Fav One Hit Wonder

[Calva dosser]

Dredged another one up

'Dirty Water' (Down by the river Thames)

The Inmates- 1979/80 ish. You can still catch Bill Hurley in sunny Stratford. E15.

 

[Sweaty Betty]

What about Robbie robertson- somewhere down the crazy river???

 

[Groucho]

Monster Mash

Sorry but that's the best one hit wonder of all time ever* and now the thread is dead surely












*and her aunt

 

[fishfinger]

I already mentioned Monster Mash

So, by repeating it; you've ruined the thread

 

[SwizzleStiX]

I picked up the metro today, and it had those girls of the car insurance add you know the cool sheila chicks, apparently pete waterman has signed them.. they could be the next

 

[Maggot]

Splodgenessabounds.
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please.

Interesting fact #1.

Splodgenessabounds were (are) from my manor, and the original female singer, Baby Greensleeves lived down my road and babysitted me when I was a nipper.

 

[Maggot]

have we had Plastic Bertrand yet?


Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo!
I am the King of the divan

Interesting Fact #2

This was the first single I ever bought.

 

[subversplat]

I picked up the metro today, and it had those girls of the car insurance add you know the cool sheila chicks, apparently pete waterman has signed them.. they could be the next

The cool Sheila chicks?

I didn't see any of them in the ad...

 

[Meltingpot]

Did they have more hits than just that one?

Yes they did, including another No. 1; "Baby Jump".

The guy who wrote "In The Summertime", Ray Dorset, had the luck to see it taken up by a major UK bank as part of one of their TV ads.

Largely as a result, he said that song has provided him with a significant income for life (and his children the same), though he still tours with a jug band.

Nice work if you can get it.

 

[badseed]

Uptown Top Rankin

Thread Closed

 

[Yelkcub]

Oui 3 - For What's It Worth

(Obvs Buffalo Spingfield more than one hit, so has to be this version.)

 

[debsinleeds]

stephen tin tin duffy-kiss me

 

[PacificOcean]

Jane Wheelan - Rush Hour

 

[Orang Utan]

Wiedlin

 

[PacificOcean]

Wiedlin

Near enough.

I am listening to it now infact.

Ooo. You send me..........

 

[madamv]

ooooo memry bliss with tou
.............. baby..

 

[Jazzz]

Uptown Top Rankin

Thread Closed

I can't possibly rate this track so much after finding out that the backing is basically completely lifted - I forget the name of the track/artist - but that was where the credit is deserved IMHO.

 

[Calva dosser]

'Anal Hamster Paradise'

Poove doo-dahs or summat.

They sampled a collierymans' band from the 20's, and eventually the trumpet player was tracked down.

Said 'Aye good luck to the lads. I never made owt. An' I'm too old to spend it now'

 

[Johnny Vodka]

So Jilted John - Jilted John won the one hit wonder world cup thingy on 6 Music. Can't complain.

 

[jjuice]

Stretch - Why did you do it

simply funktastic

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[badseed]

I can't possibly rate this track so much after finding out that the backing is basically completely lifted - I forget the name of the track/artist - but that was where the credit is deserved IMHO.

I never saw this response before the thread was bumped and now he's gone.
Riddim fail

 

[blairsh]

"tossing in a stream"

 

[fishfinger]

 

[fishfinger]

 

[fishfinger]

 

[pogofish]

Nope - They had two singles and an album that charted in the UK. I remember the second single did horrify many people with its wantonly open display of armpit hair in the video. Such was the 80s!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

So Jilted John - Jilted John won the one hit wonder world cup thingy on 6 Music. Can't complain.

Didn't he have another hit though?

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Didn't he have another hit though?

You tell me.

JJ is one of my karaoke songs btw.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Nope - They had two singles and an album that charted in the UK. I remember the second single did horrify many people with its wantonly open display of armpit hair in the video. Such was the 80s!

Nah, there were a couple of other singles, only one charted, but it didn't get to the top 40 to qualify as a hit.