Monday, April 20, 2020

Two Hit Wonders 1976-85 [16 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:



ENCHANTMENT
R&B vocal group from Detroit: Ed Clanton, Bobby Green, Davis Banks, Emanuel Johnson and Joe Thomas.

Title Top 40 Debut Chart Peak
Gloria 3/5/77 25
It's You That I Need 3/11/78 33




MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS, JR.
Husband and wife vocal duo. McCoo was born on 9/30/43 in Jersey City. Davis was born on 6/26/39 in St. Louis. Both were members of The 5th Dimension. Married in 1969. Duo hosted own summer variety TV series in 1977. McCoo co-hosted TV's "Solid Gold" from 1981-84.

Title Top 40 Debut Chart Peak
You Don't Have to be a Star (To be in My Show) 10/23/76 1
Your Love 4/2/77 15




THE ROMANTICS
Pop-rock group from Detroit: Wally Palmer (vocals, guitar), Coz Canler (guitar), Mike Skill (bass) and Jimmy Marinos (drums)

Title Top 40 Debut Chart Peak
Talking in Your Sleep 12/3/83 3
One in a Million 3/31/84 37




A TASTE OF HONEY
Disco group from Los Angeles: Janice Marie Johnson (vocals, guitar), Hazel Payne (vocals, bass), Perry Kibble (keyboards) and Donald Johnson (drums). Re-formed in 1980 with Janice Johnson and Hazel Payne. Won the 1978 Best New Artist Grammy Award.

Title Top 40 Debut Chart Peak
Boogie Oogie Oogie 7/22/78 1
Sukiyaki 4/11/81 3



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

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