Nope, Not A 1-Hit Wonder: The Motels
The early 80s were kind of a weird time for pop music. On one hand, you had a ton of post-disco stuff and much AOR (album-oriented rock) like REO Speedwagon and Foreigner. Yet there was also the...
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15 Great Oscar-Winning Songs!: "Take My Breath Away"
Today’s example of a great Oscar-winning song comes from the era when cross-promotional use of songs from popular artists was perhaps at its peak in the movie/music business. Just take a look at the...
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LeBlog's Cheesetastic Classics: Eric Carmen vs the Proclaimers
Welcome to the next matchup in our continuing search for the most satisfyingly cheesy pop songs of all time! A LeBlog Cheestastic Classic should be both undeniably corny or over-the-top while also...
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Nope, Not a 1-hit Wonder/LeBlog's Cheesetastic Classics: Dan Hill
You might have noticed that the “Nope, Not a 1-hit Wonder” parade has slowed down a little since its introductory burst onto the LeBlog scene a couple of years ago. Between Jeff the Wildman and I,...
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Nope, Not a 1-Hit Wonder: Radiohead
Probably one of the most famous songs to barely make it into Billboard’s Top40 singles chart, Radiohead’s mopey generation X anthem “Creep” whined and wailed itself into just the #34 spot in 1993. At...
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Nope, Not A 1-Hit Wonder: C&C Music Factory
In some ways, this was the dance anthem for those of us who were between 8 and 18 in 1991-92. A well put together combination of house and hip-hop that became popular with the dance crowd and went on...
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Nope, Not a 1-hit Wonder: a-ha
Sometimes it’s very difficult to imagine that the reality you and everyone around you live inside can be extraordinarily different from that of so many other people. Here in the United States, when it...
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Nope, Not A 1-Hit Wonder: The Rembrandts
It’s a song that at least a few of us have heard, a theme song to a TV show that at least a few of us have watched. It was kinda big, yet the group that recorded it had no other hits. Well, not quite....
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Nope, Not a 1-Hit Wonder: Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb’s plaintive, but enduring break-up/no break-up song “Stay” caught lightning in a bottle in the spring of 1994, becoming one of the most indelible recordings of the year and sitting atop the...
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Nope, Not a 1-hit wonder: Berlin
Oh so 80s. Listen and get images of flying fighter jets and Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. But aside from their contribution to one of the biggest blockbusters of the era, that was it for Berlin...
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15 Great Oscar-Winning Songs!: “Take My Breath Away”
Today’s example of a great Oscar-winning song comes from the era when cross-promotional use of songs from popular artists was perhaps at its peak in the movie/music business. Just take a look at the...
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LeBlog’s Cheesetastic Classics: Eric Carmen vs the Proclaimers
Welcome to the next matchup in our continuing search for the most satisfyingly cheesy pop songs of all time! A LeBlog Cheestastic Classic should be both undeniably corny or over-the-top while also...
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Nope, Not a 1-hit Wonder/LeBlog’s Cheesetastic Classics: Dan Hill
You might have noticed that the “Nope, Not a 1-hit Wonder” parade has slowed down a little since its introductory burst onto the LeBlog scene a couple of years ago. Between Jeff the Wildman and I,...
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Nope, Not A 1-Hit Wonder: The Motels
The early 80s were kind of a weird time for pop music. On one hand, you had a ton of post-disco stuff and much AOR (album-oriented rock) like REO Speedwagon and Foreigner. Yet there was also the...
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Nope, Not a 1-Hit Wonder: Radiohead
Probably one of the most famous songs to barely make it into Billboard’s Top40 singles chart, Radiohead’s mopey generation X anthem “Creep” whined and wailed itself into just the #34 spot in 1993. At...
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Nope, Not a 1-Hit Wonder: ‘Til Tuesday
‘Til Tuesday’s top 10 hit “Voices Carry” is one of the most iconic songs of the era, stuttering and strutting while expressing sorrow and resentment. Despite delivering a patently lousy performance,...
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Nope, Not a 1-Hit Wonder: Patty Smyth
Bang Bang. Patty Smyth was indeed the warrior for a fourteen year old Daffystardust. And when you’re fourteen, love really is a battlefield…wait…wrong 80s power songstress. Anyway, as the above shows,...
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Nope, Not A 1-Hit Wonder: C&C Music Factory.
In some ways, this was the dance anthem for those of us who were between 8 and 18 in 1991-92. A well put together combination of house and hip-hop that became popular with the dance crowd and went on...
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Nope, Not a 1-hit Wonder: a-ha
Sometimes it’s very difficult to imagine that the reality you and everyone around you live inside can be extraordinarily different from that of so many other people. Here in the United States, when it...
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Nope, Not A 1-Hit Wonder: The Rembrandts.
It’s a song that at least a few of us have heard, a theme song to a TV show that at least a few of us have watched. It was kinda big, yet the group that recorded it had no other hits. Well, not quite....
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