Lew Bundles Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_one-hit_wonders_in_the_United_States 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Fun read thru....but they got it wrong with The Knack as they had two big hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 PS massive amount of great songs on that list. Thank God for one hit wonders! Without them the era would have been less great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 John Waite had three songs that landed in the Top 40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 While that’s true, Craig(I love John Waite), Every Step of the Way and Tears are not really known numbers…Although, technically, you are correct… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 51 minutes ago, Lew Bundles said: While that’s true, Craig(I love John Waite), Every Step of the Way and Tears are not really known numbers…Although, technically, you are correct… Yes, you are correct. Even though Top 40 has always been the benchmark for most to consider a song a "Hit", many don't consider it a true hit unless it went Top 20. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Personally, if a solo act has had hits with a band and was instrumental in the success of that bands' hits, ..then I don't consider him/her a one hit wonder. Waite is no one hit wonder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Different people have different definitions of what is a hit... I've always subscribed to how many songs made it onto the top 40, but a case could be made that it refers to an artist who is known only for one major hit... THAT definition would fit more to the generic, casual music fan more than to the die hard fans of one artist or another. I have little doubt that to the casual fan from the seventies, EC is known only for ABM however the casual fan from the late 80's would know him only for MMLC... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 Nice to see PaulieMississippi floating around here… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 The Oneders- That Thing You Do! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 18 hours ago, James said: PS massive amount of great songs on that list. Thank God for one hit wonders! Without them the era would have been less great. I was thinking the same thing as reading through the list. I probably have every one of the songs from the 1960's list on vinyl, cassette or later-released compact disc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 19 hours ago, Lew Bundles said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_one-hit_wonders_in_the_United_States What a great topic Lew! I am going to make a set of mix CD's with every song from the 1960's list! It will sound great on the Batmobile's McIntosh sound system!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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