FEW-HIT WONDERS (Day 4)

[NightTrain]

Yesterday's thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1415907

Inspired by the recent "Two-Hit Wonders" thread, I've been going through my copy of BILLBOARD'S TOP POP SINGLES, 1955-1996, and typing up those artists who placed anywhere from 2-4 singles total in the pop top forty. Here are the D's:

ALAN DALE: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (#14, 1955), Sweet and Gentle (#10, 1955)

DALE & GRACE: I’m Leaving It Up To You (#1, 1963), Stop and Think It Over (#8, 1964)

MICHAEL DAMIAN: Rock On (#1, 1989), Cover of Love (#31, 1989), Was It Nothing At All? (#24, 1989)

DAMITA JO: I’ll Save The Last Dance For You (#22, 1960), I’ll Be There (#12, 1961)

DAMN YANKEES: High Enough (#3, 1990), Where You Goin’ Now? (#20, 1992)

VIC DANA: Shangri-La (#27, 1964), Red Roses For A Blue Lady (#10, 1965), I Love You Drops (#30, 1966)

DANNY & THE JUNIORS: At The Hop (#1, 1958), Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay (#19, 1958), Dottie (#39, 1958), Twistin’ U.S.A. (#27, 1960)

TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY: Wishing Well (#1, 1988), Sign Your Name (#4, 1988), Dance Little Sister (#30, 1988)

DAS EFX: They Want EFX (#25, 1992), Check Yo Self (#20, 1993)

MAC DAVIS: Baby, Don’t Get Hooked On Me (#1, 1972), One Hell Of A Woman (#11, 1974), Stop And Smell The Roses (#9, 1974), Rock & Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) (#15, 1975)

SKEETER DAVIS: (I Can’t Help You) I’m Falling Too (#39, 1960), My Last Date (With You) (#26, 1961), The End of the World (#2, 1963), I Can’t Stay Mad At You (#7, 1963)

THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP: Gimme Some Lovin’ (#7, 1967), I’m A Man (#10, 1967)

DEAD OR ALIVE: You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (#11, 1985), Brand New Lover (#15, 1987)

BILL DEAL & THE RHONDELS: May I (#39, 1969), I’ve Been Hurt (#35, 1969), What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am? (#23, 1969)

DEAN & JEAN: Tra-La-La-La Suzy (#35, 1963), Hey Jean, Hey Dean (#32, 1964)

CHRIS DeBURGH: Don’t Pay The Ferryman (#34, 1983), The Lady In Red (#3, 1987)

THE DeCASTRO SISTERS: Teach Me Tonight (#2, 1955), Boom Boom Boomerang (#17, 1955)

KIKI DEE: I’ve Got The Music In Me (#12, 1974), Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (duet with Elton John--#1, 1976)

DEEP PURPLE: Hush (#4, 1968), Kentucky Woman (#38, 1968), Smoke On The Water (#4, 1973)

THE DeFRANCO FAMILY: Heartbeat—It’s A Love Beat (#3, 1973), Abra-Ca-Dabra (#32, 1974), Save The Last Dance For Me (#18, 1974)

DEL AMITRI: Kiss This Thing Goodbye (#35, 1990), Always The Last To Know (#30, 1992), Roll To Me (#10, 1995)

DELANEY & BONNIE: Never Ending Song Of Love (#13, 1971), Only You And I Know (#20, 1971)

THE DELL-VIKINGS: Come Go With Me (#4, 1957), Whispering Bells (#9, 1957), Cool Shake (#12, 1957)

MARTIN DENNY: Quiet Village (#4, 1959), The Enchanted Sea (#28, 1959)

JACKIE DeSHANNON: What The World Needs Now Is Love (#7, 1965), Put A Little Love In Your Heart (#4, 1969), Love Will Find A Way (#40, 1969)

JOHNNY DESMOND: Play Me Hearts and Flowers (I Wanna Cry) (#6, 1955), The Yellow Rose of Texas (#3, 1955), Sixteen Tons (#17, 1955)

THE DETROIT EMERALDS: You Want It, You Got It (#36, 1972), Baby, Let Me Take You (In My Arms) (#24, 1972)

DICKY DOO & THE DON’TS: Click-Clack (#28, 1958), Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu (#40, 1958)

DIGITAL UNDERGROUND: The Humpty Dance (#11, 1990), Kiss You Back (#40, 1991)

DINO, DESI & BILLY: I’m A Fool (#17, 1965), Not The Lovin’ Kind (#25, 1965)

DIRE STRAITS: Sultans of Swing (#4, 1979), Money For Nothing (#1, 1985), Walk of Life (#7, 1985), So Far Away (#19, 1986)

DISCO-TEX & THE SEX-O-LETTES: Get Dancin’ (#10, 1974), I Wanna Dance Wit’ Choo (Doo Dat Dance) (#23, 1975)

THE DIXIEBELLS: (Down At) Papa Joe’s (#9, 1963), Southtown U.S.A. (#15, 1964)

THE DIXIE CUPS: Chapel Of Love (#1, 1964), People Say (#12, 1964), You Should Have Seen The Way He Looked At Me (#39, 1964), Iko Iko (#20, 1965)

CARL DOBKINS, JR: My Heart Is An Open Book (#3, 1959), Lucky Devil (#25, 1960)

BILL DOGGETT: Honky Tonk, Parts 1 & 2 (#2, 1956), Slow Walk (#26, 1956), Soft (#35, 1957)

DOMINO: Getto Jam (#7, 1993), Sweet Potato Pie (#27, 1994)

BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS: Billy, Don’t Be A Hero (#1, 1974), Who Do You Think You Are? (#15, 1974), The Heartbreak Kid (#39, 1974)

LONNIE DONEGAN: Rock Island Line (#8, 1956), Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On The Bedpost Overnight)? (#5, 1961)

RAL DONNER: Girl Of My Best Friend (#19, 1961), You Don’t Know What You’ve Got (Until You Lose It) (#4, 1961), Please Don’t Go (#39, 1961), She’s Everything (I Wanted You To Be) (#18, 1962)

JOE DOWELL: Wooden Heart (#1, 1961), Little Red Rented Rowboat (#23, 1962)

LAMONT DOZIER: Trying To Hold On To My Woman (#15, 1974), Fish Ain’t Bitin’ (#26, 1974)

THE DRAMATICS: Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (#9, 1971), In The Rain (#5, 1972)

THE DREAM ACADEMY: Life In A Northern Town (#7, 1985), The Love Parade (#36, 1986)

THE DREAM WEAVERS: It’s Almost Tomorrow (#7, 1955), A Little Love Can Go A Long, Long Way (#33, 1956)

PATTY DUKE: Don’t Just Stand There (#8, 1965), Say Something Funny (#22, 1965)

ROBBIE DUPREE: Steal Away (#6, 1980), Hot Rod Hearts (#15, 1980)

THE DUPREES: You Belong To Me (#7, 1962), My Own True Love (#13, 1962), Why Don’t You Believe Me? (#37, 1963), Have You Heard? (#18, 1963)

DYKE & THE BLAZERS: We Got More Soul (#35, 1969), Let A Woman Be A Woman—Let A Man Be A Man (#36, 1969)

RONNIE DYSON: (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can’t I Touch You? (#8, 1970), One Man Band (Plays All Alone) (#28, 1973)

[tcfrogs]

1. You may want to edit

Your list is on there three times.

[NightTrain]

2. I took care of it.

Thanks!

[tcfrogs]

3. Del Amitri

I always liked that band - very catchy stuff.

[Droopy]

4. These are interesting, NightTrain

I hope you keep doing them. My favorite band name on this one was Dicky Doo and the Don'ts. They didn't make it to number one for a lack of a catchy name.

[NightTrain]

7. Glad ya think so!

Doing this helps me to kill time inexpensively. That's important when you're unemployed!

[Sporadicus]

5. Deep Purple

I'm surprised 'My Woman from Tokyo' didn't rank high enough to make their list of hits. It's forever burned into my memory from Navy boot camp, when it was in heavy rotation. It sure got a lot of airplay to rank no higher than it did. It still gets played a lot on 'classic rock' stations - and every time I hear it, guess what I remember!

[NightTrain]

6. Nothing quite like memories of Boot Camp, huh?

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