Δευτέρα 26 Απριλίου 2021

One Hit Wonders in Hellas (Part 06 / 12)


Artists (& songs) that became One Hit Wonders in Hellas.
Basic criterion: The airplay they received & the success they achieved in Hellenic radio stations.


Dance Hits


Dance hits of the 70s:

US # 13, US R&B # 1, CA # 25, UK # 5, NL # 39, NZ # 30
U.S.A. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Amada Mia, Amore Mio - EL PASADOR (OST Die Vorstadtkrokodile, 1977 / LP Amazonas, 1976)
DE # 10, AT # 25, CH # 66
Italy

DE # 1, AT # 1, SE # 1, NO # 1, IT # 2, BE # 2, CH # 5, UK # 10, NL # 12, US # 61, AU # 1, NZ # 1
France

US # 1, UK # 2, DE # 1, CH # 1, AT # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, NO # 1, IT # 2, SE # 2EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 1, NZ # 1
U.S.A. (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

US # 12, CA # 16, UK # 70, NZ # 23
U.S.A. (Los Angeles, California)

US # 5, US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 2, CA # 3, BE # 7, NL # 11, UK # 32, DE # 35, AU # 11, NZ # 4
U.S.A. (Charlotte, North Carolina)

US # 1, CA # 1, NL # 2, BE # 2, UK # 17, DE # 17, AT # 17, NZ # 21
U.S.A. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

UK # 8, BE # 2, NL # 4, CH # 4, DE # 14, US # 36, CA # 27, AU # 23
U.S.A. (New Jersey)

US # 7, UK # 5, SE # 2, NO # 2, DE # 3, AT # 3, BE # 3, IT # 4, CH # 5, NL # 9, FR # 31, AU # 3, NZ # 2
Scotland & Australia

Magic Fly - SPACE (1977)
UK # 2, DE # 1, CH # 1, AT # 3, NO # 3, BE # 4, IT # 5, SE # 9, NL # 23
France

Pop Muzik - M (1979)
US # 1, UK # 2, DE # 1, CH # 1, SE # 1, AT # 2, NL # 3, BE # 3, NO # 5, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 1, NZ # 3
U.K. (London, England)

US # 9, UK # 5, DE # 1, FR # 1, CH # 1, BE # 1, NO # 1, AT # 10, IT # 19, AU # 1, NZ # 3
U.S.A. (New York City, New York)

US # 1, CA # 1, UK # 1, NO # 1, FR # 2, SE # 2, DE # 3, AT # 3, BE # 4, CH # 5, NL # 8, IT # 9, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 3, NZ # 1
U.S.A. (Memphis, Tennessee)



Dance hits of the 80s:

UK # 5, US # 42, IE # 6, SE # 17, NL # 25, BE # 28
U.S.A. (Newark, New Jersey)

Another Life - KANO feat GLEN WHITE (1983)
CH # 8, DE # 10, IT # 23

US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 4
U.S.A.

AU # 1, NZ # 7, US # 43, CA # 4, UK # 60
U.S.A. & Hellas

UK # 4, NL # 1, BE # 1, IE # 5, DE # 43
U.S.A. (San Francisco, California)

US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 4
U.S.A. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 1

Did not chart in Europe.

US # 10, CA # 15, BE # 3, NL # 4, CH # 5, DE # 11, AU # 61
U.S.A. (New York)

UK # 2, NL # 1, DE # 2, CH # 2, BE # 3, AT # 4, SE # 16, EUROPEAN # 3, US # 50, AU # 35
U.S.A. (Chicago, Illinois)

DE # 1, AT # 1, IT # 4, CH # 7, NL # 13, BE # 16
U.K. (England)

Did not chart in Europe.
Italy

US # 15, CA # 19, UK # 5, BE # 4, NL # 5, DE # 8, NZ # 7
Canada (Toronto, Ontario)

BE # 16, NL # 18, NZ # 17, UK # 64
U.S.A. (Waterbury, Connecticut)

UK # 2, IE # 5, NO # 8, DE # 43, NL # 46, CH # 95, US # 46, AU # 16, NZ # 13
U.S.A. (San Francisco, California)

UK # 1, IE # 1, DE # 14, NL # 16, BE # 18, AT # 25, US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 25
U.S.A. (Chicago, Illinois)

UK # 1, IE # 1, SE # 1, FI # 1, BE # 1, CH # 1, DE # 3, AT # 4, NO # 4, NL # 7, IT # 16, EUROPEAN # 1, CA # 42
U.K. (Scotland)

UK # 7, NL # 4, BE # 7, AU # 82, NZ # 38
U.K. (England)

CH # 2, DE # 4, AT # 9, BE # 13, NL # 16, UK # 77
Canada

Did not chart in Europe.
U.K. (England)

Manhunt - KAREN KAMON (OST Flashdance, 1983)
Did not chart in Europe.
U.S.A.

US # 2, CA # 4, DE # 9, BE # 26, UK # 87, AU # 21, NZ # 3
U.S.A. (New York)

UK # 1, IT # 1, DE # 2, NL # 2, BE # 4, AT # 4, ES # 6, FR # 9, SE # 14, US # 13, US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 1, AU # 6, NZ # 1
U.K. (England)

US # 7, US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 7, NL # 16, BE # 16, DE # 32, UK # 54, AU # 4, NZ # 30
U.S.A. (New York)

IT # 1
also see: Marx & Spencer
U.K. (England)

UK # 7, DE # 2, CH # 4, NL # 6, BE # 12, AT # 29, US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 15, AU # 8, NZ # 2
U.K. (England)

Say It, Say It - E.G. DAILY (1986 / LP Wild Child, 1985)
BE # 8, NL # 13, IT # 22, CA # 46, US # 70, US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 1, NZ # 14
U.S.A.

US # 5, CA # 1, UK # 49, DE # 52, AU # 19, NZ # 7
Only UK hits: "Hyperactive" (#17), I Scare Myself (#46)
U.K. (England)

US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 2, BE # 6, NL # 14, SE # 20, DE # 28, UK # 88
Canada

Did not chart in Europe.
see: Tracy Spencer

UK # 3, US DANCE CLUB CHARTS # 1, NL # 11, DE # 13, BE # 17
U.S.A. (Detroit, Michigan)

US # 3, CA # 1, DE # 6, CH # 6, FR # 18, SE # 19, AT # 24, UK # 87, EUROPEAN # 20, AU # 7, NZ  # 4
U.S.A. (Fullerton, California)

CH # 6, IT # 15, DE # 23
U.K. (England)

When The Rain Begins To Fall - PIA ZADORA & JERMAINE JACKSON (OST Voyage Of The Rock Aliens, 1984)
DE # 1, FR # 1, NL # 1, BE #1, AT # 2, IT # 8, US # 54, CA # 42, AU # 63, NZ # 15
U.S.A.

UK # 10, IE # 22
U.K.



Dance hits of the 90s:


based in Germany (US, UK & Italy)

UK # 5, FR # 14, AT # 14, DE # 18, SE # 22, BE # 24, CH # 24, NL # 51
U.K. (England)

US # 1, UK # 2, DE # 1, FR # 1, AT # 1, CH # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, FI # 1, DK # 1, SE # 2, NO # 2, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 1, NZ # 2
Spain

UK # 8, DE # 2, CH # 2, FR # 3, AT # 3, BE # 4, FI # 6, NL # 10, NO # 12, SE # 23,  EUROPEAN # 3
Germany

FR # 1, BE # 2, NL # 47
Brazil & Germany



Dance hits of the 00s:


UK # 1, DE # 1, FR # 1, ES # 1, IT # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, AT # 1, CH # 1, SE # 1, NO # 1, FI # 1, DK # 1, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 1, NZ # 1, US # 54
Spain (Cordoba, Andalusia)




Πέμπτη 22 Απριλίου 2021

One Hit Wonders in Hellas (Part 05 / 12)


Artists (& songs) that became One Hit Wonders in Hellas.
Basic criterion: The airplay they received & the success they achieved in Hellenic radio stations.



Various 80s & 90s pop songs



1) Various 80s 


US # 1, CA # 1, UK # 6, NO # 1, DE # 18, BE # 22, NL # 26, AU # 20, NZ # 6
U.S.A. (Florida)

CH # 14, BE # 14, DE # 15, AT # 16, NL # 19, FR # 47
"Funny Girl" (BE # 25, DE # 64)
France & USA

Did not chart in Europe.
Brazil

Don't Wanna Fall In Love - JANE CHILD (single, 1990 / LP Jane Child, 1989)
US #  2, UK # 22, CA # 4,NL # 52
Canada

UK # 9, CH # 13, DE # 15
Only UK hit: The Eyes Have It (# 52)
Czech Republic & Scotland

US # 38, UK # 35, NL # 83
U.S.A.
US # 8, CA # 14
U.S.A. & Tonga

DE # 1, CH # 1, NO # 1, SE # 2, AT # 2, FR # 6, BE # 14, NL # 29, UK # 15, EUROPEAN # 1
"Galbi" (AT # 19, DE # 20, CH # 21)
Israel

UK # 17, BE # 28, NL # 45, AU # 50
U.S.A.

UK # 7, NL # 20, US # 62
U.S.A.

IT # 6
U.S.A. & Italy

UK # 3, BE # 8, NL # 8, CH # 19, AT # 20, DE # 21, AU # 23
U.K. (Scotland)

IT # 1, BE # 37
Mexico & Puerto Rico

UK # 12, BE # 1, CH # 3, DE # 5, AT # 8, NL # 10, IT # 15, NZ # 24
U.K.

IT # 1
U.S.A. (New York)

DE # 1, FR # 1, IT # 1, CH # 1, AT # 1, BE # 16
U.K. (Scotland)

Remember - SHIMI TAVORI (single, 1985 / LP Remember, 1984)
Did not chart in Europe.
Israel

UK # 1, DE # 1, AT # 1, CH # 1, BE # 1, NO # 2, NL # 4, SE # 5, DK # 5, US # 53, CA # 2, AU # 1, NZ # 1
"If You Want To Be Happy" was a minor hit in Central Europe & Oceania (AT # 7, DE # 38, NZ # 33)
U.S.A. & Italy

She's Like The Wind - PATRICK SWAYZE feat. WENDY FRASER (1987)
US # 3, UK # 17, FR # 7, BE # 5, NO # 7, SE # 8, NL # 13, DE # 14, AT # 15
U.S.A.

Some Folks - STREET BOYS (1982)
AT # 4 (1987)
U.K. (England) based in France

Sugar Don't Bite - SAM HARRIS (1984)
US # 36
U.S.A.

UK # 1, IE # 1, NL # 3, AU # 52
U.S.A.

UK # 1, IE # 1, BE # 1, NL # 1, DK # 1, DE # 3, CH # 8, SE # 17, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 11, NZ # 3
U.K. (England)




Various 90s


After Dark - TITO & TARANTULA (OST From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996)
DE # 74
U.S.A. & Mexico

Baby, I Love Your Way - BIG MOUNTAIN (OST Reality Bites, 1994)
US # 6, UK # 2, ES # 1, SE # 1, CH # 2, AT # 4, NL # 4, NO # 6, BE # 7, FR # 7, DE # 9, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 4, NZ # 12
U.S.A. (San Diego, California)

Butterfly - SYLVIA POWELL (single, 1997)
U.K. (London, England)

UK # 1, IE # 1, NO # 8, SE # 15, NL # 26, BE 31, CH # 36, DE # 44, US # 45, AU # 65
Late Quindon Tarver sings in the second version the part: "Brother & sister..." (link on his Name)
Australia & U.S.A.

US # 44, UK # 48, CA # 83, AU # 72
U.S.A. (Santa Monica, California)

Fallen - LAUREN WOOD (OST Pretty Woman1990)
Did not chart in Europe.
U.S.A.

UK # 7 (in 1998)
UK (London)

How Bizarre - OMC (15 Dec 1995)
AU # 1, NZ # 1, CA # 1, AT # 1, DE # 2, SE # 4, UK # 5, NL # 11, NO # 11, BE # 14, FR # 16, EUROPEAN # 5
New Zealand

UK # 12, IE # 10, CH # 23, SE # 25, DE # 50
U.K. (Hull)

'74 - '75 - THE CONNELLS (1993, charted in 1995)
SE # 1, NO # 1, BE # 2, CH # 3, FR # 4, AT # 6, DE # 7, NL # 10, UK # 14, EUROPEAN # 8
U.S.A. (North Carolina)

UK # 1, IE # 1, SE # 4, CH # 5, FR # 6, NL # 8, AT # 11, DE # 12, BE # 12, EUROPEAN # 7, US # 32, AU # 14, NZ # 12
U.K. (England)

US # 107, CA # 90
U.K. (England)

UK # 14, DE # 27, SE # 34, FR # 35, NL # 55
U.K. (Canterbury)

U.K.

UK # 1, US # 13, CA # 3, DE # 1, AT # 1, BE # 1, FR # 2, NL # 2, CH # 2, SE # 3, NO # 3, IT # 10, EUROPEAN # 2, AU # 3, NZ # 1
U.S.A.

UK # 1, ES # 1, IS # 1, FI # 4, FR # 5, BE # 7, SE # 10, CH # 19, AT # 23, DE # 24, EUROPEAN # 11, US # 23, AU # 2, NZ # 5
India & U.K.


Πέμπτη 15 Απριλίου 2021

One Hit Wonders in Hellas (Part 04 / 12)

    
Artists (& songs) that became One Hit Wonders in Hellas.
Basic criterion: The airplay they received & the success they achieved in Hellenic radio stations.


1) Euro pop of the 80s:


FR # 1 (French version 1982), AT # 1, CH # 2, NO # 2, DE # 3
France

DE # 5, CH # 7, AT # 14
Germany

Casino - THE PASSENGERS (1981)
IT # 22
Italy

AT # 2, DE # 3, CH # 4, FR # 5, IT # 17
Italy, Brazil & Hellas

Did not chart in Europe.
Cyprus

Da Da Da - TRIO  (LP, 1981 / single, 1982)
AT # 1, CH # 1, UK # 2, DE # 2, SE # 2, NO # 2, FR # 3, BE # 4, AU # 4, IT # 5, FR # 56, EUROPEAN # 1
Hits mostly in DE, AT & CH: "Anna" (1982), "Herz Is Trumpf" (1983), "Turaluralu" (1983)
Germany

Desire - FUTURE WORLD ORCHESTRA (single, 1981 / LP 1982)
NL # 40
The Netherlands

NL # 1, BE # 1, AT # 2, NO # 2, SE # 2, DE # 3, CH # 3, UK # 5, IT # 10,  EUROPEAN # 1
Italy

FR # 10, AT # 25, NL # 42, US # 56
France

Droid - MITO (1982)
Did not chart in Europe.
Italy

IT # 1, AT # 2, DE # 3, FR # 3, BE # 5, CH # 23, NL # 31, EUROPEAN # 4
Germany

ES # 5, NL # 5, FR # 6, BE # 18, DE # 45, EUROPEAN # 82
Spain

UK # 6, DE # 1, IT # 1, FR # 1, NL # 1, CH # 1, BE # 1, AT # 2, NO # 3, SE # 7, EUROPEAN # 1
The Netherlands

DE # 5, CH # 10, BE # 32
Italy

IT # 9, NL # 25
The Netherlands & Indonesia

Did not chart in Europe
Italy

US # 13, CH # 1, BE # 1, NL # 3, NO # 3, SE # 3, DE # 5, AU # 5, CA # 30, UK # 43
Singer of ABBA.
Norway & Sweden

FR # 2, IT # 3, SE # 4, BE # 9, AT # 14, DE # 44
Italy

Irresistible: DE # 2, AT # 5, NL # 25, UK # 84
Ouragan: FR # 1, CH # 11
Monaco

NL # 9, BE # 30
The Netherlands

CH # 6, IT  # 6, AT # 12, DE # 25
Italy

UK # 6, US # 32, CA # 7, DE # 1, FR # 1, AT # 1, SE # 1, CH # 2, BE # 2, NO # 2, NL # 3, IT # 6, EUROPEAN # 1
"Flyin' High" was a minor hit only in Central Europe (CH # 5, DE # 37)
Austria

US # 88
Denmark

NL # 2, CH # 5, BE # 9
Italy

Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst) - PETER SCHILLING (1982)
"Völlig Losgelöst" German version: DE # 1, AT # 1, CH # 1, NL # 2, BE # 3
"Coming Home" English versiom: US # 14, UK # 42
Germany

Did not chart in Europe.
Italy

BE # 8, IT # 12, NL # 18
Belgium

Oh Well - OH WELL (1989)
UK # 28, CH # 21, DE # 30, NL # 44, BE # 44, NZ # 40
Germany

CH # 9, DE # 18, AT # 23
Switzerland

IT # 2, CH # 2, NL # 9, BE # 19
France

IT # 1, NO # 4, CH # 7, DE # 10, AT # 14, BE # 39, NL # 45
Croatia

US # 4, CA # 2, SE # 1, NO # 2, AT # 3, CH # 6, BE # 13, NL # 18, DE # 20, NZ # 1, AU # 5
The Netherlands & Indonesia

UK # 9, CH # 4, NL # 10, DE # 12, BE # 13
France

IT # 4
Italy

NO # 4, NL # 29, BE # 39
Norway

Did not chart in Europe.
France (Mike Serbee & Tidi)

FR # 127
Belgium

AT # 2, NO # 3, SE # 4, CH # 6, FR # 25
Suzanne (Dutch version, 1983): NL # 1, BE # 13
Suzanne (German version, 1983) : DE # 68
The Netherlands

Did not chart in Europe.
Germany

UK # 3, US # 13, FR # 1, BE # 1, NL # 1, SE # 2, AT # 2, IE # 2, DE # 3, CH # 4, NO # 4, IT # 6, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 16, NZ # 34.
"Juke Box Boy" (IT # 12)
Italy & Northern Ireland

FR # 6, BE # 20, NL # 23
Belgium

BE # 3, DE # 4, AT # 6, CH # 8, NL # 8
Belgium

IT # 1, BE # 1, NL # 2, DE # 11
Italy

DE # 24, FR # 30
Germany

AT # 1, DE # 18
Austria

Did not chart in Europe.
Poland

DE # 1, AT # 1, NO # 1, FR # 2, CH # 4, NL # 9, SE # 11, BE # 19
France

Did not chart in Europe.
Romania & Germany

DE # 11, BE # 31, NL # 78
Germany

NO # 1, DE # 4, CH # 6, SE # 8, AT # 15, BE # 17, UK # 72
The Netherlands

BE # 1, NL # 4, AT # 20, DE # 30, UK # 44
Although her first solo single after ABBA "The Heat Is On" (1983) was a European hit (SE # 1, NO # 1, BE # 2, NL # 5, FR # 6, CH # 15, DE # 20, UK # 35), it never recieved air-play in Hellenic radio stations
Sweden



2) Euro pop of the 90s

Anna - CLOUSEAU (1991)
DE # 51
Belgium

Baby Don't Go - CLOSE II YOU (single1997 / LP Closer, 1998)
The Netherlands
Did not chart in Europe.
Portugal
Did not chart in Europe.
Spain

Do You Always - E-TYPE (LP Made In Sweden1994)
SE # 13
Sweden

Easy Come, Easy Gο - REBECKA TÖRNQVIST (LP A Night Like This1993)
Did not chart in Europe.
Sweden

Flying
 - NICE LITTLE PENGUINS (1994)
DE # 56
Denmark

FR # 2, BE # 1, NL # 99
France & Sicily / Spain

I Breathe VACUUM (LP The Plutonium Cathedral1997)
SE # 2
Sweden

I Saw You Dancing - 
YAKI DA (LP Pride1994)
NO # 7, SE # 32, DE # 65
Did not chart in Europe.
Germany

DE # 1, AT # 1, SE # 1, NO # 1, BE # 2, CH # 2, FR # 3, FI # 11, NL # 12, UK # 26, EUROPEAN # 4, AU # 31, NZ # 14, US # 113
Germany (Pforzheim)

Marcel - LE MASQUE (1995)
Did not chart in Europe.
Italy

Nocturne - SECRET GARDEN (single1995)
BE # 6, NL # 20, SE # 26
Norway

O Pastor - MADREDEUS (LP Existir1990)
Did not chart in Europe.
Did not chart in Europe.
FranceBulgaria

Somebody Else's Lover - TOTAL TOUCH (LP Total Touch1996)
NL # 3, DE # 86
The Netherlands

Too Much - VIBRAZIONI PRODUCTIONS (single1993)
Did not chart in Europe.
Italy

Until I'm Satisfied - 
SOUND OF SEDUCTION (LP Welcome1995)
Did not chart in Europe.
Denmark

Why Don't You, Why Don't I - ERIC GADD (LP Floating1995)
SE # 16
Sweden

Former singer of Swiss Pop duo, Double
Switzerland