Friday, 27 September 2024

   

I don't know about you but the title of 'One-Hit Wonder' has never quite sat right with me !
Aside from being somewhat derogatory it can also be a fallacy. The term at first was supposed to refer to someone who had only one No.1 hit song and then nothing ... ! Now it seems to have become used in a haphazard way. 
Also, is this 'One-Hit Wonder' exclusive to a particular country ? For example John Denver did in fact have just the one UK No.1 with 'Annie's Song' but had countless US chart toppers and other No.1s around the world. Is he a 'O-HW' ? I think not ! 
Naturally there are others saddled with this misnomer so I will let you decide if today's track qualifies. I for one had not heard of Robin Beck until her worldwide hit 'First Time' came on a programme dedicated to today's subject. Spending three weeks at No.1 in 1988, her follow up single did not perform as well only reaching #84, but did far better in Germany and Switzerland. While in her native America she didn't have any chart success with either record, in part due to business political differences between Mercury Records and Coca-Cola. 
So her follow up single is linked below, after the big hit > 'First Time' 


A bit Cher like her follow up single (another power ballad) was ‘Save Up All Your Tears’ which was also really good - so why not a big hit too ?
Robin Beck Double bill - titled Hit-Medley - 1989 is mostly 'Tears' track with a brief beginning bit of 'First Time'. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJUHPjoCOmE

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