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Not the Top 10 One-Hit Wonder Bands from Toronto

Not the Top 10 One-Hit Wonder Bands from Toronto

Perusing Twitter, I caught this tweet from my buddy Marc.

The top 10 one-hit wonder bands from Toronto blogto.com/music/2013/03/… via @blogtoat least 7 of these aren't one-hit wonders, maybe 8 or 9?— marc weisblott (@scroll) March 5, 2013

I had to click over to the blogto.com article to see for myself.  Here's their list of the top 10 one-hit wonder bands from Toronto.

  1. Len - "Steal My Sunshine"
  2. Snow - "Informer"
  3. Alannah Myles - "Black Velvet"
  4. jackSOUL - "Can't Stop"
  5. Choclair - "Let's Ride"
  6. Love Inc. - "You're A Superstar"
  7. Toronto - "Your Daddy Don't Know"
  8. The Pursuit of Happiness - "I'm An Adult Now"
  9. Platinum Blonde - "Crying Over You"
  10. Boys Brigade - "Melody"

Right off the bat, having listened to radio in this city for over 30 years, I can tell you this is an awful list.  Many of these artists are not one-hit wonders by any definition, and as we've discussed, the standards for one-hit wonders keep dropping.

Just off the top of my head, from my 680 CFTR days and Q107 Top Ten At Ten days, I can tell you Platinum Blonde had several big hits in Canada, The Pursuit of Happiness had a handful and Allannah Myles was all over the radio with "Love Is" before she even released her biggest hit "Black Velvet".

As I scratch my temple, I remember Snow making a comeback with the hit single "Everybody Wants to Be Like You".  That means, just off the top of my head, I can confirm four of this top ten list had multiple hits in Canada.

What say you?

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