Here are the top ten charting US one-hit wonders from 1981. How many do you recognize? If you recognize them, check them off. You can post your favorites in your replies.

Just the Two of Us
Greatest American Hero


Those are the only ones on that list I recognise! Grover Washington Jnr was certainly a great musician.

I recognized most of those songs listed, in particular the songs by Grover Washington, Terri Gibbs, Joey Scarbourough and Roseanne Cash.

I knew quite a bit of them except for Lee Ritenour and Balance. Terri Gibbs and Roseanne Cash were my favorites though! :thumb:

I recognize "Just the Two of Us", "Greatest American Hero" theme, "Somebody's Knockin'" and "Breaking Away". A few of the other songs I recognize the name, but couldn't tell you how the song goes so I didn't check them.

I only recognize Yarbrough and People, Grover Washington and Joey Scarbourough by the titles of the song. I probably would remember more if I heard the song.

Grover Washington Jr - Just The Two Of Us 6 26.09%
&
Dottie West - What Are We Doin' In Love

And Dottie was not a 1 hit wonder... she has lots of greatest hits (http://www.cdnow.com/from=sr-181894/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1808362464/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/discography.html/ArtistID=WEST*DOTTIE).

I checked all but three.

Ooh, ooh, I knew them all :D My favorite is "Together" by Tierra. I am doing a one hit wonders special on Wednesday.

The only ones I remember is Just The Two Of Us and Greatest American Hero and Greatest American Hero I like better.I like the version that Will Smith made better of Just the two of us than the orginal.

As for Steve's reply, Dottie West was a one hit-wonder on the pop charts, she never scored another top 40 pop hit in the US, even though she was big on the country charts teaming with Kenny Rogers.

I remember all of them except Lee Ritenour & Tierra.

Originally posted by djdaffy1227
Ooh, ooh, I knew them all :D My favorite is "Together" by Tierra. I am doing a one hit wonders special on Wednesday.

Isn't that a great song? My favorite, though, is Balance.

Originally posted by Recker
Just the Two of Us
Greatest American Hero


Those are the only ones on that list I recognise! Grover Washington Jnr was certainly a great musician.


i think oz and nz audiences were fed the same songs :lol:

those are the only ones i recognise as well
getting repetitve isnt it isnt it isnt it?

Just like Recker, these were the only two songs on the list I recognized. "Just the Two of Us" would have to be my favorite of the two I recognized.

I only know 3 of those, unless of course I can hear them!!!
Greatest American Hero!!! :D
Terri Gibbs I only heard again recently.....

Just the two of us is a song that was used for a German coffee TV commercial so i heard it quiet often. :) But my favourite of that list is Greatest American Hero, such a nice song!!

Just the Two of Us, Great American Hero and Together is all I recognize off hand....probably recognize more if I heard clips, but the title's aren't ringing any bells :p

I remembered the first 3 and then #5. Didn't do so well on this one!!!


Post more..post more!!! I love this!!

I only recognize "Just The Two Of Us".

I only recongized "Just the two of us". :p

I remember the first 3 and the last one. By the by, speaking of The Greatest American Hero, rumor is that they (they being the mystery men and women of Hollywood) are planning on making a movie based on the t.v. show. I suppose I will just have to check it out if they do!

I knew all but Tierra and Lee Ritenour. :confused:

I recognized 1, 2, and 4. Some of the others ring a bell, but I can't place a tune to the title or artist.

Greatest American hero was my favorite on that list. I recognized all but 3.
Didn't John Schneider have atleast 2 hits? Although on country charts I'm sure.

Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' is my favorite. Only know 1/2 of them, are most country artists? That would account for my not knowing them :confused:

I only knew two of them.

Just The Two Of Us and Don't Stop The Music.

Originally posted by ImSoooSure
Greatest American hero was my favorite on that list. I recognized all but 3.
Didn't John Schneider have atleast 2 hits? Although on country charts I'm sure.

He had three others make the hot 100, but no others made the top 40:

Dreamin'
Still
In The Drivers Seat

Yikes. I did better with the list from 1980. Again, I would swear some of these songs were older, especially the Lee Ritenour song (I still remember hunting down Ritenour albums with my dad).

So besides "Is It You" I also recognized "Just the Two of Us," "Greatest American Hero," "Somebody's Knockin'" (I should remember that one, I still have the 45), "It's Now or Never," and "Breaking Away."

Just the 2 of us ............Did Bill Withers sing this at any stage???

GReatest American Hero....loved the song; hated the programme!

Just the two of us was Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers. Bill actually sang the vocals on it.

I only knew three of the ten. You really did some digging there Greenway.

I recognize the title and artist of all that were listed. However, I only remember the tune for 4 of them and I only have 2 favorites here.

Favorites here are:

Just The Two of Us -- Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers
Theme from Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) -- Joey Scarbury

I remember all of those songs

It's funny, for the longest time, i used to think Terri Gibbs was a man. I never could tell :lol:

I can only remember one of them. :(

Joey Scarbury - Theme From 'Greatest American Hero'

There were a few I didnt recognize on this list.

I remember at least three of them: Just The Two Of Us, Believe It Or Not and Don't Stop The Music.

Don't Stop The music..that was my vote..I don't remember too much off this list.

I remembered a few, Greatest American Hero (used to love that silly show when I was a kid), Just the two of us (and I even liked the other version of it done by Will Smith), Somebody's watching (I used to have the 45 of this one, way back when), and Dottie West (http://bgagner.juliegates.net/dottie.html) (Boy did *she* have a hard life, poor lady), I remember John Schneider doing stuff, but just don't remember the song now. My dad used to have a "Dukes of Hazard soundtrack for his 8-track player in the car and we'd have to listen to it wherever the family went. :laugh:

I remember Just the Two of Us b/c that's one of my fave songs and the theme from The Greatest American Hero b/c I watched that song as a kid!

WOW! I didn't do to well on this one and I listened to the radio alot in 1981, so maybe if I heard the others I would recall them. I remember Grover, Joey Scarbury, John Schneider, Yarbrough & Peoples and Balance. I don't usually like ballads, but Just The Two Of Us was pretty good. The rest I recall as being so-so.

Only 2 of this lot. Just the Two of Us and Don't Stop the Music, both great tunes.