One-Hit Wonders
One-Hit Wonders is a television series airing on VH1 featuring unsuccessful pop stars and those who were unable to get a big break into popular music. The series began airing on July 29, 2002.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Hour 5
10-05-200230mOne hit wonders #20-1.
- Ep 2
2.Hour 4
09-05-200230mOne hit wonders #40-21.
- Ep 3
3.Hour 2
07-05-200230mOne hit wonders #80-61.
- Ep 4
4.Hour 3
08-05-200230mOne hit wonders #60-41.
- Ep 5
5.Hour 1
06-05-200230mThe first hour of this special deals with one hit wonders from #100-81.
- Ep 6
6.Disco Divas
29-07-200230mThe disco era gave us more than its fair share of one-time stars who sang the songs that got people on the dance floor, kept them there all night, and took them back home again wit...
- Ep 7
7.New Wave
05-08-200230mThis episode of One Hit Wonders explores songs from the genre that brought us more bleeps and bloops than a game of Pac-Man. Fire up your synthesizer, wrap on a skinny tie, and do...
- Ep 8
8.Metal Mania
12-08-200230mMaybe it's the tight, spandex trousers, or the big hair, but this is just about everybody's favorite genre. One Hit Wonders examines those flash-in-the-pan heavy metal acts that ho...
- Ep 9
9.Star Tracks
19-08-200230mWhat is it that tempts the thespian from the dramatic stage to the recording studio? A need to break character, to show another side? Or is it something as simple as wanting to roc...
- Ep 10
10.Hip Hop Nation
09-09-200230mRap was an underground phenomenon until 1980 when Sugar Hill Gang's ""Rapper's Delight"" became a top forty hit. By the end of the decade, hip hop artists like The Beastie Boys and...
- Ep 11
11.TV Tunes
16-09-200230mMost memorable television shows had memorable theme songs and some of those songs became hits in their own right. In the case of The Heights' ""How Do You Talk To Angels?"" the son...
- Ep 12
12.Two Timers
07-10-200230mShooting stars: they burn too bright, too fast and quickly burnout. But on occasion, they're superior to one-hit wonders. They score two hits. This episode of One Hit Wonders exami...
- Ep 13
13.Goofy Greats
07-10-200230mRubik's Cubes. Mood Rings. Pet Rocks. CB Radios. Pac-Man. Fads, trends, and fashions come and go in the blink of the eye, but not before they've been honored with a novelty song. T...
- Ep 14
14.Rock Bottoms
14-10-200230mThis episode spotlights artists who scored a single hit with a booty-shaking anthem.
- Ep 15
15.Jock Jams
21-10-200230mSongs known to some as ""sports anthems"" are spotlighted in this episode.
- Ep 16
16.Dirty Dancing
28-10-200230mThis episode spotlights songs from one-hit wonders that got bodies moving on the dance floor.
- Ep 17
17.VH1's One Hit Wonders Presents: Star Tracks
18-01-200330mA look at actors and actresses who tried to make it big in the music world.
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