YouTube \/ Countdown<\/span><\/p> Dan Baird was frontman as the Georgia Satellites<\/a> soared to No. 2 with their debut single<\/a> “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” in 1987. They never got any higher than No. 45 afterward. Baird left in 1990 and hit three years later<\/a> as a solo artist with the No. 26 single “I Love You Period.”<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n No. 9. RON DANTE<\/strong> YouTube \/ PS Cesar<\/span><\/p> The Archies were a studio invention created around singer Ron Dante by writers and producers Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. When the “band” reached No. 1 with “Sugar Sugar” in the summer of 1969, Vance and Pockriss created another mock group called the Cuff Links. Dante sang the calorie-free “Tracy” into the Top 10 that October amid very, very different sounds: At the top of the charts, the Temptations<\/a>‘ tough R&B hit “I Can’t Get Next To You” was spending its second week at No. 1.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n No. 8. LIMAHL<\/strong> Daily Express \/ Hulton Archive, Getty Images<\/span><\/p> Limahl sang lead vocal on two one-hit wonders: Kajagoogoo’s debut single “Too Shy” went to No. 5 on the Billboard singles chart in the summer of 1983. In September of the following year, Limahl released “The NeverEnding Story,” a No. 17 solo hit that served as the title song for a contemporary film. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n No. 7. TONY BURROWS<\/strong> YouTube \/ Demon Music Group<\/span><\/p> Tony Burrows got off to a fast start in 1970, scoring one-off hits with the Brotherhood of Man’s No. 13 single “United We Stand” in January and then with Edison Lighthouse’s No. 5 smash “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)” in February. He wasn’t done. Burrows then sang the White Plains’ “My Baby Loves Lovin'” to No. 13 in June and the Pipkins’ novelty song “Gimme Dat Ding” to No. 9 in July. Incredibly, that’s Burrows on the First Class’ October 1974 one-hit wonder “Beach Baby,” too. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n No. 6. PHIL SEYMOUR<\/strong> YouTube \/ Awards Show Network<\/span><\/p> Phil Seymour and Dwight Tilley arrived in Los Angeles from their native Oklahoma in 1974 calling themselves Oister before a label rep suggested a name change to the Dwight Twilley Band. They reached the Top 20 together with 1975’s “I’m on Fire,” but by 1977 the increasingly overlooked Seymour was gone. He re-emerged on the charts in 1981, peaking under his own name at No. 22 with “Precious to Me.”<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n No. 5. JAY FERGUSON<\/strong> YouTube \/ TopPop<\/span><\/p> Jay Ferguson is probably best remembered for 1977’s Top 10 smash “Thunder Island<\/a>” but he also had another low-charting solo hit in 1979 with “Shakedown Cruise.” His one-hit wonders were with earlier groups. First, he helped Spirit<\/a> to their best chart finish when they reached No. 25 with “I Got a Line on You” in 1968. Ferguson then became a two-time one-hit wonder in 1972 as Jo Jo Gunne nearly matched his previous high with the No. 27 single “Run Run Run.”<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n No. 4. DWIGHT TWILLEY<\/strong> YouTube \/ Awards Show Network<\/span><\/p> Dwight Twilley should have had more momentum in the wake of his split with Phil Seymour, considering they’d hit in 1975 with “I’m on Fire” as the Dwight Tilley Band. But his lone solo hit arrived three years after Seymour’s when “Girls” reached No. 16 (with some help from Tom Petty<\/a>) in 1984. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n No. 3. JD SOUTHER<\/strong> Koh Hasebe \/ Shinko Music, Getty Images<\/span><\/p> JD Souther’s only solo hit was “You’re Only Lonely,” which got to No. 7 in 1979. By then, he’d already co-written a slew<\/a> of Eagles<\/a> songs, while also reaching No. 27 in 1974 with “Fallin’ in Love” alongside members of the Byrds<\/a> and Buffalo Springfield<\/a> in the the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band.<\/p>\n Listen to Don Felder on the ‘UCR Podcast’<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n No. 2. BRYAN FERRY<\/strong> Keystone, Getty Images<\/span><\/p> Bryan Ferry<\/a> somehow only managed one Top 40 hit \u2013 1976’s “Love is the Drug” \u2013 with Roxy Music<\/a>. He’d have to wait more than a decade to score his lone solo smash with 1988’s “Kiss and Tell.” They had remarkably similar chart runs: Ferry got to No. 30 the first time and No. 31 the second. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n No. 1. PAUL RODGERS<\/strong> Hulton Archive, Getty Images<\/span><\/p> Before he was the lead singer of Bad Company<\/a>, Paul Rodgers<\/a> fronted Free for their only high-charting song, 1970’s No. 4 smash “All Right Now.” He scored another one-hit wonder with the Firm<\/a> in 1985, while Bad Company was on hiatus, with the No. 28 single “Radioactive.” Despite superstar help from Led Zeppelin<\/a> guitarist Jimmy Page<\/a>, the Firm never got higher than No. 61<\/a> again. <\/p>\n Listen to Bad Company’s Simon Kirke on the ‘UCR Podcast’<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Counting down the worst things that ever happened in classic rock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Nick DeRiso<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n They Hated Their Own Albums<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Archies \/ The Cuff Links<\/p>\n
Kajagoogoo<\/p>\n
Edison Lighthouse \/ Brotherhood of Man<\/p>\n
Dwight Twilley Band<\/p>\n
Jo Jo Gunne \/ Spirit<\/p>\n
Dwight Twilley Band<\/p>\n
Souther-Hillman-Furay Band<\/p>\n
Roxy Music<\/p>\n
Free \/ The Firm<\/p>\nClassic Rock’s 20 Worst Mistakes<\/h2>\n