One hit wonders

[Bright Moments]

who are the one hit wonders of jazz?

[Van Basten II]

What constitutes a hit in the jazz world ?

If you go by the same definition than in pop music, it's more of a wonder that they would have a hit than be a one hit wonder.

[Dan Gould]

Clearly Lee Morgan was a one-hit wonder.

[Dave James]

Take Five - Dave Brubeck.

More - Kai Winding (not a jazz tune, but a jazz musician).

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado.

Agree with Van Basten II. Outside of the big band era, if any jazz guy had a hit, you can bet the farm it only happened once.

[medjuck]

Has any jazz musician had more than one hit? Was Kai Winding's "More" the hit version?

[GA Russell]

Has any jazz musician had more than one hit?

Stan Getz - Desafinado and The Girl from Ipanema.

Ramsey Lewis - The In Crowd, A Hard Day's Night and Wade in the Water.

Young-Holt Trio/Unlimited - Wack, Wack and Soulful Strut.

I won't count Al Hirt's 1964 hits. I shouldn't count Soulful Strut!

Cannonball Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy and Why (Am I Treated so Bad?)

[CJ Shearn]

Wouldn't "Red Clay" and "Sugar" classify Freddie and Stanley as 1 hit wonders? What about Trane with MFT? Pat Metheny is a 1 hit wonder by his own admission as "This is Not America" with David Bowie added to the PMG was a Top 40 hit in 1985 I think.

[JSngry]

Has any jazz musician had more than one hit?

Eddie Harris & Herbie Hancock did.

[Dave James]

Have we defined what constitutes a "hit" record?

[JSngry]

Back in the day you could have legit jukebox hits as well as radio hits.

[Guest Bill Barton]

Have we defined what constitutes a "hit" record?

"Compared to What?"

Sorry, couldn't resist...

[Steve Gray]

Jim Pepper - Witchi Tai To

or however you spell it.

[A Lark Ascending]

Acker Bilk - 'Stranger on the Shore'

[Bright Moments]

how about nat adderley - work song?

[A Lark Ascending]

Humphrey Lyttleton - 'Bad Penny Blues'

Which returned in altered form 12 years later to be a hit again for a bunch of cheeky chappies from Liverpool.

'Street Life' The Crusaders w. Randy Crawford.

Got to no 5. in the UK as a single, it says on Wiki.

Edited November 1, 2010 by A Lark Ascending

[GA Russell]

Dave Brubeck's Take Five b/w Blue Rondo a la Turk was a two-sided hit 45, so I don't know if that would qualify as a one hit wonder.

[Free For All]

Grover Washington "Winelight" & "Just the Two of Us"

[JSngry]

Grover Washington "Winelight" & "Just the Two of Us"

And "Mister Magic"!

[jeffcrom]

Evan Parker never had another hit after "Aerobatics 3."