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In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist who is generally known for only one hit single. This article needs to be wikified. ...


One-hit wonders are common in any era of pop music but are most common during reigns of entire genres that do not last for more than a few years, such as disco and new wave. This article mainly describes pop as used in its more recent sense, as a subgenre of popular music. ... A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... Disco is an up-tempo style of dance music (generally between 110 and 136 beats per minute) that originated in the early 1970s, mainly from funk and soul music, popular with audiences in larger cities all over the world, and derives its name from the French word discothèque (meaning... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian and British popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, growing out of the New York City punk rock scene, itself centered around...


The hits of many one-hit wonders are novelty songs that are, to an extent, deliberately short-lived, recorded for humor or to cash in on the latest pop culture fad. Examples include C.W. McCall’s "Convoy", related to the Citizens Band radio fad of the 1970s, and Buckner & Garcia’s "Pac Man Fever," related to the arcade game Pac Man. More commonly however, one-hit wonders are serious-minded musicians who struggled to continue their success after their popularity waned. Tragically, sometimes these artists only had one chart success due to untimely death or injury (such as Minnie Riperton and Blind Melon). Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... C.W. McCall is the pseudonym of William Dale Fries (born November 15, 1928) in Audubon, Iowa, USA. In 1972, while working for an Omaha, Nebraska advertising firm, Bozell Jacobs, Fries created a television campaign for the Metz Baking Company. ... A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support. ... Citizens band radio (CB) is, in the United States, a system of short distance radio communication between individuals on a selection of 40 channels within the single 27 MHz (11 meter) band. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Buckner & Garcia are the duo of Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway Games in 1980. ... Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 - July 12, 1979) was a soul singer from Chicago, Illinois, noted for her abilities in the whistle register and her hit single Loving You. // Biography As a child, Minnie studied music, drama, and dance, and seriously considered a career in opera. ... Blind Melon was an American rock and roll band from the 1990s, composed of Shannon Hoon, Brad Smith, Glen Graham, Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn. ...


Though the term is sometimes used in a derogatory sense, fans often have a great passion for these memorable songs and the artists that created them. Some one-hit wonder artists, such as Tommy Tutone have embraced this following openly, while others distance themselves from their hit in an attempt to craft successful songs with different sounds. Tommy Tutone is a rock band from San Francisco, California best known for its 1982 hit 867-5309/Jenny. ...

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VH1's list of "100 greatest one-hit wonders"

In 2002, the US-American cable network VH1 aired a countdown of the “100 Greatest One-hit Wonders.” The top ten consisted of: 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... VH1 (which originally stood for Video Hits 1) is an American cable television channel that was created in 1985. ...

  1. Los Del Rio - "Macarena" (1996)
  2. Soft Cell - "Tainted Love" (1982)
  3. Dexys Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen" (1982)
  4. Right Said Fred - "I'm Too Sexy" (1991)
  5. Toni Basil - "Mickey" (1982)
  6. Baha Men - "Who Let the Dogs Out" (2000)
  7. Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" (1990)
  8. a-ha - "Take On Me" (1985)
  9. Gerardo - "Rico Suave" (1991)
  10. Nena - "99 Luftballons" (1984)

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Many one-hit wonders may have several hit singles but because those songs have been eclipsed by a much greater hit are nonetheless considered one-hit wonders. For example, Paul & Paula's "Hey Paula", The Knack's "My Sharona", Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" and Free's "All Right Now" have overshadowed careers which, at one time, encompassed several somewhat popular songs. Paul & Paula (Ray Hildebrand, born December 21, 1940, and Jill Jackson, born May 20, 1942) were a pop singing duo, best known for their 1963 one-hit wonder Hey Paula. ... The Knack were a Los Angeles-based rock band that rose to fame with their first single, My Sharona, in 1979 (see 1979 in music) from their debut album, Get the Knack. ... Soft Cell were an English synthesizer duo during the early 1980s (currently re-formed). ... Free was a R&B-style rock band which formed in London in 1968 best known for their popular song All Right Now. Lead singer Paul Rodgers, went on to become lead singer of the rock band Bad Company, while lead guitarist Paul Kossoff, a much revered blues/rock guitarist...


Performers who are successful in one country but who are known for only one song in another are usually considered one-hit wonders in the latter. Germany’s Nena, Austria’s Falco, United Kingdom’s Madness and Canada’s Crash Test Dummies have each had considerable success in their homelands but are considered one-hit wonders in the United States. Nena (born March 24, 1960) is a German singer who became famous worldwide with the German New Wave song 99 Luftballons (English version 99 Red Balloons). She was born Gabriele Susanne Kerner in Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany. ... Falco (Johann Hölzel), Austrian pop-star whose albums became #1 multiple times on the charts in both Europe and North America during the 1980s Falco (February 19, 1957 - February 6, 1998) was the stage name of the classical music prodigy turned Austrian rock star, Johann Hölzel (also Hans... Album cover of One Step Beyond Madness were a British ska band of the 1980s. ... Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian folk-rock group, who were popular in the early 1990s. ...


Similarly, some performers are considered one-hit wonders in general but have had considerable success within their respective genres. Celtic music singer Loreena McKennitt, swing band Cherry Poppin' Daddies, heavy metal band Ratt, and Christian rock band Jars of Clay are each stars within their respective genres but are known for only a single crossover hit each by the general public. The term Celtic music encompasses Irish traditional music and traditional musics of Scotland; Cape Breton Island and Maritime Canada; Quebec; Wales; the Isle of Man; Northumberland (northern England); Brittany (northwestern France); Cornwall; and Galicia (northwestern Spain). ... Loreena McKennitt Loreena McKennitt live on stage Loreena McKennitt, C.M., (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer, harpist and pianist who performs Celtic-style music with a new-age feel often compared to Enya, but more grounded in traditional and classical invocations using such works as The Lady... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that solidified as a distinctive style during the 1930s in the United States. ... Cherry Poppin Daddies Cherry Poppin Daddies is an American band formed in 1989 in Eugene, Oregon. ... Heavy metal is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... Ratt, on the cover of their 1999 CD. Ratt is a U.S. Los Angeles hard rock band that enjoyed significant commercial success in the 1980s. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Jars of Clay performing at The University of Texas at Austin Jars of Clay is a four-member Christian rock band formed at Greenville College in Greenville, IL. They are sometimes known as the fab four of Christian music. ... In music crossover is a term used to describe artists of a certain style or genre whose popularity crosses the considered boundaries of where the music of that style or genre is normally found. ...


The term one-hit wonder does not, however, usually refer to performers who have had only limited success on the singles chart, but who are considered significant for other reasons, such as album sales, live concerts and influence on other musicians. Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Buffalo Springfield, Funkadelic, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, Roxy Music, Iggy Pop, Sinead O'Connor, Beck, Randy Newman, Patti Smith, and Radiohead have each had only one song in Billboard Magazine’s Top 40, yet none is considered a one-hit wonder. An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Jimi Hendrix James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely considered to be the most important electric guitarist in the history of popular music. ... Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American rock/jazz fusion musician, composer, and satirist. ... Lou Reed Lou Reed (born Lewis Allen Reed on March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York), is a rock and roll singer-songwriter. ... Buffalo Springfield album cover Buffalo Springfield was an influential folk-rock group instrumental in igniting the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina. ... Funkadelic was originally the backing band for the doo wop group, The Parliaments. ... Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously released live album In Concert Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... The Grateful Dead in the late 1970s: (from left) Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Jerry Garica, Brent Mydland, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir The Grateful Dead, often referred to as The Dead, was an American psychedelia-influenced jam band, formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother... The reunited band in 2004 – from left: Paul Thompson – drums, Phil Manzanera – guitar, Bryan Ferry – vocals and piano, Andy Mackay – saxophone Roxy Music is a British art-rock group founded in the early 1970s as a collaborative project between art school graduates Bryan Ferry (vocals, keyboards) and Brian Eno (electronic... Iggy Pop Iggy Pop (born James Newell Osterberg, Jr on April 21, 1947 in Muskegon, Michigan) is an American punk rock singer. ... Sinéad OConnor (born December 8, 1966) is an Irish pop singer and songwriter. ... Beck Hansen Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. ... Randy Newman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Patti Smith is often confused with Patty Smyth - the former lead singer of the band Scandal. ... From left to right: Ed OBrien, Jonny Greenwood, Thom Yorke, Phil Selway and Colin Greenwood Radiohead are a British alternative rock band from Oxford. ... An example of a Billboard Magazine. ...


The term is also not applied to performers with a single hit under their own names who built a reputation within a group, such as Steely Dan's Donald Fagen or the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. This works both ways, as Derek & the Dominoes' lone hit "Layla" is generally considered within the context of Eric Clapton's career. Walter Becker (left) and Donald Fagen accepting the Grammy Award for the album Two Against Nature Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band based around musicians and songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. ... Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an American musician and songwriter who is best known as co-writer and co-founder of the jazz rock band Steely Dan. ... The Beach Boys 1976 album 15 big ones The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ... Brian Wilson, c. ... Eric Clapton CBE (born Eric Patrick Clapp on March 30, 1945 in The Green, Ripley, Surrey), is a British guitarist and composer, nicknamed slowhand. ... Layla is the title track on the Derek and the Dominos album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, released in December of 1970. ... Eric Clapton at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiffs Millennium Stadium, January 22nd 2005 Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945) is a British guitarist and composer, nicknamed slowhand. ...


One-hit wonderdom is also a function of trendiness, and growing (or fading consensus) among both fans and the music business. Influential performers such as Bob Marley, Nick Drake, the Ramones, the Smiths and the Velvet Underground never had a U.S. Top 40 hit, but are played more frequently on radio and television today than during their actual careers. Conversely, acts that enjoyed several hits in their heyday have been judged as foolish, passe, or forgettable, and have been shunted aside by U.S. radio. The oldies format can be historically ruthless in discarding a given performer's "lesser" songs and playing only their best-known single, which can create the false impression that they were a one-hit wonder. Bob Marley The Hon. ... Nick Drake Nicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) was a British singer/songwriter. ... The Ramones were a hugely influential punk rock band formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in March 1974. ... This article is about the English rock band, for other uses of Smith or Smiths, see Smith The Smiths were a hugely influential British rock group and indie music pioneers. ... The Velvet Underground and Nico (from left to right: John Cale, Nico, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker) The Velvet Underground (Affectionately known as The Velvets, or V.U. for short) was an American rock and roll band of the late 1960s. ... Oldies is commonly used in the United States to describe certain music from the 1950s, 1960s, and the 1970s. ...


By analogy, artists and bands (such as Golden Earring) who produce two major hits before fading into obscurity are sometimes called "two-hit wonders", but this term is not as commonly used. An analogy is a comparison between two different things, in order to highlight some form of similarity. ... Golden Earring is a Dutch Rock/Pop Group. ...


Trivia

  • The phenomenon of one-hit wonders was celebrated in Tom Hanks's film That Thing You Do!, which featured a fictional 1960s band called The Wonders that broke up shortly after their one and only hit single. Ironically, while the movie was out in theaters, the soundtrack hit #26 on the charts, recorded under the name "The Wonders." "The Wonders" never made it to the charts again, so they were, essentially, both a real and fictitious one-hit wonder band.
  • Norman Greenbaum is a double one-hit wonder. In 1968, under the name Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band, he had a hit with the novelty song "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago" and, two years later, experienced a single hit under his own name "Spirit In The Sky". Ironically, another group, Doctor and the Medics, became a one-hit wonder with their version of "Spirit In The Sky" in 1986. TV stars The Kumars also became one-hit wonders when they reached no.1 with Gareth Gates with the same song in 2003.

Tom Hanks in February 2004 Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor famous for playing notable roles in many popular and critically acclaimed movies. ... That Thing You Do! is the name of a 1996 film, written and directed by Tom Hanks. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Dr. Demento Dr. Demento (born April 2, 1941) is the stage name of Barret (Barry) Hansen, who has made a successful career as a radio disc jockey specializing in novelty songs and pop music parodies. ... Johann Pachelbel (päkhəlbĕl) (August 1653 – March 3, 1706) was a German baroque composer and organist, best remembered for his Canon in D. Pachelbel was organist at Erfurt, in the Thuringian region of Germany. ... Pachelbels canon (formally the Canon in D-major; full German title: Kanon und Gigue in D-Dur für drei Violinen und Basso Continuo) is the most famous piece of music by Johann Pachelbel. ... Norman Greenbaum, a singer and songwriter, was born 20 November 1942 in Malden, Massachusetts. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Spirit in the Sky is a song that has been performed by three different artists, all of which reached number 1 in the UK: first with Norman Greenbaum in 1970; then by Doctor and the Medics in 1986; and most recently by The Kumars and Gareth Gates in 2003 for... Doctor and the Medics were a London-based Psychedelic rock band most prominent in the mid to late 1980s. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kumars at No. ... Gareth Paul Gates (born July 12, 1984, Bradford) is a British pop singer who shot to fame in 2002 when he came second in the television talent show Pop Idol. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other uses

The term one-hit wonder is occasionally used to refer to an artist other than a musical performer who is best known for a single work. For example, author Joseph Heller wrote several novels but is still best known for Catch-22 and actress Natasha Henstridge has yet to match the success of the film Species. Joseph Heller in 1961 Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 - December 12, 1999) was an American novelist best remembered for writing the satiric World War II classic Catch-22. ... Catch 22 can refer to: A book by Joseph Heller, or the movie based on the book; see Catch-22. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Species is a 1995 science fiction thriller. ...


"One hit wonders" in classical music

While the term "one hit wonder" generally refers to sales in popular music, the term has sometimes been used to describe various composers of classical music. Extending the term to classical composers is more subjective since there are no comparable sales rankings for classical music. The primary problem is determining what constitutes a "hit" in classical music. Without ready access to recording sales records and classical concert programs this must be determined by a subjective guess. This guess can only be based on a collective idea of what is frequently performed in concerts, played by classical radio stations and recorded by a variety of orchestras. What is popular is also highly subject to change over the years, particularly considering the sheer amount of time in which classical music has existed (taking the more liberal use of "classical" to cover music of the Renaissance through contemporary classical). What was popular during a composer's lifetime may not be popular today, an issue compounded by many works achieving popularity through appearances in film and other mass media. Classical music is music considered classical, as sophisticated and refined, in a regional tradition. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Classical music is music considered classical, as sophisticated and refined, in a regional tradition. ... A radio station is a sound broadcasting service. ... Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ... By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance *French Renaissance *German Renaissance *English Renaissance The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...


The sheer volume of music composed by any serious classical composer is not overall comparable to what is produced by many popular music artists. Some pop one hit wonders produce only a single album (generally slightly more than half an hour of music) while any classical composer will have produced hours upon hours. While only a single short piece might be a "hit", in most cases other works will have been recorded by multiple performers, and occasionally find their way into the repertoire of others, skewing the comparison with popular musicians.


Furthermore, what is considered a "hit" will vary greatly when one considers the disparity between the general public and devoted fans of classical music. Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, for example, is known widely in the USA as the music associated with graduation, and many US lay people would not recognise a single other work by him (or, indeed, much that that piece itself, except for the commonly quoted part); and in the UK the same music is widely known as "Land of Hope and Glory", a song of Empire. However, any person reasonably well versed in classical music knows of Elgar as a respected composer of a variety of works. Likewise the final section of the overture to Rossini's William Tell is known to millions of people through its association with The Lone Ranger, but most opera-lovers are probably more familar with some of his other overtures. Conversely, there are various composers by whom even classical music buffs would be hard pressed to identify more than one work, and with whom laymen and casual listeners would be utterly unfamiliar, making their claim of even a single "hit" problematic. Sir Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 â€“ 23 February 1934) was an English composer, born in the small village of Lower Broadheath outside Worcester, Worcestershire, to William Elgar, a piano tuner and music dealer, and his wife Ann. ... The Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. ... Academic procession during the University of Canterbury graduation ceremony. ... Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (February 29, 1792 — November 13, 1868) was an Italian musical composer who wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. ... William Tell is an opera by Gioacchino Rossini. ... The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger was an early, long-running radio and television show based on characters created by George W. Trendle of Detroit, Michigan and developed by writer Fran Stryker of Buffalo, New York. ...


Asterisks identify what might be called popular one-hit wonders. These composers whom people familiar with classical music regard as major composers with many significant works, who for some reason have a single piece that has become extremely familiar to a wide public. For example,


Baroque

Pachelbels canon (formally the Canon in D-major; full German title: Kanon und Gigue in D-Dur für drei Violinen und Basso Continuo) is the most famous piece of music by Johann Pachelbel. ... Johann Pachelbel (päkhÉ™lbÄ•l) (August 1653 – March 3, 1706) was a German baroque composer and organist, best remembered for his Canon in D. Pachelbel was organist at Erfurt, in the Thuringian region of Germany. ... Tomaso Albinoni (June 14, 1671, Venice, Italy – January 17, 1751, Venice) was an Italian baroque composer. ...

Classical

Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a composer, music teacher and violinist. ... Luigi Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805) was a classical era composer and cellist from Italy, mostly known for one particular minuet from one of his string quintets, and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). ...

Romantic

Prince Igor (Князь Игорь in Russian, Knyaz Igor in transliteration) is an opera in a prologue and four acts by Alexander Borodin to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on the East Slavic epic The Tale of Igors Campaign. ... Borodins tomb bust at Tikhvin Cemetery Alexander Porfyrevich Borodin (Алекса́ндр Порфи́рьевич Бороди́н) (November 12, 1833 – February 27, 1887) was a Russian composer who made his living as a chemist. ... Paul Marie Théodore Vincent dIndy (March 27, 1851 – December 2, 1931) was a French composer and teacher. ... The Sorcerers Apprentice is the English name of both an 1897 symphonic poem by Paul Dukas (Lapprenti sorcier in French), and of a 1797 ballad by Goethe (Der Zauberlehrling in German), which inspired the musical work. ... Paul Dukas (October 1, 1865 – May 17, 1935) was a French composer of classical music. ... César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck (December 10, 1822 – November 8, 1890) was a composer and organist. ... Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (January 11, 1875 – June 23, 1956) was a Russian composer. ... Karl Goldmark (May 18, 1830 - January 2, 1915) was a Jewish composer who was self-taught. ... Engelbert Humperdinck (September 1, 1854 – September 27, 1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel (1893). ... Albert William Ket lbey (9 August 1875 - 26 November 1959) was a composer and musician from Aston, Birmingham, England, born to George Ketelbey [sic - no accent], an engraver, and Sarah Aston. ... Édouard Victoire Antoine Lalo (January 27, 1823 - April 22, 1892) was a French composer of Spanish descent. ... Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 - 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer, mainly known for his operettas. ... Hamish MacCunn (March 22, 1868 – August 2, 1916), Scottish romantic composer, was born in Greenock, the son of a shipowner, and was educated at the Royal College of Music, where his teachers included Parry and Stanford. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin November 25, 1862 - February 17, 1901 American pianist and composer. ... Amilcare Ponchielli (August 31, 1834 _ January 17, 1886) was an Italian composer. ... Má vlast (My Country) is a set of six symphonic poems by the Czech composer BedÅ™ich Smetana. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Franz von Suppé The composer and conductor Franz von Suppé (April 18, 1819 – May 21, 1895) was born in Split, (Dalmatia), and died in Vienna. ... Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893) was an Italian operatic composer, best known for the works La Wally and Loreley. ...

20th Century

Hugo Emil Alfvén  listen (May 1, 1872 – May 8, 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. ... See also Ernst Bloch the philosopher. ... George Enescu George Enescu (known in France as Georges Enesco) (August 19, 1881, Liveni – May 4, 1955, Paris) was a Romanian composer, violonist, pianist, conductor and teacher, preeminent musician of the 20th century, one of the greatest interprets of his time. ... Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (born December 6, 1933) is a Polish composer of classical music. ... The Grand Canyon Suite is a popular suite by Ferde Grofé. It consists in 5 parts or movements, each an evocation in tone of a particular scene typical of the Grand Canyon. ... Ferde Grofé (New York City, March 27, 1892 – Santa Monica, California, April 3, 1972) was a United States composer, pianist, and arranger. ... George Gershwin photograph by Edward Steichen in 1927. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Arthur Honegger (March 10, 1892 – November 27, 1955) was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. ... Jacques François Antoine Ibert (August 15, 1890 – February 5, 1962) was a French composer of classical music. ... This article is about the dance involving swords - for the uncontrollable upward movement of the F-86 Sabre: see Sabre dance The Sabre Dance is a movement in the final act of Aram Khachaturians ballet Gayane, completed in 1942. ... Aram Ilich Khachaturian (Armenian: Ô±Ö€Õ¡Õ´ Ô½Õ¡Õ¹Õ¡Õ¿Ö€ÕµÕ¡Õ¶, Russian: Аpaм Ильич XaчaÑ‚ypян) (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a composer of classical music. ... Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913–October 29, 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was a United States jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and Big band leader. ... A movie poster from the original release of 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is an immensely popular and influential science fiction film and book; the film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the book written by Arthur C. Clarke. ... Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, linguist and philosopher. ... Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to a libretto by Targioni-Tozzetti and Menasci, adapted from a short story by Giovanni Verga. ... Pietro Mascagni (Livorno December 7, 1863 – Rome August 2, 1945) is one of the most important Italian opera composers of the turn of the 20th century. ... The name Carmina Burana refers both to a collection of 13th-century songs and poetry, and 20th-century musical settings of texts from it. ... Carl Orff Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982) was a German composer born in Munich. ... Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer. ... See also Edward Douglass White (1845-1921), a former Chief Justice of the United States. ... 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Captain Kangaroo was a childrens show which aired weekday mornings on CBS from 1955 until 1984, then moved to PBS until 1992. ...

See also

A one-hit wonder is a Top 40 phenomenon, the combination of artist and song that scores big in the music industry with one smash hit, but is unable to repeat the achievement with another hit. ... Most of the One Hit Wonders in the UK and the USA were one hit wonders in Ireland too. ... A one-hit wonder is a Top 40 phenomenon, the combination of artist and song that scores big in the music industry with one smash hit, but is unable to repeat the achievement with another hit. ... A one-hit wonder is a Top-40 phenomenon: the combination of artist and song that scores big in the music industry with one smash hit, but is unable to repeat the achievement with another hit. ...

References

Richard Addinsell (January 13, 1904 - November 14, 1977) was a British composer, best known for his Warsaw Concerto and film music. ... Tomaso Albinoni (June 14, 1671, Venice, Italy – January 17, 1751, Venice) was an Italian baroque composer. ... Hugo Emil Alfvén  listen (May 1, 1872 – May 8, 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. ... Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Samuel Osborne Barber (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of classical music best known for his Adagio for Strings. ... Luigi Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805) was a classical era composer and cellist from Italy, mostly known for one particular minuet from one of his string quintets, and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). ... Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 - November 4, 1957), was a French composer. ... Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - February 24, 1704) was a French composer of the Baroque era. ... Jeremiah Clarke (c. ... (Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (February 21, 1836 – January 16, 1891) was a French composer of Romantic music. ... Paul Dukas (October 1, 1865 – May 17, 1935) was a French composer of classical music. ... Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (January 11, 1875 – June 23, 1956) was a Russian composer. ... Ferde Grofé (New York City, March 27, 1892 – Santa Monica, California, April 3, 1972) was an American composer, pianist, and arranger. ... Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (November 19, 1859 – January 28, 1935) was a Russian composer, conductor and teacher. ... Dmitrij Borisovič Kabalevskij (Russian Дмитрий Борисович Кабалевский, commonly transliterated in English as Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky) (1904 - 1987) His Life Dmitri Kabalevsky Kabalevsky was a celebrated Soviet composer. ... Aram Ilich Khachaturian (Armenian: Ô±Ö€Õ¡Õ´ Ô½Õ¡Õ¹Õ¡Õ¿Ö€ÕµÕ¡Õ¶, Russian: Аpaм Ильич XaчaÑ‚ypян) (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a composer of classical music. ... Edward and Marian MacDowell. ... Pietro Mascagni (Livorno December 7, 1863 – Rome August 2, 1945) is one of the most important Italian opera composers of the turn of the 20th century. ... Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (May 12, 1842 - August 13, 1912) was a French composer. ... Jean-Joseph Mouret (b. ... Carl Orff Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982) was a German composer born in Munich. ... Johann Pachelbel (päkhÉ™lbÄ•l) (August 1653 – March 3, 1706) was a German baroque composer and organist, best remembered for his Canon in D. Pachelbel was organist at Erfurt, in the Thuringian region of Germany. ... Amilcare Ponchielli (August 31, 1834 _ January 17, 1886) was an Italian composer. ... Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer. ... Emile Waldteufel (December 9, 1837 - February 12, 1915) was a French composer of popular music as well as waltzes and polkas. ... Peter Warlock was a pseudonym of Philip Arnold Heseltine (October 30, 1894 - December 17, 1930), an English composer and music critic. ... Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (February 21, 1844 – March 12, 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher. ...

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