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Post by matt on Jul 13, 2011 14:25:36 GMT -5
Yeah, as far as I'm concerned (and I know I am far from alone on this one) if an artist made it to the top 40 more than once, they're not a one hit wonder, and if they had 2 top 40 hits, they're most definately a 2 hit wonder. No One ever remembers Everybody Be Dancin by Starbuck, but they're still a 2 hit wonder.... Great example--an artist with a big hit and another that barely cracked the Top 40. I am with you--if they made the 40 more than once, they are NOT a 1-hit wonder, despite what VH1, Blender, or anyone else might say (which by the way, bugs the you know what outta me when they do that)
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Post by kahunaburger61 on Jul 13, 2011 20:07:46 GMT -5
Susan Jacks who recently had a kidney transplant over a year ago is making a come back in western Canada. Her sweet voice that we heard in the '70's hasn't changed and is stronger than ever and she still looks the same....Great! She has a website Susanjacks.com which is worth going to and checking out. BTW "Which Way You Going Billy" was in reference to her brother...Billy. One of the most underrated vocalist of all time!
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Post by kahunaburger61 on Jul 13, 2011 20:35:05 GMT -5
Hard to believe but one of the biggest & most influential bands of all time The Clash only had 2 top 40 hits "Train In Vain" (#23) & "Rock The Casbah" (#8). "Should I Stay or Should I Go" which still gets heavy radio airplay on classic rock stations was released as a single before "Rock The Casbah" and peaked at #45 in September '82. It was released again as a single after "Rock The Casbah" ran it's course and hit #50 in March of '83.
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Post by dukelightning on Jul 13, 2011 20:38:06 GMT -5
The radio airplay of Should I Stay... is why I don't consider them a 2 hit wonder. Is that not more recognizable than Train in Vain?
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Post by kahunaburger61 on Jul 13, 2011 21:53:00 GMT -5
The radio airplay of Should I Stay... is why I don't consider them a 2 hit wonder. Is that not more recognizable than Train in Vain? Well yeah it is now one of their most recognized songs but back in '82-'83 it wasn't on enough Top 40 radio stations or sales wise . Since it didn't get played on AT40 not a hit back when it was released. All in perspective of then & now or if you put songs that were hits on AOR stations in the mix.
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Post by dukelightning on Jul 14, 2011 15:14:48 GMT -5
Since it didn't get played on AT40 not a hit back when it was released.
But here is an excerpt from a show in 1970. Casey Kasem: A hit in 1966, a hit again in 1970. Here is Neil Diamond and Solitary Man.
Solitary Man peaked at 55 in 1966 so if AT40 was on then, it would not have been on it either just like Should I Stay.... So Casey (and the AT40 staff?) considered it a hit even though it missed the 40. Bottom line, this hit or not a hit stuff is too subjective to make cut and dried lists.
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Post by kahunaburger61 on Jul 14, 2011 18:50:01 GMT -5
Since it didn't get played on AT40 not a hit back when it was released. But here is an excerpt from a show in 1970. Casey Kasem: A hit in 1966, a hit again in 1970. Here is Neil Diamond and Solitary Man. Solitary Man peaked at 55 in 1966 so if AT40 was on then, it would not have been on it either just like Should I Stay.... So Casey (and the AT40 staff?) considered it a hit even though it missed the 40. Bottom line, this hit or not a hit stuff is too subjective to make cut and dried lists. Very true. Eye of the beholder!!!
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Post by mstgator on Jul 16, 2011 15:10:17 GMT -5
OK, read the article. BIG mistake: Daniel Powter being the only artist in the rock era to spend as many as 5 weeks at #1 and not return to the hot 100... What about Zager & Evans? That crappy song spent 6 weeks at #1 and they never charted again... in 1969! True, but the article (which references a list in the latest edition of Whitburn's "Top Pop Singles") includes Bubbling Under The Hot 100 chart appearances as well, which knocks Zager & Evans out of consideration (as far as they are concerned).
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Post by matt on Jul 18, 2011 10:29:04 GMT -5
Did anyone mention a-ha yet? Just listening to the 7/13/85 show this morning and the extra for "Take On Me". This is an act that often gets labeled as a 1-hit wonder, even though the follow up, "The Sun Always Shines On T.V." reached the top 20 early in '86.
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Post by secretman on May 20, 2015 10:00:05 GMT -5
The weirdest Two-Hit Wonder of the 80's for me is Real Life: “Send Me an Angel”, # 29 in 1984; “Send Me an Angel '89”, # 26 in 1989. The very same song but technically it was not.
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Post by purplerush on May 20, 2015 11:19:07 GMT -5
Los Lobos - La Bamba and Come On Let's Go.
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Post by freakyflybry on May 20, 2015 11:40:30 GMT -5
The weirdest Two-Hit Wonder of the 80's for me is Real Life: “Send Me an Angel”, # 29 in 1984; “Send Me an Angel '89”, # 26 in 1989. The very same song but technically it was not. They also had "Catch Me I'm Falling".
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Post by secretman on May 20, 2015 15:54:36 GMT -5
The weirdest Two-Hit Wonder of the 80's for me is Real Life: “Send Me an Angel”, # 29 in 1984; “Send Me an Angel '89”, # 26 in 1989. The very same song but technically it was not. They also had "Catch Me I'm Falling". No, that was Pretty Poison.
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Post by mkarns on May 20, 2015 16:01:57 GMT -5
They also had "Catch Me I'm Falling". No, that was Pretty Poison. No, actually Real Life did reach #40 in May 1984 with a song called "Catch Me I'm Falling" (not the same song as Pretty Poison's later, and bigger, hit.)
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Post by matt on May 20, 2015 16:38:13 GMT -5
The weirdest Two-Hit Wonder of the 80's for me is Real Life: “Send Me an Angel”, # 29 in 1984; “Send Me an Angel '89”, # 26 in 1989. The very same song but technically it was not. They also had "Catch Me I'm Falling". Along those lines, how about Benny Mardones who hit twice with "Into the Night", but had nothing else. Can't really consider him more than a one-hit wonder though, since it was the same song that hit in 1980 and again in 1989. I still can't figure out how that song returned to the top 40 in '89 when musical tastes were nothing like 1980...one of the stranger chart occurrences.
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