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Dee Snider was the lead singer of Twisted Sister who released the 80’s metal anthem “We’re Not Going To Take It”. In all fairness, Twisted Sister’s career amounted to more than a “1 hit wonder”, but they fit better in this category than “Show Biz”.
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Safety Dance, 1982. The song was such a big hit, it was parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.
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“Echo Beach”, far away in time “Echo Beach”, far away in time “Echo Beach”, far away in time “Echo Beach”, far away in time …March, 1980, to be exact.
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This husband and wife team released “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” on IRS which hit number 19 in the US and 21 in the UK in 1986.
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The song “Turning Japanese”, which hit number 3 in the UK in 1979
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The proto-cyberpunkish fad band of the mid 80s who shocked and appalled music afficiandos and critics by selling ad space on their record in the spaces between the tracks. They weren’t that good, but managed to parlay the hype into 2 top 20 hits from their debut album, Love Missle F1-11 which hit #3 and […]
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on: January, 01 2020
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My Sharona hit number 1 on August 25th, 1979 and stayed there for 6 weeks. I was in grade 6 going into grade 7 and listened to this song whilst enduring my first crush on a girl in my class named Anita Bosshart. She danced with me to this song at a school dance the […]
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OHW: “Groove is in the Heart”, 1990. Very big, very catchy hit, Deee-lite was a quirky dance band who was often mistakenly believed to be the stage name of the singer, Lady Kier. Evidence of this misconception was had in the mid-90’s when the “Deee-lite died of a heroin overdose” UL made the rounds through […]
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In the words of Rolling Stone, Jesus Jones “rocketed to brief international stardom with 1991’s Doubt and the hit single ‘Right Here, Right Now’”.
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