Are They A One-Hit Wonder?
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I'm confused. Aren't both of those hits Jefferson Airplane? So what's the debate?
I'm guessing sadchild remembers only one of those two songs. A few stations in 1967 refused to play White Rabbit because the music directors thought – Horrors! – the song is about drugs. In Los Angeles, White Rabbit got to #2 (behind Brenton Wood's The Oogum Boogum Song) on the June 28 1967 KHJ Boss 30. The song peaked at #3 on the July 18 1967 KFWB Fabulous Forty.
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Yes, the question mark should not be inside the quotation marks there.
Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit' - The Story Behind The Song
How many children's stories contained "drug references?" Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit' The story behind the song.
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Yes, the question mark should not be inside the quotation marks there.
And that reminds me of Ed Sullivan's "really big" outrage at the Doors singing the word "higher" on his show in 1967.
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When The Doors Defied Ed Sullivan - Best Classic Bands
When The Doors appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show they were asked not to sing the word 'higher.' Jim Morrison refused to change the lyrics
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Was IRBS the censor for the Ed Sullivan show?And that reminds me of Ed Sullivan's "really big" outrage at the Doors singing the word "higher" on his show in 1967.
When The Doors Defied Ed Sullivan - Best Classic Bands
When The Doors appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show they were asked not to sing the word 'higher.' Jim Morrison refused to change the lyrics
I know 'em both! But I don't know the #42 song.
"Rabbit" and "Somebody" are cool, groundbreaking songs. But I don't find myself listening to them much. I listen to Jefferson Starship more. "Jane", "Stranger" and "Find Your Way Back" and great (but "Miracles" sucks)
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
They are the same band. When anybody takes about Jeffereson Starship or Starship they reference their previous band names. And yes personal has changed. That doesn't mean they are different bands. Do you consider Van Hagar to be a different band than Van Halen even though they both use the name Van Halen?
The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil – songwriter Paul Kantner combined the names of Winnie-The-Pooh and folk singer Fred Neil, best known for Everybody's Talkin' and The Other Side Of This Life – got to #24 on the Cash Box Top 100 and #42 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1967. It was one of 13 songs Jefferson Airplane performed on August 17 1969 at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair.
It's hard to draw the line. I've just been basing it on band name. They change their name, they're a different band. Not that it's ideal and works in all cases, but it's a way to do it.
On BlueSky, there's an account that posts one-hit wonders. On Tuesdays they've started posting about two-hit wonders (right up my alley!)
They posted that 3OH3! is two hit wonder because
#7 "Don't Trust Me"
#9 "My First Kiss" w/ Kesha
I responded that I don't call them a two-hit wonder because
#7 "Blah Blah Blah" w/ Kesha
They responded that "My First Kiss" is "3OH3! featuring Kesha" but "Blah Blah Blah" is Kesha featuring 3OH3! .... so they don't count the third one. They just draw the line in a different place than me.
And I draw the line where Jefferson Airplane is one band and Jefferson Starship is another (and Starship is another-nother).
So if Van Halen CHANGED their name to Van Hagar, yes I'd count them differently
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
ELO vs Electric Light Orchestra? Same or different? They used ELO for one album and one hit. Are they a one hit wonder?
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
For "Time" they used ELO as the band name for the single releases from that album (of which only 1 hit the top 40).
I think minor changes in the band name do not count as making them different bands. I also think that so and so with so and so still also count as the same person.
BTO did the same thing. They were nicknamed BTO while Bachman Turner Overdrive. But later, probably for legal reasons, toured and released new music as BTO (not Bachman Turner Overdrive).
So yeah, it's hairy. No perfect answer.
So yeah, it's hairy. No perfect answer.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Yes, we can't even come up with a universal definition of OHW so it is unlikely we will form consensus on this.
Electric Light Orchestra evolved from The Move, who first charted in 1972 with Do Ya. A new version of the song became a #24 hit in March 1977.
Badfinger – whose 1970s hits include Baby Blue, No Matter What, Day After Day and Come & Get It – first charted in 1969 with Maybe Tomorrow. They were then known as the Iveys.
The Moments – Harry Ray, Al Goodman, Billy Brown –had several 1970s hits including Love On A Two Way Street, I Do, Sexy Mama and Gotta Find A Way. In February 1980, they had a number-one R&B hit and #5 pop hit with Special Lady – under the name of Ray, Goodman & Brown.
Google's A.I. says, "'One-hit wonder' refers to a musical artist or group that achieves widespread popularity and recognition for a single hit song but fails to sustain that level of success with subsequent releases. While they may have other songs, these are not as widely known or successful as their one prominent hit." I would define "one-hit wonder" as an artist or group who had a top-ten hit but no other songs in the top 40.
Badfinger – whose 1970s hits include Baby Blue, No Matter What, Day After Day and Come & Get It – first charted in 1969 with Maybe Tomorrow. They were then known as the Iveys.
The Moments – Harry Ray, Al Goodman, Billy Brown –had several 1970s hits including Love On A Two Way Street, I Do, Sexy Mama and Gotta Find A Way. In February 1980, they had a number-one R&B hit and #5 pop hit with Special Lady – under the name of Ray, Goodman & Brown.
Google's A.I. says, "'One-hit wonder' refers to a musical artist or group that achieves widespread popularity and recognition for a single hit song but fails to sustain that level of success with subsequent releases. While they may have other songs, these are not as widely known or successful as their one prominent hit." I would define "one-hit wonder" as an artist or group who had a top-ten hit but no other songs in the top 40.
Thin Lizzy "The Boys Are Back In Town" peaked at #12. Their only other Hot 100 entry is "Cowboy Song" at #77. One hit wonder?