Stacker dug into the rich history of one-hit wonders (bands that had only one song reach the top of the charts in the U.S.) of the 1980s.

On July 12, 1979, disco's decadelong reign over American music culture went up in smoke—literally. Crowds had swarmed the White Sox stadium in Chicago that summer evening but not just for the old ball ...

The 'Goddess of Go-Go' Toni Basil still looks amazing as she attends 10th Anniversary Glorya Kaufman School of Dance Gala. Basil is most known for her smash hit Mickey. Supreme Court hands Steve ...

While some one-hit wonders earn their brief chart-topping success early in their careers, there are plenty more who landed their one and only Top 10 hit years—even decades—into their professional life ...

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One-hit wonders were all over the place back in the 1980s. And there is no shortage of songs that anyone who was a kid in that decade would remember. They were catchy, fun, and could be found across ...

Big hair, neon colors, and bigger iconic hits defined the 1980s. While megastars like Michael Jackson and Madonna topped the charts, the decade also gifted us with one-hit wonders. These artists ...

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While one-hit wonders were hardly a new phenomenon by the 1980s, a few factors of the swiftly changing music landscape of that decade made them more prevalent than before. With the birth of MTV came a ...