One Hit Wonder Wednesday...

General Public: Former members of The Beat Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger (love the name) formed General Public in 1983 along with several other fairly big names, including: Mickey Billingham and Stoker from Dexys Midnight Runners, Mick Jones from The Clash and Horace Panter from The Specials. Their only major hit was "tenderness", though I was always a bigger fan of their first UK single, "General Public".



Extra Link: See video for General Public!

Alphaville: We're flashing back to the eighties again for this one! This trio from Germany was best known for the 80's sorta hit "Forever Young", though Laura Branigan's version had more lasting U.S. success. Big In Japan was actually their biggest hit, but it didn't cross the pond from Europe and thus didn't get much radio play in the States.



Trivia Extra! Forever young has made its way into big & little screen prom scenes, including Napoleon Dynamite in 2004.

Haircut 100: OK...it's turned into an all 80's extravaganza around here. So, let's finish it off with this lovely from the very early 80's. 1981 to be exact. This was a band that probably would have continued to churn out top 80's new wave and pop hits. But Nick Heyward, the lead singer, was basically the band. Once he left, it was all over. And he left in 1983 before Haircut 100 could put out a follow-up album. So you'll just have to reminisce here, by checking out their one hit, "Love Plus One".



Extra Video: Nick Heyward's 1990's release, "Kite".