One-hit wonder

Van Allen Clinton McCoy was from Washington, D.C., and was born in 1940, according to his website. He played the piano and his older brother, Norman Jr., played the violin. Singing and playing music was all part of his growing years with family and friends in D...

A Grammy winner and a minister ... O.C. Smith. From oldies.com, Ocie Lee Smith was born in Mansfield, La., in June 1932. He was raised in Los Angeles. It was in the late 1940s that he began singing in the jazz clubs as O.C. Smith. After the U...

Two sisters and a friend once formed the group but then left for college as a one-hit wonder, years later reunited -- The Murmaids. The Fischer sisters, Carroll and Terry, along with their friend Sally Gordon were The Murmaids, according to history-of-rock...

One-Hit Wonders come from near and far. Jean Caliste was born in 1943 in New Orleans. She changed her last name to Knight because it was easier to pronounce. Jean Knight did have some local success as a singer. She worked in a bakery at Loyola University...

Richard Monda, aka Daddy Dewdrop, has been in some movies with big stars and his music has been recorded by Tom Jones and The Righteous Brothers. His one hit has him in the Hall, according to his website. Richard Monda is from Cleveland, Ohio...

Just by placing an ad, a group is formed. Members changed along with the group's name. The Blenders quickly changed to The Contours, according to their website. First Joe Billingslea and Billy Gordon were part of The Majestics in the late 1950s...

He grew up in Louisiana and is one of seven kids. He found success with one hit and others have found success with his songs: Tony Joe White. Tony Joe White's family, which includes his six siblings, grew up on a cotton farm in Louisiana...

A teen group from Ohio with one name who hit it big in New York with the known ... The Music Explosion, according to classicbands.com. The Chosen Few were made up of 18- and 19-year-olds. Jamie Lyons (vocal and percussion), Burton Stuhl (bass), Rick Nesta (guitar), Don "Tudor" Atkins (lead guitar), Dave Webster (drums)...

A popular Japanese singer with a song that went through title changes -- Kyu Sakamoto, according to history.com. Kyu Sakamoto, a popular Japanese singer, hit the charts with "Ue O Muite Aruk?" -- "I Look Up When I Walk." After a British music executive heard it, he made the song into an instrumental and retitled it "Sukiyaki" because it was recognizable...

The term rapper had a different meaning in the 1960s, and it was a hit for a group, according to songfacts.com with an interview with a member of that group. The Jaggerz's vocalist and guitarist Donnie Iris wrote "The Rapper" while doing a set in a nightclub...