Hey, it’s still a career in show business

It’s National One Hit Wonder day. Celebrate responsibly – listen to only one or two of them at a time.

Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves

Before Katrina Leskanich came along, the band was simply The Waves. Based in England, they were led by Kimberly Rew, who left the group in 1978 to join Robyn Hitchcock in The Soft Boys. When The Soft Boys broke up in 1981, Rew and his former Waves bandmate Alex Cooper joined forces with two Americans whose fathers were in the Air Force and stationed in England: Leskanich and Vince De La Cruz. Leskanich took over from Rew as lead singer and also played rhythm guitar; Rew was on lead guitar, Cooper on drums, De La Cruz on bass.

Hey! Baby — Bruce Channel

This was the first Hot 100 #1 with an exclamation point in its title.

It Never Rains in Southern California – Albert Hammond

Albert Hammond is a singer and songwriter who wrote this with help from lyricist Mike Hazlewood. Their songs have been recorded by many artists, including Art Garfunkel, Johnny Cash and Olivia Newton-John. Hazlewood died in May 2001 while vacationing in Italy.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something

The band told Q magazine in November 2008 that promoting this song got to be pretty tiresome. They explained: “As the song had Breakfast in the title, radio stations thought it would be genius to have us on at breakfast time. We’d be up till 3 a.m. and they’d wonder why we were pissed off playing at 6am.”

Demand Euphoria!