Are They A One-Hit Wonder?
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IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
0 hit for me too. How did you come up with this one?
Channel98
Don't yell or hit.
Here is a band from a century ago that might be a one-hit wonder. Charleston was written by Cecil Mack and Jimmy Johnson and was first performed on October 29, 1923 by Elisabeth Welsh in the two-act Broadway musical comedy Runnin' Wild. The Ambassadors, an 11-piece dance band, recorded the song on October 3, 1923 but their recording was not released until December. The first recorded version to be released was by Arthur Gibbs & His Gang, on November 23, 1923. (A version by Paul Whiteman reached #5 in 1925 and a version by Ernie Fields reached #47 in 1961.) Arthur Gibbs & His Gang had only one other chart single, an instrumental version of Louisville Lou. The song was written by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen and was recorded by nine different bands in 1923. Gibbs' version went to #7 in August and a version by Ted Lewis & His Band went to #11. None of the others charted. If most of us know Charleston but none of us is familiar with Louisville Lou, then we can declare Arthur Gibbs to be a one-hit wonder.
Aaron
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I always like Sideshow. Don’t know the other one.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
How about Coolio? His only hit - Gangster's Paradise - is a ripoff of Stevie Wonder's Pastime Paradise.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
Apparently, I'm too old/ not interested to be aware of that. I'm pretty sure when he died, all they played during the news stories was Gangsta.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I didn't realize he was dead.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
I think you did
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IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I guess I did not retain. Aside from the Yankovic spinoff, he had no impact on my life.I think you did
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scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
The Coolio version sounds like something I probably heard on TV, or commercials, or something at the time. But it's not like I was listening to any stations that played it. And so I have no memory of it.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I am not familiar with either of those versions. I could only take about 30 secs of it. I disliked it strongly.
Channel98
Don't yell or hit.
The Farber Sisters reached #3 in August 1918 with the sexually suggestive patriotic song If He Can Fight Like He Can Love (Good Night, Germany!), written by Grant Clarke, Howard Rogers and George Meyer. Clarke also wrote the lyrics for Ragtime Cowboy Joe, Second Hand Rose and Am I Blue? The Farber Sisters – Constance and Irene – released seven singles for Columbia, all in 1918, and this was their only hit:
From Wikipedia: Initially entitled "Sumpin' New", the song uses a sample from "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)", recorded in 1981 by American jazz trumpeter Tom Browne, and also includes a vocal sample from "Wikka Wrap" by the Evasions, from 1981.
I'd have to listen to all to see what I recognize (if anything).
I remember "Move Ya Body". It may have something I heard during my clubbing days.