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Thread #44492   Message #654921
Posted By: M.Ted
21-Feb-02 - 06:15 PM
Thread Name: Where do the EX-folk stars play?
Subject: RE: Where do the EX-folk stars play?
I seem to remember nearly everyone, at least everyone from before 1990, Rick. After that time, I am a bit vague. Oh, Lulu did have a hit with "Shout", not "Shout, Shout", but the Isley Brothers had the first hit of it, in 1959--

Harold Dorman died in the late 80's, and, I believe, had been an invalid for a few years before that--Norman Greenbaum's success destroyed his career, owing to the fact that many people thought that the song was serious, and he was a Jesus Freak--Do you know the name of his big hit, before "Spirit in the Sky"? It had one of the more memorable titles--

Zager and Evans were true "One Hit Wonders", a number 1 and never another hit. A lot of "one-ders" actually do have follow-up hits, but people forget them, NG, it turns out, had a top 50 follow up, a cover of "Canned Ham". I was a disc jockey when these last numbers were popular, and I was very excited about the fact that I had an advance copy of the Z&E follow-up, and I plugged and played to death. Later that year, I got moved to weekends on the "beautiful music" station--I didn't even have a mike--