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.
