Sometimes an artist creates one incredible song, heard around the world, before fading into obscurity.

Stacker dug through the annals of rock music history and highlighted 20 one-hit wonders who only had one single that reached gold or platinum status.

The 1990s were a wild frontier for the music industry, a decade where quirky bands could come out of nowhere, release a single that dominated MTV and the radio for six months, and then seemingly ...

We're all familiar with the one-hit wonder—that artist who storms onto the music scene with a smash hit, only to disappear as soon as they arrive. Some one-hit wonders continue making music for years, ...

For the artists behind catchy one-hit wonders of the 1960s, brimming with danceable beats, merry melodies, and memorable lyrics, perhaps it was simply a matter of being in the right place at the right ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA The 1980s gave us some of the world's favorite songs of all time, including many from bands and solo artists ...

The 1970s gave the world tons of great music, but not all the artists had staying power. Here are some '70s musicians who ...

Audiences won't be patient with new artists. These are three one-hit wonders from the 1970s with super-amazing opening lines.

One old poem plus an unforgettable guitar riff laid the foundation for this Yacht Rock classic ...

These late 60s one-hit wonders made talking about psychiatry popular back when mental health was still largely taboo.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1973, Brother Louie by Stories climbed to No. 1 and then, seemingly, disappeared along with the band behind it. But the song ...