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Favourite two-hit-wonder?

posted 8 years ago by Thor-Delta
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Before you say "two hit wonder? What the hell is that?", here are some examples of two hit wonders:
Vanilla Ice with "Ice Ice Baby" and "Play That Funky Music"
A Taste of Honey with "Boogie Oogie Oogie" and "Sukiyaki"
Pilot with "Magic" and "January" (they did have two additional top 40 entries, but these weren't major hits)
Robin Jolley had two hits in Australia with "Marshall's Portable Music Machine" and "Do You Wanna Boogie"

Anyway, does anyone have a favourite two hit wonder?

Have you played Atari today?

[–] KatiesGhost 8 years ago

My favorite two hit wonder is Kim Wilde, who's best known for "Kids in America" and "You Keep Me Hangin' On" in America. She has bookoos of hits in her native England, but only really 2 hits in America.

I actually even once made a post on the Music General board about two hit wonders and famous two hit wonders.

[–] Thor-Delta 8 years ago

Indeed, lots of artists may have lots of hits in one country and only one or two in another. For example, John Paul Young and Divinyls are usually seen as one-hit-wonders in the US, but had a good deal more hits in Australia.

Have you played Atari today?

[–] pop-actor 8 years ago

Kim Wilde as a dozen of success...

Mosquitoes refuse to bite me purely out of respect

[–] rowan_morrison 8 years ago

2 top 10 hits in the UK and a few minor ones.

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[–] bravomailer 8 years ago

The only one that comes to mind is the Cyrkle: "Red Rubber Ball" and "Turn-Down Day". I saw them in 1966 when they opened for the Beatles.

[–] Gjo65 8 years ago

Wow...Brian Epstein also managed the Cyrkle, if I'm not mistaken

[–] bravomailer 8 years ago

Yes, Epstein was the Cyrkle's manager. Bobby Hebb ("Sunny, once so true . . . I love you") performed before the Cyrkle did. Epstein, however, wasn't his manager. Both Hebb and the Cyrkle played ten or fifteen minutes each and were warmly appreciated. The reception for the main act was much warmer, as you might imagine.

[–] Bubblegum_Perfume 8 years ago

"Chequered Love", "Cambodia"

You can feel the sunshine fading