Obscure/One Hit Wonder Bands

[Clare]

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Bill Paxton was in the video:

[80sChav]

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Chesney Haaks - (I Am) The One and Only

This was an amazing hit for the Ches-ter in 1991 I recall, which belonged to a time when Artists/Singers had a one-off that was'nt strictly "one-offs" I have always felt!

80sChav

[Richard1978]

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Ah yes, Fish Heads! One of Barnes & Barnes was Billy Mumy, "Will Robinson" in Lost In Space!

My Dad has that on a Dr Demento CD of novelty songs. He is a DJ who likes to find & play strange songs, often one hit wonders.

[Clare]

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Chesney Haaks - (I Am) The One and Only

This was an amazing hit for the Ches-ter in 1991 I recall, which belonged to a time when Artists/Singers had a one-off that was'nt strictly "one-offs" I have always felt!

Nik Kershaw wrote that.

[tex]

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Ello John got a new motor?...Alexi sayle
Living doll...The young ones
Funky moped...Jasper carrot

[Richard1978]

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Jane Child - I Don't Want To Fall In Love 1990.

There were quite a few Americans around this time who seemed to have just one big hit over here, & sometimes at home too.

My Dad bought a copy 2nd hand late in the 1990s when it would have been very cheap.

[George 1978]

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Chesney Haaks - (I Am) The One and Only

Chesney Hawkes you mean. He appeared at the Pavilion Theatre in Worthing in last year's panto - the place where one of my autograph books was last sent to.

[tex]

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Gimme dat ding...The pipkins
Funky gibbon.......The goodies
Ernie..................Benny hill
Brand new key....Melanie
Patches..............Clarence carter
Woodstock.........Matthews southern comfort
spirit in the sky...Norman greenbaum

[zabadak]

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The Goodies weren't one-hit wonders, though...

(Also, Melanie fans might take umbrage!)

[Clare]

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(Also, Melanie fans might take umbrage!)

Yeah, she did a version of Ruby Tuesday too.

[Richard1978]

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Benny Hill had a few minor hits in the early 1960s.

[tex]

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Yeah, she did a version of Ruby Tuesday too.

and also a song called "look what they done to my song ma"......as always happy to be corrected, but what else did the goodies sing?

[zabadak]

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and also a song called "look what they done to my song ma"......as always happy to be corrected, but what else did the goodies sing?

Loads!

[George 1978]

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Benny Hill had a few minor hits in the early 1960s.

Until I got a Guinness Book of Hit Singles in the early 1990s, I originally thought that Ernie was Hill's only hit - it was only when they referred to it as his "final" hit that I found out he had a couple of them in the 1960s - Transistor Radio was one of them.

Seems strange to have stars such as Tommy Cooper and even Eamonn Andrews mentioned in the book.

(900th post)

[Caitlyn]

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I feel this is such a good tune...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDKLglEP5Y