1 Hit Wonders and Hard to Find Classics

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#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?:??
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