
Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby"
Nena "99 Red Balloons" / "99 Luftballoons"

and of course Chesney Hawkes and the aptly named "One and Only"!

[mummybear]

I don't know if I'm familiar with Chesney Hawkes but all the others I do know...

I have "Pass the Dutchie" on an old tape somewhere - didn't Bobbie Brown start in Musical Youth?

[Elleth Faewen]

Aldo Nova was a one-hit wonder with Fantasy for a long time. He did more with his song writing for Clay Aiken and Celine Dion.

[Snakeystew]

I know it's more 90's, but Lisa Lobe's song 'Stay' was very good.

[remember]

Just after I wrote about Chesney Hawkes above, I switched on the TV and who should be there? Chesney! Chesney is one of the competitors on the new series of The Games (UK). Watch out for him - he hasn't changed a bit!

[Tallulah]

I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany

Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl

[diamond1]

In the year 2525, by Zagar and Evans..or however it was spelled! One hit wonder number one..I quite liked it ..wonder what happened to the boys?

[MothBox]

I used to have a the top 100 one hit wonders. Dunno where its gone though. I'll see if I can dig it out.

[Jeff76]

I would love to get my hands on that 100 top one-hit wonders tape.
Most of the time they were all really good, except for one in particular:
The Waitresses- "I Know What Boys Like"
I absolutely hated that one. Actually, I can listen to it now and laugh.