The best one hit wonder....nominations.

[Juan Albion]

Bugger !
How could I have forgotten Highfly, still don't remember Slowdown though.

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Not a big hit.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

An under-rated classic. It was genuinely difficult to pick which one you would actually tub, which is quite a feat for a girl band in their twenties. Well done ladies!

YouTube - Vanilla - No Way No Way

Do you know the story behind this group and song - Apparently record exec's decided that they would form this group and release a shit song just to see whether they could get to number 1, it was just a big piss take out of just how low the quality of acts had become, and that people would buy any old rubbish

 

[Barrow Boy]

Possibly not...

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I'm intrigued, was Bill Hayley genuine Native American, and the Comets as well ?
Oh well, learning all the time !

 

[Juan Albion]

I took it to mean 'possibly not a one-hit wonder.'

 

[Barrow Boy]

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Not a big hit.

Christ it's right , the older you get the more brain cells you lose ! Seeing that video brought it straight back to me, it should have been a bigger hit.

 

[Juan Albion]

Well, if you liked it, here's the 12" version.

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[Barrow Boy]

I took it to mean 'possibly not a one-hit wonder.'

Well if it's referring to Redbone then I can only remember Witch Queen of New Orleans as being their only hit (in the UK).

 

[Juan Albion]

Well if it's referring to Redbone then I can only remember Witch Queen of New Orleans as being their only hit (in the UK).

I took it to be referring to his suggestion of Bill Haley and the Comets.

 

[Barrow Boy]

Well, if you liked it, here's the 12" version.

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Brilliant, loved the Framptonesque wa wa bit in the middle, thanks.

 

[Barrow Boy]

I took it to be referring to his suggestion of Bill Haley and the Comets.

Well it lost me, but then it isn't hard to !

 

[Barrow Boy]

Turns out he didn't record the actual song and astonishingly his real name wasn't Whistling Jack Smith but what a classic video. There sure was a lot of 'diverse' material in the charts back in 1967,.............enjoy!

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[Juan Albion]

Talking of John Miles, I have a couple of his pre-'Music' singles, and they give a clue as to why his biggest hit only had one verse repeated over and over again. I suspect lyrics weren't his strong point.

Here are some of his lyrics that probably haven't surfaced in thirty years, from a rare B-side called "Come Away Melinda." The song has a good tune and is sung with heartfelt emotion but, well, oh dear. . .

Daddy, daddy, come and look,
Come and see what I have found
Just a little ways away from here
While digging in the ground

Aaaaaaaah, come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
It’s nothing, just a picture book
They had before the war

Daddy, daddy, come and see
Aaaah daddy come and look
Why there’s four or five little Melinda girls
Inside my picture book

Aaaaaaaah, come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
There were lots of little girls like you
Before they had the war

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah, daddy daddy, come and see,
Aah, daddy, hurry do
Why there’s someone in a pretty dress
And she’s all grown up like you

Aaaaaah, come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
That someone is your mummy
You had before the war

Aaaaaaaah, daddy daddy,
Please tell me if you can
Why can’t things be the way they were
Before the war began

Aaaaaah, come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
The answer lies in yesterday
Before they had the war

Aaaaaah, come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
The answer lies in yesterday
Before they had the war


(I'm still working on what the answer might be.)

 

[Guy Fawkes]

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[Barrow Boy]

Talking of John Miles, I have a couple of his pre-'Music' singles, and they give a clue as to why his biggest hit only had one verse repeated over and over again. I suspect lyrics weren't his strong point.

Here are some of his lyrics that probably haven't surfaced in thirty years, from a rare B-side called "Come Away Melinda." The song has a good tune and is sung with heartfelt emotion but, well, oh dear. . .

Daddy, daddy, come and look,
Come and see what I have found
Just a little ways away from here
While digging in the ground

Aaaaaaaah, come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
It’s nothing, just a picture book
They had before the war

Daddy, daddy, come and see
Aaaah daddy come and look
Why there’s four or five little Melinda girls
Inside my picture book

Aaaaaaaah, come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
There were lots of little girls like you
Before they had the war

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah, daddy daddy, come and see,
Aah, daddy, hurry do
Why there’s someone in a pretty dress
And she’s all grown up like you

Aaaaaah, come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
That someone is your mummy
You had before the war

Aaaaaaaah, daddy daddy,
Please tell me if you can
Why can’t things be the way they were
Before the war began

Aaaaaah, come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
The answer lies in yesterday
Before they had the war

Aaaaaah, come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
The answer lies in yesterday
Before they had the war


(I'm still working on what the answer might be.)

Mmmmmm, see what you mean, personally I'd love to have just a tiny bit of his musical talent though, unfortunately I don't.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I did indeed mean 'possibly not' as in possibly not a one hit wonder, although I can't think of another song attributed to Haley and the Comets that is so famous.

 

[NMH]

I did indeed mean 'possibly not' as in possibly not a one hit wonder, although I can't think of another song attributed to Haley and the Comets that is so famous.

See You Later Aligator, Shake Rattle and Roll

Though if we picked the most famous song, it has to be RATC

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Scarey!

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I loved this as a wee lad...

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First single I ever bought...

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[steward 433]

Local Sussex band that hasn't been mentioned yet

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[Lord Large]

Stiltskin - Inside
White Town - Your Woman

 

[Juan Albion]

I loved this as a wee lad...

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but not enough to buy "Say When"? Or "Bird Song"? Both made the top forty, although Bird Song only just scraped in. But "Say When" was top twenty. She was wonderful. I highly recommend the "Stateless (Plus)" reissue.