The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #47 The Kalin Twins

My dog’s learning to speak a foreign language.”“Español?”“No, he’s a labrador.” The Kalin Twins (born February 16, 1934), also known as Hal and Herbie, were an American pop singing, songwriting and recording duo, formed in 1958 by twin brothers Harold Kalin and Herbert Kalin. The duo is best remembered for their number one 1958 hit

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #46 Midge Ure & Mick Khan

I just received a ‘save the date’ card. I didn’t know that they were endangered. Midge Ure OBE, a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and record producer (who found chart success with Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids, and Visage, and as the frontman of Ultravox), teamed up in 1983 with Andonis Michaelides, better known as Mick Karn,

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #45 Althea & Donna

My friend just received his PhD for years of research into the history, development and usage of palindromes. Say hello to Dr. Awkward. Althea & Donna were a Jamaican reggae vocal duo, consisting of teenage singers Althea Rose Forrest (17) and Donna Marie Reid (18) and are best known for their 1977 reggae single Uptown

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #44 Zager and Evans

While Karl Marx was working on the Communist Manifetso his sister Onya was inventing the starting pistol. Danny Zager and Rick Evans were an American rock-pop duo active during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and are best known for their 1969 #1 hit single In the Year 2525, which topped the charts on both

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders #40 Les Paul/Mary Ford

I was walking in the garden when a decorative statuette starting lecturing me about oppressive capitalism. It was Gnome Chomsky Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders The Duos #39 R+J Stone

Growing up, whenever my parents swore they would say “excuse my French”. So when the French teacher at my school asked the class if anyone knew any French, I raised my hand… R&J Stone were the English/American husband and wife musical duo, Russell Oliver Stone and Joanne Stone, and the pair were originally members of

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders The Duos #34 Ashford and Simpson

Last week on WWOOHW the theme was hits by solo artists who had previously found chart success in a group, and this week’s theme is about duos, some that had hits writing for other people but very little hits (one to be precise) for themselves, and other Duos who are just duos. Kicking off the