FEW-HIT WONDERS (Day 7)

[NightTrain]

Yesterday's post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1426957

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

GALLERY: Nice To Be With You (#4, 1972), I Believe In Music (#22, 1972), Big City Miss Ruth Ann (#23, 1973)

THE GAP BAND: Early in the Morning (#24, 1982), You Dropped A Bomb On Me (#31, 1982)

FRANK GARI: Utopia (#27, 1961), Lullaby of Love (#23, 1961), Princess (#30, 1961)

LEIF GARRETT: Surfin’ U.S.A. (#20, 1977), Runaround Sue (#13, 1977), I Was Made For Dancin’ (#10, 1979)

DAVID GATES: Never Let Her Go (#29, 1975), Goodbye Girl (#15, 1978), Took The Last Train (#30, 1978)

CRYSTAL GAYLE: Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (#2, 1977), Talking In Your Sleep (#18, 1978), Half The Way (#15. 1979), You And I (duet with Eddie Rabbitt) (#7, 1982)

GLORIA GAYNOR: Never Can Say Goodbye (#9, 1974), I Will Survive (#1, 1979)

THE G-CLEFS: Ka-Ding Dong (#24, 1956), I Understand (Just How You Feel) (#9, 1961)

DAVID GEDDES: Run Joey Run (#4, 1975), The Last Game of the Season (A Blind Man in the Bleachers) (#18, 1975)

GENERAL PUBLIC: Tenderness (#27, 1984), I’ll Take You There (#22, 1994)

BOBBIE GENTRY: Ode To Billie Joe (#1, 1967), Let It Be Me (#36, 1969), Fancy (#31, 1969), All I Have To Do Is Dream (duet with Glen Campbell) (#27, 1970)

GERARDO: Rico Suave (#7, 1991), We Want The Funk (#16, 1991)

THE GETO BOYS: Mind Playing Tricks On Me (#23, 1991), Six Feet Deep (#40, 1993)

STAN GETZ: Desafinado (with Charlie Byrd) (#15, 1962), The Girl From Ipanema (with Astrud Gilberto), (#5, 1964)

BARRY GIBB: Guilty (#3, 1980), What Kind of Fool (duet with Barbra Streisand) (#10, 1981)

ROBIN GIBB: Oh! Darling (#15, 1978), Boys Do Fall In Love (#37, 1984)

DON GIBSON: Oh Lonesome Me (#7, 1958), Blue Blue Day (#20, 1958), Just One Time (#29, 1960), Sea of Heartbreak (#21, 1961)

GLASS TIGER: Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone) (#2, 1986), Someday (#7, 1986), I Will Be There (#34, 1987), I’m Still Searching (#31, 1988)

GARY GLITTER: Rock and Roll, Part 2 (#7, 1972), I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll) (#35, 1972)

ANDREW GOLD: Lonely Boy (#7, 1977), Thank You For Being A Friend (#25, 1978)

GOLDEN EARRING: Radar Love (#13, 1974), Twilight Zone (#10, 1983)

DICKIE GOODMAN: Energy Crisis ’74 (#33, 1974), Mr. Jaws (#4, 1975)

GO WEST: Don’t Look Down—The Sequel (#39, 1987), King of Wishful Thinking (#8, 1990), Faithful (#14, 1992)

GQ: Disco Nights (Rock-Freak) (#12, 1979), I Do Love You (#20, 1979)

CHARLIE GRACIE: Butterfly (#3, 1957), Fabulous (#16, 1957)

LARRY GRAHAM (GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION); Your Love (#38, 1975), One In A Million You (#9, 1980)

LOU GRAMM: Midnight Blue (#5, 1987), Just Between You and Me (#6, 1989), True Blue Love (#40, 1990)

EDDY GRANT: Electric Avenue (#2, 1983), Romancing The Stone (#26, 1984)

GOGI GRANT: Suddenly There’s A Valley (#9, 1955), The Wayward Wind (#1, 1956)

DOBIE GRAY: The “In” Crowd (#13, 1965), Drift Away (#5, 1973), You Can Do It (#37, 1979)

GREAT WHITE: Once Bitten Twice Shy (#5, 1989), The Angel Song (#30, 1989)

R.B. GREAVES: Take A Letter, Maria (#2, 1969), Always Something There To Remind Me (#27, 1970)

HENRY GROSS: Shannon (#6, 1976), Springtime Mama (#37, 1976)

[SiouxJ]

1. "Big City Miss Ruth Ann"

I had that on a K-Tel compilation when I was a kid. Probably haven't heard that song since 1973.

A good friend of mine co-wrote "The Angel Song" by Great White. He also produced and arranged that album and co-wrote most of the songs. Hmmm, didn't "Rock Me" and "House of Broken Love" make the top 40? Seems like they were played to death too but perhaps only on FM.

Thanks, that was a fun bit of nostalgia.

[NightTrain]

2. Rhino included all three of Gallery's hits on its 25-colume CD series...

..."Have A Nice Day: Super Hits of the '70s." Just in case you're interested!

[SiouxJ]

3. You can always count on Rhino

for fun stuff!

They were the ones who re-released Todd's Runt albums, which was great for me as they were out of print by the time I discovered him around 1980. :thumbsup: