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One Hit Wonder: Mickey & Sylvia (1956)
Love Is Strange Single: Mickey & Sylvia B-side: I'm Going Home Released: November 1956 Recorded: October 1956 Genre: Rock & roll, rhythm & blues Songwriter: Ethel Smith Mickey & Sylvia was American R&B duo Mickey Baker and Sylvia Vanderpool. Mickey, a music teacher, formed a duo with Sylvia, one of his pupils, Their only hit was "Love Is Strange" in 1957. In 2004, "Love Is Strange" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame .
Bat Out of Hell: Rolling Stone's Number 343 of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Bat Out of Hell Studio album: Meat Loaf Released: October 1977 Genre: Hard rock, pop, progressive rock Producer: Todd Rundgren Bat Out of Hell is the 1977 debut album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman . It's one of the best-selling LPs in history, having sold over 43 million copies worldwide and certified 14× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Rolling Stone ranked it at Number 343 on its 2012 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. There is no other album like Bat Out of Hell, unless you want to count the sequel. Stephen Thomas Erlewine for Allmusic Composer Jim Steinman developed the album Bat Out of Hell from a musical, Neverland . A futuristic rock version of Peter Pan, Steinman wrote it for a workshop in 1974. Three of the tunes - " Bat Out of Hell ," " Heaven Can Wait ," and " All Revved Up with No Place to Go " - became part of the seven-song record. Todd Rundgren produced the it
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The Animals: Two of 500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll
The Animals Origin: Newcastle upon Tyne, England Genres: Rock, R&B, blues, psychedelia The Animals formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s. Fronted by the deep-voiced Eric Burdon, the band was known for their gritty, bluesy sound. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 . Eric Burdon came in Number 57 of a Rolling's Stone poll of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. The Animals have two songs in the Rock & Roll Hall of fame's list of 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
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One Hit Wonder: Chumbawamba (1997)
Tubthumping Single: Chumbawamba Album: Tubthumper Released: August 11, 1997 Genre: Dance-rock Songwriters: Chumbawamba Producers: Chumbawamba "Tubthumping" by the British rock band Chumbawamba topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand in 1997 and hit Number 6 in the US. It sold 880,000 copies i n the UK and was nominated in the 1998 Brit Awards for Best British Single. In 2011, it was voted Number 8 in a readers' poll of the Top 10 One-Hit Wonders of All Time.
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