The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #33770   Message #452267
Posted By: M.Ted
30-Apr-01 - 02:23 PM
Thread Name: One hit wonders
Subject: RE: One hit wonders
There is a problem we'll hit on soon (actually, it will be now, since I am bringing it up) Gary Numan, who had only one hit in the US, actually had about 25 hits in the UK--including his other #1-"Are Friends Electric" and five or so other top ten hits (my 18 year old daughter is a big fan of his), Mungo Jerry had a number of UK hits as well ("Baby Jump" was one)--Those of us in the US don't think of the Archies as one hit wonders, although "Sugar,Sugar". "Jingle, Jangle" and "Bang Shangalang" did sound a lot alike--The biggest discrepency though is "Status Quo" who had one top 40 hit in the US, with "Pictures of Matchstick Men" but had 42 charted hits in the UK (more than the Beatles, though the Beatles spent a bit more time on the charts than they did)-