Monday, December 9, 2019

Two Hit Wonders 1976-85 [12 of 16]


*to qualify as a MFD two hit wonder, the artist or group can have placed only two singles in the Billboard Top 40 and those two singles must have entered the Top 40 during the years 1976-85.  Many of these artists are occasionally mistaken for a one hit wonder or have hit other charts in Billboard, but each hit the Top 40 only twice. In no particular order, here's four of the 64 that I found:



CLIMAX BLUES BAND
Blues-rock group from Stafford, England: Colin Cooper (vocals, sax), Peter Haycock (guitar, vocals), Derek Holt (bass) and John Cuffley (drums).

Title Top 40 Debut Chart Peak
Couldn't Get It Right 3/26/77 3
I Love You 4/4/81 12




NICOLETTE LARSON
Born on 7/17/52 in Helena, Montana; raised in Kansas City. Died of a cerebral edema on 12/16/97 (age 45). Former session singer.

Title Top 40 Debut Chart Peak
Lotta Love 12/23/78 8
Let Me Go, Love (with Michael McDonald) 2/16/80 35




JIM PHOTOGLO
Born in Los Angeles. Pop singer/songwriter.

Title Top 40 Debut Chart Peak
We Were Meant to be Lovers 5/31/80 31
Fool in Love with You 5/30/81 25




STARBUCK
Pop-rock group from Atlanta: Bruce Blackman (vocals, keyboards), Bo Wagner (marimbas), Sloan Hayes (keyboards), Tom Strain and Ron Norris (guitars), Jim Cobb (bass) and Dave Snavely (drums). Strain, Norris and Snavely left after "Moonlight Feels Alright" [sic] replaced by Darryl Kutz (guitar), Dave Shaver (keyboards) and Ken Crysler (drums).

Title Top 40 Debut Chart Peak
Moonlight Feels Right 5/29/76 3
Everybody Be Dancin' 5/21/77 38



Data and artist descriptions taken from The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th edition (2000).

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