'Slop Time' - the Sherrys (Billboard #97); 1963 follow up to 'Pop Pop Pop-Pie' (BB #35) both the hit and the follow-up written by John Madara & David White 1962 HITS ARCHIVE: Pop Pop Pop-Pie - Sherrys The Sherrys did to get to release an LP The Sherrys - At The Hop With The Sherrys And toured in Sweden Sherrys - This little boy of mine One of the Sherrys, Charlotte Walker married a member of the pre-Abba group the Hep Stars who she had toured with in Sweden; they became the duo Svenne and Lotta who appear to have had a long successful career prior to being divorced in 2014. Svenne and Lotta - Wikipedia *SHERRYS - doo-wop
'Tears from an Angel' - Troy Shondell (Billboard #77); 1961 follow-up to 'This Time' (BB #6; UK no.22) Jackie DeShannon / Sharon Sheeley song b/w 'Island in the Sky' (later promoted as the A-side; BB #92) Island in the Sky TROY SHONDELL The hit had been a Chips Moman song, first recorded by Thomas Wayne 1961 HITS ARCHIVE: This Time - Troy Shondell Troy Shondell - Wikipedia
'Put Your Arms Around Me Honey' - Ray Smith (Billboard #91); 1960 follow-up to 'Rockin' Little Angel' (BB #22) The song from 1910 may not have been the best choice for a follow-up Smith, Ray YouTube
And Pilot's last attempt at a hit (I thought it deserved better) was "Just A Smile" which got to number 31.
Hello is a bit of a mistery. Tell Him made top 10 in late '74, then their excellent follow-ups (including Bend Me Shape Me) didn't chart. However! New York Groove made a Top 10 position in 1975. Then, dissappeared. Blackfoot Sue. With Standing In The Road being such a hit, Sing Don't Speak charted, but only at number 36. Chicory Tip. Son Of My Father was number one. Its follow-up, What's Your Name hit number 13. Dawn had a great follow-up to Tie A Yellow Ribbon... charting at the same time that number one was there, Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose was number 12. First Class had no other follow-up. A one-hit wonder. Robert Knight, being a Northern Soul favourite, only had two hits in the 70s, both reissues: Love on a Mountain Top hit Top 10, then it came Everlasting Love at number 19. And as for R. Dean Taylor, same story. His hit in 1974 (There's a Ghost in my House) was a reissue from the 60s, and was a mega-smash, hitting number 3. He has a follow-up, Window Shopping which charted at number 36.
R. Dean Taylor also had a 1968 UK hit 'Gotta See Jane (no.17) Dawn had three UK Top Ten hits prior to 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'
In the U.S., First Class had two follow-ups to "Beach Baby" that made the Billboard Hot 100. I was working at a Top 40 radio station when the first of these, "Dreams Are Ten a Penny," came out. We actually played it, albeit not for very long. This record made it to #83 nationally. The second follow-up, "Funny How Love Can Be," actually fared a little better (#74), though I never heard it on the radio. This was a remake of the song First Class member John Carter did back in the 60s as a member of The Ivy League.
Views of OHWs are geographical in nature. You're in Canada, where Men Without Hats had 6 top 40 hits. Here in the US, they had 2 - and few remember "Pop Goes the World". I listened to a lot of top 40 back then and I have no memory of it. Just played the song and didn't recognize it. So technically, MWH is a 2-hit wonder in the US, with only 1 hit that really endures in the public memory...
'Then You Walk In' - Sammi Smith (Billboard #118); 1971 follow-up to 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' (BB #8; country #1; the first and biggest hit version of the Kristofferson song) #10 on Billboard's country chart where she had hits all throughout the 1970s The self composed 'Willie' was the original A-side Sammi Smith / Willie 'I've Got to Have You' (1972) was her only other single to cross over into the Hot 100 (BB #77; country #13) Sammi Smith - Wikipedia
'Sweet Water' - the Stereos; 1961 follow-up to 'I Really Love You' (Billboard #29; r&b #15) #82 Music Vendor; #134 CashBox; but they were another doo-wop group with just the one record on the Billboard Hot 100 1961 HITS ARCHIVE: I Really Love You - Stereos their hit which was later recorded by George Harrison The Stereos - Pittsburgh Music History
'Yes Sir-ee' (Billboard #79) b/w 'The Five Pennies' (BB #89) - Dodie Stevens; 1959 follow-up to 'Pink Shoelaces' (BB #3) "The Five Pennies" - Dodie Stevens (1959 Crystalette) version of title song from film with Danny Kaye; possibly the original A-side The Five Pennies (1959) - IMDb She had a couple of other records on the Hot 100, the most successful being the answer record 'Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight' (BB #60; 1960) YouTube still performing - Dodie Stevens - Bios
Yes, No, Maybe So' - Barrett Strong; 1960 follow-up to 'Money' (Billboard #23; r&b #2) also issued on the Anna label for national distribution but had many later hits as a writer with Norman Whitfield Songs written by Barrett Strong | SecondHandSongs
'I Am Your Man' - Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers (Billboard #85; r&b #40); 1968 follow-up to 'Does Your Mama Know about Me?' (BB #29; r&b #5) recorded as a solo Bobby Taylor track, but released under the group name. A rare Ashford & Simpson song for a male singer, the majority of their songs being written for women to sing. The next single 'Malinda' (another solo recording released in the group's name) fared better, but didn't make the Top 40 (except on the r&b chart) Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers - Malinda (Gordy Records 1968) song by Smokey Robinson with Al Cleveland & Terry Johnson (BB #48; r&b #16) Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers - Wikipedia
'Since I Found a New Love' - Little Johnny Taylor (Billboard #78); 1964 follow-up to 'Part Time Love' (BB #19; r&b #1) His next appearance on the Hot 100 was seven years later in 1971 with 'Everybody knows about my good thing' (BB #60; r&b #9) Little Johnny Taylor - Everybody Knows About My Good Thing, Pt. 1 & 2 (1971) 'Open House at my House' peaked at #16 on the r&b chart in 1972, but didn't cross over onto the pop chart YouTube Little Johnny Taylor - Wikipedia not to be confused with Johnnie Taylor who recorded for Stax and had his first Top 40 hit in 1968
'Ain't it a Sad Thing' - R. Dean Taylor (Billboard #66) 1971 follow-up to 'Indiana Wants Me' (BB #5; UK no.2) He was not a OHW in the UK where he had four Top 40 hits including 'Gotta See Jane' (no.17; 1968) and 'There's a Ghost in my House' (1966 recording which peaked at no.3 in 1974) He also had a couple of hits in Canada prior to joining Motown including 'I'll Remember' (1962) YouTube and he contributed to hits for other Motown artists; co-writer of the #1 'Love Child for Diana Ross & the Supremes (with Pam Sawyer, Deke Richards, & Frank Wilson) Biography
'Sippin' 'n Chippin' - the T-Bones (Billboard #62); 1966 follow-up to 'No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)' (BB #3) The T-Bones - Wikipedia
'Marindy' - the Techniques; 1958 follow-up to 'Hey! Little Girl' (Billboard #29) from Georgia Tech University, Atlanta; another doo-wop group with just the one hit 1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Hey! Little Girl - Techniques *TECHNIQUES - doo-wop
'So All Alone' - the Teen Queens; 1956 follow-up to 'Eddie My Love' (Billboard #14; r&b #2) only listed on the Music Vendor chart (#50) 'Eddie My Love' had to compete with cover versions by the Fontane Sisters (BB #11) and the Chordettes (BB #14). In the UK both cover versions were released on the same label (London); neither was a hit. The Teen Queens' original wasn't released on a single here until 1965 The Teen Queens - Eddie My Love 1956 HITS ARCHIVE: Eddie My Love - Teen Queens Sadly both died when still young. The Teen Queens Record Label Shots Eddie My Love
'The Crossroads of Love' - the Tempos; 1959 follow-up to 'See You in September (Billboard #23) their hit lip-synced for Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show The Tempos See You In September Dick Clark Show 1959 The group didn't return to the Hot 100, but their hit song did (BB #3 in 1966 for the Happenings) The Tempos - Pittsburgh Music History
'Fickle Little Girl' b/w 'A Letter of Devotion' - the Temptations; 1960 follow-up to 'Barbara' (Billboard #29) 'A Letter of Devotion' may have been the original A-side, but 'Fickle Little Girl' (by Wes Farrell & Artie Ripp) appears to have received some airplay 1960 HITS ARCHIVE: Barbara - Temptations Their hit was the first release on Goldisc (one of George Goldner's labels) The Temptations (New York vocal group) - Wikipedia They would later be eclipsed by the Motown group with the same name
'The Rosy Dance' - Johnny Thunder (Billboard #122); 1963 follow-up to 'Loop de Loop' (BB #4; r&b #6) - didn't work for him a second time aka Gil Hamilton. He did have two later records on the Hot 100, 'Everybody do the Sloopy' (#67; 1965); and with Ruby Winters 'Make Love to Me' (#96; but much higher on the r&b chart, #13 ; 1967) Johnny Thunder & Ruby Winters ~ "Make Love To Me" and his 1969 single 'I'm Alive' (BB #122) was Bob Dylan's choice in his first Rolling Stone interview as the record he had then recently heard on the radio that impressed him the most Johnny Thunder "I'm Alive" Johnny Thunder (singer) - Wikipedia
'Accidents' - Thunderclap Newman; 1970 follow-up to 'Something in the Air' (Billboard #37; UK no.1) One week outside the Top 40 at no.46 in the UK; almost twelve months after the no.1 hit
Edited version of a track that was 9:40 on the album. In retrospect, this is pretty commercial-sounding. Surprising it didn't do better.
'Bring Back those Rockabye Baby Days' - Tiny Tim (Billboard #95); 1968 follow-up to 'Tip toe thru' the tulips with me' (BB #17) song performed by Eddie Cantor in 1923 'Great Balls of Fire' peaked at #85 in 1969