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Postednon September 25, 2015
Postednon September 25, 2015n
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nWoonhoo! A hit song – it made the Top 40!!!
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nTopn40, of course, is music industry lingo for the most popular fortynsongs in a particular music genre, in a particular country, at anynone time. When you don’t specify “country” or “rock,” Top 40nrefers to the best-selling, most frequently broadcast popular music.
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nSomenmusicians get hit after hit after hit. They’re the famous artists andnbands with long careers – the recognizable names, like Beyonce andnthe Beatles. n
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nOthernmusicians get ONE chance at the big-time, but then are never able tonget another song onto the charts. From two middle-aged men with theirnunexpected dance hit “Macarena” to n
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nMusicnjournalists have been calling these artists as “one-hit wonders”nfor a long time – with of course various journalists using slightlyndifferent definitions – and one of these journalists, Steve Rosen,ndeclared September 25 as National One-Hit Wonder Day to celebratenthese not-necessarily famous names. It’s funny, because many of usnwould recognize the hit songs – but not the name of the artist ornband responsible for the song.
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nToncelebrate, dig around YouTube looking for one-hit wonders whose musicnyou enjoy. Here are some famous ones:
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nWipeout,n by the Surfaris – 1963
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nOne Tin Soldier,n by Original Caste – 1970
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nDon’t Worry, Be Happy,n by Bobby McFerrin – 1988
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nNote that many “one-hit wonders” have achieved, actually, a LOT in music. For example, A-ha has had a long, super-successful career with loads of hits. In the world, that is, and especially in their native Norway. However, in the U.S. they are generally considered one-hit wonders.
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nIt’snhard to name one-hit wonders that are new or recent music – hey,ngive these artists time to record another big hit song! But so farnthese artists are ranked as One-Hit Wonders:
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nShe was just 9 or 10 whennshe recorded this song! I think she has time to produce another hugenhit!
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nThis is a popular songnwritten way back in the 70s by Leonard Cohen (not a one-hit wonder),nand it features Justin Timberlake (not a one-hit wonder) as well asnMatt Morris (best known for writing and producing music for big-timenstars like Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson and Cher – so he’snalso not a one-hit wonder…but he is as a singer!). n
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nYes, another version ofnthe same lovely song. Record it today, and maybe you too can have bena one-hit wonder!
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nAlsonon this date:
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Math Storytelling Day
Math Storytelling Day
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nAnniversarynof the passage of an amendment that took 74,003 days to be adopted!!!
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nAnniversarynof an early warning that smoking is harmful (1878!)
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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