FEW-HIT WONDERS (Day 6)

[NightTrain]

Yesterday's post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1420174

Inspired by the recent "Two-Hit Wonders" thread, I've been going through my copy of BILLBOARD'S TOP POP SINGLES, 1955-1996, and copying down all the artists who placed anywhere from 2-4 singles total in the pop top forty. These are the F's:

SHELLEY FABARES: Johnny Angel (#1, 1962), Johnny Loves Me (#21, 1962)

MARIANNE FAITHFULL: As Tears Go By (#26, 1964), Come And Stay With Me (#26, 1965), This Little Bird (#32, 1965), Summer Nights (#24, 1965)

FALCO: Rock Me Amadeus (#1, 1986), Vienna Calling (#18, 1986)

GEORGIE FAME: Yeh Yeh (#21, 1965), The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde (#7, 1968)

FANCY: Wild Thing (#14, 1974), Touch Me (#19, 1974)

FANNY: Charity Ball (#40, 1971), Butter Boy (#29, 1975)

THE FANTASTIC JOHNNY C: Boogaloo Down Broadway (#7, 1967), Hitch It To The Horse (#34, 1968)

DONNA FARGO: The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. (#11, 1972), Funny Face (#3, 1972)

FAT BOYS: Wipeout (#12, 1987), The Twist (Yo, Twist!) (#16, 1988)

FATHER MC: I’ll Do 4 U (#20, 1991), Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (#37, 1993)

JOSE FELICIANO: Light My Fire (#3, 1968), Hi-Heel Sneakers (#25, 1968)

FREDDY FENDER: Before The Next Teardrop Falls (#1, 1975), Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (#8, 1975), Secret Love (#20, 1975), You’ll Lose A Good Thing (#32, 1976)

JAY FERGUSON: Thunder Island (#9, 1978), Shakedown Cruise (#31, 1979)

FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS: She Drvives Me Crazy (#1, 1989), Good Thing (#1, 1989), Don’t Look Back (#11, 1989)

ELISA FIORILLO: Who Found Who? (#16, 1987), On The Way Up (#27, 1990)

FIREHOUSE: Don’t Treat Me Bad (#19, 1991), Love of a Lifetime (#5, 1991), When I Look Into Your Eyes (#8, 1992), I Live My Life For You (#26, 1995)

MISS TONI FISHER: The Big Hurt (#3, 1959), West of the Wall (#37, 1962)

THE FIVE AMERICANS: I See The Light (#26, 1966), Western Union (#5, 1967), Sound of Love (#36, 1967), Zip Code (#36, 1967)

THE FIVE KEYS: Ling, Ting, Tong (1954), Out of Sight, Out of Mind (#23, 1956), Wisdom of a Fool (#35, 1957)

FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND: Signs (#3, 1971), Absolutely Right (#26, 1971)

THE FIVE SATINS: (I’ll Remember) In the Still of the Nite (#24, 1956), To The Aisle (#25, 1957)

THE FLAMING EMBER: Mind, Body and Soul (#26, 1969), Westbound #9 (#24, 1970), I’m Not My Brother’s Keeper (#34, 1970)

THE FLAMINGOS: I Only Have Eyes For You (#11, 1959), Nobody Loves Me Like You (#30, 1960)

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS: I Ran (So Far Away) (#9, 1982), Space Age Love Song (#30, 1983), Wishing (If I Had A Photograph of You) (#26, 1983)

EDDIE FLOYD: Knock On Wood (#28, 1966), I’ve Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) (#40, 1968), Bring It On Home To Me (#17, 1968)

KING FLOYD: Groove Me (#6, 1971), Baby, Let Me Kiss You (#29, 1971)

LITA FORD: Kiss Me Deadly (#12, 1988), Close My Eyes Forever (duet with Ozzy Osbourne) (#8, 1989)

THE FORTUNES: You’ve Got Your Troubles (#7, 1965), Here It Comes Again (#27, 1965), Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again (#15, 1971)

THE FOUNDATIONS: Baby, Now That I’ve Found You (#11, 1968), Build Me Up, Buttercup (#3, 1969)

THE FOUR ESQUIRES: Love Me Forever (#25, 1957), Hideaway (#21, 1958)

THE FOUR KNIGHTS: If I May (#8, 1955), That;s All There Is To That (#16, 1956), My Personal Possession (#21, 1957)

SAMANTHA FOX: Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (#4, 1986), Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) (#3, 1988), I Wanna Have Some Fun (#8, 1988), I Only Wanna Be With You (#31, 1989)

FOXY: Get Off (#9, 1978), Hot Number (#21, 1979)

FRANKE & THE KNOCKOUTS: Sweetheart (#10, 1981), You’re My Girl (#27, 1981), Without You (Not Another Lonely night) (#24, 1982)

FREDDIE & THE DREAMERS: I’m Telling You Now (#1, 1965), I Understand (Just How You Feel) (#36, 1965), Do The Freddie (#18, 1965), You Were Made For Me (#21, 1965)

BOBBY FREEMAN: Do You Want To Dance? (#5, 1958), Betty Lou Got A New Pair of Shoes (#37, 1958), (I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy (#37, 1960), C’mon And Swim (#5, 1964)

THE FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION: Grazing in the Grass (#3, 1969), Going In Circles (#15, 1969), Love Or Let Me Be Lonely (#6, 1970)

THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR: I Fought The Law (#9, 1966), Love’s Made A Fool Of You (#26, 1966)

[Droopy]

1. Oh the injustice of the world

You know a lot of Americans have horrible taste in music when Firehouse and Samantha Fox have charting singles.

[NightTrain]

2. Mercifully...

...I've never heard either of those acts!

[guitar man]

3. King Floyd rules

should have had more hits if this country had any real musical taste.....