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Posted: Thu Nov 13th, 2008 02:29 pm |
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The Monroes- What do all the people know?
Moving Pictures- What About Me?
Life in a Northern Town (can't remember who)
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Posted: Thu Nov 13th, 2008 02:48 pm |
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lplp wrote:
Life in a Northern Town (can't remember who)
Dream Academy. Loved that song.
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Posted: Thu Nov 13th, 2008 03:31 pm |
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One of my all time favorites
Money That's What I Want - Flying Lizards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd5ADmg-Txs
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 02:18 am |
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freebirdsforever2001 wrote: patti smith - because the night
Didn't she have more hits? She's kind of a legend.
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 01:44 pm |
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Patti has somewhere around 30 albums and is always considered the matriarch of American punk rock, but as far as commercial success "Because the Night" is as far as it goes. She get credit for co-writing the song with Springsteen, but I have read everything from her contribution consisted only of changing a few words in the lyrics to her completely rewriting the arrangement.
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alpha65
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 02:36 pm |
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kargol wrote: A lot of these were not one hit wonders in the UK, Dexy's actually had a bigger hit than Come On Eileen:
Geno
(ignore the Northern Soul bit, they were from Birmingham and you can see them jumping the fences at New Street Station in the video)
The one hit wonder thing does depend heavily on location.
Of course The Proclaimers are a national institution here in Scotland, who can forget the classic Letter from America:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=d-OzdiaJZkw
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 02:39 pm |
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thunderbolt wrote: Patti has somewhere around 30 albums and is always considered the matriarch of American punk rock, but as far as commercial success "Because the Night" is as far as it goes. She get credit for co-writing the song with Springsteen, but I have read everything from her contribution consisted only of changing a few words in the lyrics to her completely rewriting the arrangement.
Interesting. Then could you almost call Grateful Dead a one-hit wonder with Touch of Gray? I think they had maybe one other song make it to Billboard number 45 or 60 or so, but by accident. Touch of Gray came about, if I recall when they were forced by contract to release a full-fledged studio album? I am sure that Dead fans here know a lot more about this.
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thunderbolt
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 02:53 pm |
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I think "Truckin'" briefly flirted with the charts, but after that a few songs like Casey Jones, Sugar Magnolia and Uncle John's Band got some airplay but didn't really achieve any significant success as singles.
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 05:16 pm |
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pjstef wrote:
Kid_Naitch wrote: Mister Mister - Broken Wings.
Mister Mister had a second hit almost as big called "Kyrie"
Both songs hit Billboard # 1.
They had a third Top Ten hit with "Is It Love", which peaked at #8 on the Billboard charts.
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 05:24 pm |
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thunderbolt wrote:
I think "Truckin'" briefly flirted with the charts, but after that a few songs like Casey Jones, Sugar Magnolia and Uncle John's Band got some airplay but didn't really achieve any significant success as singles.
Truckin'- Peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Casey Jones"- did not chart.
"Sugar Magnolia"-reached #91.
"Uncle John's Band"-#69.
Other Dead singles to chart in the Hot 100 were "Music Never Stopped"-#81
and "Alabama Getaway"#68.
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 05:26 pm |
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The Ultimate Sin wrote:
freebirdsforever2001 wrote: patti smith - because the night
Didn't she have more hits? She's kind of a legend.
"Frederick"- peaked at #90 on the Billboard Hot 100. She isn't a singles artist.
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 05:32 pm |
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lplp wrote:
The Monroes- What do all the people know?
Moving Pictures- What About Me?
Life in a Northern Town (can't remember who)
"What Do All the People Know"-The Monroes. Peaked at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100. Technically, not a hit.
"What About Me"- Moving Pictures. #29. Only charted single in the US.
"Life in a Northern Town"- Dream Academy. #7.
"The Love Parade"- #36. The follow up single.
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 05:33 pm |
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lobo316 wrote:
One of my all time favorites
Money That's What I Want - Flying Lizards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd5ADmg-Txs
Peaked at #50. Really not a hit.
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Count Grog
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 05:33 pm |
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pjstef wrote: thunderbolt wrote: Patti has somewhere around 30 albums and is always considered the matriarch of American punk rock, but as far as commercial success "Because the Night" is as far as it goes. She get credit for co-writing the song with Springsteen, but I have read everything from her contribution consisted only of changing a few words in the lyrics to her completely rewriting the arrangement.
Interesting. Then could you almost call Grateful Dead a one-hit wonder with Touch of Gray? I think they had maybe one other song make it to Billboard number 45 or 60 or so, but by accident. Touch of Gray came about, if I recall when they were forced by contract to release a full-fledged studio album? I am sure that Dead fans here know a lot more about this.
While the Grateful Dead had a handfull of charted hits. Already noted in this thread they achieved lots of radio airplay . Besides those mentioned
Hell in a Bucket
Throwing Stones
Foolish Heart
all got airplay in the 1980's/1990's when they came out. Top selling hits or albums didn't stop the Dead from year in and year out being one of the top 10 concert draws in the country. Even in a post Jerry Garcia world they are still at it and I will be going to see Bob Weir's band Ratdog this Sunday.
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 05:36 pm |
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clawmaster wrote:
freebirdsforever2001 wrote: thin lizzy - the boys are back in town
Jailbreak was the follow up single to The Boys Are Back In Town.
It didn't chart in the US Billboard Hot 100. "Cowboy Song"- #77 was the only other charted US single the band had.
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