Are They A One-Hit Wonder?

Cyrkle
#2 "Red Rubber Ball"
#16 "Turn-Down Day"

I don't know either song or anything about the artist. They disbanded before I was born.
 
Red Rubber Ball was written by Paul Simon and Seekers co-founder/guitarist Bruce Woodley. The Seekers recorded the song for their Comes The Day album, released in November 1966. Simon & Garfunkel recorded the song live on January 22, 1967 at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Their version first appeared on a bootleg CD in 1988 but was not officially released until November 1997 when it appeared on the three-CD compilation album Old Friends.




 
The only "Red Rubber Ball" song I know is a crappy one on a crappy album. I like 3 songs on the album, the rest (including "RRB") suck. Probably the worst thing The Dust Brothers have ever been involved with?

 
Allan Sherman
#2 "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah"
#40 "Crazy Downtown"

Definitely know the first one. Didn't know the second one until I did his bio at genius.com
 
Vitamin C
#18 "Smile"
#38 "Graduation (Friends Forever)"

I'm not real familiar with either song, but I think they are both still in the general public's awareness.
 
Dream
#2 "He Loves U Not"
#39 "This Is Me"

4 teenaged girls signed by Sean "Puffy P Diddy etc" Combs. Debut album came out late 2000. I'm not familiar with them at all.
 
I know Mexican Hat Rock. KFWB played the song in 1958 but it never made their Fabulous Forty survey. In 1972, when KHJ-FM switched to a 1954-63 oldies format as KRTH ("K-Earth"), that song was on their playlist. I've never heard any of the Applejacks' other songs.

 
Dave Appell & The Applejacks released 20 singles between 1954 and 1964. Among them are Bunny Hop, Love In The Jungle, Sophisticated Swing, Theme From The Untouchables and Mexican Hat Twist. Their final single was this May 1964 instrumental version of the Beatles' She Loves You. Warning: it's awful!

 
Cheers
#3 "(Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin'"
#6 "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots"

1954/1955. I have no clue (again). But this is interesting:

The Cheers' members included Bert Convy (1933-1991) who would later serve as host of several daytime television game shows such as Tattletales, Super Password, Win, Lose or Draw and 3rd Degree.
 
Danity Kane
#8 "Show Stopper"
#10 "Damaged"

First one 2006. Second one 2008. Both albums hit #1. But if you said "Danity Kane" to me back in 2008, I would have said "What's that? The follow up to Citizen Kane?" Still no idea who they are (were?).

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Rex Smith
#10 "You Take My Breath Away"
#32 "Everlasting Love" (with Rachel Sweet)

Don't know neither (aside from hearing the 2nd one on the 1981 VJ a couple times now). The first one, I'm reading, is from a 1979 TV movie.
 
sadchild said:
Rex Smith
#10 "You Take My Breath Away"
#32 "Everlasting Love" (with Rachel Sweet)

Don't know neither (aside from hearing the 2nd one on the 1981 VJ a couple times now). The first one, I'm reading, is from a 1979 TV movie.
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The first was hard to miss on the radio in 1979. Didn't care for it much then. But it is one of those where I like it now. Has grown on me probably since it takes me back to 1979 when I hear it.
 
"French Montana." Wasn't that one of the original 13 Colonies? Anyway, French Montana's real name is Karim Kharbouch.
He was born in Morocco. I say he's a one-hit wonder. Here are his three top-40 hits:

Unforgettable (with Swae Lee) (3/2017)
No Shopping (with Drake) (36/2016)
Pop That (with Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne) (36/2012)
 
scotchandcigar said:
Horrible, horrible song. Repeat the title 8,000 times in a sickly-sweet ballad, and you've got it.

Blondie, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello and the Clash take me back to '79. We were clearly listening to different music back then.
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I hear those songs too and they also take me back. I was listening to top 40 radio back then. I was 17.
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
I hear those songs too and they also take me back. I was listening to top 40 radio back then. I was 17.
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I was also 17, and I thought My Sharona signaled the end of civilization. I came from a very different musical background. But I agree that whatever we liked back then has always stayed with us.
 
scotchandcigar said:
I was also 17, and I thought My Sharona signaled the end of civilization. I came from a very different musical background. But I agree that whatever we liked back then has always stayed with us.
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I was a late bloomer (I think we have discussed this). I first started really listening to music in 1978. My tastes admittedly were non-refined at the time and I liked almost everything on the top 40.
 
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