The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #71 Duncan Browne

Duncan John Browne (25 March 1947 – 28 May 1993) was an English singer-songwriter and musician, who is most remembered for his moderate hit single Journey, which peaked at #23 in the U.K in 1972, and its corresponding 1973 album Duncan Browne, which has since garnered a cult status among fans of 1970s folk rock.

Artists With Self-titled Songs (AWSTS) #5

The fifth installment of ‘the song title is the band’s name’ features five more acts beginning with the letter ‘A’. You can check the Rate Your Music list below to see possible upcoming acts (if I can find a YouTube video), and leave a comment to suggest any songtitle/band that the list and I may

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders (Beatles Edition) #24 The Silkie

Today’s Beatles cover in our ongoing WWOOHW series, is You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away by folk act The Silkie. The Silkie, an English folk music group formed in 1963 and consisting of four Hull University students Sylvia Tatler (vocals), Mike Ramsden (guitar and vocals), Ivor Aylesbury (guitar and vocals) and Kevin Cunningham (double

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #16 Bob Lind

Good morning Starshine, the Spinney Wheel Thing Of Destiny says “hello”. For our delectation, the SWTOD has chosen folk singer Bob Lind, who had a #5 hit single in 1966 with Elusive Butterfly. Robert Neale Lind (born November 25, 1942) is an American folk-music singer-lyricist, who helped define the 1960s folk rock movement in the

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders (WWOOHW) #1 Norma Tanega

Hello, and welcome to a new series of music posts featuring the acts and artists that only had one hit in the UK charts (not an original idea but a fun one, I hope) The rules, like me, are quite simple: to appear on these posts the act (no matter how big or small) must

Harping On And On (GDLIYWI) 20

A lady from Glasgow was visiting London one day and decided to get her hair done whilst she was there. She sits down on the chair and the hairdresser asks her “Comfy?” “Govan”, replies the woman. Today’s artist is Roy Harper, an English folk artist with a long-storied career and is friends with a lot