Are They A One-Hit Wonder?

sadchild said:
They don't fall into the thread's original concept of two top 40s but remembered as a OHW, but...

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#1 "Baby Come Back"
#10 "This Time I'm In It For Love" <- on this week's Wheel Of Casey
#27 "Prisoner Of Your Love"

I only know "Baby Come Back" and suspect I'm not alone. Subjectively a OHW?
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Yes. Even now, listening to the other 2 songs, I don't recognize them. But I had the (dis)pleasure of seeing them live at a yacht rock revue show, and they pointed out that one of their founding members, Ron Moss, went on to play the character Ridge Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful for 25 years.

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Steel Breeze
#16 "You Don't Want Me Anymore"
#30 "Dreaming Is Easy"

The first one is a forgotten hit. I loved it back in '83, then forgot it existed until SXM in the 2000s. The other one I'd never heard before. So in my opinion, at best subjectively a OHW but probably a no-hit wonder for the mainstream in general.
 
Gloria Gaynor
#9 Never Can Say Goodbye [1974]
#1 I Will Survive [1979]

I left out several hot 100 hits that did not crack the top 40. Has anyone every heard of the 1974 hit?
 
I remember Gloria Gaynor's Never Can Say Goodbye, quite well. It's a remake of a 1971 Jackson 5 hit and reached #7 nationally. Here in Los Angeles, it was on KHJ's Top 30 for 10 weeks and peaked at #18. The song is freguently played on SiriusXM's Studio 54 channel. A lethargic version by Isaac Hayes reached #5 on the R&B chart and #22 on the Hot 100 in July 1971. The song has been recorded by more than 130 artists including James Brown, Sheena Easton, Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, Melba Moore, Mark Lindsay, Percy Faith, Herbie Mann, New Birth, the Supremes, the Sandpipers, the Ray Conniff Singers and Jr. Walker & The All Stars.


 
Channel98 said:
I remember Gloria Gaynor's Never Can Say Goodbye, quite well. It's a remake of a 1971 Jackson 5 hit and reached #7 nationally. Here in Los Angeles, it was on KHJ's Top 30 for 10 weeks and peaked at #18. The song is freguently played on SiriusXM's Studio 54 channel.
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Top40Weekly.com ranks it #43 among Top 100 Dance Songs Of All Time and #21 among Top 100 Disco Songs Of All Time. It also made Billboard Hot 100's Top 100 of 1975.
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Gloria Gaynor
#9 Never Can Say Goodbye [1974]
#1 I Will Survive [1979]

I left out several hot 100 hits that did not crack the top 40. Has anyone every heard of the 1974 hit?
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It's the discofied version of the song. It was wildly popular in its time (hence top 10), and is a regular on the 70s channel.
 
? And The Mysterians
#1 "96 Tears"
#22 "I Need Somebody"

Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Top 10 One-Hit Wonders of All Time
They just had one hit, but they made it count
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"They followed [96 Tears] up quickly with some very minor hits, before fading away from the spotlight completely."

A #22 peak is apparently a "very minor" hit. And having a #1 and a #22 makes you a one-hit wonder. According to Rolling Stone anyway. I bet @MonoStereo is already writing them a nasty letter!
 
sadchild said:
? And The Mysterians
#1 "96 Tears"
#22 "I Need Somebody"

Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Top 10 One-Hit Wonders of All Time
They just had one hit, but they made it count
...
"They followed [96 Tears] up quickly with some very minor hits, before fading away from the spotlight completely."

A #22 peak is apparently a "very minor" hit. And having a #1 and a #22 makes you a one-hit wonder. According to Rolling Stone anyway. I bet @MonoStereo is already writing them a nasty letter!
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I have heard neither. But there have been others here with a "minor" top 10 or 20 second hit which have also been called OHWs.
 
sadchild said:
? And The Mysterians
#1 "96 Tears"
#22 "I Need Somebody"

Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Top 10 One-Hit Wonders of All Time
They just had one hit, but they made it count
...
"They followed [96 Tears] up quickly with some very minor hits, before fading away from the spotlight completely."

A #22 peak is apparently a "very minor" hit. And having a #1 and a #22 makes you a one-hit wonder. According to Rolling Stone anyway. I bet @MonoStereo is already writing them a nasty letter!
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Definitely a subjective OHW. 96 Tears was a big hit, it's played in regular rotation on any 60s station. I had no idea who did it, but I assumed it was some other established band, like the Rascals or someone. I just played the other song, doesn't ring a bell.
 
Originally titled “69 Tears,” the Michigan-based band recorded the song in their manager’s living room in 1966 and it hit Number One in October of that year.

That really changes the meaning of the song.

But watch out now
I'm gonna get there
We'll be together
For just a little while
And then I'm gonna put you
Way down here
And you'll start cryin'
69 tears

Revenge rape? Creepy...
 
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