One hit wonders

[Ishmael]

Bruce Hornsby

The Way It Is

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Ravel

Bolero

"Chopsticks" for an entire orchestra.

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[Conager]

Really? "The Way It Is" was played to death so I always assumed that there was a follow-up song or two I didn't know that that was their only one.

 

[Ishmael]

Really? "The Way It Is" was played to death so I always assumed that there was a follow-up song or two I didn't know that that was their only one.

Oh, he had other tunes that got air time. Just not hits.

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The Playmates

Beep, beep

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Tommy Seebach

Apache

They might have gone further, but then the video came out.

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Norman Greenbaum

Spirit in the Sky

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This thread too challenging for you people?

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Procol Harum

Whiter Shade of Pale

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Diesel

Sausalito Summer Nights

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[4est_4est_Gump]

Norman Greenbaum

Spirit in the Sky

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I worked with a guy from Boston who knows the guy.

Royalties are still rolling in...

Amazing!

 

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Rainmakers, Let my People Go Go...

 

[Ishmael]

I worked with a guy from Boston who knows the guy.

Royalties are still rolling in...

Amazing!

One of the bands I sing with has a lead with promise. He wants to be a star, I tell him, "Fuck that, write a hit and sit back and cash the checks,"

He still doesn't believe me.

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[4est_4est_Gump]

I kept trying to make that point to Princes too, but all she did was roll her eyes...

 

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Laura Nyro

When I Die


This one is tough. Laura wrote sooooo many hits for others but was largely ignored as a vocalist in her own right. Such is the nature of the business.

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I kept trying to make that point to Princes too, but all she did was roll her eyes...

What?????????????? Your little Chinese Jew isn't listening? Start your own royalty biz. bro. Nothing like life lessons.

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[4est_4est_Gump]

She got paid...





Georgia Satellites, "Don't give me no lines and keep your hands to yourself!"



Then there's my former running buddies Missouri and their "Movin' on."

 

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What?????????????? Your little Chinese Jew isn't listening? Start your own royalty biz. bro. Nothing like life lessons.

Ishmael

Oh hell no.

She has TWO jobs now. She thinks she's 'somebody' now.

 

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Oh hell no.

She has TWO jobs now. She thinks she's 'somebody' now.

I left home at 12 years of age, but they still fed me and I had a place to sleep. I was hot shit.

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[4est_4est_Gump]

She still whines until someone feeds her.


The Queen asked me, "How can you just ignore her? She's sick! You could have warmed up some soup for her..."

She knows how to use the microwave, she makes popcorn almost every day...

 

[Noor]

She still whines until someone feeds her.


The Queen asked me, "How can you just ignore her? She's sick! You could have warmed up some soup for her..."

She knows how to use the microwave, she makes popcorn almost every day...

Daddy's are supposed to take care of their daughters when they are sick, you not living up to your paternal resonsiblitity.

 

[Ishmael]

This is another of those grey areas.........but

Tony Orlando

Tie a Yellow Ribbon

He had other tunes on the charts, covers, but that was his hit.

I first met Tony when he was singing in the basement bar at the old Carilion hotel N. Miami Beach. His wife at the time was dancing at a topless joint named the "Apartment' at 169th st and Collins. They were driving a '50 Buick straight eight.

He stiffed a friend on a drug deal so we, the friend, called numbers, randomly, all over Miami until we got the old recording, "The number you just dialed is no longer in service...........etc." We recorded it.

We knew he had dropped some acid that night so we called him about 5 AM and when he answered, we played the recording back. He freaked, moved to NYC and the rest is history.

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Daddy's are supposed to take care of their daughters when they are sick, you not living up to your paternal resonsiblitity.

It might be better if 'Daddy's' reminded them that they aren't really princesses. I watch Vat with his daughters and they twist him around their fingers at damn near every turn.

I wanted a daughter so badly. Now I fall to my knees and give thanks that never happened.

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[4est_4est_Gump]

Daddy's are supposed to take care of their daughters when they are sick, you not living up to your paternal resonsiblitity.

Not until she gets off her high horse and learns a little gratitude. Even the ability to ask politely would go a long way with me...

 

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Don McLean

American Pie

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