DU Trivia CHALLENGE: One hit wonders who were also actors

[Miles Archer]

First one that comes to mind is Jack "General Hospital" Wagner and his #2 hit "All I Need." He had other singles, but none got any higher than #52 on the U.S. charts. He pretty much had one...and only one...hit.

There were other one hit wonder actors...name one.

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[Boomerproud]

1. David Soul (Here Comes the Brides)

[Miles Archer]

3. Good one...forgot about him.

Remembered Starsky & Hutch (as well as Salem's Lot), forgot the one hit.

[edbermac]

14. And Bobby Sherman.

My sisters listened to him 24/7

[OrwellwasRight]

35. Don't forget Easy Come Easy Go

[Brigid]

50. You know what he does now?

He's a paramedic. Has been for years.

[edbermac]

60. I knew that.

Not a fan of his bubblegum music but I was fascinated about his building miniatures of DisneyLand.

[applegrove]

36. I had such a big crush on him in my first year of university. They ran

Starsky and Hutch reruns that year. He's not a bad singer.

[Brigid]

61. I liked Paul Michael Glaser myself.

I once heard him sing briefly on a "Starsky & Hutch" episode. Really bad -- so bad I still remember it after all this time!

[TexasTowelie]

2. Another actor from GH, Rick Springfield.

He had a few other songs that made the chart, but I doubt anybody remembers them.

[Miles Archer]

4. I was there when it happened and I sure can't remember any

The singles, from Wikipedia:

"Jessie's Girl"
"I've Done Everything for You"
"Affair of the Heart"
"Human Touch"
"State of the Heart"

I remember them now, but until I got the reminder from Wikipedia, it was basically "Jessie's Girl."

[Shampoobra]

18. I remember one

It was a 45-RPM non-album single, recorded live, called "American Girls."

The live version that I had must have been the B-side of another single, because I just found a studio recording of "American Girls" on YouTube. (The live version has a lot more energy.)

[OrwellwasRight]

34. But he had several hits

Don't Talk to Strangers:

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I've Done Everything for You (my personal favorite):

Human Touch (the cheesiest hit):

Love Somebody:

Affair of the Heart:

[TexasTowelie]

37. I know that some of his other songs that made the charts,

it's a bit more questionable if they can be considered hits though since not many people remember them.

[OrwellwasRight]

39. I remember them all!

I had at least one of his albums (in vinyl LP form), my cheer squad did a dance to I've Done Everything for You, and we couldn't wait for his songs to come on at the junior high dance. I think that makes them hits in my book!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. The only ones who come to mind are Shelley Fabares who had the No. 1 single on billboard

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"Johnny Angel". It sold more than one million copies and became a gold record; not bad for a debut single. Fabares was an actress more than a singer and played Donna Reed's daughter on the Donna Reed Show, had a recurring role on the sitcom Coach, and did three films with Elvis Presley. She recorded more singles after Johnny Angel but nothing came close to that monster hit. Paul Peterson who played her brother on Donna Reed and had other gigs on later shows also recorded singles and had a hit that rose to No. 6 on billboard, "My dad". I also thought Connie Stevens might have been another, with her many TV appearances on shows like Maverick and Hawaiian Eye and with her hit "Kookie Lend Me Your Comb", but it turns out she had other top hits besides.

By the way, what really gives Johnny Angel its special sound are the absolutely incredible and angelic sounding background vocals. The background voices and their beautiful and precise harmonies were done in the studio by the legendary Motown group Darlene Love and the Blossoms who were managed by Phil Spector and who did background for some of the greatest names in pop music like Elvis Presley, Johnny Rivers, Sam Cooke, Dionne Warwick, the Beach Boys, Tom Jones, Sonny and Cher, John Phillips, and others. Supposedly when Shelley Fabares cut the record she was so intimidated by the beautiful voices of her background singers that she wanted to back out of doing the record.

[Miles Archer]

7. Forgot about her too...

...I had a major crush on her in my younger days. I used to watch "Clambake" just because she was in it.

[NoGOPZone]

6. i'm thinking john travolta and lorne green

[Miles Archer]

8. Two more good ones!

"Gotta let her in...gotta let her in...let her in my liiiiiiiiiife..."

[lastlib]

10. "Ringo" rocked!

Also, William Shatner recorded some songs, but I don't think any were chart hits. I can't remember the name of the TV show he was in, but it had something to do with stars....



(I got it now--it was "Astronomy Tech"!)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. Leonard Nimoy

I remember hearing his song Bilbo Baggins on the radio in the early 70s, but I don't think it did too well on billboard.

[blogslut]

9. For coolness factor: Julie London

Technically not a one-hit wonder. She had a pretty decent signing and acting career. But most folks (who are old enough) remember her for singing this:

And for portraying nurse Dixie McCall on Adam Twelve.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam-12

[Miles Archer]

12. That IS basically her "signature song"...

...not sure how her othher singles charted but she definitely had a niche (in the Peggy Lee vein) and her own following.

[kwassa]

23. She married Jack Webb, then Bobby Troup, who wrote the song "Route 66"

Webb produced "Emergency" and hired London and Troup to act on the show.

[Iggo]

65. Troup also has the last line in the movie MASH.

"God damn Army!"

[Kingofalldems]

13. Tab Hunter, 'Young Love'

Of course it was a cover also.

[840high]

21. In my young days had such

a crush on him.

[Callmecrazy]

15. David Cassidy?

[frogmarch]

16. Sandra Dee

[LynneSin]

17. Marky Mark aka Mark Wahlberg

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Only reason Mark Wahlberg was able to release an album was thanks to his brother Donnie who was a New Kid on the Block.

Donnie was the more famous singer but Mark has had a stellar acting career including an oscar nomination

[patricia92243]

19. Annette Funicello (sp)"Tall Paul"

[NightWatcher]

20. Patrick Swayze from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack "She's Like the Wind"

And you suck for making me think of it.

[Miles Archer]

25. Believe it or not, I could never make myself watch "Dirty Dancing."

Same with Footloose. And I really regret watching Flashdance.

[Kingofalldems]

22. Walter Brennan "Old Rivers"

[kwassa]

24. Ricky Nelson, though not a one-hit wonder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson

He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1973 including "Poor Little Fool" which holds the distinction of being the first #1 song on Billboard magazine's then-newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded 19 additional Top 10 hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987.

[WinkyDink]

59. Thus, NOT relevant!

[Rowdyboy]

26. Lorne Greene (Ben Cartwright of Bonanza) released "Ringo" in 1964

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_(song)

The song's actual sung lyrics are limited to the title word alone, performed by an unidentified male chorus, presumably The Jordanaires or the Mello Men. Throughout the rest of the performance, Greene talks about the legendary gunfighter. His words tell the story, in a first-person account, of a Western lawman and his relationship with a notorious gunfighter, Ringo, presumably based on the outlaw Johnny Ringo.

It has been pointed out that the song does not fit the known historical facts of the life of Johnny Ringo. However, this did not damage the song's popularity. In one of the first instances recorded of a country song hitting the top of the pop charts before charting country, it shot to #1 on the U.S. Billboard charts on December 5, 1964 as well as garnering the same spot on the "Easy Listening" chart, where it retained the position for six weeks.[1] Due in part to its' pop and easy-listening chart placement, the single also peaked at number twenty-one on the Hot Country Singles chart.[2] In Canada, it hit #1 on the RPM top singles chart on December 7. The song was written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair.

The 'B' side of the disc contained a vocal version of the theme song of Greene's TV show Bonanza, with lyrics that were never used on TV (See Bonanza article for more on that song).

[Art_from_Ark]

41. I had that 45

And I remember the words to the Bonanza song:

We chased Lady Luck
Til we finally struck
Bonanza

With a gun and a rope
And a hat full of hope
We planted our family tree

We got a hold
Of a pot full of gold
Bonanza
With a hatful of friends
Where the rainbow ends
How rich can a fellow be?

On this land
We put our brand
Cartwright is the name
Fortune smiled
The day we filed
The Ponderosa claim

Here in the West
We're living in the best
Bonanza
If anyone fights anyone of us
He's got a fight with me!

Hoss and Joe and Adam know
Every rock and pine
No one works, fights, or eats
Like those boys of mine

Here we stand
In the middle of a grand
Bonanza
With the working-est, fighting-est, loving-est band
That ever set foot in the Promised Land
And we're happier than them all
That's why we call it
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza

[Mr.Bill]

27. Arguably more than one hit, but Ed Ames.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Ames

[Rowdyboy]

31. I woke up a couple of weeks ago with his version of "My cup runneth over with love" stuck in my head

My parents had his album but I loved him (I was about 10) for being Mingo on "Daniel Boone".

[Ino]

47. He met with about 100 high school kids in my city

At the end of the interview, the organizers were going to find out which kid had a birthday closest to Mr. Ames', and he/she would get one of his albums. Ed turned to his handler and said, "Let's just give them ALL an album. Get everybody's name and address." The pissed-off look on the handler's face was priceless, LOL. I got an autographed album in the mail a few weeks later!

[Rowdyboy]

51. What a wonderful story! Thats my definition of class....

He also had what is probably the funniest single moment in TV history on Johnny Carson when he threw his tomahawk! It still makes me laugh....

http://www.popmodal.com/video/9423/Carson-Ed-Ames-Throws-Tomahawk

[Ino]

63. Oh right! I'd forgotten that gem :D (nt)

[GoCubsGo]

28. Don Johnson--Heartbeat

A bigger hit elsewhere, but made it to #17 on the US charts:

[AngryOldDem]

55. That has to be one of the all time WORST videos ever.

Song isn't much better, either.

[Mr.Bill]

29. Arguably no hits, but William Shatner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shatner

[Doc_Technical]

30. Lee Marvin

[Mr.Bill]

33. Clint Eastwood, from the same movie soundtrack.

[Arkansas Granny]

32. Edd "Kookie" Byrnes.

[OrwellwasRight]

38. Bruce Willis & Eddie Murphy!

[Miles Archer]

43. My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time, party all the tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime...

I thought about Willis yesterday as I read some of the responses but wanted to wait and see if someone else remembered him.

[NoGOPZone]

40. Vicki Lawrence

Had a hit with a song written by country music songwriter Bobby Russell, her husband

[Brigid]

48. This one?

[Art_from_Ark]

42. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this guy yet

Richard Harris, aka Dumbledore

[Miles Archer]

46. Sometimes the most obvious ones slip through the memory first

If I had to pick the top ten funniest SCTV bits of all time, THIS one would be on the list..."Richard Harris" (Dave Thomas) singing MacArthur Park on "Mel's Rock Pile."

[Major Nikon]

44. Steve Martin

Not sure if #17 on the charts counts, but King Tut certainly got a lot of air time. Remarkably Paris Hilton made it to #18, but I'm not sure if she counts as an actor.

[Brigid]

49. Don't know if "King Tut" counts as singing,

But it sure was funny!

[MissMillie]

45. Eddie Murphy

Party All the Time

[diabeticman]

52. Lee Majors

The theme for his show The Fall Guy which he preformed.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_Stuntman

[Tom_Foolery]

53. Cheryl Ladd's "Think It Over"...

Peaked at number 34 in 1978.

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[Tom_Foolery]

54. Gwyneth Paltrow with Huey Lewis...

Their cover of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'" went to number one on the US AC chart in 2000:

[AngryOldDem]

57. Richard Chamberlain

Did "Blue Guitar," a Burt Bacharach tune, when he was Dr. Kildare.

[Tom_Foolery]

58. Here's the song from YouTube...

[AngryOldDem]

62. Thanks!

Didn't have a half-bad voice.

[Tom_Foolery]

64. You're welcome...

He had a nice voice.