Greatest one hit wonder?

[Constipated Duck]

Europe - The Final Countdown - first album brought

Pretty good album, an an excellent song. I think the follow-up single was "Rock The Night" which was also a corker, but only got to the lower reaches of the charts... as did the appalling third single "Carrie".

 

[danielcan]

Born to Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez

[Youtube]a-aI1Ch39ZU[/Youtube]

 

[danielcan]

The Baby's - Isn't it time.

Promises - Baby it's you.

Promises - Baby it's you
[Youtube]7l51TZtA4mc[/Youtube]

The Babys - Isn't it time
[Youtube]fAGuBw0eVTQ[/Youtube]

The Babys - Everytime I think of you (John Waite solo more recently)
[Youtube]iIet55yYNfY[/Youtube]

 

[danielcan]

Love this

Jigsaw - Sky High
[Youtube]uOu7JlQqiaA[/Youtube]

 

[danielcan]

sigh!

The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
[Youtube]uSmYvuvaJDg[/Youtube]

 

[danielcan]

The Waterbooys - Whole of the Moon (don't recall any other hits)

I still have a CD single, one of the first I bought

[Youtube]d66p2auoO54[/Youtube]
(live version, can't locate an original clip)

 

[danielcan]

I think it was his only real hit in Australia

Memory lane, people

Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk
[Youtube]IdO81OKATgE[/Youtube]

 

[Kahuna]

EMF - Unbelievable

 

[danielcan]

I always associated Dave Edmunds with Nick Lowe

Nick Lowe - Cruel to be Kind
[Youtube]uiwv4g97Ve0[/Youtube]

 

[danielcan]

Rupert Holmes - Escape
(The Pina Colada Song)
[Youtube]AJxwwwyB4_k[/Youtube]

 

[danielcan]

Laura Branigan - Gloria
(her main hit in Australia)
Rest in Peace Laura

[Youtube]rbpItHHhnbk[/Youtube]

 

[danielcan]

Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun
[Youtube]zkSJxJL4ldE[/Youtube]

 

[Bernie L]

I think this one might cover them all....

Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting.

A classic!!!!

 

[danielcan]

Believe it or not, this was a huge hit in 1974 in Australia
(It must have been on Countdown)

Sister Janet Mead - The Lord's Prayer
[Youtube]E_nX80VpXYI[/Youtube]

 

[danielcan]

Pilot - Magic
(January was also a hit, but the clip is unavailable)

[Youtube]41UIiEH53QY[/Youtube]

 

[krisholio14]

my personal fav - Looking Glass - Brandy (youre a fine girl)

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[AndSmithMustScore]

Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk

I love this song, and it's much better than the Elvis Costello version.

But Dave had a world wide hit in 70/71 with the song "I hear you knocking"

 

[Alvin Teal]

Daniel Boone - Skydiver

Down By The River, Beautiful Sunday both preceded this.

 

[Alvin Teal]

Probably the biggest was Procol Harum's A whiter shade of pale.

Conquistador, circa 1971?

 

[Alvin Teal]

The Baby's - Isn't it time.

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Follow up single ' Every Time I Think Of You ' did pretty well in early '79 and you could possibly count John Waite's solo stuff int he 80s, particularly that painful ' Missing You ' crap.

 

[Alvin Teal]

Christie Allen - Goosebumps (not sure if she had another hit)

Followed up with He's My Number One, Magic Rhythm and Baby Get Away, then disaappeared.

Skinny Girls - Allan Dale

Actually Alan O' Day, and also had Undercover Angel in 1977.

 

[Alvin Teal]

Rupert Holmes - Escape
(The Pina Colada Song)

Backed up throughout 1980 with ' Him ' , ' Answering Machine ' and ' Morning Man ' but hasn't been heard of since here.

 

[Alvin Teal]

A few off the top of my head:

Baby Come Back - Player

Romeo - Mr Big

Dancing In The City - Marshall / Hain

Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Blue Devils

Halfway Hotel - Voyager

Love At First Night - Kim Hart

Lady Love - Meo 245

 

[krisholio14]

A few off the top of my head:

Baby Come Back - Player

Romeo - Mr Big

Dancing In The City - Marshall / Hain

Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Blue Devils

Halfway Hotel - Voyager

Love At First Night - Kim Hart

Lady Love - Meo 245

if im not mistaken mr big had an even bigger hit with 'to be with you'

and ozark mountain daredevils were an album band who had several hits in the states. not only that but they had album of the day on allmusic yesterday lol

 

[Alvin Teal]

if im not mistaken mr big had an even bigger hit with 'to be with you'

and ozark mountain daredevils were an album band who had several hits in the states. not only that but they had album of the day on allmusic yesterday lol

A lot of people make that mistake. The ' Mr Big ' who had ' Romeo ' were an English band who had a sloitary hit with that track in 1977.

The other Mr Big who had that hit in the 90s were ( I think ) Australian an a completely different outfit.

Oops, yes, it was Daredevils, not Blue Devils....got the band and song title mixed up.

A few others:

Baked Beans - Mother Goose

Jump Up and Down, Wave your Knickers In The Air - St Lucia

Good Morning, How Are You - Moir Sisters

Darlin' - Frankie Miller

Lucky Stars - Dean Friednam / Denise Marsa

Ernie - Benny Hill

and would Mario Millo count for her part in ' Six Ribbons ' with Jon English?