That's a good song Lavender as well as 1981's "Love Is Like A Rock" and "My Girl".

Those that don't know,Donnie Iris is the former lead singer of the one hit wonder,4 LP group The Jaggerz,whose lone hit in 1970 was,"The Rapper". (From the album,"We Went To Different Schools Together" .

No..it's not a "rap" song (no rap then) to rap back then meant to be a smooth talking guy (like in the song) or to talk things out honestly,one on one. :)

Check out the site Paralell Time: The unofficial Donnie Iris site. He's been in many acts.

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The Cheater by Bob Kuban & The In-Men (1966)


It was so ironic that lead singer Walter Scott would be murdered by his wife's lover in 1983...His body was found floating face-down in a cistern 5 years later.

It wasn't a cistern per say, it was the sewer. Then they built something on top of the sewer lid, I don't think the wife even lived there still when they found him. He was wrapped in plastic and that is why the body was perserved.

You're quite right, Deb. Even though the term "cistern" is often used in regard to this story I've always had the distinct impression it was more of a septic tank situation. And his wife's lover built a very large "flower box" on top of it - right after Christmas during the height of gardening season in Missouri... lol...

Didn't they also find his driver's license with the body? And the wife's lover's wife also died. It was in a mysterious car accident just 2 months before Walter disappeared. Walter's wife & her lover were convicted of various charges in connection with these murders.

Scottie Priesmeyer has written a book called "The Cheaters: The Walter Scott Murder" which details the murders & investigation. They also run the story on various forensics programs.


Back to Mike's topic!

White Bird by It's A Beautiful Day (1969) (loved this one!)

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Here's an interesting "One Hit Wonder." There's a story involving this singer and Gordon during the night one of her sons was born. Does anyone know what it is? (I'll bet Char does! lol...)

The song is "Friends and Lovers"
The singer is Gloria Loring

Really cute story! That Gord... you can always count on him to get "the job" done!

I recall Alan Thicke talking of Gloria being pregnant and possibly overdue and he asked Gord to come over to 'get things moving along." I imagine an evening of song followed until the baby decided to make an appearance!
lol
I believe that baby was Todd Thicke- a TV producer now!
lol

*bing!*bing!*bing!*bing!*bing!* YOU WIN! (will select a lovely prize for you in a minute...)

You are The Ultimate Authority on Mr. Gordon Lightfoot! (who knew? lol...)

Should he ever decide to write his memoirs I hope he has you sitting right there next to him so you can remind him of all the things he's forgotten about!

Now... must think of another One Hit Wonder....

Anyone remember the awful "Dead Skunk"? (in the middle of the road...)

Way to go, Char!

I remembered it because I was always a fan of Alan's...and when I saw that show with Gord and saw they were friends it stuck with me...
otherwise I can't remember if I had breakfast yet....
lol

I know what you mean! lol...

I saw that interview, too. Wasn't it on Alan's talk show? Was it called "Thicke Of The Night"? It cracked me up when they called in Party Animal Gord to keep that poor woman up all night!

Another One Hit Wonder: "I Will Follow Him" by
Little Peggy March (hubby's home-town girl!)

No but I was reading another posting yesterday by Sheryl at:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...=000851#000017
who reported on the recovery of her pet dog after eating chocolate.
Then I saw the word "skunk" here and ding ding ding,I recalled that we were recently plagued by nightly unpleasant wiffs and one evening I saw a skunk sneaking back through a hole under our garden/back yard shed,.
I inmmediately googled for "skunk poison" and was delighted to find a page with the highly susopect header
"Skunk School -- Learn Why Not To Keep Skunks As Pets":-
http://www.pigdog.org/skunkschool.html
but it contained great advice starting with
"Skunks have a ground speed of nearly 85 miles per hour, close to that of the cheetah".
More to the point I was informed
"The only recourse a skunk owner has is to build skunk traps baited with chocolate. Chocolate is an irresistible substance to skunks, and it is also a deadly poison to them"
I told Susan who pooh hood the notion and refused to believe me so I searched within my original set of results for "chocolate" and read that it is also poisonous to dogs.
As we do not have a dog here I laid out two hopefully tempting squares of rich dark chocolate. the next morning one had been eaten and I soon found a very dead skunk.
John

My grandfather used to feed his beagles/basset hounds and german shepherds chocolate every day for years and years. Us grandkids learned to share real fast!
Maybe if the dogs had offered the chocolate to the skunks they encountered almost weekly in North Ontario we'd have been better off....no wonder I hate tomato juice and can smell a skunk a hundred miles away...I still loves my choco tho!
lol

I dug up this thread because I heard "Closing Time" by Semisonic over the weekend, and I forgot how much I like that song. I think it's a one-hit wonder - haven't heard anything else by that group.

LSH-Sorry I forgot to respond to your Q. about Billy Vera & The Beaters! :redface:

The had that big #1 hit in 1987 with "At This Moment" when it was featured on "Family Ties". It originally got to #79 in 1981.

Before that he & his group had 2 lesser known hits,"I Can Take Care Of Myself" (also 1981) and "Country Girl-City Man" w/Judy Clay in 1968.

According to the "only" Billy Vera site,he's had a lot more singles out than those. :cool:

Here's 2 really great 1 hit wonders from the '50s:

The Dubs with the wonderful,"Could This Be Magic" and The Elegants with,"Little Star". Excellent 1950's vocal group ballads!

[ September 02, 2006, 16:49: Message edited by: Borderstone ]

When it comes to OHW's I'm all about 80's New Wave

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me w/ Science
Modern English - Melt w/ You
The Outfield - Your Love
Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
Big Country - In a Big Country

Whenever these songs come on the radio I just gotta crank it, especially the last 3!

I think the *worst* OHW of all time had to be Don Johnson's "Heartbeat" :(

Simple Minds - 5 hits,all great!

Bow Wow Wow -Great songs,no hits. I have their actual LP's! ;)

Mod. Eng. -Great song,no hits

Outfield- 5 hits (mostly sounding like their first! :D )

Flock O. S.- "I Ran","Space Age Love Song" (better than "I Ran" I feel.) and "Wishing".

Solo only,yes Don J. did have that 1 hit,but he also made the top 40 w/Streisand singing,"Til I Loved You" in 1988 when they were dating. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I'm not trying to nitpick folks,I swear,but I just can't help it. I know too much and I have to let it out! :rolleyes: :D

Just happened upon this topic and figured I'd throw my three cents in (up from two cents due to inflation).

Great lists! "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor! Lonnie Donnegan and his Skiffle Group!

How about Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo
Reflections of my Life - Marmalade
Concrete and Clay - Unit Four Plus Two......

Time traveler,the song and the lyrics you posted,are from 1997's,"Tubthumping" by the truly one hit act Chumbawumba! :rolleyes:

(Can't believe it's 10 years next year!! :eek: )

Tubthumping,by the way,is a slang word that means "to preach to others". Kinda like Bible-thumping. They never say the title in the song though.

As for the groups name,much like Bananarama in the 80s,they just wanterd a weird name. :D

Fezo,funny you should mention Status Quo,just a month or so ago I found that very 45rpm at a Goodwill! Cool song,kinda weird. ;)

Kind of weird indeed!

Speaking of weire, there's always They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha Ha.....

My fave one-hit-wonders:

The Beatles--"Please Please Me": They had one hit and then disappeared forever. I wonder what happened to these guys. I believe they were from England or something; they're probably working in a steel mill.

Elvis Presley--"Heartbreak Hotel": Huge hit in 1956. This Presley fellow never had another hit and, as I understand it, spent the rest of his life shooting televisions. He should have listened when everyone said that rock'n'roll was just a fad.

How about Third Rate Romance by the Amazing Rhythm Aces? They had a few albums but I don't think they had another hit.

very droll W-C.You could have added Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" a one hit wonder by a
breakaway group from Bob Dylan's The Band calling themselves The Rolling Stones, I wonder what they look like as they come up for UK bus passes. I bet that Keith Richards fellow still looks like a teenager and his side kick, the Irishman Mick, is still swaggering around!!

John,
I was going to mention the Rolling Stones also, but I couldn't remember what their first (oops, I mean ONLY) hit was. Yes, the Stones were a great one-hit-wonder band!

My all-time favorite song, Everlasting Love by Robert Knight.

Storm Warning by The Volcanos

As mentioned earlier, My Maria by B.W. Stevenson

I have a bunch of my parents' old 45's that I used to play alot when I was little. Some great titles & singers.

fezo's Concrete & Clay reminded me of one, not sure if it was mentioned already and can't remember the exact title, something like Mud & Cement, but I think the Mud part is wrong. It's sung by a woman & I think it may have been her only hit. Came out in the late 60's.

Ok, just remembered & googled it, it was Tar & Cement.

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someone asked where is B.W. Stevenson now. He passed away in 1988. B.W. Stevenson co-wrote My Maria and was a Texas artist who hung around Austin, Texas quite a bit.

http://www.oldies.com/artist-songs/BW-Stevenson.html

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i frequent a restaurant run by the former lead male singer of the Bells...I consider their duet, (I think I'm gonna) Stay A While their only hit...I know some who find the gal's voice a bit over-whispery...anyhow, I still like the simplicity and laid back groove and most of all, the cheesiness:)...perhaps this only got Canadian airplay

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aussie one hit wonder from 1980... Joe Dolce - Shaddap you face! :)

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Shaddap you face !

I remember this one very well, it had been a while since I heard it tho...

Thanks joveski ! :)

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This one from Tee Set/1969 !

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Definately my sharona stands out for me. HAHAHAHA disco duck....i think my sister still has the record to this day. What about saturday night by the bay city rollers?

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