Welcome to the permanent standing, semi-regularly updated index for the One Hit No More Project. To give a little background on it, the project is dedicated to learning a little history about all the bands and artists made famous by one “hit” on the pop music charts – e.g., the Billboard Top 100. The idea is to see what else each of them did with the rest of their lives and/or careers.
For what it’s worth, surprises haven’t been hard to come by because, generally, it takes more than a little ego and eccentricity to become famous.
The first artist in the series had his hit in 1958, and the years and artists will move ever closer to the present the further down the list this goes. Each post includes a short-ish history of the band/artist – and I try to give visitors more than they can get out of a Wikipedia entry – as well as links to a lot of more of each band’s/artist’s music. Speaking of Wikipedia, I used their list of one-hit U.S. wonders for inspiration and as source material, skipping anyone who doesn’t cough up enough information.
I’ll update this index as I write the posts; hopefully the titles will get better as I improve. [Ed. - They did not, so where I didn't include the name of each artist's hit in the title, I added it in a parenthetical at the end.] UPDATE: In the process of rearranging the numbering/order on all these posts, but all the links below are live.
For what it’s worth, surprises haven’t been hard to come by because, generally, it takes more than a little ego and eccentricity to become famous.
The first artist in the series had his hit in 1958, and the years and artists will move ever closer to the present the further down the list this goes. Each post includes a short-ish history of the band/artist – and I try to give visitors more than they can get out of a Wikipedia entry – as well as links to a lot of more of each band’s/artist’s music. Speaking of Wikipedia, I used their list of one-hit U.S. wonders for inspiration and as source material, skipping anyone who doesn’t cough up enough information.
I’ll update this index as I write the posts; hopefully the titles will get better as I improve. [Ed. - They did not, so where I didn't include the name of each artist's hit in the title, I added it in a parenthetical at the end.] UPDATE: In the process of rearranging the numbering/order on all these posts, but all the links below are live.
No. 1: Bobby Day, “Rockin’ Robin” & A Dabble in Doo Wop (1958)
No. 2: The Monotones Squeezed All They Could Out of “The Book of Love” (1958)
No. 3: Frankie Ford & His “Sea Cruise” to a Hall of Fame (1959)
No. 4: When Bruce Chanel (and Delbert McClinton) Shouted “Hey! Baby” (1961)
No. 2: The Monotones Squeezed All They Could Out of “The Book of Love” (1958)
No. 3: Frankie Ford & His “Sea Cruise” to a Hall of Fame (1959)
No. 4: When Bruce Chanel (and Delbert McClinton) Shouted “Hey! Baby” (1961)
No. 5: Don & Juan, & “What’s Your Name” & Other People with Better Stories (1962)
No. 6: The Contours, To Answer the Question, “Do You Love Me,” Not Enough (1962)
No. 7: The Cascades Played to the “Rhythm of the Rain” (1962)
No. 8: The Exciters, “Tell Him,” and Brenda & Herb (1962)
No. 9: The Surfaris Barely Had the Time to “Wipeout” (1963)
No. 10: The Chantays Shoot the “Pipeline” to Nowhere (1963)
No. 11: Terry Stafford, “Suspicion,” and How You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down (1964)
No. 12: Len Barry, Nowhere Near as Easy as “1-2-3” (1965)
No. 13: The Standells, “Dirty Water” From a Different Town (1965)
No. 14: Jonathan King, "Everyone's Gone to the Moon," and He Should Have (1965)
No. 15: The Gentrys, "Keep on Dancing," and One Brilliant Second Act (1965)
No. 16: Blues Magoos, “(We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet”; Call It Bluesedelic (1966)
No. 17: The Knickerbockers, “Lies,” and Some Basic Honesty (1966)
No. 18: The Music Machine’s Short Spin with “Talk Talk” (1966)
No. 19: The Capitols, “Cool Jerk,” and Some Blunt Realities (1966)
No. 20: Syndicate of Sound, “Little Girl,” and Unconscious Acts of Mild Suffocation (1966)
No. 21: ? and the Mysterians, "I Need Somebody" Ain't Chopped Liver (Dammit!) (1966)
No. 22: The Casinos, Farewells, and Hard Work Pays Off Briefly (1967)
No. 23: Keith, and The Normal Human Temperature ("98.6," 1967)
No. 24: The American Breed, Who Did Bend, and Shape ("Bend Me, Shape Me," 1967)
No. 25: Buffalo Springfield, and Some Poor Bastard Named Dewey Martin ("For What It's Worth," 1967)
No. 26: Johnny Maestro & the Career That Cannot Die (1968)
No. 27: John Fred (Harry, Dick & Tom), His Playboy Band, and a Girl Named Judy ("Judy in Disguise," 1968)
No. 28: The Lemon Pipers & Hiding "Green Tambourine" (1968)
No. 29: I. Ron Butterly's "In the Garden of Eden" (1968)
No. 30: The Human Beinz, Youngstown, OH's Finest Mess ("Nobody But Me," 1968)
No. 31: The Clique, An Unstable Social Group ("Sugar on Sunday," 1969)
No. 32: Thunderclap Newman, Pete Townshend's Other Wild Vision ("Something in the Air," 1969)
No. 21: ? and the Mysterians, "I Need Somebody" Ain't Chopped Liver (Dammit!) (1966)
No. 22: The Casinos, Farewells, and Hard Work Pays Off Briefly (1967)
No. 23: Keith, and The Normal Human Temperature ("98.6," 1967)
No. 24: The American Breed, Who Did Bend, and Shape ("Bend Me, Shape Me," 1967)
No. 25: Buffalo Springfield, and Some Poor Bastard Named Dewey Martin ("For What It's Worth," 1967)
No. 26: Johnny Maestro & the Career That Cannot Die (1968)
No. 27: John Fred (Harry, Dick & Tom), His Playboy Band, and a Girl Named Judy ("Judy in Disguise," 1968)
No. 28: The Lemon Pipers & Hiding "Green Tambourine" (1968)
No. 29: I. Ron Butterly's "In the Garden of Eden" (1968)
No. 30: The Human Beinz, Youngstown, OH's Finest Mess ("Nobody But Me," 1968)
No. 31: The Clique, An Unstable Social Group ("Sugar on Sunday," 1969)
No. 32: Thunderclap Newman, Pete Townshend's Other Wild Vision ("Something in the Air," 1969)
No. 33: Eddie Holman, The Lonely Boy ("Hey There Lonely Boy," 1969)
No. 34: Zager & Evans & The Year 2525 ("In the Year 2525," 1969)
No. 35: Roy Clark, Yesterday When He Was Young, aka Before Hee Haw ("Yesterday," etc., 1969)
No. 36: Crazy Elephant, Just Some Welsh Mining and Music Enthusiasts ("Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'," 1969)
No. 37: The Youngbloods, A Band, a Song, an Opera ("Get Together," 1969)
No. 38: The Spiral Starecase, A Long, Hard, Corruptly-Managed Road ("More Today Than Yesterday," 1969)
No. 39: Shocking Blue, "Venus" Wore a Wig ("Venus," 1970)
No. 40: Beware The Ides of March ("Vehicle," 1970)
No. 41: Eric Burdon & War, The Burden of Burdon ("Spill the Wine," 1970)
No. 42: Mountain, Woodstock, and the Other Side of "Mississippi Queen" ("Mississippi Queen," 1970)
No. 43: Frijid Pink, Who Were Named by Their Parents ("House of the Rising Sun," 1970)
No. 44: Norman Greenbaum & a Series of Accidents ("Spirit in the Sky," 1970)
No. 45: Alive 'n' Kickin', Mississippi by Way of Brooklyn and Tommy James ("Tighter, Tighter," 1970)
No. 46: Bobby Bloom, Who Will Always Have "Montego Bay" ("Montego Bay," 1970)
No. 47: The Five Stairsteps, A Happy Place and Several Surprises ("O-oh Child," 1970)
No. 48: Free and a Time-Bomb Called "All Right Now" ("All Right Now," 1970)
No. 49: The Jaggerz, and that's the R-A-P-P-E-R ("The Rapper," 1970)
No. 50: No One Home at the Edison Lighthouse ("Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)," 1970)
No. 51: Brewer & Shipley Walked Tarkio Road ("One Toke Over the Line," 1970)
No. 52: Mungo Jerry, Borderline Skiffle Revivalists ("In the Summertime," 1970)
No. 53: Derek (Clapton), the Dominoes & Layla ("Layla," 1970)
No. 54: Jean Knight, Mr. Big Stuff & the Bakery ("Mr. Big Stuff," 1971)
No. 55: Coven, One Tin Soldier....and a Large Side of Satan ("One Tin Soldier," 1971)
No. 56: The Buoys, Cannibals, and Pina Coladas ("Timothy," 1971)
No. 57: Climax...and Things That Got in the Way ("Precious & Few," 1971)
Honorable Mention: Billy Paul ("Me and Mrs. Jones, 1971; covered him outside the project)
No. 58: Hurricane Smith, Legendary Producer and...Well... ("Oh, Babe What Would You Say," 1972)
No. 59: Timmy Thomas, One-Man Global Ambassador ("We Can't We Live Together," 1972)
No. 60: Arlo Guthrie, Steve, Pete & Alice ("The City of New Orleans," 1972)
No. 61: Clint Holmes and the Playground Is in the Damned Lounge ("Playground in My Mind," 1972)
No. 62: Regular Guys in the Looking Glass ("Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)," 1972)
No. 63: Dancing in the Moonlight, Darkness and Light ("Dancing in the Moonlight," 1972)
No. 64: Dr. John, a Life in the Wrong Place at the Right Time ("Right Place, Wrong Time," 1972)
No. 65: Apollo 100, One Hit Versus 45 ("Joy," 1972)
No. 66: Vicki Lawrence Turns Out the Lights in Georgia, Briefly ("The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia," 1973)
No. 67: B. W. Stevenson, (Co-) Writing Bigger Hits for Others ("My Maria," 1973)
No. 68: Stories & the Story of Brother Louie ("Brother Louie," 1973)
No. 69: David Essex, Who Is Massive in the UK. Honest. ("Rock On," 1974)
No. 70: Terry Jacks, The Scrivener ("Seasons in the Sun," 1974)
No. 71: Pilot, "Magic" & an Alan Parsons Project ("Magic," 1974)
No. 72: Billy Swan, a Man Who Could Help ("I Can Help," 1974)
No. 73: Jigsaw, aka, Probably What Punk Responded To ("Sky High," 1974)
No. 74: An Ace with a Wild Card in the Blind ("How Long," 1974)
No. 75: Nazareth & the Odd, Winding Story of "Love Hurts" ("Love Hurts," 1975)
No. 76: The One Time Elvin Bishop Fooled Around and Fell in Love ("Fooled Around and Fell in Love," 1976)
No. 77: Henry Gross, Shannon...Sha Na Na... ("Shannon," 1976)
No. 78: A Sliver of Silver, Wham Bam ("Wham Bam," 1976)
No. 79: Wild Cherry, Playing That Funky Music (White Boy) ("Play That Funky Music, 1976)
No. 80: Afternoon Delight in Starland ("Afternoon Delight," 1976)
No. 81: Cerrone Makes "Love in C Minor" ("Love in C Minor," 1977)
No. 82: "Hutch" Sings (Rather Nicely Too) ("Don't Give Up on Us," 1977)
No. 83: Ram Jam and the Twice-Complicated Tale of Black Betty ("Black Betty," 1977)
No. 84: Dean Friedman and His Date with "Ariel" ("Ariel," 1977)
No. 85: Debby Boone Lights Up Everyone's Life ("You Light Up My Life," 1977)
No. 86: Meri Wilson and Her Telephone Man ("Telephone Man," 1977)
No. 87: Through the Back Door to the Disco (Round) with Alicia Bridges ("I Love the Nightlife," 1978)
No. 88: Walter Egan and the Muses Behind "Magnet and Steel" ("Magnet and Steel," 1978)
No 89: Cheryl Lynn, Keeping It All the Way Real ("Got to Be Real," 1978)
No. 90: Anita Ward, Demolition Disco Night, and...the End of a Moment? ("Ring My Bell," 1979)
No. 91: The Sugar Hill Gang's Gently-Borrowed, Ground-Breaking Hit ("Rapper's Delight," 1979)
No. 92: Sniff 'n' the Tears, in the Driver's Seat ("Driver's Seat," 1979)
No. 93: Nick Lowe, One Hit, Many Legends ("Cruel to Be Kind," 1979)
No. 94: Get The (Arguably Over-Maligned) Knack ("My Sharona," 1979)
No. 95: The Buggles, Seeing the Future in Novels ("Video Killed the Radio Star," 1979)
No. 96: Tom Johnston, A Doobie Ducks Out Mid-Toke ("Savannah Nights," 1979)
No. 97: Roger Voudouris, Who Did Not Have the Time to Get Used to It ("Get Used to It," 1979)
No. 98: Steve Forbert, an Unlikely Romeo ("Romeo's Tune," 1979)
No. 99: Randy Van Warmer Needed You. Most ("Just When I Needed You Most," 1979)
No. 100: The Itinerant Zelig Behind M and "Pop Muzik" ("Pop Muzik," 1979)
No. 101: The Crusaders and Their Damn Long Crusade ("Street Life," 1979)
No. 102: The Boomtown Rats, the Ghost of Woody Guthrie & Cod Reggae ("I Don't Like Mondays," 1979
No. 103: Gary Numan, The Machman ("Cars," 1979)
No. 104: McFadden & Whitehead, the World's a Hard Place for Writers ("Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," 1979)
That's it for this index. I'll start the next one about 20 posts into the 1980s....
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