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Musical one hit wonders

5 minutes ago, Boyne said:

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Really quite spooky. We were talking about this tune on Sunday.

We went out to lunch with my sister and her husband and this tune was played by the organist at their we’d on 23 /3/974.

The tune itself was  indeed called Eye Level played by the Simon Park Orchestra if you ever get the chance to watch them you tube do so because it actually is not a bad  piece.

ITV remade Van Der Valk recently and not terrible but in the day the original attracted huge viewing figures

 
Sexyfootball said:
Perhaps we need a thread definition of what constitutes a "hit" because those 3 additional Billy Paul tracks you've mentioned peaked at 30, 26 and 33 in the UK charts LOL.

Having said that, even Me & Mrs Jones only reached #12 in this country so if we are going on UK charts alone, then Billy Paul was effectively a no hit wonder 🙂 
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Fair point. I've never thought a "one-hit wonder" needed necessarily to have reached No 1. Maybe top 5, whatever. Bottom line: success they enjoyed neither before nor since.

 
Sexyfootball said:
Perhaps we need a thread definition of what constitutes a "hit" because those 3 additional Billy Paul tracks you've mentioned peaked at 30, 26 and 33 in the UK charts LOL.

Having said that, even Me & Mrs Jones only reached #12 in this country so if we are going on UK charts alone, then Billy Paul was effectively a no hit wonder 🙂 
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It's a fair point. However, I would counter that regardless of the UK charts, Let Em In and Only the Strong Survive are Billy Paul classics that would be found on pretty much any Philadelphia sound album.

 
On 08/09/2024 at 15:57, dermott said:

Mmmm. Not sure they qualify as one-hit wonders. Two-hit wonders perhaps. The Beatles didn't release "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" as a single. Marmalade did and topped the UK charts.




 
What I would suggest is if you load a song then comment on why you think it qualifies, some of mine were only once in the UK yet more prolific in the US.

I have also noticed it is quite difficult sometimes to see quickly what singles an artist had and where they were successful.

Only done for a bit of fun so errors are not a problem 😀

 
This track was #1 just about everywhere in 1999. Can recall dancing to it in just about every bar in Ios that summer. Good times 🙂 




 
3 hours ago, strider6004 said:

Gone for this one as allegedly his only hit in the UK

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Maybe in the UK but no way can John Denver be classed as a one hit wonder. String of hits across multiple decades and one of the most enduring country singers across those years.

 
This is probably a no hit wonder.

This track is this band's most well known track, in fact is probably there signature track, yet the original never charted in the US or the UK and the re-release only ever got to 57 in the UK charts. For those into the Soul and r&b circuit this is still a stonking track.




 
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