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One-Hit Wonders From the ’80s: Where Are They Now?

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Updated August 29, 2025 | By Jeff Mezydlo

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Death of the Band: Where Did Musical Groups Go?

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Tami Danielson

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Published: Sep. 15, 2022, 5:27 a.m.

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Billy Squier, a major 1980s rock star, largely stepped back from mainstream music after the mid-1990s but continues to perform occasionally and remains influential through his widely sampled music.

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In the '50s, before they were Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, they started as The Charlemagne's. The group is most known as being part of the Philly sound on Gamble and Huff's Philadelphia International label between 197...

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Hamilton Frederick Bohannon was born in 1942 and is known as Bohannon. Bohannon was an acclaimed percussionist, band leader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, who was a prominent figure of the disco movement in ...

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Instant Funk I Got My Mind Made Up

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Ralphi Rosario a founding member of the influential Chicago DJ group Hot Mix 5. Hot Mix 5 was formed in 1981 and brought together by WBMX (now WVAZ), Ralphi was still and high school and the youngest member of the group....

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Joseph Saddler, born January 1, 1958, is better known as Grandmaster Flash. He is considered one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, scratching, and mixing. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted int...

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Martha Elaine Wash (born December 28, 1953) is a songwriter, actress, and producer. Wash is best known for her powerful voice and for being one-half of the female duo Two Tons of Fun, backing disco singer Sylvester. The ...

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The Soulful Rock Years

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This is one artist who always puts me in a good mood and makes me act like a fool when his songs are played on the radio. Edwin Starr's claim to fame came from his Motown singles of the 1970s, and his infamous number-one...

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Atlantic Starr started almost without a band, as most of its members left before the first album was released, but all said and done, the band stabilized and began its musical career in Greenburg, New York. In 1977, the ...

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Born James Ambrose Johnson Jr. on February 1, 1948, we better know him as the slick on, Mr. Rick James. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, James began his musical career in his teen years. James eventually attended Or...

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This week's \"Where are they Now\" is one of my favorites because it reminds me of Abbot and Costello's, \"Who's on first base.\" As we proceed, you can relate the pieces of the puzzle as they fall into place.

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The Intruders were an American soul vocal group, most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. As one of the first groups to have hit songs under the direction of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, they were a major influence on the de...

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Shalamar is a Grammy-winning R&B group that emerged in the late 1970s and remained active throughout the 1980s. Shalamar's classic line-up on the SOLAR label consisted of Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, and Jeffrey Daniel. I...

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The Trammps were a soul band based in Philadelphia and among the first disco bands. The band's first major success was with their 1972 cover version of \"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart\". The first disco track they rel...

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The Time, or Morris Day and the Time, came out of Minneapolis, and guess who the creator of the all-star group was? Yes, you're right: Prince. The Times frontman is singer-songwriter Morris Day; the band members had stro...

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Born March 22, 1957, Stephanie Dorthea Mills made her mark in the entertainment business by starring as Dorothy in the original \"The Wiz.\" She took the tune \"Home\" from the show and charted number on the R&B chart. Duri...

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Where Are They Now Midnight Star

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