I stumbled across a silly fact I wasn’t aware of today, but probably should have been. Oscar Wilde only wrote one book: The Picture of Dorian Gray. So off I went in search of similar ‘one offs’ and of course ended up completely lost in lists of authors and musicians. The so called ‘One Hit Wonders’.After Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell came Harper Lee with To Kill a Mockingbird followed by Emily Brontë and Wuthering Heights. Nice start. Then I recalled Philip Roth and his notorious Portnoy’s Complaint.
Then I wondered about another famous book. The Bible. Another one off unknown author?
So of course music was next. My favourite one here is Kyu Sakamoto and the song
Sukiyaki. One of the rare Japanese world wide hits. Then the list of unforgettables; Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come on Eileen, Shocking Blue – Venus, Barry Mann – Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp), Billy Bland – Let the Little Girl Dance and of course Sheb Wooley and his famous Purple People Eater.
This is way too much fun, so I’d better stop here. But I’m sure you’ve got your own favourites.
"Shuddupa your face" Derek. Not an insult, a one off from Aus, remember it mate? :)
Do I remember Jack? Joe Dolce. What a one off! Great song worldwide and then ….. poooof! lol
That reminds me. Who was the bloke who always had a bit if dunny paper stuck to his face – Aussie comic. Not quite Aus's version of Fred Dagg, but damned close? :)
Oscar Wilde wrote TONS of plays, though. :)
The Bible is actually a collection of books, mostly by one-off authors. :D Luke had a couple to his name, though, and the Apostle Paul was fairly prolific. :D
Moses may have had 5, though personally I've never really been convinced by the idea that he wrote the first 5 books of the Bible. But I'd better not get into the stuff from my theology degree work or I'll bore everyone silly! :D
Or did you mean God as a one-off author? :D
Oh Jack! What a memory. He was called Norman Gunston aka Garry McDonald! Brilliant he was.
Of course Ruth! I forgot about the Bible. Quite a few one off wonders there! lol But not sure God wrote a book :)
Wilde had his book of ‘Poems’ published before ‘Dorian Gray’ I think. I think! :)
Wow, I never knew the author had only written one book, it happens to be one of my all time favourite story… Thanks for sharing yet another great subject.. Xx