Well the all time classic is the Kingsmen of course and Louie Louie.   Joe Ely starts singing the wrong line , stops and starts again.  According to one account I read, the band had hit it pretty hard the night before and were still four sheets to the wind when they recorded it.  Joe Ely had the words printed and stuck on wall in front of him but suddenly when he starts singing that line, some one tall stepped in front of him blocking his view.   Just adds to the mystery surounding the song and  it is shambolic but it works , more so than if it had been perfect.    As  Richard Dryfuss says as music teacher  Mr Holland in Mr Holland's Opus   "  These guys can't sing, they have no harmonics  , they're playing same chords over and over.   He then says how much  he likes it because it's fun, music is more than notes on a page. 

Just to add  as to the craziness of guy who had me on about Zager And Evans. If he applied the same local stance and this is astounding,,,,, The Archies would be one hit wonders  and NOT for Sugar Sugar. In this country Sugar Sugar never made the Top 40, but Jingle Jangle went Top 10 ! Go figure....

Interesting but I have always gone with Billboard's stance,  if you hit the Top 40 once you qualify but a few of these artists are anything but  one hit wonders, discounting the fact they had other big hits in their homelands. Just looking at US,  Archies had another Top 10 with Jingle Jangle,  The Knack had a # 11 with Good Girl's Don't, even  ? and Mysterians just missed the Top 20 with  I Need Somebody,  St Barry Sadler did reach the Top 30 again.  Just because some people only remember the biggest hits they had doesn't make them one hit wonders. 

And not to forget New Zealand born  /  Canadian singer Gale Garnett  .  We'll Sing In The Sunshine, she'll control the relationship and leave when she wants.   " My daddy he once told me don't love you any man ,  just take what they can give you and give back what you can "

 Thinking about Jimmy Soul, there is a line in  a song I love by Sam Cooke that I guess demeans one woman, great lines though  "     Another fella told me he had a sister who looked just fine, instead of being my  deliverance,  she bore a strange resemblence to a cat named Frankenstein "      Classic ! 

aflem wrote:

And even then, it almost wasn't a hit. As I understand it, "Let Me Go Lover" only became a smash it after it appeared as part of a CBS play on "Studio One." I think it was the first time a TV show helped to sell a record, and it opened the eyes of executives to the power of the then still-young boob tube. If it hadn't been featured in that show, no one may have ever heard it or at least it certainly would never have been the success it became.

Tragic story, it could have been Ronnie when he was reasearcher for AT40. Sent to do piece on her for One Hit Wonders and found her long term patient at mental hospital.   They didn't annnouce that but worked their way around it delicately. 
 

To me, Reach Out I'll Be There sums up everything  Motown is. Those impassioned vocals by Levi and one of the Hollands insisting he strain in a higher register to get even more feeling into it, 
 

Just thinking,  not % 100 sure,  but in those days he may have posted as coodercat. 

Homeward Bound - S & G
But You Know I Love You -  Kenny Rogers & First Edition

Rain Park And Other Things - Cowsills
Excerpt From A Teenage Opera - Keith West
My Back Pages - Byrds
For What It's Worth -  Buffalo Springfield

At 74. Might have been a one hit wonder with Lay A Little Lovin' On Me, but very catchy number and always enjoyed it. 

I  would have begun on internet around 2000 as well.  First person I ever had an e  mail from was That Boy John who was a member here. Not long after met  Dennis1947  and his lovely wife  who were    out here on  business.   Was amazed one day to get a phone call  from Gator Rouge, who I think old  timers would remember wasn't the most sociable type.  He had a wonderful intellect  did the Gator,  bless his soul.   Have made many friends such as John,  Linda ,    Wayne and quite a few others.   Don't get here as much as in years gone bye  but still seems to  be  a great collection of very knowlegeable  people.

Fool To  Care by Joe Barry sounded so much like Fats Domino he asked his manager when he recorded it.
Joe Henderson sounded like Brook Benton on Snap Your Fingers.
    Barry Young sounded so much like Dean Martin one One Has My Name, a story went around that  Dean had his career scuttled. 

Noticed this afternoon that Kate was an author with a book  on her life selling on line. Also some chapters are available to read on line.    Very gifted lady. 

I note he also produced Robin Ward's Wonderful Summer, which is a record I have always enjoyed.