1 Hit Wonders and Hard to Find Classics

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Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1My Feet Won’t Move
Fruitcake?:??
2This Is My Life
recording of:
This Is My Life (La vita) (all English version, with lyrics by Norman Newell)
lyricist:
Antonio Amurri (lyricist, television author, writer)
composer:
Bruno Canfora
translator:
Norman Newell
translated version of:
La vita (all Italian lyric version)
Shirley Bassey?:??
3Flashback
Paul Anka?:??
4All Around My Hat
producer:
Mike Batt
bass:
Rick Kemp
drums (drum set):
Nigel Pegrum
fiddle and mandolin:
Peter Knight (Steeleye Span fiddler)
guitar:
Tim Hart (UK folk singer and multi-instrumentalist) and Bob Johnson (British guitarist and Steeleye Span member)
background vocals:
Tim Hart (UK folk singer and multi-instrumentalist), Bob Johnson (British guitarist and Steeleye Span member) and Peter Knight (Steeleye Span fiddler)
vocals:
Maddy Prior
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company behind the Chrysalis imprint) (in 1975)
recording of:
All Around My Hat (in 1975)
writer:
Tim Hart (UK folk singer and multi-instrumentalist), Bob Johnson (British guitarist and Steeleye Span member), Rick Kemp, Peter Knight (Steeleye Span fiddler) and Maddy Prior
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS), Peermusic (UK) Limited and Steeleye Span Music Ltd.
is based on:
Farewell He (Farewell She / Fare Thee Well, Cold Winter / All Smiles Tonight)
is based on:
The Nobleman’s Wedding
Steeleye Span5?:??
5Oceans Away
Phillip Goodhand-Tait?:??
6St. Elmo’s Fire
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
brass [horns] arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Jerry Hey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (in 1985) and John Parr Music Ltd. (in 2016)
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 28) and TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 85)
recording of:
St. Elmo’s Fire
writer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and John Parr
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Foster Frees Music, Gold Horizon Music Corp., SBK Songs (publisher) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
John Parr3.8?:??
7Schoolgirl
Steve Forbert?:??
8Wigmam
recording of:
Wigwam (instrumental song)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Big Sky Music (publisher for Bob Dylan)
Bob Dylan?:??
9Takin’ It Easy
Seals & Crofts?:??
10So Wrong
Patrick Simmons?:??
11I Should Be Dancing
The Emotions?:??
12Contact
recording of:
Contact
writer:
Robert Dickerson, Arthur Eugene Pullam and Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr?:??
13Someone
recording of:
Someone
writer:
Guy Fletcher (songwriter) and Doug Flett (songwriter)
Axis?:??
14From Canyon to Canyon
Gus Williams?:??
15Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do)
recording of:
Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do)
lyricist and composer:
Barbra Amesbury
Barbra Amesbury?:??
16Englishman in New York
recording of:
Strange Apparatus (An Englishman in New York)
lyricist:
Lol Creme and Kevin Godley
writer:
Lol Creme
composer:
Kevin Godley
Godley & Creme5?:??
17Tuti ragazzi
Nits?:??
18Bitter Fruit
recording of:
Bitter Fruit
lyricist and composer:
Little Steven
Little Steven4?:??
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Endicott
Kid Creole and the Coconuts?:??
2Genius of Love
edit of:
Genius of Love (extended mix) by Tom Tom Club
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 35) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 384)
recording of:
Genius of Love
writer:
Adrian Belew, Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley (audio engineer, record producer and keyboardist from Jamaica) and Tina Weymouth
Tom Tom Club?:??
3I’ve Found Love
producer:
Alec R. Costandinos
conductor:
Don Ray (70s disco artist)
recording of:
I Found Love (Now That I’ve Found You)
lyricist and composer:
Alec R. Costandinos
Love & Kisses5?:??
4Same Ol’ Story
recording of:
Same Ol’ Story
writer:
Chip Taylor (US singer/songwriter)
Chip Taylor?:??
51‒2‒3
recording of:
1‐2‐3
additional writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
writer:
Leonard Borisoff, John Madara and David White (rock ’n’ roll pianist & songwriter, member of Danny & the Juniors)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Mijac Double Diamond Music, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Stone Agate Music Division, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Welbeck Music Ltd.
Len Barry?:??
6Here Comes the News
engineer:
Mack (German rock producer/engineer Reinhold Mack)
producer:
Jeff Lynne
bass:
Kelly Groucutt (in 1981)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Bev Bevan (English rock drummer) (in 1981)
electric piano:
Richard Tandy (keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra) (in 1981)
guitar, piano and synthesizer:
Jeff Lynne (in 1981) and Richard Tandy (keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra) (in 1981)
lead vocals:
Jeff Lynne (in 1981)
conductor:
Rainer Pietsch (musician, songwriter and arranger) (in 1981)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Jet Records (in 1981) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1981)
recorded at:
Musicland Studios (Munich) in München (Munich), Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1981)
recording of:
Here Is the News (in 1981)
lyricist and composer:
Jeff Lynne
writer:
Electric Light Orchestra (British rock group)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc.
Electric Light Orchestra4?:??
7Love Me
producer:
Freddie Perren
recording of:
Love Me
writer:
Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
Gibb Brothers Music
Yvonne Elliman?:??
8Hang on in There Baby
Johnny Bristol?:??
9Say It Say It
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records (in 1985)
recording of:
Say It, Say It
writer:
Stephen Bray, Toni C. and E.G. Daily (American singer and actress)
publisher:
Baby Tanzi Music, Black Lion Music, Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and House of Fun Music, Inc
E.G. Daily?:??
10I’m Falling
The Babys5?:??
11Indian Uprising
The Garnets?:??
12Norma Jean Wants to Be a Moviestar
recording of:
Norma Jean Wants to Be a Movie Star
lyricist and composer:
J.C. Cunningham (American songwriter)
Johnny Cunningham?:??
13Alice in Wonderland
Lucille McDonald?:??
14Window Shopping
R. Dean Taylor?:??
15Cuentame
The Manhattan Transfer?:??
16Waterfall
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG (do not use this as a release label!) (in 1978, in 2002)
recording of:
Waterfall
writer:
Jürgen Fritz (German Piano and Keyboard player)
publisher:
SWP Music
Triumvirat?:??
17A Way of Life
recording of:
A Way of Life
writer:
Roger Cook (US‐based British singer, songwriter and producer) and Roger Greenaway
Family Dogg?:??
18Hold Me
cover recording of:
Hold Me
writer:
Little Jack Little, David Oppenheim (songwriter, composer) and Ira Schuster
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
P.J. Proby?:??
3▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ménage à trois
K-Ram?:??
2Do Not Pass Me By
MC Hammer?:??
3Thank God It’s Friday
recording of:
Thank God It's Friday
lyricist and composer:
Alec R. Costandinos
Love & Kisses?:??
4All of the Good Ones Are Taken
recording of:
All of the Good Ones Are Taken
lyricist and composer:
Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople)
publisher:
April Music Inc. and Spiv Music
Ian Hunter?:??
5Worlds Apart
The Sinceros?:??
6Another Sunny Day
The Dutch?:??
7Dance Little Dreamer
engineer:
Godfrey Diamond
assistant producer:
Godfrey Diamond
producer:
Gregg Diamond
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Jim Gregory (US-based bassist)
guitar:
Steve Love (Guitarist and songwriter) and Lance Quinn
membranophone:
Allan Schwartzberg
percussion:
Jimmy Maelen (percussion)
saxophone:
Joe Ferguson (woodwind)
strings:
Sanford Allen, Jesse Levy, Lony Loniere, Harry Lookofsky, Kermit Moore and Gene Orloff
trombone:
John Kelly (trombone)
trumpet:
Peter Ecklund and Charley Miller (trumpeter)
vocals:
Gwen Guthrie (US singer, songwriter & pianist), Ullanda McCullough and Zachary Sanders
arranger:
Brad Baker
recorded at:
Mediasound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Dance Little Dreamer
lyricist and composer:
Gregg Diamond
publisher:
Universal Music–MGB Songs
Bionic Boogie?:??
8Dancing in the City
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1978) and Harvest (UK based sub‐label of EMI, re‐activated in 2013 under Capitol Music Group in Hollywood, CA) (in 1978)
recording of:
Dancing in the City (in 1978)
writer:
Kit Hain and Julian Marshall
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Gallo Music Publishers, Hornall Brothers Music Ltd. (limited company) and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
Marshall Hain?:??
9Whole Lot of Travelin’
Vitesse?:??
10One Morning in May
Sundown?:??
11Guitar King
recording of:
Guitar King
writer:
Henk Bruysten and Alan Macfarlane
Hank the Knife & The Jets?:??
12All the President’s Men
Carlsberg?:??
13I Love America
recording of:
I Love America
lyricist:
Jacques Morali
composer:
Patrick Juvet
arranger:
Victor Willis (Victor Edward Willis, member of the Village People)
Patrick Juvet?:??
14Late Night Show
Tiffany?:??
15Ela Ela
arranger:
Axis (Greek band)
recording of:
Ela Ela
writer:
Alecos Caracandas, George Chatziathanassiou (Greek drummer/percussionist), Δημήτρης Κατακουζηνός and Demis Visvikis
Axis?:??
16King Croesus
The World of Oz?:??
17Shady Lady
Shepstone & Dibbens?:??
18Can You Get It
recording of:
Can You Get It
writer:
Tony Ashton (British pianist, singer, composer and producer)
Ashton, Gardner & Dyke?:??
4▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let’s Talk
One Way?:??
2Let Me (Be Your Lover)
Jimmy “Bo” Horne?:??
3Wordy Rappinghood
recording of:
Wordy Rappinghood
writer:
Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley (audio engineer, record producer and keyboardist from Jamaica) and Tina Weymouth
Tom Tom Club?:??
4Get It Up
recording of:
Get it up
lyricist and composer:
John Fannon
New England?:??
5The Shape of Things to Come
The Headboys?:??
6It’s You, It’s Only You
recording of:
It’s You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)
lyricist:
Ferdinand Bakker, Åke Danielson, Hugo Sinzheimer, Job Tarenskeen and Eric de Zwaan
The Meteors?:??
7All I Ever Need Is You
recording of:
All I Ever Need Is You
writer:
Jimmy Holiday (American singer, songwriter, producer) and Eddie Reeves (Singer, songwriter)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Monica & Oscar Benton?:??
8Wasn’t That a Party
The Irish Rovers?:??
9I Can’t Leave You Alone
recording of:
I Can’t Leave You Alone
writer:
Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
publisher:
Peer Music
George McCrae?:??
107 6 5 4 3 2 1 (Blow Your Whistle)
Gary Toms Empire?:??
11There’s a Ghost in My House
recording of:
There’s a Ghost in My House
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and R. Dean Taylor (Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer)
R. Dean Taylor?:??
12The Witch
recording of:
The Witch
lyricist and composer:
Herbert Hildebrandt
The Rattles?:??
13Down by the Radio
Spirit Of St. Louis?:??
14One and One Is One
producer:
Tony Ashton (British pianist, singer, composer and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1973)
recording of:
One and One Is One (in 1973)
lyricist and composer:
John Fiddler (British singer and guitarist)
publisher:
Biscuit Music Ltd. (publisher) (in 1973)
Medicine Head4.5?:??
15Silverboy
Cherrie Vangelder-Smith?:??
16Absolutely Right
Five Man Electrical Band?:??
17My Morning Sun
Maddog?:??
18Mandrill
Mandrill?:??