Today is One-Hit Wonder Day

 

Today is One-Hit Wonder Day. "National One-Hit Wonder Day was established by music journalist Steve Rosen back in 1990 to pay tribute to all of those who have had their fifteen minutes (or less) of fame and subsequently vanished, leaving the world with only a catchy (hopefully!) tune to remember them by. This day has been observed for more than two decades, and every year that adds new musicians to the list just makes the celebrations that much more rich and exciting." Source 

According to VH1, the top 10 one-hit wonders are:

Macarena by Los Del Rio

Tainted Love by Soft Cell

Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners 

I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred 

Mickey by Toni Basil

Who Let the Dogs Out? by Baha Men

Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice

Take on Me by a-ha

Rico Suave by Gerardo

and 99 Luftballoons by Nena

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The Colonel Bogey March on This Day in History

 

This day in history: The movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai" was released on this day in 1957. What I mainly remember from this movie is the whistling song, the Colonel Bogey March. The movie was set in World War 2, but the song was actually written at the beginning of World War 1. The sheet music was a million-seller, and the march was recorded many times. In World War 2, the British sang the tune to the words "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball." This was the first song to be played on a computer (1951), and it was whistled in the 1985 teenage movie "The Breakfast Club."

Empire magazine included it in their list, 25 of Cinema's Catchiest, alongside "Axel F", The Oompa Loompa song, Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life from Monty Python's Life Of Brian (1979), Chim Chim Cher-ee from Mary Poppins, and I Like To Move It from Madagascar.

RollingStone included the Colonel Bogey March as one of the top 15 whistling songs of all time, along with ‘The Fishin’ Hole (theme to The Andy Griffith Show)’ (1960), ‘Centerfold’ by the J. Geils Band and the ‘Winds of Change’ by the Scorpions.