One hit wonders in Ireland

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square_igloo wrote: »

I saw them playing a free gig on a milk truck in Mallow!!!:D:D:D God that was about 8 or 9 years ago...
Yeah I remember them covering "Don't Dream It's Over" . Never liked that song.

That reminds me, I once saw another one hit wonder play a free gig in Mayo I think it was ... they were superstars: CHURCH MICE ! ! Remember them? They done a cover of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's " Make Me Smile"

It BeeMee

Whatever happened to Furry Village that did a (IMO) nice version of My Lagan Love ?

KnifeWRENCH

elviscostello wrote: »

That reminds me, I once saw another one hit wonder play a free gig in Mayo I think it was ... they were superstars: CHURCH MICE ! ! Remember them? They done a cover of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's " Make Me Smile"

YES!!! CHURCH MICE!! I REMEMBER THEM!!!!:D:D:D

yeah they were rubbish.

Xavi6

square_igloo wrote: »

There was a band called Fifth Avenue that had a song called "Party All Night"...unfortunately I still remember the chorus:(
Does anyone remember a girl band called FAB?? I think one of Shane Lynch's sisters was in it...I've just googled and couldn't find anything. Please tell me I'm not going crazy and making things up!:eek:

Ha ha yes I remember both Fift Avenue and FAB. I actually have a FAB logo pin badge at home for some reason! 'Exclusive' interview with them here -

http://members.tripod.com/~irish_pop/fab.html

Fab appeared on the National Lottery in England last week, and Ringo Starr, an ex- Beatle was also on the show. He was so impressed withthem that he approached them and asked if he could write a song for them!! Go Girls!! This is a true sign that Fab! are going to be on the tip of your tongue soon, so you better watch out for them!!

ROFL!!!

KnifeWRENCH

Xavi6 wrote: »

Ha ha yes I remember both Fift Avenue and FAB.

Oh thank God! I was afraid I might have gone insane!:pac:

square_igloo

square_igloo wrote: »

There was a band called Fifth Avenue that had a song called "Party All Night"...unfortunately I still remember the chorus:(

Wasn't that My Town? Released around 1998/99? I somewhat remember one of Fifth Avenue's songs, "Infidelity."

Capt'n Midnight

Not a one hit wonder , but the hit was far bigger than the other stuff
Moloko - Sing it Back

Lick the tins - cover of I can't help falling in love (the snapper - got airplay don't know if charted)

Does this guy have any Irish connections ?
Liam Lynch - United states of whatever

Frank Kelly - 12 days of christmas

DublinWriter

Anyone remember 'The Moon is Puse' by the (I think) the Gerryatriks circa 1979? No? I'll fetch me Zimmer-frame.

Firetrap

I vaguely remember a band called Missing Link which had an INXS-ish song called Shake It Up. I dunno if anyone bought it though but it defo got lots of airplay in the late 80s

Pigletlover

Didn't that Irish one on American Idol release a song or two, didn't get very far though, I don't think anyone even remembered her.

Morgans

Cant believe The Saw Doctors and The Frank and Walters were mentioned as one hit wonders.

Power of Dreams had a good album and I think one hit "Never Been To Texas"
Lemon Tree - wasn't that a one-hit wonder for some German crowd.

Morgans

Morgans wrote: »

Lemon Tree - wasn't that a one-hit wonder for some German crowd.

Fools Garden

hiscan

broken land the adventurers dont know if theyre irish i think they are ?????

The Reynolds Girls.
Anyone remember that awful song I'd Rather Jack?

gogglebok

DublinWriter wrote: »

Anyone remember 'The Moon is Puse' by the (I think) the Gerryatriks circa 1979? No? I'll fetch me Zimmer-frame.

The Moon Is Puce! Was it by Gerry and the Atrix? Terrible name. I think they may have had another hit, with Treasure on the Wasteland.

Or that could have been another band. Creeping senility....

Manimal

gogglebok wrote: »

The Moon Is Puce! Was it by Gerry and the Atrix? Terrible name. I think they may have had another hit, with Treasure on the Wasteland.

Or that could have been another band. Creeping senility....

The band were called 'The Atrix'. Released a couple of hits on Scoff Records, most notable of which was 'The Moon is Puce'. They also had a minor hit called 'Your Halo is Burning'. They were a very unusual band with a serious art school streak. I have the two singles above (and they're fantastic!). Their lead singer Jojn Borrowman died in the 1990s.

DublinWriter

Deleted User wrote: »

The Reynolds Girls.
Anyone remember that awful song I'd Rather Jack?

Yes, but they were British and produced by Stock-Aiken-Waterman.

The lyric went "I'd rather jack than Fleetwood Mac".

Well guess what Reynolds Girls? Yes, I would like fries with that.

But since we're off the topic and talking about one-hit wonder UK girl-bands, I'll see your Reynolds Girls and raise you Vanilla.

The industry rumour was that Vanilla were formed as the result of a bet between two record-company execs to see who could form the worst girl-band and get them into the top 30.

Witness the horror here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yba4WzRCHJ8

chuci

i know these guys werent irish but alishas attic they only had one song ya? them and six god love em.

WiCkLaMuLlA

irish-stew wrote: »

didn't think sultanes of ping were either, although couldn't name any other songs of the top of my head

'Ca Bhfuil To Mo Geansai'

aoife000

jonny24ie wrote: »

Kerri-Ann?? Anyone remember her??

god ya. the song was so catchy... think it went something like this:


do you do you love me boy
kiss me when they look away
be my playground romeo
they won't know and i won't say...

WiCkLaMuLlA

anyone remember the 'D11 Runners' ???? a bunch of Finglas Heads i guess ??

aoife000

coolguy wrote: »

Bellefire, they had a hit with Perfect Bliss.
4 good looking birds too;)

love it!!! used to play it all the time... pure cheese

i think they call it love, it's nothing to be scared about,
believe me,
look and you will find,
don't you know that love ain't blind, ain't nothing we can do
just let it be a part of you - and feel it
I wanna let you know
I promise, I promise
to never let you go you know,... you know

and so on and so forth ...

aoife000

Exit wrote: »

Anyone remember Dove? Can't remember if they had just the one hit. Might've been just two.

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i remember them doing a cover of 'don't dream it's over ' anyhow

brayblue24

Manimal wrote: »

The band were called 'The Atrix'. Released a couple of hits on Scoff Records, most notable of which was 'The Moon is Puce'. They also had a minor hit called 'Your Halo is Burning'. They were a very unusual band with a serious art school streak. I have the two singles above (and they're fantastic!). Their lead singer Jojn Borrowman died in the 1990s.

They weren't one hit wonders though. I remember Very Much In Love, The Moon Is Puce, Treasure On The Wasteland, Triad and Procession. Am I really that old? What about Rocky DeValera & The Gravediggers. Can't remember a single song but in anyways... was going to mention Those Nervous Animals till I remembered they had a heap of singles but there was always Tony Koklin with Cinderella or The Lookalikes with Can I Take You Home Tonight? (but I think I can recall they had another hit) they were on the Riva label - the same one as Rod Stewart at the time. The Dixons had a cassette LP and a 12" only single with a pink cover and a silly name (which has escaped me - see I am that old!).

Davedubh

aoife000 wrote: »

Exit wrote: »

Anyone remember Dove? Can't remember if they had just the one hit. Might've been just two.

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i remember them doing a cover of 'don't dream it's over ' anyhow

They really went out of their way to find ethnic minorites for that band.There was a black guy,a half black guy and a sort of half asian girl.

WiCkLaMuLlA

Davedubh wrote: »

aoife000 wrote: »

They really went out of their way to find ethnic minorites for that band.There was a black guy,a half black guy and a sort of half asian girl.

Hay Dave ya shudda joined with a surname loike yours !!

anyway what about

'Big Tom And The Mainliners' :rolleyes::eek:

Starryeyd

They don't make ****e girlbands like they use to, or boybands, I happened across The Carter Twins once in a tiny music shop in a small shopping centre way back when.....can't even remember the song now....hmmm

Larianne

square_igloo wrote: »

There was a band called Fifth Avenue that had a song called "Party All Night"...unfortunately I still remember the chorus:(
Does anyone remember a girl band called FAB?? I think one of Shane Lynch's sisters was in it...I've just googled and couldn't find anything. Please tell me I'm not going crazy and making things up!:eek:

FAB had Louise Loughman in it.

Shane Lynch's youngest sister was in Buffalo G.. shame on me for even remembering. :eek:

gogglebok

brayblue24 wrote: »

They weren't one hit wonders though. I remember Very Much In Love, The Moon Is Puce, Treasure On The Wasteland, Triad and Procession. Am I really that old? What about Rocky DeValera & The Gravediggers. Can't remember a single song but in anyways... was going to mention Those Nervous Animals till I remembered they had a heap of singles but there was always Tony Koklin with Cinderella or The Lookalikes with Can I Take You Home Tonight? (but I think I can recall they had another hit) they were on the Riva label - the same one as Rod Stewart at the time. The Dixons had a cassette LP and a 12" only single with a pink cover and a silly name (which has escaped me - see I am that old!).

I'll see you Those Nervous Animals and raise you Ghost Of An American Airman.

Do you remember Tony Koklin's hit about whether he was one or more Impressionist painters? The chorus went:

I may be Claude Monet
I may be Claude Monet
I definitely know
That I'm not Van Gogh
But I may be Claude Monet

The Rocky DeValera song that I remember was "Is it a bird, is it a plane, Oh no - it's John Wayne." That was with his post-Gravediggers band, The Rhythm Kings.

RadioCity

hiscan wrote: »

broken land the adventurers dont know if theyre irish i think they are ?????

I think they were from 'Norn Iron', but I'm sure we could count them as Irish.

I read somewhere that song was one of the most played on BBC Radio 1 that year, 1988.

Great little choon too.:)

KnifeWRENCH

chuci wrote: »

i know these guys werent irish but alishas attic they only had one song ya? them and six god love em.

Alisha's Attic "I Am, I Feel"
90's classic! I still love that song, and am not in the slightest bit embarassed to admit it! :cool:
They were English, I think. And they actually released a few more songs afterwards, just weren't as big.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSTDXY4wxrA

Xavi6

'Alisha Rules The World' did pretty well for them too.

RayM

Didn't RTE's Shane O'Donoghue have a hit with 'Goodbye Girl' around ten years ago? I'm almost certain that he did.

elegant_hobo

Hey, wondering if anyone can help me, really need to know what one hit wonder boyband Daniel Hughes was in have it narrowed down to either 5th avenue or d11 runners (well, ther my top 2 suspects) anyone know anythin bout it?

Ann22

Davedubh wrote: »

aoife000 wrote: »

They really went out of their way to find ethnic minorites for that band.There was a black guy,a half black guy and a sort of half asian girl.

I remember them, they had another single out too 'blow your mind' which i quite liked though ('don't dream it's over') did better. I saw them singing in our local shopping centre promoting it. Hazel Kanswaran (don't know correct spelling) was the lead singer. She was the pregnant girl in one of those popstar reality shows. Could've been 'popstars the rivals'.

greatgoal

what about the lookalikes,can i take you home tonight,very popular countrywide,i think this was their only hit,could be wrong though,long time ago.:)

Firetrap

RayM wrote: »

Didn't RTE's Shane O'Donoghue have a hit with 'Goodbye Girl' around ten years ago? I'm almost certain that he did.

Yep, you're right on that.

KStaford

Tuesday Blue - Love me simple
The Memories - Through the night
Mamas boys - Needle in the groove
The Fuze - Sunday Morning
Auto de fe - All is yellow (hot hot hot)

punchdrunk

what about that cack with "bling bling it's a dublin thing" as de lyrics?

punchdrunk

oh and really obvious one
juniper "weatherman" great tune

grumpytrousers

square_igloo wrote: »

I saw them playing a free gig on a milk truck in Mallow!!!:D:D:D God that was about 8 or 9 years ago...
Yeah I remember them covering "Don't Dream It's Over" . Never liked that song.

Wash out your mouth with soap, young man/woman - that's a cracking song.

AFAIK that was Dove's only hit.

more on it here - from Hazel thingys cousin, no less

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/music-records/the-last-broadcast-doves/63162/

Ann22

When I saw them in Dundalk shopping centre they sang a few covers very well I thought. They were promoting and selling 'blow your mind' that day and I bought it and got a signed poster for my wee fella who was with me. I read somewhere that she was to go on the Late Late I think to talk about a boob job she was getting. Seems she did have one 'cos she was flat as a pancake when I met her and a few years later on the 'Popstars' show they were massive. She was pregnant at the time but they defo were enhanced all the same. Great voice I thought.

grumpytrousers

Ann22 wrote: »

She was pregnant at the time but they defo were enhanced all the same. Great voice I thought.

You misspelt 'Rack'...

vektarman

Billy Brown 'look what jerry lee did to me' 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Brown_(Irish_musician)

Conor Bourke

elviscostello wrote: »

That reminds me, I once saw another one hit wonder play a free gig in Mayo I think it was ... they were superstars: CHURCH MICE ! ! Remember them? They done a cover of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's " Make Me Smile"

Aaaahhhh I rememeber them, I'm ashamed to say. Does anyone know if Simon Casey was their lead singer? I remember watching the god-awful video on Top 30 Hits (anyone else remember that?).

The person thinking Saw Doctors were one-hit-wonders is probably thinking of Goats Don't Shave who had a hit around with "The Hills of Donegal" around the same time as "I usedta love her" I think...

pauro 76

Jaysus i remember F.A.B. The worst looking girlband of all time, with all those piercings. What did happen to Kerri Ann? She was beautful. A 100% record in the charts, 1 No. 1 hit and straight out of there. Samantha Mumba, where is she now too?

pauro 76

oh and once saw Bellefire in Dublin airport. they were absolute stunners.

Bearhunter

It's a Secret from Bray had a minor hit back in the 80s with a song called I Can't Dance and promptly disappeared. Great track though, like a cross between SLF and the Chieftains.

smilerf

chuci wrote: »

i know these guys werent irish but alishas attic they only had one song ya? them and six god love em.

alisha's attic had 8 top 40 hits.
get ur facts right!!!!

deadhead13

The Blades - Ghost of a chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htRJdw-7j4c

The Four of us - Mary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUWR_DbGuw

An Emotional Fish - Celebrate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtvBBL9NEaM