Results: One-Hit Wonders In Reverse Alphabetical Order, Part 2

T: The Teddy Bears- Before Phil Spector constructed his "wall of sound" production style heard on so many 1960's-'70's hits, he was part of this co-ed vocal trio who made #1 in 1958 with the tender "To Know Him Is To Love Him" (written by Spector, its title inspired by his dad's tombstone epitaph)...and couldn't catch a break thereafter. To me, "Know" bridges '50's doo wop and '60's girl group music, the latter thanks to Carol Connors' sweet lead vocal. Do you think knowing you should equate to loving you?

S: Status Quo- Though they only had one U.S. hit., 1968 top 20 "Pictures Of Matchstick Men," this English band assembled a far more extensive c.v. in their homeland, amassing 57 top 40 singles and 48 charting albums. They'd move away from "Men's" tripiness to bluesier boogie rocking, probably becoming U.K. exemplars of what here would be kinda' derided as dad rock. Do you know of anyone who has had a little success in North. America but is more appreciated in their homeland?

R: Vickie Sue Robinson-However one turns a beat around, she demanded it be done in her lone top ten single in 1976, "Turn The Beat Around." From then on, Robinson's voice was regularly present in discos and the chart chronicling what's played in them, through the '70's and occasionally thereafter until her passing in 2000. But other lead singing appearances in the pop 40 eluded her. Have you ever had a beat turned around for you?

Q: Queen Latifah-Though now better known for acting, she born Dana Owens first came to international prominence rapping.. In 1993,. she reached the upper 20's with "U.N.I.T.Y.," a musically mournful, lyrically brusque retort to the misogyny endemic in the era's gangsta hip-hop. Queen Latifah has also recorded singing and hosted a TV talk show. Assuming you have some familiarity with all those aspects of her career, how do you like her best?

P: Prelude-Being part of a trio singing an oddly dour Neil Young song acapella wouldn't be among my top ways to go at making a pop hit. English folkies Prelude may not have had in mind making the upper 20's of the U.S, top 40 when they recorded Young's "After The Gold Rush," but their rendition did just that in 1974. The group would resume their folkiness, more often with other instruments, outside the pop spotlight until at least 1993. Do you know anyone who has experienced a fluke peak of success amid an otherwise steady career?