Hey!
the waters here from the waters wake up call had a blast this morning celebrating one hit wonders for tunes day
that
was
a while ago K-Tel
records
yeah
yeah the compilations
oh
right many more always the the last artist mentioned in those
And you know if I'm not mistaken, I think she was also Mary Tyler Moore's third cousin.
But
honestly, she was on every
Compilations album.
And
when you get the album, it's almost like a ripoff because you think, well, I'm seeing all the other bands here, but I don't see many more anywhere.
I
think we've solved nothing there.
I've done my job.
Yes.
And many more's as well.
And many more's.
It's a nice day.
It happens to be my 62nd birthday today.
Well, what do you know?
Well, how old are you on your 62nd birthday?
Yeah, 6'11", 62.
6'11",
62.
And I'm 62.
I was gonna guess 62.
Well, happy birthday.
How about a one hit wonder birthday gift for you?
I got two.
Two, but it's one hit wonders.
I don't know what that is.
Okay,
you can pick the one I think I asked you before to play that Ian Matthews shake it.
Yeah, yeah
Or, otherwise, you can play, uh, Aaliyah by, uh, I can't take who thinks that.
Donnie Iris.
Donnie Iris.
I believe both of them are one hip-wonder.
Yeah, you know, Donnie Iris did have more than Aaliyah.
I mean, that was really the biggest thing he had, but he had another song called Do You Compute, which a lot
of
people don't know.
You know,
there was also Love Is
Like A Rock.
Have you ever heard?
Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
Is that on both of them on that one album?
Love is like a rock isn't on the same album as Aaliyah, but it's love can rock you, never stop you.
I've
never
played
it.
I've never played that
song.
You know, I
may have to do a double shot of the one hit wonder.
Okay.
Well, good morning.
A one hit wonder?
Is it Don McLean, American Pie, a one hit wonder?
It certainly is, although it's the length of, I think, three hits.
But yes, that's a long one hit.
I don't know how he could inhale for
I think he had an oxygen tank with him.
Maybe that's it.
Maybe it's a tank.
Maybe it's
a
Chevy.
Maybe it's a tank.
I don't know.
Yeah.
Good morning, Mr. H2O's.
Well, good morning.
H2O's.
It's only one O. You know, if my brother was here, you could call us H2O's.
There you
go.
Nah, I'm just giving you some crap.
What's happening today, man?
I know.
I'm on my way to do some work in theater outfits.
What are you going to do?
What do you do for a
living?
I've called you before.
I worked for the shredder out of Des Moines.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Cool.
Hey, has anybody called in Black Betty from Bram Dam?
Nobody has.
Bamelam Dam.
Nobody has.
I
think we need to do that.
And I can't think of another song by Ram Jam.
Can you?
That's the only one I know of.
What?
What's going on?
Good morning.
Good morning.
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synthesizer I love Gary Newman's cars
yeah that
was the first
fully electronic song to hit number one yes and then he just went away you know he was such a groundbreaking artist you know that he did albums after that it was fairly successful but he never had another
hit I don't know
was there and then he was gone.
That was it.
That's
a
wonder in a nutshell for you.
I didn't know what the flock of seagulls really qualified with Iran because they had space out of sea but Iran
was
great.
That
was
such a minor, minor hit.
Men
Without Hats had kind of a second hit with Pop Goes The World.
Pop Goes The World.
Yeah,
but come on, you're a one hit
wonder.
Yeah, I was safety ban.
You're
right.
There's a
lot of bans had a hit and then they tried, but it just didn't really happen.
Same with the knack.
The knack is considered a one hit wonder, but they had another hit with Grug Girls don't, but it was very minor.
You put out this number one hit and it's like, what happened?
They're gone.
Hey, way back
when, the members of KISS decided to each put out a solo album.
Yes, they did.
And the only one that really had any good success was H. Praley with New York Group.
Yes, that is also correct.
Do you know the original band who did the song?
Oh, gosh.
No, I don't.
Hello.
was the name of the band.
Really?
Yeah, Sweet also
did it.
I never realized that.
Yeah,
but he picked a really good cover, boy, because that is, I like ACE is better than, you know, than either of the ones that
are not the ones I know.
Yeah, it's got a good, yeah, it's got a good tune to it.
It's
got a good groove
to it too.
Yeah, there you go.
Yeah, even in Eastern Iowa, we could just call it Eastern Iowa Groove.
Let's do it.
This beat goes on switching to glide.
Yes, sir.
I remember when that was out and I went out, I got the
145 and it didn't have this beat goes on it was just the switch into glide and I felt Incredibly ripped off.
I can believe that I would be sure thanks for suggesting that no problem.
Thank you.
Let's do another one What do you got this beat goes on flipping the glide by the key?
That's exactly what the last caller said Well, I got one other one for you then too go ahead five-man electrical band.
Yeah Yeah, all right.
Let's take another one.
Hi.
How about the five-man electrical band?
Man!
The first call I got switched into glide, and then the second call I got was the King's switch into glide.
I said, you know, the guy right before you called about that, then he switched it to signs by the five-man electrical band.
I just got off the phone with him, and boom, here you are.
I'll try harder next
time.
I don't know, man.
I think this might be some kind of sign.
Yeah,
I remember when that song came out, I could not get enough of that tune.
You know, it was all that, the hair band stuff, and here comes a good straightforward rock and roll tune.
I just loved it.
I did too.
Yeah.
It was a good song.
Yeah, great band.
I mean, I had the album.
It was a great band.
And they tried to have a follow-up with Spattleship Chains, but it just never really happened for them.
Yep.
Yeah.
I remember that.
Good morning, Mr. Waters.
How are you today?
I'm good, why when how are you?
Well,
you know the good news is it's already Tuesday, so we don't have to deal with Monday.
That's already done
Yeah
Nobody was doing any work all weekend, so it shouldn't have piled up anymore, right?
Yeah,
no.
That doesn't work that way,
unfortunately.
Oh, I'm sorry.
That really stinks.
Now I'm really depressed and in a bad mood and cranky.
Gee, Willikers.
Can you do me a favor?
Suga Suga.
Yeah, let's do it.
That'd be sweet.
Literally.
My
favorite group only had
one hit shirt in the United States.
Yeah, who?
Abba.
They had more than one hit in the United States.
Well, I just checked that they just only had one hit dancing clean.
Well, that was their biggest hit, but not their only hit.
Does that have more one hit than no?
Just one hit dancing clean.
Take a chance on me with a top five.
hit in 1978.
Waterloo was a big hit.
That was a number six hit.
Winner takes it all in 1980 was a top ten hit.
The name of the game was a
big
hit in 77.
Fernando was a big hit.
You know I'll stop there but you get the idea.
Is that the next one down in the alphabet?
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