Comments on: Los Wonders http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/los-wonders/ Our Top 40 Past . . . in the Present Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: lizzle http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/los-wonders/#comment-5240 lizzle Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:25:50 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-5240 Well, if I don't manage to learn anything in any of my smarty-pants university classes today, I can say that I learned that there's actually a specific definition of "One-Hit Wonder". Yes, that should have been obvious, but sometimes you hear things and just accept them without thinking about what they might mean. :) Oops! Well, if I don’t manage to learn anything in any of my smarty-pants university classes today, I can say that I learned that there’s actually a specific definition of “One-Hit Wonder”. Yes, that should have been obvious, but sometimes you hear things and just accept them without thinking about what they might mean. :) Oops!

]]> By: Yah Shure http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/los-wonders/#comment-5239 Yah Shure Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:56:52 +0000 http://jabartlett.wordpress.com/?p=1428#comment-5239 Okay, jb, where's the camera? Here I am sitting with my old college station's copy of "Bring A Little Lovin' " laying right beside my laptop, at the top of the "labels to scan" pile, and I begin to read your post about... whoa!! This is one of my faves from '68, written by the incomparable Harry Vanda and George Young. My feet can't sit still with that irresistible bass line. I'm guessing that "Bring A Little Lovin' " prompted one of my local top-40 stations to see what else might fly from Spain, and KDWB added the ultra-left-fielder "Get On Your Knees" by Los Canarios (Calla 156) to their playlist for several weeks that fall. It was another great horn-rocker, although the English language was evidently more of a challenge to Los C. vs. Los B. While record shopping, I overheard a customer ask for "Get On Your Knees." The clerk's reply was that their distributor didn't carry the label. I've often wondered whether it might have broken out of the market, had stock been available to meet the demand. "Valerie" is a fine one, too. Okay, jb, where’s the camera? Here I am sitting with my old college station’s copy of “Bring A Little Lovin’ ” laying right beside my laptop, at the top of the “labels to scan” pile, and I begin to read your post about… whoa!!

This is one of my faves from ‘68, written by the incomparable Harry Vanda and George Young. My feet can’t sit still with that irresistible bass line.

I’m guessing that “Bring A Little Lovin’ ” prompted one of my local top-40 stations to see what else might fly from Spain, and KDWB added the ultra-left-fielder “Get On Your Knees” by Los Canarios (Calla 156) to their playlist for several weeks that fall. It was another great horn-rocker, although the English language was evidently more of a challenge to Los C. vs. Los B. While record shopping, I overheard a customer ask for “Get On Your Knees.” The clerk’s reply was that their distributor didn’t carry the label. I’ve often wondered whether it might have broken out of the market, had stock been available to meet the demand.

“Valerie” is a fine one, too.

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