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15/03/2007, 8:33 AM
Wolfie

PM Dawn - Set adrift on Memory Bliss

True to my current form on this thread - not a clue if this geezer had hits with some other band or indeed as PM Dawn.

Anyone?
15/03/2007, 8:46 AM
BohsPartisan

Who did Sunshine on a rainy day? Zoe or something?
15/03/2007, 9:34 AM
noby

Dexy's would be classed as a one hit wonder in the US. But what do they know

Quote:

I think the lead singer was Steve Coogan's brother.

I believe he still is Steve Coogan's brother.

Cornershop is an interesting one - most djs believing that the 'Norman Cook awful remix' is their only output ever. Way to destroy a song, jive bunny.
15/03/2007, 9:42 AM
Roadend

Captain Sensible - Happy talk ;)
15/03/2007, 10:04 AM
MyTown

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Originally Posted by Roadend

Captain Sensible - Happy talk ;)

Have to disqualify this one. He had a few chart appearances as lead singer with punk rockers The Damned.

Mind you we could do with him for our next home game:(
15/03/2007, 10:06 AM
noby

He also had a couple more solo "hits"
15/03/2007, 10:43 AM
MyTown

Okay its give away my age time but who remembers

Northern Lights by Rennaisance?
Story of the Blues by Wah
Matchstalk Men by Brian & Michael
I shoulda known better by Jim Diamond (was he also Phd? - okay leave him out!)
Kayleigh by Marillion
I've never been to me by Charlene (I know, I know, pass the si*k bag)

My favourite is 'Airport' by the Motors. Coldplay's CLOCKS sounds like a sample of it. I also liked Echo Beach which got an honourable mention above.

Is it worth starting a new thread for Irish One Hit Wonders?
There were a few decent bands in the late 70s early 80s, before we got arrogant and prosperous and if we had an economy then, they could have been contenders....
15/03/2007, 10:45 AM
BohsPartisan

Africa by Toto?

I come from a land down under by Men at work

Safety Dance by ?
15/03/2007, 11:24 AM
noby

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Originally Posted by MyTown

Kayleigh by Marillion

Marillion have been knocking around for years, with plenty of top forty hits.

Toto had 'Rosanna' too.
15/03/2007, 11:33 AM
Jerry The Saint

Safety Dance by ?

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Originally Posted by Bill and Marty

Men Without Hats! Or as they're known today Men Without Jobs.
15/03/2007, 12:26 PM
Lev Yashin

Enola Gay....cant think of the name of the band....i know it was the name of the first atomic bomb dropped....some 80's throwaway
15/03/2007, 12:27 PM
Wolfie

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Originally Posted by noby

I believe he still is Steve Coogan's brother.

So you've not heard the terrible news?
15/03/2007, 12:31 PM
Lionel Ritchie

Quote:

Originally Posted by noby

He also had a couple more solo "hits"

Glad It's All Over
15/03/2007, 12:35 PM
Lionel Ritchie

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Originally Posted by shannonman

Enola Gay....cant think of the name of the band....i know it was the name of the first atomic bomb dropped....some 80's throwaway

OMD (Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark) had more hits than a porn site while the wifes away.

the excellent "Secrets" and the excreble "Seven Seas of Blue" come to mind. One of them also produced tesco-girl-pop-knacks Atomic Kitten
15/03/2007, 12:38 PM
noby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfie

So you've not heard the terrible news?

Serious? Oops.

OMD - see also Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans etc.
15/03/2007, 12:39 PM
noby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

Glad It's All Over

So am I...
15/03/2007, 1:13 PM
Wolfie

Quote:

Originally Posted by noby

Serious? Oops.

Na Noby - I presume Steve Coogans brother is very much alive :cool: :D
15/03/2007, 2:28 PM
Lev Yashin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

OMD (Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark) had more hits than a porn site while the wifes away.

the excellent "Secrets" and the excreble "Seven Seas of Blue" come to mind. One of them also produced tesco-girl-pop-knacks Atomic Kitten

shocking on my part never realised it was O.M.D...i stand corrected and foolish
16/03/2007, 10:09 PM
superfrank

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Originally Posted by stann

Cameo had any number of hits other than 'Word Up' I think. 'Single Life' and the utterly brilliant 'Candy' spring to mind.

I can't rememer. I was -1 when Word Up came out but that was like their 7th album, IIRC, and they didn't have any success as big after. Maybe in America they did.

I have a Cameo "Hits" collection as I'd heard Candy and loved it. I knew about Word Up but I didn't know the name of the band. Anyway song number one was Word Up. And come to think of it a lot of the songs on the CD sound familiar but this is down to them being sampled in the hip-hop music I like.
17/03/2007, 11:25 PM
DmanDmythDledge

wheetus- teenage dirtbag
18/03/2007, 3:39 AM
stann

:D No.
Wheatus had another big hit with an Erasure cover. Respect, was it?
18/03/2007, 8:31 AM
Lionel Ritchie

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Originally Posted by stann

:D No.
Wheatus had another big hit with an Erasure cover. Respect, was it?

True. True.

I remember a few years back the local rags here getting moist with excitement as they gave an improbable amount of coverage to an Aspersion Music Collective run gig in Dolans on the basis that the headline act had just scored major hits worldwide.

Every hairdresser in town had to work through the night to get people ready for the joy of standing in a room with a person who was genuinely famous.

The headline act were called Wheat* :D

(*NOT Wheatus.)
19/03/2007, 11:29 AM
The-Beer-Baron

The New Radicals- You Get What You Give
19/03/2007, 11:36 AM
Terry

"Come on Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners
19/03/2007, 11:54 AM
pineapple stu

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Originally Posted by cheifo

Oh yeh and what about yer wan with her "99 Red Balloons"

Nena; quality song actually. She was German, and 99 Red Balloons (or Neunundneunzig Luftballons) was about the only song which was known outside Germany. She's released about 20 albums, with another due this year, most of which have beeb moderate successes (top 30 in the German charts) and she's still knocking about too. Had a German number 1 hit in 2003. Wikipedia.
19/03/2007, 4:30 PM
noby

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Originally Posted by Terry

"Come on Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners

Grrr...
As I said earlier, in the US maybe. This side of the world - no. 'Come on Eileen' wasn't even their only (British) number one.
19/03/2007, 4:35 PM
gustavo

Most people wouldnt be able to name another Dexys tune though
19/03/2007, 5:42 PM
Marked Man

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Originally Posted by gustavo

Most people wouldnt be able to name another Dexys tune though

Dunno about that. I'm no Dexy's fan, but I can think of 2 that I would have thought most would know: Geno, and Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile).
19/03/2007, 10:19 PM
stann

Dead right. I can only hope that Terry and Gustavo are ripping the p!ss! :p

'There, There, My Dear' is another song many people will know, maybe without knowing the name though, and it was a top ten hit I'm sure.
And the Brushstrokes theme 'Because Of You' is yet another one, may have been a Kevin Rowland solo effort though, not sure about that.

Am just laughing about their famous TOTP appearance with 'Jackie Wilson Says', with the huge photo of Jocky Wilson behind the band. :D
19/03/2007, 10:29 PM
BohsPartisan

Europe - The Final Countdown
19/03/2007, 10:32 PM
BohsPartisan

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Originally Posted by shannonman

you need to get out more!!!!
think that bottom ione was from an ad...cant think of which one though!!!

Levis I think. I have it on The Rebirth of Cool Volume 6
19/03/2007, 11:53 PM
Flea

spirit in the sky- doctor and the medics
girl like you- edwyn collins
500 miles- the proclaimers
tainted love- soft cell
whats up- 4 non blondes
video killed the radio star- buggles
maniac 2000- mark mccabe :p
20/03/2007, 7:19 AM
noby

Quote:

Originally Posted by gustavo

Most people wouldnt be able to name another Dexys tune though

People's lack of knowledge doesn't make it true.

Here's another one (hopefully):
Mika - Grace Kelly.
20/03/2007, 10:45 AM
BohsPartisan

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Originally Posted by Flea

girl like you- edwyn collins
500 miles- the proclaimers
tainted love- soft cell

I'm sure Collins and Soft Cell had other hits.
The Proclaimers definitely did anyway. They had Letter from America.
20/03/2007, 10:57 AM
noby

I don't recall Edwyn Collins having another hit. That reminds me:

Orange juice - Rip it up
20/03/2007, 11:02 AM
Risteard

Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only.
Everytime the ad comes on for that DIY store, i think he's launching a comeback tour.
20/03/2007, 11:07 AM
ifk101

Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in LA.
20/03/2007, 11:11 AM
Risteard

Good one ifk.
Los Del Rio - Macarena
20/03/2007, 11:38 AM
Lionel Ritchie

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Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Europe - The Final Countdown

...follow up 'Rock the Night' was no.15
the next single 'Carrie' was no.22

Those are UK chart positions and both those singles were top 10 here and everywhere else in mainland Europe.

Don't think they'd any chart luck in this part of the world thereafter. Proper order too.:cool:

Their brand of, in their words, "life affirming hard-rock" was odious at best ...but heh I did this to death on the Def Leppard (spits) thread.:D
20/03/2007, 11:44 AM
ifk101

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Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

...follow up 'Rock the Night' was no.15
the next single 'Carrie' was no.22

Those are UK chart positions and both those singles were top 10 here and everywhere else in mainland Europe.

Don't think they'd any chart luck in this part of the world thereafter. Proper order too.:cool:

Their brand of, in their words, "life affirming hard-rock" was odious at best ...but heh I did this to death on the Def Leppard (spits) thread.:D

AFAIK their lead-singer, Joey Tempest, lives in Dublin. (Useless info I know but if any wants to stalk him ...)

Another one hit wonder is The Sugarhill Gang's - Rapper's Delight.

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