PurpleCharm said:

That's the 2nd Shannon reference and I've never heard that cut.

MuthaFunka said:

You must be a young'in. "Give Me Tonight" was all over the radio in 1984.

The 80s/90s was among the golden ages of R&B one-hit wonders
Hold on, I'm about to bring it back:

"Don't Disturb This Groove," -The System
"Party 2NITE," LaDae! (Who were produced by Al B. Sure!
"He's Mine" MoKenStef
"Tootsie Roll" 69 Boyz (Although I must say that this song will always have a special place in my heart)
"Written All Over Your Face" Rude Boyz
"Knockin the Boots" H-Town
"If I Ever Fall in Love Again" Shai
"Shy Guy" (from the Bad Boys soundtrack) -Diana King
"Make it Hot" -Nicole Ray
"All Cried Out -Allure (referring to this group only) and 112 (obviously went on to be stars)
"This Little Game We Play" -Subway (referring to this group only) and 702 (same as 112 to a lesser degree)

And the list goes on and on...

I forgot to add a couple of heavy hitters:

"Been around the World" -Lisa Stansfield
"Don't Want to Fall in Love" -Jane Childs
"Whoomp! There it is!" (In all of its glorious multi-language versions) -Tag Team
"Get Here" -Oleta Adams

MuthaFunka said:

You must be a young'in. "Give Me Tonight" was all over the radio in 1984.

sextonseven said:

- The System had an earlier hit called "You Are In My System"

sextonseven said:

Nah, far from a youngin. I just never heard the cut. It must have not been played much in L.A.

Cinnie said:

Yeah from the looks it looks of that picture it looks like it was a bigger hit in the East coast than on the west side.

Lovesexy82 said:

- The System had an earlier hit called "You Are In My System"

- H-Town had hits with "Emotions" (11), "A Thin Line Between Love And Hate" (6), "Part Time Lover" (9), and "They Like it Slow" (12)

- Shai had 2 more hits with "Comforter" and "Baby I'm Yours" both reached #10

Lovesexy82 said:

Lisa Stansfield had more than that hit in R&B:
- "You Can't Deny It" (1990) U.S. #14, U.S. R&B #1
- "All Woman" (1991) U.S. R&B #1

"Don't Disturb This Groove," -The System

"Been around the World" -Lisa Stansfield

Christopher said:

I can't believe you mentioned "S.H.I.T."!

Yeah from the looks it looks of that picture it looks like it was a bigger hit in the East coast than on the west side.

Lovesexy82 said:

Lisa Stansfield had more than that hit in R&B:
- "You Can't Deny It" (1990) U.S. #14, U.S. R&B #1
- "All Woman" (1991) U.S. R&B #1

Man, I like how I got corrected at lest seven times afterI put a post on the thread stating that I was wrong and thanks for the correction.

Yeah, but was (The System's "This Is For You") a hit? A lot of the other artists I mentioned had other songs out, but I don't think that charted R&B Top 20 or higher.

MuthaFunka said:

Exactly. In addition to that cut, they had success with Don't Disturb This Groov, and This is for You released back to back.
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MuthaFunka said:

Understandable. That song got more airplay on the Eastcoast on the radio and in the clubs.

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Noted and added to metal library. Thanks for the corrections!

MuthaFunka said:

Damn, how could I forget about this song? I think I'm getting a little rusty.

MuthaFunka said:

Shannon's follow-up songs to "Let the Music Play" -- "Give Me Tonight," "My Heart's Divided" and "Do You Wanna Get Away" -- all sounded like their predecessor, to the point some people confused them. All four of them also were big hits in the club scene, with only "My Heart's Divided (No. 3)" not going to the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts.
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MuthaFunka said:

I think she had another pop top forty with "All Woman".

Here's my list of one-hit wonders:
"What Is Love" - Haddaway
"Too Shy" - Kajagoogoo (I think that was their name)
"One Night in Bangkok" - Murray Head
"Bust a Move" - Young MC (I don't remember if he had any hits on the rap chart that were close to a hit than this one)
"Informer" (this song blows chunks) - Snow

These are the ones that popped into my head. And yeah, anybody who has one pop hit but more hits on the R&B chart I won't consider a one-hit wonder. Same with country artists who just had one pop hit (Billy Ray Cyrus anybody?) or rap (Biz Markie has had a lot of rap classics but the pop world only knows him by "Vapors").

"Party 2NITE," LaDae! (Who were produced by Al B. Sure!

"Written All Over Your Face" Rude Boyz

"Make it Hot" -Nicole Ray

"All Cried Out -Allure (referring to this group only) and 112 (obviously went on to be stars)

"This Little Game We Play" -Subway (referring to this group only) and 702 (same as 112 to a lesser degree)

"Party 2NITE," LaDae! (Who were produced by Al B. Sure!