My first try at one of these - I've done the One-Hit Wonders thing a few times since, and absolutely love these. The phones really lit up for this one, with callers - mostly from Long Island, fwiw - either cheering me on or correcting me. There is SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC HERE that is far too overlooked... but these tracks are ALL stone-cold classics and important parts of pop/rock history, even though pop/rock historians don't know how to deal with them.
Joy - Apollo 100
Summertime, Summertime - The Jamies
That Thing You Do - The Wonders
Judy In Disguise With Glasses - John Fred & his Playboy Band
The Rapper - The Jaggerz
Ah, Leah! - Donnie Iris
More, More, More - The Andrea True Connection
Steal My Sunshine - Len
Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf*
Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye - Steam
Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead - The Fifth Estate
Ça Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
Girl of My Dreams - Bram Tschaikovsky
Brandy - Looking Glass
Couldn't See the Light - Climax Blues Band
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
Magic - Pilot
Oh Babe, What Would You Say? - Hurricane Smith
Time Won't Let Me - The Outsiders
Precious and Few - Climax
Rock On - David Essex
Love Jones - Brighter Side of Darkness
Basketball Jones - Cheech & Chong
Concrete & Clay - Unit 4 +2
Come on Down to My Boat Baby - Every Mothers Son
Popsicles and Icicles - The Murmaids
Goodbye Girl - David Gates
Tubthumping - Chumbawumba
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
Under the Milky Way - The Church
Ariel - Dean Friedman
In The Summertime – Mungo Jerry
* It turn out Sugarloaf is a two-hit wonder. "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You". I got a call and an FB message about it!
