#OneHitWondered

YouTube video by dadazee I Thought About You ..... Etta Jones

#Interestingly Etta Jones was one of those ‘working musicians’ heroes’ whose name never quite went mainstream… even though she spent nearly 60 years on the bandstand. #EttaJones #OneHitWondered

Etta Jones

#Interestingly An unsolicited demo had landed on Prestige’s desk, and they heard what club audiences already knew: Etta Jones had a warm, unhurried voice with real jazz phrasing. They signed Etta & brought her into the studio. Out of that 1960 session came “Don’t Go To Strangers.” #OneHitWondered

#Interestingly The '50s were tough for Etta Jones... She tried to make it as a solo singer, but opportunities were sporadic at best. To keep the lights on, she was forced to work day jobs while singing at night. Everything changes when Prestige Records enters the picture. #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by Etta Jones - Topic Long Long Journey

#Interestingly Etta Jones made her first recordings in 1944 under the guidance of British-born music journalist/producer Leonard Feather, who paired her with players like clarinetist Barney Bigard, bassist Al McKibbon, & drummer J. C. Heard. #EttaJones #OneHitWondered

Pianist & bandleader Buddy Johnson

#Interestingly Pianist/bandleader Buddy Johnson noticed Etta Jones at that Apollo Theater talent contest and hired her as the female singer in his big band (while his sister, Ella Johnson, was on maternity leave). Jones stayed for a little over a year. #EttaJones #BuddyJohnson #OneHitWondered

Etta Jones

#Interestingly Etta Jones was a working jazz singer long before her hit... Born in South Carolina, raised in Harlem, she started singing in her family church’s choir. At 15, Etta Jones entered an Apollo Theater talent contest, but she didn’t win... #EttaJones #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by OneHitWondered Etta Jones - Don't Go To Strangers

#OneHitHistory The week of December 12, 1960, Harlem, NYC jazz singer Etta Jones earned US #OneHitWonder honors when her straight-ahead jazz vocal single "Don't Go to Strangers" spent 1 week on the US #Billboard #Top40 at #36 before dropping from the chart. #EttaJone #OneWeekWonder #OneHitWondered

After her collaboration with Paul Simon on Graceland, Miriam Makeba came out with the album Sagoma in 1988. It is a collection of traditional chants she learned from her mother. #MusicSky

YouTube video by MINDHACK Angel Baby Rosie & The Originals 1961

#QuickSidenote In the 1995 Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, & Esai Morales film ‘My Family,’ Jeanette Jurado of the group Expose portrayed Rosie Hamlin during a performance of “Angel Baby.” #RosieAndTheOriginals #OneHitWondered

#Interestingly Rosie Hamlin spent decades fighting for what was hers: songwriting credit, publishing, and back royalties. In 1994, she finally reached a settlement that returned the masters and the acknowledgement of what she’d said from the start: she wrote the song. #RosieHamlin #OneHitWondered

#Interestingly The catch: Highland took the master and put guitarist David Ponci’s name on the song, in part because Rosie was underage. When the contracts arrived, she found out she wasn’t the writer on paper and couldn’t claim record royalties. Not long after… the group fell apart. #OneHitWondered

Rosie Hamlin

#OneHitWondered With a few friends, Rosie Hamlin cut “Angel Baby” in 1960 in a makeshift 2-track studio set up in an airplane hangar in San Marcos, CA. They shopped the tape to a department store, and a manager played it in-store, kids went nuts, and Highland Records came calling... #OneHitWondered

Rosie & The Originals

#Interestingly Rosie & the Originals were a teenage pop group from San Diego, fronted by 15-year-old Rosalie ‘Rosie’ Hamlin. She wrote “Angel Baby” as a poem for her first boyfriend when she was attending Mission Bay High School as a 14-year-old. #RosieAndTheOriginals #RosieHamlin #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by OneHitWondered Rosie And The Originals - Angel Baby

#OneHitHistory The week of December 12, 1960, San Diego teenage pop group Rosie & The Originals earned US #OneHitWonder honors when their “Angel Baby” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #40. The single spent 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5. #RosieAndTheOriginals #RosieHamlin #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by leftways John Fante - A Sad Flower In The Sand

John Fante - A Sad Flower In The Sand
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'A 2001 documentary looking at cult writer John Fante, an American novelist, short story writer & screenwriter of Italian descent. He is perhaps best known for his work Ask the Dust, a semi-autobiograpical novel...'

YouTube video by testofan Tony Randall & Jack Klugman On The Mike Douglas Show

#Interestingly In 1961, Mike Douglas pivoted to TV, launching The Mike Douglas Show from Cleveland, before moving it to Philadelphia. The daytime talk/variety program ran from the early ’60s into the early ’80s and made him a household name nationwide. #MikeDouglas #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by Eileen T Cinderella (1950) - So This is Love

#Interestingly Right as his career as a crooner for Kay Kyser was winding down, Mike Douglas was out in California trying to keep his singing career going. One of the gigs he landed was dubbing the singing voice of the Prince in the 1950 Disney film, Cinderella. #MikeDouglas #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by The78Prof 1946 HITS ARCHIVE: The Old Lamplighter - Kay Kyser (Mike Douglas, vocal)

#Interestingly Mike Douglas started as a singer long before he was daytime TV’s friendly face… The Chicago native sang in big bands, eventually joining Kay Kyser’s orchestra. After the big-band era cooled, Douglas scraped by as a nightclub & TV ‘staff singer.’ #MikeDouglas #OneHitWondered

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YouTube video by OneHitWondered Mike Douglas - The Men In My Little Girl's Life

#OneHitHistory #OTD in 1961, Mike Douglas made his television show debut with The Mike Douglas Show… In 1966, the Emmy-winning TV talk show host earned US #OneHitWonder honors when “The Men In My Little Girl's Life” spent 7 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #6. #OneHitWondered

#OneHitHistory Sometimes a post will trigger a memory of a song. UK synthpop group Living In A Box earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1987 with… “Living In A Box.” The single spent 7 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #17. #LivingInABox #OneHitWondered

The Statler Brothers

#Interestingly Once they were just four guys singing behind Johnny Cash… Then the Statler Brothers stepped out of the shadows and turned harmony into history books, small-town stories into country anthems. They didn’t just sing about America’s heartland… they were its soundtrack. #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by James Potter Pulp Fiction — "Flowers on the wall" scene

#Interestingly In Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction, Butch Coolidge is singing along to “Flowers on the Wall” right before he spots Marcellus Wallace crossing the street... #QuentinTarantino #PulpFiction #TheStatlerBrothers #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by alexandrabee The Statler Brothers - Bed of Rose's (Live on The Johnny Cash Show, 1970-12-02)

#Interestingly From 1964 to 1972, the Statler Brothers were fixtures on the Johnny Cash touring show, as well as on television… both as an opening act & backing vocals. Their time with Cash definitely helped launch their career. #JohnnyCash #TheStatlerBrothers #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by OneHitWondered The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall

#OneHitHistory Country legends, The Statler Brothers, crossed over onto the US #Billboard #Top40 at #34 the week ending December 11, 1965, with “Flowers On The Wall.” It spent 9 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4… and earned them their US #OneHitWonder honors. #StatlerBrothers #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by Dr. Hofmann's Electric Kool-Aid Party! The Clique - Superman

#QuickSidenote I’d be remiss if I didn’t include the Clique version of “Superman,” right? #TheClique #GaryZekley #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic Superman (2011 Remaster)

#QuickSidenote The flipside was “Superman,” co-written & produced by Gary Zekley… R.E.M. decided to cover the track on their 1986 album, Life’s Rich Pageant. #REM #TheClique #GaryZekley #OneHitWondered

YouTube video by OneHitWondered The Clique - Sugar On Sunday

#OneHitHistory In 1969, Texas sunshine pop group The Clique earned US #OneHitWonder honors when the Gary Zekley-produced “Sugar On Sunday” spent 7 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #22. #TheClique #SugarOnSunday #OneHitWondered

Don Grady

#QuickSidenote The Yellow Balloon might be most known for drummer/vocalist Don Grady… former Mouseketeer, and big brother ‘Robbie Douglas’ on TV’s My Three Sons. #DonGrady #YellowBalloon #OneHitWondered