# Do one hit wonders generally know they're one hit wonders? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [May 6, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-one-hit-wonders-generally-know-theyre-one-hit-wonders/983655 "2023-05-06T04:09:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 186
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-one-hit-wonders-generally-know-theyre-one-hit-wonders/983655/186 "2023-05-15T06:59:44Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I’m hard pressed to think how anyone who was into metal at all in the 80s would have missed “Bang Your Head,” especially since it had mainstream success making it to #1 on the Billboard charts here in the US. The number one album status seems more likely to be because of _Cum On Feel The Noise_, which peaked at #5 rather than _Metal Health_, which peaked at #37. Or I could be getting senile. 🙂 Here’s the AMA thread. IIRC, he was Mike Rabon, but don’t take any bets on it. > [@Ask the aging rock star](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-aging-rock-star/23239): > > Ok, we ( The Five Americans) weren’t the Rolling Stones or Beatles but we did have 5 chart records from 1965 to 1968… One record Western Union ,released in April 67, went to number three in billboard and sold a million plus copies. We toured with groups like The Rascals, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Beach Boys and Buffalo Springfield. We appeared on Dick Clark’s Bandstand twice, on Clark’s location show “Where the Action is” four times and the Steve Allen Show. We also di… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-one-hit-wonders-generally-know-theyre-one-hit-wonders/983655)._