Bands that hit the charts with a great song and then go back to their day jobs are called ‘one hit wonders,’ and over the next few days we’ll continue to share our favorite one hit wonders. Between now and the start of music there have been plenty to discuss!
“Black Betty” is an old blues tune from the early 1920s credited to Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter, but Ram Jam a, county rock band from New York, rode their whaling version to number one in 1977. Howie Blauvelt and Pete Charles, two of the original band members, have died.
“Lunatic Fringe” is the only hit song from a group called Red Rider from Toronto, Canada, and one of the most interesting fun facts about this band is that its leader, Tom Cochrane, is the dude that gave us the smash hit “Life is a Highway” a few years ago. The band was together long enough to record six below average albums but “Lunatic Fringe” got them in a Miami Vice episode and on CBC Television’s Hockey Night in Canada.
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