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Post by matt on May 28, 2013 23:28:13 GMT -5
Fine Young Cannibals come to mind here. Three hits, including 2 #1's, all in 1989... and then vanished. They are certainly a good example, along with Christopher Cross and Men at Work. All acts in which we would have been shocked at the time to learn that we wouldn't hear from them again...at least not on the top 40.
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Post by mkarns on May 29, 2013 0:14:44 GMT -5
Jim Stafford; six very quick top 40s in 74/75 and then gone. Spiders & Snakes is the only one that still gets marginal airplay. Rick Springfield; had a early top 40 then marginal hits throughout the 70s. Exploded 1981-1985, then disappeared with the exception of one 1988 forgotten comeback. Today radio acts like Jessie's Girl qualifies him as "one hit wonder". Not sure that anyone could brand Rick Springfield as a one-hit wonder...what did he end up with, a dozen top 40 hits? Anyone who tries to say he's a one-hit wonder is seriously smoking something. I think that was a reference to radio today not playing many of those hits. But "Jessie's Girl" isn't the only one to get recurrent play nowadays; lately I've heard "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Love Somebody", and "Affair of the Heart" as well (in regular recurrent rotation, not just on AT40 or speciality shows.)
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Post by seminolefan on Jun 2, 2013 17:43:51 GMT -5
Karyn White: had 3 Top 10 hits in the late 80s, hit #1 in 1991 with "Romantic", followed that up with a sizable hit in "The Way I Feel About You", then that was it. Only two more songs would chart on the Hot 100.
Pebbles: two Top 5 hits in 1988, one more Top 5 hit in 1990 followed by a Top 20 hit in early '91, and that was all she wrote for her Top 40 career. Only one more song would chart on the Hot 100.
Jody Watley: saw success with the group Shalamar before embarking on her solo career. Six Top 10 hits from 1987-90, an additional hit in '92 with "I'm The One You Need", then no more Top 40 hits after that.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 10, 2013 10:50:24 GMT -5
Along the lines of Diana Ross, Neil Diamond had numerous Top 10 hits in the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. After his last Top 10 ("Heartlight" in 1982), he only had one more Top 40 in 1983 and that was it.
I also found it so weird that with all the huge hits he had in the 80s, Lionel Richie practically disappeared from the Top 40 after 1987 (he hit with "Do It to Me" in 1992 but not sure he's had any other Top 40s). I think that was due to personal issues, though (wasn't it around that time that he was going through a messy divorce?).
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Post by pb on Jun 10, 2013 11:59:11 GMT -5
Along the lines of Diana Ross, Neil Diamond had numerous Top 10 hits in the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. After his last Top 10 ("Heartlight" in 1982), he only had one more Top 40 in 1983 and that was it. To make it a bit weirder he had his first number one album in 2008.
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Post by Ponderous Man on Jun 14, 2013 5:15:42 GMT -5
Basically what I mean is after a big hit, all of a sudden you never heard them again on the radio with new material. Taylor Dayne after heart of stone, Billy ocean after get out of my dreams, those are 2 that come to mind for me. Another two that come to mind are Christopher Cross & Kris Kross, although I'm probably sure BME is glad that Kris Kross disappeared.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jun 14, 2013 13:25:54 GMT -5
Lol. Maybe...
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Post by dukelightning on Jun 15, 2013 16:31:25 GMT -5
Just heard "Wishing on a Star" on a CT40, a great song for the Cover Girls who had 5 top 40 hits between AT40 and CT40. This one was their biggest reaching #2 on R&R and yet they had nothing whatsoever afterward. And none of them did anything solo later on either as far as I can tell.
BTW, the very next song was by Kris Kross. Wonder why I didn't recognize that one!
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jun 29, 2013 6:21:46 GMT -5
Leo Sayer. A top ten hit in '75, two #1s in '77, a #2 hit in '80, and then oblivion.
It is, however, interesting to note that no sooner did Leo Sayer fall off the radar then Richard Simmons popped up. Coincidence? You decide!
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Post by shadster on Jun 29, 2013 20:26:20 GMT -5
I have to disagree w/ Expose, they had a great song in '89 w/ "What you don't know" than another great song came along in 1993 w/ "I'll never get over you" So their career spanned 6 yrs, not bad. Not sure I'd put them on this list allthough they havent been heard from since '93 so......
Fine young Canibals definitly deserve to be on this list How bout Tarence Trent Darby? He was on the cover of Rolling Stone, proclaimed to be the next BIG thing. Had a couple hits on '88 and thats it. It says he had a minor hit in '93 w/ "Delicate", I don't remember it.
I certainly wouldnt put Paula Abdul on the list, she had hits into the mid 90's and certainly didnt disapear, as she came back on Idol, an then Xfactor.
- Rick Astley? Primarily an '88 phenom, did have a hit in '91 and another minor 1 in '93 - Jamie Walters? Had 2 big hits, 1 w/ the Hieghts, 1 solo. Got on 90210 and he was written off, disapeared. - Skid Rowe? White lion? Both had a couple big hits, a few minor hits and never heard from em again. Break up? At least Warrant, Poison an a few other hair bands havent completly disapeared, still touring here an there but no new hits. - Tiffany? I think she moreso disapeared then Debbie Gibson, at least Debbie appeared on Celebrity Apprentice. - Seduction? had a few good hits over a 2 yr span, gone. - Sweet Sensation? 4 hits across 2 yr span, and 1 of my fav's "Hooked on you", gone. - Nu Shooz? - Martika? Tried so hard to get her career going, commercials, TV, an finaly a kick ass album in '89 then disapeared. Had a hit in '91 called "Love..thy will be done", peaked at #10, can't say I remember it though.
What happened to Natalie Merchant? Allanis Morrisette? Mr. Big? Joey Lawrence? Donna Lewis? Breathe? Jeremy Jordan? Jane Child? Covergirls? Crowded house? Eddy Grant? Falco?
a lot of good ideas here. i think. I guess its possible some of these ppl may have died an I just havent been informed yet.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 30, 2013 0:28:39 GMT -5
Gloria Estefan had a nice 'lil run of hits in the late 80s/early 90s but she was already on her way out by 1999 when her duet with 'Nsync became her top 40 swan song instead of comeback.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 30, 2013 0:43:44 GMT -5
Between 72-76 WAR would have 6 top tenners, but would only graze the bottom of the top 40 once more.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 30, 2013 1:01:44 GMT -5
Seals and Crofts would rack up eight top 40s in six years but after 1978s discoy You're The Love, they would all but vanish.
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Jul 1, 2013 20:30:10 GMT -5
Here's another one: Blondie. Four #1s from 1979-81, a #37 hit in 1982, and then bupkis.
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Post by adam31 on Aug 4, 2013 6:36:49 GMT -5
Steve Winwood comes to mind. He came on strong in 1986 with the "Back In The Highlife" album, followed by "Roll With It" in 1988. Those two albums produced 7 top 20s, and two #1s. Also reaching the top 10 in 1987 was the remix of Valerie from "Chronicles". However, his 1990 album "Refugees of the Heart" was not a pop success. See ya Mr. Winwood.
Higher Love" Billboard Hot 100 1 "Freedom Overspill" Billboard Hot 100 20 "Back in the High Life Again" Billboard Hot 100 13 "Valerie" Remix Billboard Hot 100 #9 (1987) "The Finer Things" Billboard Hot 100 8 "Roll With It" Billboard Hot 100 1 "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" Billboard Hot 100 6 Holding On" Billboard Hot 100 11
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