If the real secret of success in Rock & Roll lies in choosing the right name, then Ace very nearly came a cropper. When rhythm…
Browsing: One-hit wonders
This short-lived act was one of several US acts formed by pop svengali Kim Fowley as an outlet for his production and songwriting talents at Rendezvous Records.…
London art college types influenced by the Commedia Del Arte, 1920s jazz and vaudeville, the Bonzo’s were originally called The Bonzo Dog Dada Band. Figuring nobody…
The Buggles was ostensibly bass-playing production titan Trevor Horn, joined by keyboardist Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley. The three began recording a selection of demos…
Curtis Williams was a member of vocal group The Hollywood Flames formed in Watts, Los Angeles in 1949. However, in late 1953 he decided to…
Plastic Bertrand was the alias of new wave prankster Roger Allen François Jouret, a native of Belgium who appropriated the sound and style of the new…
America was split by controversy in 1966 over a single that entered the US chart by this former member of the US Army Special Forces,…
Toni Basil was born Antonia Christina Basilotta, but her date of birth is a matter of some speculation – estimates seem to veer between 1943…
Lynn Annette Ripley was born in Surbiton, Surrey, where her home was a 20-room mansion. Her father, Sidney (a prominent local Conservative politician), gave her…
Led by vocalist/guitarist Dave Fenton, The Vapors were a short-lived new wave guitar group that is best remembered for the pop single Turning Japanese. Fenton formed the first…
Voyager formed in Newbury (Berkshire) – originally as The Paul French Connection – and charted in 1979 with their debut single Halfway Hotel which reached #35…
Formed in 1978, The Waitresses existed for the purpose of performing the witty, often female-oriented songs of guitarist Chris Butler, who had previously led a…