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 One Hit Wonders
| In 1988 these two girls didn't last very long with their single 'Cars With The Boom'? | One Hit Wonder
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| Which singer in 1976 had a hit with 'Don't Leave Me This Way'? | One Hit Wonder
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| Which group in 1987 had a hit with 'Don't Disturb This Groove'? | One Hit Wonder
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| Which singer (not really a one-hit wonder) in the 80's had a hit with the song named 'Sad Eyes'? | One Hit Wonder
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Robert John. He also had a hit with his cover of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in 1972.
| In the 80's which singer hit a with the song 'I Can Dream About You'? | One Hit Wonder
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| This one's not strictly a one hit wonder, but anyway ... Dance group and modern art exponents The KLF topped the charts in 1988 under a different name with 'Doctorin' the Tardis', which sampled the theme from 'Doctor Who'. What were they called on that release? | British One Hit Wonders
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The Timelords. Of course The KLF later achieved notoriety (and in my view much respect!) by burning a million (real!) pounds in the name of art.
| And so to 1994, with 'Doop' by the imaginatively named 'Doop' made number 1. This was a song based on an old time dance, but which one? | British One Hit Wonders
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The Charleston. Doop were a Dutch techno group, the 'song' contained one word: 'Doop'.
| In 1991 a Comic Relief charity record called 'The Stonk' made number one. Which comic duo recorded it? | British One Hit Wonders
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Hale and Pace. I suppose that just goes to show that people will do anything for charity.
| Fast forward to 1988, the year of the yuppie. Robin Beck had her first and only hit called, appropriately enough 'First Time'. It was initially featured in a commercial for which product? | British One Hit Wonders
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Coca Cola. One of those cases of an ad which effectively made number 1. This continued a trend which revived the chart careers of the likes of Free and the Steve Miller Band.
Me. Nothing to do with a certain Aussie ex soap starlet, Charlene's hit was released on the Motown label.
'Shaddap You Face'. Joe followed this up with a remake of 'If You Want To Be Happy' (thanx to Dalgleish for that one!)
| 1980 was something of a bumper year for one hit wonders, with three number ones drawn from this select band. St Winifred's School Choir for example. Which relation did they sing about? | British One Hit Wonders
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'Grandma'. An obvious number one in the year of new wave.
M*A*S*H. The song was subsequently taken to number 7 in 1993 by The Manic Street Preachers.
| In 1978 two Northern folkies Brian and Michael had a surprise hit with 'Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs'. About whose paintings was this song? | British One Hit Wonders
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Lowry. Brian and Michael: the most famous band to come out of Oldham?
| Whatever you might think of the fashions of the mid seventies, a listen to this number 1 by Typically Tropical will NOT spark warm feelings of nostalgia. Which island did they sing about in 1975? | British One Hit Wonders
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'Barbados'. Recently turned into something even worse by The Vengaboys, at least if you're in the States you probably haven't had to suffer 'We're Going To Ibiza'.
| In 1970, Lee Marvin hit the top with 'Wand'rin' Star'. The B side of this single was called 'I Talk To Trees', sung by whom? | British One Hit Wonders
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Clint Eastwood. Neither effort was quite as embarrasing as certain other records by actors were: anyone remember William Shatner's 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds', or Telly Savalas doing 'If'?
| A short hop to 1968, and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, who sung about a particular element. Which one? | British One Hit Wonders
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'Fire'. This track was sampled by dance group The Prodigy for their 1992 hit of the same name.
| In 1966, the year England won the World Cup, and Merseybeat group The Overlanders have their one and only hit with a cover of a Beatles song. But which one? | British One Hit Wonders
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'Michelle'. One of several non-Beatles singles which became hits for other artists, 'With A Little Help From My Friends' for Joe Cocker, 'Ob La Di Ob La Da' for Marmalade, for example.
| In 1960, teen idol Ricky Valence topped the charts with the ballad 'Tell Laura I Love Her', his only hit, about a boy who died in a stock car race. But what was the ill fated racer's name? | British One Hit Wonders
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Tommy. Seems strange that this was Valence's only British hit.
| In 1954 Kitty Kallen was the very first 'one hit wonder'. She sang 'Little Things Mean _____ '? | British One Hit Wonders
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A Lot. 23 weeks on the chart in 1954, but nothing else on this side of the pond for the American songstress.
Happy Days. The song was introduced in 1976 to replace "Rock Around the Clock."
Yes. It's pronounced "YON HAH-mer."
Reggae. Note: vh1.com lists John Sebastian's "Welcome Back" as number 5.
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