# Number One with their first single **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847 "2020-03-19T22:36:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/101 "2020-04-15T16:31:35Z")
Taylor Hicks managed it, with “Do I Make You Proud”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/102 "2020-04-16T17:30:08Z")
Bruno Mars, with “Just The Way You Are”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/103 "2020-04-17T16:41:15Z")
Player, with “Baby Come Back”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/104 "2020-04-18T14:14:41Z")
Clay Aiken, with “This Is The Night”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/105 "2020-04-19T16:35:12Z")
Jason Derulo, with “Whatcha Say”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/106 "2020-04-20T15:31:32Z")
The Teddy Bears, with “To Know Him Is To Love Him”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/107 "2020-04-21T21:40:47Z")
_Magic!_, with “Rude”. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/108 "2020-04-21T22:23:46Z")
M - [Pop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Muzik) [Muzik](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoiv0sZ4s4) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/109 "2020-04-21T22:30:16Z")
Sorry, edit crapped out: In a similar vein, and from the same year (1979): Lips Inc. -[Funky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkytown) [Town](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnodEEnMvC8) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/110 "2020-04-22T22:45:50Z")
D4L - [Laffy Taffy](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_rb5EFoJ5Dw). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/111 "2020-04-23T17:26:26Z")
Per wiki, Mark Dinning’s debut single, “Teen Angel”, [went on to reach #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (February 1960) and number thirty-seven in the UK Singles Chart (even though it was banned from being played by the BBC)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Angel_(song)). > [@wiki](#): > > “Teen Angel” and its two predecessors at the Hot 100’s top spot, “El Paso” by Marty Robbins and “Running Bear” by Johnny Preston, continued a string of pop tunes in which someone dies tragically. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/112 "2020-04-24T16:21:02Z")
Captain & Tennille managed it with “Love Will Keep Us Together”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/113 "2020-04-25T21:28:48Z")
Lesley Gore, with “It’s My Party”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/114 "2020-04-26T11:58:26Z")
Gregory Abbott, with “Shake You Down”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/115 "2020-04-27T12:34:35Z")
Snow, with “Informer”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/116 "2020-04-28T11:06:31Z")
Del Shannon, with “Runaway”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/117 "2020-04-29T10:59:27Z")
Maureen McGovern, with “The Morning After”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/118 "2020-04-30T09:36:43Z")
The Essex, with “Easier Said Than Done”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/119 "2020-05-01T11:33:37Z")
Carrie Underwood, with “Inside Your Heaven”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847/120 "2020-05-02T11:10:17Z")
Alan O’Day, with “Undercover Angel”. [O’Day had also composed “Angie Baby”, a #1 hit for Helen Reddy. The success of these two songs means O’Day is among the few singer / songwriters who wrote a chart-topper for themselves and one for another artist.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undercover_Angel_(song)) (And he wrote a Top 40 hit for Cher, and for Bobby Sherman, and for The Righteous Brothers…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-one-with-their-first-single/849847.md?page=7)