While this is not exactly related to the conversation at hand, it's a good time to say I do prefer posts that are more than "second" or "19 for me". I always add something that might spark a conversation and wish others did it more often (everyone adds occasionally, but I'd like to see it even more).
Could this be the biggest subjective OHW yet?
Or a vote determines:
I think you're just pulling my leg; but in case you're genuinely ticked-off: I didn't actually ask you to stop posting obituaries, or change your posting criteria. Many others have, so take it up with them, not me. I was merely making a joke about the similarities between sad's list and your list (from my perspective).
Again, I was just making a joke. Others may recognize the names of the artists you're posting; I'm fine with it. I think we only need "seconds" for celebrity deaths.
Mister scotch, you know I'm not the leg puller I used to be. I meant what I said. As for what makes a "one-hit wonder," Mister sadchild began this thread by pointing out that an artist who has had two top-40 hits is not "technically" a one-hit wonder – but may subjectively be a one-hit wonder if the lower-charting top-40 hit is not well-known. I think we need to look at radio airplay over the years. For example, the Crew-Cuts were certainly not one-hit wonders in the 1950s but Sh-Boom and Earth Angel were their only songs to continue to get played in the 1960s and '70s. SiriusXM's '50s On 5 channel occasionally plays Sh-Boom but none of their other hits. This is where we have to be subjective: Do we judge them by their chart performance in the 1950s or by how they are remembered in 2023?
Those are some good guesses for this week's WAI right there!Phoebe Snow
#5 "Poetry Man"
#23 "Gone at Last" (with Paul Simon)
#46 "Games"
I don't recognize either song. The first one reminds me of Carole King and Joni Mitchell.
| 2. | 1-2 | 18 Oct 75 | Paul Simon / Art Garfunkel, Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow |
#1) They are German.
