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  Hot Knob > 07/11/2012, 19:32

  Tribute to Clive Dunn who died yesterday at 92, this was a hit for him back in 1970
  
  
  
  
  
  Well we had Grandad, we might aswell have Grandma also back in 1980
  
  
  
  
  
  Back in 1969 this was a hit for the Archies
  
  
  
  

• RE: UK Chart One Hit Wonders

  RussyRover > 08/11/2012, 19:47

  This British duo (yes they were white guys) reached #1 in 1975, remember coconut airways?, it is Typically Tropical and Barbados, covered later on in 1999 by The Vengaboys...
  
  
  
  
  In 1986 and making it to #4, there was an awfully big marine, and his name was Camouflage, sung by Stan Ridgway (Who was previous lead singer of Wall of Voodoo), whose only other chart entry was up in the 90s...
  
  
  
  
  Los Del Rio (never to be heard of again in the UK) only managed #2 in 1996, but they will always be remembered for.... The Macarena
  
  
  

• RE: UK Chart One Hit Wonders

  Hot Knob > 09/11/2012, 21:42

  The song was banned by the BBC, which is believed to be a major factor in the song's success. Serge Gainsbourg, a controversial French singer and director, scored his only UK chart success with this song in 1969. He was the first non UK/US one-hit wonder
  
  
  
  
  
  Uptown Top Ranking" was sung by the Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively.
  
  Released in 1977, it was a surprise hit reaching number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1978, but had only one week at the chart summit
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Rock Me Amadeus" is a 1985 song by Austrian pop musician Falco from his album Falco 3. It topped the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic. It was Falco's only number one hit in the United Kingdom
  
  
  
  
  

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  pornstore > 10/11/2012, 08:00

  
  
  I only know of this because it was number 1 on my birthdate, oh so very long ago. Great song though, pretty underrated in today's terms, don't think I've ever seen it or heard it played anywhere, ever.

• RE: UK Chart One Hit Wonders

  RussyRover > 10/11/2012, 17:19

  Indeed Pornstore but not a one hit wonder as T'Pau had top tens with Heart and Soul and Valentine!

• RE: UK Chart One Hit Wonders

  Hot Knob > 10/11/2012, 21:23

  Deee-Lite was an American house and club/dance group, formed in New York, New York, United States. The group's best-known single was "Groove Is in the Heart", from their 1990 debut album, World Clique.
  
  
  
  
  
  The Vapors were a New Wave and power pop band from England, that existed between 1979 and 1981. They had a hit with the song "Turning Japanese" in 1980, which reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• RE: UK Chart One Hit Wonders

  RussyRover > 12/11/2012, 17:54

  I liked the vapors from my time...
  Anyway if they were turning Japanese, then scottish girl Aneka had a number one with her Japanese Boy in 1981, unfortunately the follow up only made it to #50.
  
  
  
  
  then in 1982, Ph.D (with Jim Diamond as lead singer of the trio) made it to #3 with I Won't Let You Down, he did have better success as a solo singer...
  
  
  
  
  and in 1986, It Bites made it to #6 with Calling All The Heroes, although many more releases the best they could do was number 54.
  
  
  

• RE: UK Chart One Hit Wonders

  Hot Knob > 12/11/2012, 20:52

  Toni Basil, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, filmmaker, film director, choreographer, and dancer, but best known for her multi-million-selling worldwide No. 1 hit "Mickey" from 1982, her next best was a song that reached #77
  
  
  
  
  
  Andrea True was an American adult film star and singer from the disco era. In addition to her given name, she had multiple stage names, including Inger Kissin, Singe Low, Sandra Lips, Andrea Travis, and Catherine Warren.
  
  She is best known for the 1976 disco tune, "More, More, More", which peaked at #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the UK Singles Chart next best was a #34
  
  (I prefer Rachel Stevens version and video :D )
  
  
  
  

• RE: UK Chart One Hit Wonders

  Hot Knob > 21/11/2012, 21:27

  What Is Love" is a song recorded by Eurodance artist Haddaway,the song peaked at number two in the UK back in 1993
  
  
  
  
  
  Rockwell is an R&B performer and had a hit back in 1983 with this song that reach number 6 in the UK
  
  
  
  
  
  
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