What ever happened to these artists?

[roadman65]

We have had many artists come and go throughout the years.  Some were one hit wonders producing one song and never heard from again such as Nick Gilder singing Hot Child In The City who never came out again.  Then you have one album wonders such as Saga who came out with one album and never heard from again.

Any artist that you liked that was one of those that you are curious about that you liked and hoped they would return with more but never came back to the spotlight again.

I thought Nick Gilder would have made good if he went beyond Hot Child In The City.

Some more you never hear from that I am surprised never went on:

Matthew Wilder- Break My Stride
Go Gos- Although not a one hit, but ended abruptly minus Belinda Carlisle who did go solo for one album and then she dropped from the scene.
Toni Basil- Mickey
Weird Al- His humorous spoof songs are missed
John Volbe- Known for making perverted songs even out of the 12 Days of Chrismas was big in the 80's because of his explicit songs, dropped out of the scene.

Many of these still hold memories whenever their songs are played, although Volbe (If I am saying his name correctly) never had memories for me, but the fact he was there providing much needed comic relief of the times that my friends would play his crazy songs on the old boom box at moments.

[Mapmikey]

Weird Al is still making music and had his biggest chart hit in 2006...

Toni Basil was nearly 40 when Mickey came out and is/was a choreoagrapher by trade.

Belinda Carlisle had 6 top-40 hits from 1986-90; I believe the Go-Gos including her had been touring recently until one of them had a health issue...

I hear stuff on XM 70s all the time that makes me wonder how they didn't have more success...

Mapmikey

[jeffandnicole]

Weird Al was all over the place this summer with his new album coming out. He was actually hard to miss.

[roadman65]

Yeah but in general you do not hear from him that much and I have never heard it in pop culture when I go out either.  Maybe he might be on Top 40 radio, but I fail to listen to it as the same songs over and over in one given hour is not my cup of tea, plus you have to listen to today's R & B which a lot of it is trash.

Or maybe Orlando likes to keep everybody in the dark about these things.

[Thing 342]

Weird Al's latest album went #1, IIRC.

[stormwatch7721]

I wonder what happened to the 1990s country singers and bands?

[amroad17]

Many of them are playing smaller venues and county fairs.  Some have gone into semi-retirement with the money they did make in the 1990's.

[spooky]

Weird Al- His humorous spoof songs are missed
John Volbe- Known for making perverted songs even out of the 12 Days of Chrismas was big in the 80's because of his explicit songs, dropped out of the scene.

Many of these still hold memories whenever their songs are played, although Volbe (If I am saying his name correctly) never had memories for me, but the fact he was there providing much needed comic relief of the times that my friends would play his crazy songs on the old boom box at moments.

As already mentioned, Weird Al had a number 1 album just this year, and a huge media blitz supporting it.

By John Volbe do you mean "Dr. Dirty" John Valby? I'm pretty sure he's still doing the exact same thing he's always been doing, touring clubs and singing dirty songs. Maybe the problem for you is that no one has a boombox any more.

[PHLBOS]

By John Volbe do you mean "Dr. Dirty" John Valby? I'm pretty sure he's still doing the exact same thing he's always been doing, touring clubs and singing dirty songs. Maybe the problem for you is that no one has a boombox any more.

That's definitely John Valby.  As you mentioned, he's still doing tours.  A couple of years ago (during Christmastime), while I was in Boston; I saw that one place in the Theatre District advertised his then-upcoming performance dates.

Truth be told, the only time I ever heard of John Valby was during my freshman year in college (fall 1984) when somebody in my dorm had and played one of his albums; one that had the fore-mentioned perverted parody of the 12 Days of Christmas.

[NE2]

Van Gogh: ear chopped off

[roadman]

Go Gos- Although not a one hit, but ended abruptly minus Belinda Carlisle who did go solo for one album and then she dropped from the scene

Belinda Carlisle had four or five solo albums after she departed from the Go-Gos.

[Brian556]

Quote from NE2:

Van Gogh: ear chopped off

John Bobbit. Dick chopped off.

[Roadrunner75]

What ever happened to these artists?  They ended up playing at Dick Lee's in Brooklawn, NJ (later The Pennant).  We used to call this nightclub the place "Where bands go to die".  I would drive past and see something like Kansas up on the marquee.

[Henry]

We have had many artists come and go throughout the years.  Some were one hit wonders producing one song and never heard from again such as Nick Gilder singing Hot Child In The City who never came out again.  Then you have one album wonders such as Saga who came out with one album and never heard from again.

Any artist that you liked that was one of those that you are curious about that you liked and hoped they would return with more but never came back to the spotlight again.

I thought Nick Gilder would have made good if he went beyond Hot Child In The City.

Some more you never hear from that I am surprised never went on:

Matthew Wilder- Break My Stride
Go Gos- Although not a one hit, but ended abruptly minus Belinda Carlisle who did go solo for one album and then she dropped from the scene.
Toni Basil- Mickey
Weird Al- His humorous spoof songs are missed
John Volbe- Known for making perverted songs even out of the 12 Days of Chrismas was big in the 80's because of his explicit songs, dropped out of the scene.

Many of these still hold memories whenever their songs are played, although Volbe (If I am saying his name correctly) never had memories for me, but the fact he was there providing much needed comic relief of the times that my friends would play his crazy songs on the old boom box at moments.

I could add some more...

OMD-If You Leave
Steve Perry (lead singer of Journey)-Oh Sherry
Benny Mardonez-Into the Night
Sir Mix-a-Lot-Baby Got Back
Jimmy Ruffin-What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

Jennifer Warnes gets an asterisk because both of her best-known songs were duets with Joe Cocker and Righteous Brothers frontman Bill Medley (Up Where We Belong and I've Had the Time of My Life, respectively).

[spooky]

By John Volbe do you mean "Dr. Dirty" John Valby? I'm pretty sure he's still doing the exact same thing he's always been doing, touring clubs and singing dirty songs. Maybe the problem for you is that no one has a boombox any more.

That's definitely John Valby.  As you mentioned, he's still doing tours.  A couple of years ago (during Christmastime), while I was in Boston; I saw that one place in the Theatre District advertised his then-upcoming performance dates.

Truth be told, the only time I ever heard of John Valby was during my freshman year in college (fall 1984) when somebody in my dorm had and played one of his albums; one that had the fore-mentioned perverted parody of the 12 Days of Christmas.

Every now and then I'll see that he's playing either a local place and think "holy shit, John Valby is still around". I saw him maybe 20 years ago when I was in college; one of my best friends was a fan.

[formulanone]

Statistically, shouldn't there always be more "one-hit wonders" than recording artists/bands/groups that have several hits?

[NE2]

Statistically, shouldn't there always be more "one-hit wonders" than recording artists/bands/groups that have several or many hits?

Not necessarily. It may be true, but it's not necessary.

[golden eagle]

Speaking of Sir Mix-A-Lot, Nicki Minaj samples Back Got Back in her latest hit, Anaconda.

[roadman65]

Everyone thought that the late Andrew Gold was a one hit wonder with his Lonely Boy, but one DJ on Sunny FM in Orlando pointed out that misconception that everyone believed.

Plus Andrew wrote songs for other artists as well.  He was also the Author of The Golden Girls opening theme song on NBC from 1985 to 1992 and he did release the song on one of his albums, however Thomas Witt Harris decided to use another vocalist and cover the tune for the sitcom.

Hot Chocolate was believed to be a one hit wonder too, but they did come out with other tunes that you can still hear played in public places.  Plus Burger King did reprise the song for a commercial and so did one woman's skin care product rather recently.

[kurumi]

Walter Murphy, once known only for A Fifth of Beethoven, composed the Family Guy theme.

[TheKnightoftheInterstate]

I wonder what happened to the 1990s country singers and bands?

They were hit hard by the prolification of rock country, pop country, and bro-country.

[Pete from Boston]

Let's not forget that around then all those bands committed rock 'n' roll's most unforgivable act: they got old.  Rock is a young person's game.  It's hard to stay relevant over a whole career, harder still to do so and stay interesting.

[Laura]

I wonder what happened to the 1990s country singers and bands?

They were hit hard by the prolification of rock country, pop country, and bro-country.

Lol, pop country has been around for at least 40 years. Olivia Newton-John was the original Taylor Swift. John Denver, Kenny Rogers, and Dolly Parton had both country and pop hits in the 1970's.

One could even argue that Elvis Presley was the original crossover artist, since he had some early airplay on country stations before anyone could figure out how to categorize him as the King of Rock and Roll.

As for rock-country, you've pretty much characterized what separates country from bluegrass: the rock and roll sound brought to you by guitars.

Lol, I'll give you one thing: the rise of bro-country. Ugh, that has been around for a while with Toby Keith and Trace Adkins, but has gotten so much more airplay in recent years.

[cjk374]

Lol, I'll give you one thing: the rise of bro-country. Ugh, that has been around for a while with Toby Keith and Trace Adkins, but has gotten so much more airplay in recent years.

IMO, it's trying to separate into its own genre. Just an example:

http://www.averagejoesent.com/

[Laura]

Lol, I'll give you one thing: the rise of bro-country. Ugh, that has been around for a while with Toby Keith and Trace Adkins, but has gotten so much more airplay in recent years.

IMO, it's trying to separate into its own genre. Just an example:

http://www.averagejoesent.com/

Wow...bad that enough of these kinds of songs exist, good that maybe they can find their own niche and get out of my consciousness.