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05 Jun 19 - 07:07 AM (#3995308) Subject: One-hit wonders are the norm From: Jack Campin This is about acting careers, but the explanations apply equally well to music, so it seems likely you'd get the same results. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190604131145.htm |
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05 Jun 19 - 07:17 AM (#3995311) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: GUEST Year 1 - agent works hard, lots of gigs Year 2 - too soon to repeat Year 3 - who? |
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05 Jun 19 - 08:56 AM (#3995320) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: Roger the Skiffler I've always been a one-hit wonder. I sing one song, people hit me, I wonder why. I'll get me coat. RtS |
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05 Jun 19 - 09:12 AM (#3995323) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: punkfolkrocker One hit wonders named Norman...??? There's one for pub quizzers... |
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05 Jun 19 - 09:17 AM (#3995324) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: GUEST,Ed Norman Greenbaum. Spirit In The Sky Next please! |
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05 Jun 19 - 02:23 PM (#3995350) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: fat B****rd Norman Wisdom "Don't Laugh At Me 'Cos I' A Fool" !? |
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05 Jun 19 - 02:25 PM (#3995351) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: fat B****rd Norman 'Hurricane' Smith ?. |
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05 Jun 19 - 03:05 PM (#3995360) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: GUEST,Ed If number 13 counts as a 'hit', then according to officialcharts.com he had two: Don't Laugh At Me, and also Wisdom Of A Fool I thought that Don't Let It Die was an excellent shout for Norman Smith, but I find that Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? reached number 4 in the UK. A shame. |
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05 Jun 19 - 06:40 PM (#3995377) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: Joe Offer You mean, I'm never going to go above and beyond my bastardization of The Key of R? Life isn't fair, and neither is show biz. -Joe- |
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06 Jun 19 - 04:04 AM (#3995399) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: David C. Carter Did Carl Perkings write anything besides"Blue Suede Shoes". |
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06 Jun 19 - 07:32 AM (#3995413) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: Big Al Whittle Honey Don't |
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06 Jun 19 - 11:26 AM (#3995439) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: Acorn4 Sorry - wrong link - don't know what happened there? Teenage Has-been |
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07 Jun 19 - 01:42 PM (#3995552) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: GUEST,Uninvited Isn't the real norm a no-hit wonder? |
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09 Jun 19 - 12:29 PM (#3995720) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: Stringsinger On the pop level, two songs stand out as a One Hit Wonder. "Ode to Billy Joe" Also, "As Time Goes By" Nothing either of these songwriters wrote afterward never achieved the financial or public success. |
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09 Jun 19 - 01:11 PM (#3995730) Subject: RE: One-hit wonders are the norm From: Thompson Reminds me of Townes Van Zandt's modest quip, "I'll play ya a medley of my hit." |