One Hit History

Just like you described this really lovely, kind of girly voice. And then what she was saying was not, and I was like, Oh, I am into this. -- BettySoo on The SUNDAYS "Summertime" Think you don't know The SUNDAYS? Chances are, if you listen to adult album alternative radio, you've heard them. Texas singer-songwriter BettySoo shares her favorite one hit wonder, The SUNDAYS song “Summertime,” with its charming vocal delivery yet darkly subversive lyrics.  So that's so interesting how, you know, different songs and albums come into people's lives at different times, but the ones that stick around...it's like, why does this particular album or song or band stick with me? On a deeper note, BettySoo and Sloane Spencer get into what makes certain songs, albums, and artists irrevocably linked to someone's memories at a specific point in their life, no matter the quality or popularity of the music. Plus, they discuss the ups and downs of musicians' decisions to no longer produce music or be a public figure and how it affects the fans. Without an external kind of exoskeleton of structure, it's really hard to know how to prioritize things. Known for life hacking support for her creative friends, BettySoo has to be so organized that she designs and sells her very own planner system, the Work Play Every Day planner, perfect for planning out Sundays and beyond.  Links BettySoo.com Nobody's Girl (feat. BettySoo, Rebecca Loebe, and Grace Pettis) BettySoo on Tour in 2022  Will Sexton  Michael Fracasso  Rosie Flores  What is AAA radio? Work Play Every Day planner Music Mentions “I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight” “Ain't Living Long Like This”  “Wonderful Christmastime”  “Summertime”  One Hit History playlist of one hit wonders One Hit History playlist of guests Don't forget to subscribe to One Hit History in your favorite podcast app and leave those 5 Star reviews! AI TRANSCRIPT Sloane Spencer: [00:00:00] All Sloane Spencer with you. You found us at our new podcast called One-Hit History Today, we're talking with BettySoo, a Texas songwriter who not only has her own solo albums that you need to check out in a couple of very cool singles out recently, as well also has a trio called Nobody's Girl, you can find them at We Are Nobody's Girl Dot Com and a number of other projects and live residencies, online info, all kinds of cool stuff. Welcome. [00:00:26][26.4] BettySoo: [00:00:27] Thank you. Good to be here. [00:00:28][1.3] Sloane Spencer: [00:00:29] My pleasure. So what in history is where we talk to music folks about their favorite one hit wonders, and often it leads to some interesting little associations, so I'm looking forward to hearing which one is your favorite. [00:00:43][14.5] BettySoo: [00:00:45] Well, it wasn't a number one single, but it was a hit single in the late 90s, and it's a song called Summertime by the Sundaes. [00:00:53][7.9] Sloane Spencer: [00:00:54] Oh, so I've been working in Triple J radio for the last many years, and this is still a staple of AAA radio playlists. When I pull up the sundaes, it's going to come up this one, and here's where the story ends from. Their first record are going to be the top two in those playlists. Absolutely. One you'll recognize. Even if you say, I don't know the sundaes, I don't know that song. Oh yeah. Pull it up. You'll immediately like, Oh yeah, one that sounds like it's wonderful Christmas time in the intro. It's that song [00:01:23][28.9] BettySoo: [00:01:26] I [00:01:26][0.0] Sloane Spencer: [00:01:26] never thought about, but that's really nice. Those first few notes. Here's where the story ends off of reading. Writing Arithmetic came out in 1990, so that was kind of their intro to the U.S. market and so still a big well-known tune. But as far as like charts go and you know, my definition of a hit is, is this a popularly well-known song within any subgroup? You know,

"Whoomp! There It Is!" is talking about their particular art scene as a whole, even though it's more T&A based.  -- Keshia Bailey and Allen Thompson, co-founders of jam band LadyCouch on their favorite one hit wonder by Tag Team The conversation bounces around so much between Sloane Spencer and the co-founders of LadyCouch (Keshia Bailey and Allen Thompson) that who knows where it is while they talk about their favorite one hit wonder from 1993. But the Nashville duo finally lands on “Whoomp There It Is” by Tag Team. But don't confuse it with 95 South's “Whoot There It Is”, though the trio chats about the differences and similarities between the two.  My philosophy is ‘hit' is however you want to define it. It's whatever it means for the conversation. -- Sloane Spencer, host of One Hit History, on how loosely the podcast defines "hit" Listen to see how the strip club scene in Atlanta in the 90s was essential to the music scene, the unlikely way the band got their party song on the streets, and how many musicians' favorite one hit wonders come outside of the genre in which they perform and write.  That recent Geico commercial has taken me back to the spring of ‘93.  -- Allen Thompson (LadyCouch co-founder) Links Blackbird Records label LadyCouch (6-12 members rotating, core is Keshia Bailey and Allen Thompson) One Hit History podcast playlist of show guests One Hit History playlist of one hit wonders Bonus episodes, outtakes, and sneak peeks Music Mentions The Future Looks Fine LadyCouch “Whoomp There It Is” “Whoot, There It Is” “Who Let the Dogs Out” “Ring my Bell”  Terence Trent D'Arby (who now goes by Sananda Maitreya) “Bittersweet Symphony” “Touch of Grey”  Don't forget to give One Hit History a five star rating!  AI Transcript Sloane Spencer  Hey y'all Sloane Spencer here you found us. It's one hit history, the new podcast where we talk with music people about what's your favorite one hit wonder. We're fixing to jump in talking with our friends Keshia Bailey and Allen Thompson of the band LadyCouch. They got the new record out called future looks fun. It's on Blackbird records. You can find it in all your favorite places where music is available. We'll talk with them a little bit throughout the conversation about their own music as well and the cool stuff they have coming up. But first, let's just jump right in some y'all. What's your favorite one hit wonder. Keshia Bailey Oh my god. This is so hard. Allen Thompson So we've got a lot of favorite one hit wonders. But that recent GEICO commercial with tag team has taken me back to the spring of 1993. And made me really think about Whoop, there it is, by tag team versus Whoop, there it is by 95. Sell. The course is almost identical. Minus the spelling of the whoop and or WOOT in the title, subject matter. Kind of similar. I feel like tag jeans, the writings a little stronger. Lyrically, it's a little bit more poetic. Both of them are you know, pretty much worldwide sports Hanson's at this point. Yes, absolutely. AT Anybody that has been to a football game or owns any of the 385 editions have now That's What I Call Music, you've definitely heard SS both songs platinum at the minimum, in fact, the whoop version of it multi platinum and the WOOT version, platinum, both of them and not 100. And just absolutely successful in and of their own right. But it's been that continuation through sports and advertising that has made these songs of the millennium in many ways. AT I mean, they open the door for Who let the dogs out many other one hit wonder classics. SS We're gonna feature the song, who let the dogs out on another one hit history, because there's actually quite a bit more behind the scenes about that particular song as well. So hold those thoughts on that particular song. But yeah, but styling. AT I mean, I'm interested, I'm looking forward to that episode.

It might be the best a tambourine has ever sounded on a song…it just sparkles. “Fade Into You,” Mazzy Star's mid-90's MTV classic is the rare one hit wonder that transcends time and place. The song is such a warm blanket of sound that it was featured on countless mix tapes in the 90's, then placed prominently on every mix CD made by a sensitive guy in the early 2000's, and still lives on an immeasurable number of streaming playlists. (T)his song exists kind of out of time. It could have come out a couple years ago, or it could have come out in the 70s or the 90s. In the latest episode of One Hit History, Sloane Spencer sits down with musician M. Lockwood Porter to discuss a song that arose from the tail end of the Los Angeles music scene known as the Paisley Underground. Mazzy Star is fronted by the tantalizing wallflower Hope Sandoval and though the song was everywhere in 1994, neither Spencer nor Porter became familiar with the hit until years later. Porter shares details about his forthcoming fifth LP, which includes contributions from John Moreland. One of the things that makes this band so tantalizing is that my understanding is that Hope Sandoval is very shy and has stage fright…it just adds some mystery and depth to what you hear in the music. Be sure to subscribe to One Hit History podcast in your favorite app and leave a 5 Star rating!  Thanks to Charles Hale for this episode's show notes.  You can find his radio show at Ajax Diner Book Club and in an upcoming One Hit History podcast! The Playlists One Hit History -- The Songs One Hit History -- The Guests One Hit History -- The M Lockwood Porter Podcast Episode Music Mentioned in this Podcast M Lockwood Porter Mazzy Star Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions John Moreland The Dream Syndicate Rain Parade R.E.M. Opal Green on Red Chuck Prophet X The Jesus & Mary Chain (Note flashing images and strobes on home screen of this website.) Interesting Links Support One Hit History podcast on Patreon and hear outtakes, bonus episodes, and extras M. Lockwood Porter official website www.mlockwoodporter.com Buy M. Lockwood Porter's music on Bandcamp www.mlockwoodporter.bandcamp.com "Fade Into You" original video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKY6TZEyrI "Fade Into You" international video www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MkdplFbFdU&ab_channel=Telegenics A brief history of Mazzy Star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazzy_Star Hope Sandoval www.hopesandoval.com If you liked this episode, you may enjoy our partner podcast, Bubble Bottles, asking music people, "What's your favorite carbonated beverage?" AI Transcript Sloane Spencer  0:05  Well, hey y'all, this is Sloane Spencer, you found us at our new podcast one hit history. It's where we talk with music people about their favorite one hit wonders. Well, we're using the term hit really loosely, and we're using the term favorite pretty loosely. And we've come across some incredible songs got a wonderful guest with us today, Mr. Lockwood Porter, a number of fantastic records that you can check out at his website am Lockwood porter.com, or, of course, our favorite band camp at a fifth album on the way in 2022. Want to hear more about that? Hello. M Lockwood Porter  0:35  Hi, how are you doing? Sloane Spencer  0:36  I'm great. How are you doing? Great. What's up with this next record? M Lockwood Porter  0:40  You know, it's becoming a little bit of a cliche at this point. But it's one of those lockdown records. Like so many other musicians, I found myself with a lot of time on my hands over the last year and a half, two years or so. And yeah, so for this one, you know, I just did a lot of recording at home, which I hadn't really done very much before on my previous records. You know, it was usually three live in the studio with a band but this one, I rushed up on my engineering skills and I bought some microphones and working on songs throu...

The shows themselves have this glue of positivity, connecting all the songs, and this idea that you can do anything, and you can get through these difficult times. Some songs are so cathartic and just speak right into your heart at the right time in your life, as Rachel Cholst feels about Cowboy Mouth's classic song “Jenny Says.” Listen and learn some obscure tidbits of info about the energetic, New Orleans-based band. I know they have a reputation that it's a frat boy band, but there are a lot of people out there for whom they've done so much. And I hope that also is a part of their legacy. Cholst, a well-known freelance writer and creator of queer country music zine Rainbow Rodeo and the Adobe & Teardrops blog discusses the effect the Cowboy Mouth has had on her life, music, and social justice-focused activities with host Sloane Spencer. 90s college rock has a very specific sensibility where it's happy and sad at the same time. And when you're 12 going on 13 — yeah, that hits. Don't forget to give One Hit History a five star rating!  Links: Adobe & Teardrops  Rainbow Rodeo  Music Mentions: Man on the Run video Cowboy Mouth Dash Rip Rock Fred LeBlanc (often spelled LaBlanc) Paul Sanchez JTG AKA Griff AKA John Thomas Griffith John Mellencamp (Jack & Diane) Indigo Girls Better than Ezra Toad the Wet Sprocket Sonia Tetlow Band (AKA STB)  (not the hip hop group) Ani DiFranco Drivin N Cryin Arms Akimbo (fantastic early 1980s Atlanta band, not to be confused with the late 2010s band of the same name, the main guy's dad or uncle was my dentist --Sloane) Mr. Crowe's Garden (band before the Black Crowes, you can see why we were all pretty surprised when they morphed into this Southern rock band a couple years later...) Mary Lasseigne, often credited as LaSang (recently known for playing in the Susan Cowsill band) Drive By Truckers Enjoy this playlist featuring some of the artists we talked about in this episode. Enjoy the on-going One Hit History playlist, featuring the songs featured on the episodes. AI Transcript Sloane Spencer  0:00  Hey y'all Sloane Spencer here you found us it is one hit history. We're real easy to find online one hit history.com or support us at patreon.com/oneHithistory. I'm talking with somebody today who is a music person that if you don't already know you should, behind some incredibly important and fascinating outlets, Adobe and Teardrops and Rainbow Rodeo the zine you definitely need to know. Rachel Cholst. Hello. Rachel Cholst  0:26  Hi. Thank you so much for having me and for that really generous introduction. Sloane Spencer  0:32  Well, absolutely. So real quick before we jump into the big question and the fun part of this, creatively, what have you been working on lately? Rachel Cholst  0:40  That is a rueful laugh. Because I've mostly been writing essays since I'm working towards my MSW. And after about five years of doing freelance journalism on tight deadlines, while working a full time job writing like a five page paper double spaced is like really nothing to me. No, but time and energy. Sloane Spencer  0:59  Definitely, definitely. So give people the quick rundown on what Adobe and Teardrops is. Rachel Cholst  1:04  Sure. So I began Adobe and Teardrops in part inspired by the band we're going to be talking about cowboy mouth around is a lyric from one of their songs Man on the Run. Yeah, that was always meant to be a space to focus on artists who were flying below the mainstream sonically, of course, I think it's sort of getting more of a resurgence. But in the early 2010s, there was a lot of crossover between punk and country that I've found really excited. But then also artists who are generally marginalized by the music industry. So women, LGBTQ people, BiPOC people then to really shine a light on those artists within the Americana world. Sloane Spencer  1:45  Definitely.

Holly G has been quite busy during the pandemic times — she created the Black Opry in April 2020, while the rest of us were still wiping down our groceries. With a goal of inviting everyone sitting outside the traditional Nashville music table, the Black Opry has taken off, from New York to an upcoming Nashville show in December.  Holly G discusses her favorite one hit wonder with Sloane Spencer, and shares an unlikely history of how Linda Martell came to record her one hit wonder, “Color Me Father.” Plus, they discuss the politics of country music in a musical scene where some got unfairly pushed aside over the years, and how the Black Opry hopes to diversify Nashville in short order.  List of links The Black Opry Black Opry on Twitter   Linda Martell Rolling Stone feature on Linda Martell Linda Martell's CMT award coverage in the Tennessean Plantation Records Shelby Singleton “Color Him Father” by Linda Martell   Documentary by her granddaughter Marquita Thompson   Grand Ole Opry   Hee Haw  Linda Martell on Hee Haw  Original “Color Him Father” by the Winstons   The Amen Break by the Winstons, most sampled drum break in music   The vocal version of “Amen” (similar to what Sloane Spencer grew up singing in church in Atlanta) “Amen Brother” by the Winstons Carolina Beach Music   Richard Lewis Spencer   Curtis Mayfield   Otis Redding   Frankie Staton  Black Opry Revue in NYC   Black Country Music Association article in Rolling Stone  Black Country Music Association's old Blogspot site Exit/In Black Opry Revue show What is a songwriters' round?   Jewly Hight's NPR piece on AmericanaFest Black Opry House  AmericanaFest music conference and festival  Cam  Maren Morris  Leslie Fram at CMT   Darius Rucker   Jimmie Allen   UMG Nashville Cindy Mabe — the record label exec's letter regarding Mickey Guyton, 2021 (full text at the bottom of the article) Music mentions Rissi Palmer's  Color Me Country Lizzie No (who is a guest on our other podcast, Bubble Bottles)  Mickey Guyton  Miko Marks   Brittney Spencer   Reyna Roberts  Extras Listen to One Hit Wonders on Spotify! Check out our Patreon bonus episode featuring Charley Crockett's cover of Billy Swan's “I Can Help”   Don't forget to give One Hit History a five star rating!  Transcript [00:00:00] Sloane: Hey, y'all, this is Sloane Spencer, and you found us at One Hit History. You might know me as the founder of the pioneering long form Americana podcast called Country Fried Rock, which these days is really just sort of my online Twitter persona. One Hit History asks music people, “What's your favorite one hit wonder?” [00:00:19] This has been my favorite backstage conversation for nearly 25 years. It always brings up incredible deep conversation and connections with music. It's a nice short story because the person that we're chatting with today, I found via Twitter, which has the great retweet feature and amplifies incredibly important content -- sometimes. [00:00:41] And I got lucky with this one. We're chatting with Holly G of Black Opry. Gonna have Holly tell you more about what they have going on these days. And if you're not already following them, stop by BlackOpry.com. [00:00:53] Tell me what you're up to these days.  [00:00:56] Holly G: Yeah, I just started Black Opry actually in April of this [00:01:00] year. Is it still 2020? Yeah. And everything kind of like spiraled out of control in the best way. I had all these plans, like two or three years down the road, and everything that I had planned for so far away has begun to happen. We just did AmericanaFest back in September and we rented a house and we invited everybody that was a Black person in country, music, BiPOC, queer people, anybody that was sitting on the outside of the Nashville table. [00:01:25] We invited everybody over and everybody jammed out,

What's your favorite one hit wonder?" We ask music people that very question in each episode of One Hit History podcast. From Rock & Roll Hall of Fame archived photographers pondering 1980s dance tunes to musical social movement creators reviving a lost country legend, One Hit History dives in to how those songs made us feel and why they stick with us now.  We're like if Pop Up Video and Cocaine and Rhinestones fused, and did less research than your average Wikipedia contributor.  Our secret goal:  help you find music you love and have fun. New episodes launching late January 2022. Sneak peeks, outtakes, and bonus episodes available now on Patreon.com/OneHitHistory. Our ever-expanding One Hit History playlist DISCLAIMER:  These comedy episodes are for fun and are based solely on personal opinions of the host and/or guest, and do not claim to be fully factual or anything other than a good time. OHH Trailer Transcript Hey, welcome to One Hit History where we talk with music, people about their favorite one hit wonders. I'm Sloane Spencer. You might know me as the host of Country Fried Rock or from the variety of radio stations I have worked for over the last many decades. Thanks so much for coming to see what we're doing here. I have a secretly subversive life goal of turning you on to your new favorite band. So we'll be doing that with these conversations in the upcoming, One Hit History podcast. You can find us on Patreon at patreon.com/onehithistory or our brand spanking new website, OneHitHistory.com. We have another new podcast coming your way as well. So if you want to find out my vibe, check out the hundreds of past episodes of Country Fried Rock, or our other new podcast called Bubble Bottles, mainly because I like saying "Bubble Bottles." It's where I talk with music people about their favorite carbonated beverages. I have a secret love for weird hyper-local carbonated beverages, particularly ginger ale and root beer myself. And again, these conversations will be coming your way with the ultimate goal of turning you on to your new favorite band. You'll be able to find that one on Patreon, as well. It's Bubble Bottles, patreon.com/bubblebottles or BubbleBottles.com. I've also been told that my voice is a great one for turning the volume down and going to sleep. So, you're welcome. Hit that subscribe button on your favorite player, and we'll be right back with you real soon. Y'all come back now, you hear?