Bobby McFerrin has done so much more than “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”.
Wait, you seriously think Sir Tom is just known for one song, or that that one is the only one that will last?
Why, why, why, would you think that?
Dame Shirley has done 2 other Bond themes … and they’re not even her best work…I like Never Never Never, myself.
Moonlight Shadow is also quite well known.
Like most all jazz artists who have a crossover hit. Brubeck is best known for “Take Five”, but has a huge body of work. Same for Stan Getz and the Gilbertos, who are best known (in this country) for “The Girl From Ipanema”.
In the U.S., there was a famous case where John Fogerty’s old record company sued his new one for plagerism: The Time John Fogerty Was Sued for Ripping Off John Fogerty.
Comedian Ryan George addressed this in Chumbawamba Cover Band.
Have you tried listening to the rest of the songs on that album? They’re pop drivel with lyrics. If Williams ever did another good song I’ve never heard of it.
I’d nominate Thomas Dolby. He’s the “She Blinded Me with Science” guy, even though he had several other hits and the later magnificent album Astronauts and Heretics.
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Also “Shadow On The Wall” with Roger Chapman and “Get To France”, like “Moonlight Shadow” with Maggie Reilly.
Yeah, I remember both songs being some kind of novelty hits also in Germany (at least that’s how I felt about them) from the early eighties. I haven’t thought about Jona Lewie in a long time before this thread, but the name brings up childhood memories of listening to “Schlagerralley” on WDR2 radio.
Arlo Guthrie?
Or bough their album Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records
Another “two hit” wonder: Jonathan Edwards has been recording since 1971, has about fifteen albums to his credit, but I’d be surprised if many people are familiar with anything other than “Sunshine” or “Shanty” from his first album.
Well…I’d have said God Gave Rock & Roll To You was the barn-door obvious answer, but maybe that didn’t make it any further across the Atlantic than into Kiss’s record collection.
But in a Channel 4 (UK) poll of Greatest One Hit Wonders, Take On Me scored pretty highly. I was pretty disgusted with my compatriots, but I can’t deny it suggests a-ha aren’t as well remembered here as they should be. Perhaps even because they’re so well-known as a one hit wonder in the US, their status as such has been absorbed into British cultural consciousness?
One of my favourite bands ever ever ever, who are responsible for so much more than Stacy’s Mom.
His Alice’s Restaurant Massacre is a Thanksgiving day staple, but he’s also known for City of New Orleans.
José Feliciano has done a lot more than “Feliz Navidad”, and had pretty widespread popularity in the 1960s.
Fountains of Wayne had a lot of better songs than “Stacey’s Mom”, but’s that’s what they’re known for.
New one to me. Nice! No, it didn’t make it to me in either form.
I only know “Sunshine” but the other is good too.
Let’s see. Sorry if I missed these upthread…
BW Stevenson/My Maria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdBvTvxHy7E
Jo Jo Gunne/Run, Run, Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS7pOaEEOTs
OMC/How Bizarre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cMG33mWVY
Shocking Blue/Venus: Listening on the radio, I could never tell whether the lead singer is male or female and other songs of theirs never charted near me.
Then I found the video.
Actually, I think it’s a great song, for all the need my fellow fans feel to apologise for it! Fantastic powerpop tune - and that’s really not an easy thing to create - and the classic Fountains young-suburban-longing vibe. It’s easy to deride as maybe a bit puerile, but I think it’s spectacular. But yeah, five albums (and Out of State Plates) of utter brilliance, not just one drunk high school party song.
“Werewolves of London” is not even in the top 10 best Warren Zevon songs, but it’s the only one most people know.