The One and Only: a Celebration of One-hit Wonders from Chesney Hawkes to The "Chicken Song"

by Tom Bromley

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Some people are born great. Some people achieve greatness. And some people go in with a bullet at number three, enjoy a token appearance on Top of the Pops and then never trouble the forty' again. The One and Only is a celebration of such one hit wonders: the brilliant and the bizarre, the sublime and the ridiculous, the good, the bad and the Chesney Hawkes. It is an affectionate trawl through the forgotten corners of our pop music past, a book to make you laugh, groan, and dust down your seven inch singles. It is also a book about the stories behind the stars, their heady journey from obscurity to fame to obscurity again. Packed with information, interviews with the one hit heroes and snippets of lyrics from those songs everyone loves to hate, The One and Only is the perfect book about this very special element of pop culture.
  • ISBN10 0140515453
  • ISBN13 9780140515459
  • Publish Date 28 October 2004
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 17 July 2007
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Language English