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December 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 3

Bobby Bloom, Montego Bay [Single] (1970) I’m still working through a batch of singles a retired DJ gifted to me – this is one of them. People consider Bobby Bloom a one-hit-wonder, which he was. It’s further impacted by his sad demise. Depression, and then an accidental shooting. Dead by 28. But he co-wrote a […]

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January 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

One Hit Wonders: Your Best and Worst?

What do you think is the biggest one-hit-wonder of all time? And how do we judge this? Many moons ago I wrote a rant – masquerading as a poem or short story – that saw one character get into an argument with another because one was sure that Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade Of Pale […]