@onehitwondered.bsky.socialThe week ending September 11, 1999, Brisbane-born LA alt-rocker Chris Gaines earned US #OneHitWonder honors when his soft-rockin,’ falsetto-drenched “Lost In You” leapt onto the US #Billboard #Top40 at #5. The single spent 6 weeks on the chart, peaking at the #5 position. #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialHappy birthday to singer/songwriter & musician Tommy Shaw, #BOTD in 1953. The Styx guitarist/co-vocalist earned solo US #OneHitWonder honors in 1984 when his synthy, bright pop single “Girls With Guns” spent 3 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #33. #TommyShaw #OneHitWondered #musicsky
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialIn 1987, as a member of America’s greatest jam band, Mickey Hart earned US #OneHitWonder honors. Grateful Dead’s “Touch Of Grey” spent 9 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #9… and after over two decades, the Dead finally had a pop hit in America. #GratefulDead #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialIn 1966, Darrell Banks broke out with "Open the Door to Your Heart.” Released on Detroit’s Revilot label, the stomping single rocketed up the charts, hitting #2 on the R&B chart and #27 on the US #Billboard #Top40. Sadly, it would be his only US hit single. #DarrellBanks #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialThe week ending September 10, 1966, 🇺🇸 gospel-trained soul singer Darrell Banks earned US #OneHitWonder honors when his non-Motown Detroit classic “Open the Door to Your Heart” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #31. It spent 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #27. #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialThe week ending September 10, 1966, LA garage rockers Love earned US #OneHitWonder honors when their raw, psychedelic proto-punk classic “7 And 7 Is” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #38. The single spent three weeks on the chart, peaking at #33. #Love #ArthurLee #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialAlicia Bridges never returned to the US #Top40, but the one hit was enough to keep her name in pop history... “I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round)” was very much a Bridges-Hutcheson creation: two partners writing together who wound up creating one of disco’s most recognizable singles. #OneHitWondered
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialAlicia Bridges got boxed in as disco… but her self-titled 1978 LP mixed R&B, rock, soul & blues. Her follow-up single “Body Heat” leaned toward rock and stalled out at #86 on the US #Billboard #Hot100, making “I Love the Nightlife” her only US #Top40 hit. #AliciaBridges #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialSo, singer/songwriter Alicia Bridges had just one US #Billboard #Top40 hit… but it became one of the defining singles of the disco era. In 1978, “I Love the Nightlife (Disco ’Round)” climbed all the way to #5 and gave Bridges a song that’s never really gone away. #AliciaBridges #OneHitWondered
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialThe week ending September 9, 1978, 🇺🇸 singer/songwriter Alicia Bridges earned US #OneHitWonder honors when her disco crossover "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #37. The single spent 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5. #AliciaBridges #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialRedbone are not US #OneHitWonder honorees… they did have a 2nd US #Top40 hit, “The Witch Of New Orleans.” The Vegas brothers co-wrote a song that earned US #OneHitWonder honors for someone else, though. 1967’s “Niki Hoeky” by P.J. Proby. #PJProby #Redbone #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
@onehitwondered.bsky.socialA day to remember Iron Butterfly founder/ frontman Doug Ingle, #BOTD in 1945. The organist/lead-vocalist earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1968 when “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” (written by Ingle) spent 7 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #30. #DougIngle #IronButterfly #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
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