ITT: Artists who were really big for a while then the hits totally dried up despite their continuing to crank out material

>>126732013 (OP)
The Hollies

it's funny how fast Donovan fell off once the 60s ended because the guy was all of 24 in 1969. i mean that's like how old McCartney was when Velvet Revolver came out.

>>126732013 (OP)
that's literally 95% of all popular artists.

>>126732073
i think the qualifier was the artist continued releasing material instead of just quitting once the hits disappeared

In the UK it's widely accepted that a "hit" is the Top 40, anything #41 and beyond isn't a hit. This has long been the charts reflected on radio programmes, music television, etc.

>>126732102
Okay but the challenge is never hitting the top 100 again. Having a huge hit and then dropping out of Top 40 is too easy.

Plenty of bands have a huge hit and then a middling hit after that. But we're looking for the biggest drop-off from hit to nothing. So I guess if a band hit #1 and then hit only one more time at like #80 and then never made then top 100 again then that is a significant enough drop. But having a steady decline is not what we're going for here.

Easy mode. Their US airplay instantly ended forever in 1980 and they were essentially banned from US radio.

>>126732013 (OP)
Donovan had 12 US top 40 hits on Billboard from 1965 to 69, and a few more charting hits from 70 to 73, and then from mid-73 to 2024 he has never had another US top 100 single.

technically the last single Bob Dylan had that charted was in 1983 but he's never been a hits/singles artist anyway

Shaun Cassidy.

>three top 10 hits in 1977 then two minor '78 hits and that was it

>>126732013 (OP)
Paul McCartney as a solo artist hasn't had a Top 20 hit since 1985.

Hall & Oates really tumbled into the abyss after Big Bam Boom.

a lot of big '50s names ended with the decade or if they survived into the early '60s got killed by the Beatles. think like Bill Haley and the Comets, Teresa Brewer, numerous vocal groups, actually a lot of them were toast by '57 anyway once rock and roll took over the charts.

>>126732013 (OP)
Paul Revere and the Raiders had their only #1 with "Indian Reservation" and then that was it, they were done.

Christopher Cross, seven Top 20 songs (in the U.S.) between 1980 and 83. Then next to nothing after that.

>>126732068
in the UK it was even worse, he had no charting hits after 69

how fast did Taylor Dayne go from hot to zero?

>>126732549
She lost it for a good reason. Had to be a know-it-all and demand greater control of her own career. Clive Davis told aight, knock yourself out. She did and the results were not pretty.

>>126732352
Macca still had minor hits make the Billboard as late as 2007.

>>126732605
>>126732352
my cousin worked at a rock radio station in the 80s. at that point the latest Clapton/McCartney/Elton John single would drop, get played to death for about 4 weeks, and then disappear and was never heard from again. this was most apparent with Elton's songs. once the MOR/adult contemporary stations got ahold of them nobody else wanted to play the things anymore, they became radioactive.

his theory was that because their 60s-70s songs were being played on classic rock radio and stations doing current releases didn't want to lose listeners to them by reminding the audience that all these guys had better songs released in their creative heyday you could listen to instead.

The three Johns.
I always think about how three of the biggest hitmakers of the 60s all had parallel careers with a burst of hits followed by meandering solo careers, John Sebastian, John Phillips and John Fogerty.
They all had at least one comeback hit, Welcome Back, Centerfield, Kokomo.

>>126732088
So didn't everybody stop having hits at pretty much the same pace? Ie. they had hits and then they didn't?

>>126732750
I guess the OP wants artists who produced bunches of hits and then slammed against a wall.

The thing is that most slowly fade. Hardly anyone cranks out the hits and then never charts again.

So not many "dry up fast"

As mentioned above, the Bee Gees are a solid pick.

But a lot of those named in the thread don't fit at all.

Olivia Newton-John's last hit of any significance was Soul Kiss and that was it. Madonna totally ended her.

>>126732013 (OP)
Katy Perry after Prism.

Kate Nash might be a borderline case that meets the requirements.

Several hits 2007-10, last hit in '10 then nothing since despite lots of singles. The last one was a #15 though so not really huge.

Top 100 also seems to be a generous bar. What did you need to sell to get to say, #80 in the US or UK in the 1980s? My guess is the album sold about 10 copies that each of the band members' parents, cousins, and grandparents bought out of pity.

I wanna draw the obvious distinction between having living legend status like McCartney, Elton, Ozzy, Dylan, Metallica, U2 etc and the bands like Night Ranger or Cinderella that ended up on the county fair circuit and became total memes.

>>126732013 (OP)
Peter Frampton.
Not that he disappeared, but he was mega huge once. Like if you combined Justin Bieber with Jimmy Page or something.

>>126732160
And yet the continued laughing all the way to the bank as songwriters and producers... And then made a huge comeback... Are you twelve?

>>126732981
They

>>126732981
>And then made a huge comeback
I mean sure, they never had any problem selling out concerts in Germany or Spain right up until Maurice's demise in 2003 but in the US hell no. Also Robin never got over their blacklist from US radio and called it "absolutely evil."

Take That, singles-wise. They were mega huge during their first incarnation (In the UK) and pretty popular in their second incarnation up until about 2014 when the hits dropped off, though the albums still make bank

Woolworths used to stock the top 40. I never knew there was a higher number until I saw a Guiness book of British hit singles.

Most big pre-grunge acts absolutely fell off hard. It’s crazy to think that Taylor Dayne, Paula Abdul, Expose, New Kids On The Block and Richard Marx had so many blockbuster hits in the 80s and then...

>>126732448
From 1955 to '67, the Platters had four #1 hits, seven Top 10 singles, and twenty Top 40 songs.

The last of these was "With This Ring" which reached #14.

After that, the group had six singles, all of which missed the Top Forty, and four of which failed to chart in the Hot 100 at all.

>>126732013 (OP)
Milli Vanilli is the correct answer. Five top 5 hits, including three #1 records in 1989-90. After the lip-synching scandal, nothing. Arista even deleted them from their catalog. Their "Best New Artist" Grammy was revoked. Lawsuits up your ass.

Honestly a lot of early 60s Beat acts that were eventually eclipsed by the evolving Beatles just kept on going like Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Searchers etc

>>126732448
>>126732967
now the 50s-60s were full of acts who ended up on the county fair/oldies circuit especially vocal groups but also some of the early rock and rollers. many solo pop acts however transitioned to some form of nightclub or jazz performer.

>>126733114
yeh a lot of the British Invasion acts fell off after 65 when audiences began demanding more than basic 3 chord pub rock

>>126733114
Without looking up exact numbers, I'd wager the Beach Boys fall into this category.

They were very much used to having hits no matter which shoddy product they'd release because Capitol would always give their latest single a promotional push, but it all came crashing down pretty abruptly with or after Heroes & Villains.

They'd somehow make it through the 60s ok, but from the 70s on, it was not looking good at all.

>>126733157
They had a #1 hit in 1988.

>>126733118
The Drifters first appeared in the Top 40 with "There Goes my Baby" (#2 in 1959). They had fifteen more such hits, peaking with "Save the Last Dance For me" (#1 in 1960).

Their last was "Saturday Night at the Movies" in '64, which was followed by 26 singles that missed the Top 40. Only five of those charted in the Billboard Hot 100 at all.

Prince and Bowie over the last 20 years or so of their careers. Their albums really didn't have much sales either for the most part.

>>126733214
legacy acts like that don't typically have hits unless it's the odd weird exception like Johnny Cash with Hurt or Elton John bandwagoning Dua Lipa to sneak back onto the charts

Wire haven't been continuously active since 1976 but have 18 albums to their name as of 2020, whereas most people know them from their first 3

Pixies have now released more albums post Kim leaving than before (Though to be fair there's usually still some buzz around them when they come out)

Cliff Richard has been chasing his late 50's/early 60's heyday for over six decades now and sometimes he's had comebacks (Late 70's/early 80's being the most obvious), but success or not he keeps releasing material

The Beach Boys

>fourteen top 10 US Hits and a ton of top 20, 40 etc.
>went to #1 in 1988
>ten non-charting songs and one #93

And no top 10s from 1976 to '88

>>126733118
Rosemary Clooney had no charting hits after 1957, none at all. Teresa Brewer's last top 20 was her cover of "You Send Me" in late '57 and she had a number of lesser hits after that and nothing at all after 1961. Both spent their later years grinding out jazz albums which was perhaps a more dignified old age than ending up on the county fair circuit with the Four Lads or whatever. Aside from changing music taste/Elvismania blah blah blah both also sort of had their careers derailed by being good Catholic girls who had a bunch of kids that demanded their attention instead.

This thread is all over the place with different definitions and criteria with various charting.

Freddie and the Dreamers basically lived and died in 1964.

Billy fucking Squier. It's incredible to think how the Rock Me Tonite video was so horrible that it ended his career instantly and literally everyone involved--Squier himself, his manager, MTV, the record label etc knew it was a bad idea. It honestly feels like a late night comedy show doing a parody of an 80s rock music video.

>>126732013 (OP)
Roxette had an impressive run from 1989 to 92 including four #1s and two #2s. But in the US the hits stopped after that even though they continued to release new music. Several of their albums weren’t ever released over here. Listen to one of the many compilations - it sounds like they should have had a couple dozen chart toppers.

the Spice Girls, talk about two years of being Michael Jackson level of big and then...i feel they had more to offer and it ended too soon

>>126733612
they never had any intention of doing this thing for 10 years and the finale single "Forever" felt lazy and you could tell they were ready to call it quits

The Knack. Once you got the Knack, you didn't need it anymore lol.

Del Shannon

Lotsa hit singles 1961~1964. Hit #9 with Keep Searchin’ in the second half of 1964. Hit #30 once in 1965. Then that was it until a one off in 1981 that Bruce Springsteen produced since Shannon was his childhood hero.

>>126732068
Zayn was in The Velvet Underground?

Connie fucking Francis. After '67 that was it she was forevermore done in the US although she had some sales/relevance in Europe in her later years. One of the biggest examples of a huge star who instantly tumbled off into nothingness.

John Mellencamp really wasn't that relevant after '85 now, was he?

>>126733383
Guy Mitchell was another 50s heavyweight who got cooked by Elvis.

>>126733308
>legacy acts like that don't typically have hits unless it's the odd weird exception like Johnny Cash
...being forced at gunpoint to sing Rick Rubin's favorite songs.

>>126732068
>Velvet Revolver
??

>>126733133
Which based Quo took full advantage of kek

Metallica for the last two decades
Stone Temple Pilots for the last two decades
The Smashing Pumpkins for the last three decades

>>126732028
They lasted longer than most, even without Nash. They were still having hits into the mid 70s and even had a fairly successful OG lineup reunion in the 80s.

>>126733634
People got sick of them after My Sharona dominated the airwaves for months and months and the label spammed their cheeky mugs everywhere, plus snooty critics hated them from the start and were waiting for the first hint of sophomore slump to finish them off for good. Kind of a sad story since the hype wasn't really their fault.

Keane used to be absolutely massive in the UK and now they haven't got a top 40 single in 15 years

>>126732013 (OP)
Nugent was huge for a while in the late 70s but his last charting hit was like 1980 yet he's still making music for who knows at this point. Uncle Ted is one of those boomers who I'm not sure will have any legacy once his generation dies out.

>>126733778
>Mitchell, who died July 1, 1999 at age 72, occupied that period of time in the '50s between the decline of crooning and the rise of rock-and-roll. The soft, mournful droning of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra had fallen out of favor to a new generation of kids who wanted punchier tunes. But R&R was still several years away and in the meantime the void was occupied by young pop stars like Mitchell, Teresa Brewer, Patti Page, Rosemary Clooney, and Johnnie Ray. Ray went to #1 with "Cry" in 1952 but his vocals weren't for everyone, and so Mitchell offered a halfway between crooning and Johnnie Ray.

>But more than anything else, Guy Mitchell was a product of Mitch Miller, who had taken over Columbia's pop records division in 1950 and, unique among A&R men, was actively involved in the creative process of making records. Like most A&R men, Miller was also looking for young talent and a few of the label's existing stars such as Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore were in their 30s and had lost some of their youthful luster by the early '50s. Sinatra in particular had seen his career take a massive downfall lately. Both him and Shore were unhappy with Miller's new creative direction and would eventually depart for other labels--no one as yet predicted Old Blue Eyes's resurrection at Capitol in mid-decade. While Miller did not dispense with all of Columbia's established singers--Doris Day and Jo Stafford remained onboard and had a number of major hits to come, it was clear that some changes were in order.

>If Sinatra wouldn't sing material such as "Come On A My House" and his recording of "Mama Will Bark" was a disaster, Miller had Guy Mitchell and Rosemary Clooney for that; both were young and more amenable to taking instruction from above. Miller also decided that Mitchell's real name, Al Cernik, didn't sound very marketable so he renamed him after himself.

>The former Al Cernik was born in Detroit in 1927, the son of Croatian immigrants. The family moved to Los Angeles when he was in grade school and he almost ended up a child star for Warner Bros., until the Cerniks went to San Francisco although his singing ability was recognized early on. Young Al was performing on the country-oriented Dude Martin radio show in his teens and first recorded under his real name with the Carmen Cavellero Orchestra for Decca. Mitch Miller saw him as the perfect replacement for Sinatra.

>Mitchell had charting hits for most of the '50s but like most of his contemporaries quickly fell out of favor with the rise of rock-and-roll--the new generation of teens, five to seven years younger than the teens who made him a star at the start of the decade, wanted Elvis and Jerry Lee instead. Mitchell's chart relevance ended by 1960 although he kept recording for several more years and continued performing live for decades, especially in the UK, and made his final live tour there in 1996 at age 69. At the time of his death from complications of cancer, he was planning to record a Christmas album.

>>126733319
>success or not he keeps releasing material
This was kino I remember when he was all over daytime tv for a week shilling it 20 years ago kek
https://youtu.be/CpendEbrMRg

>>126734045
unfortunately he's forever associated with /pol/ now

>>126733947
horlicks quaffing keanecel

>>126734091
It was such a surprise to me when I found out he released an album only a few years ago. I had long since thought he retired to become a political commentator. It is kind of sad he will now always be associated with that now but then again, it's better he be associated as being the stereotypical republican boomer rather than any of his modern-day musical opinions (which are honestly quite rubbish)

I wish RHCP would go away but Warner will never not push any new shitty material they release when they get bored/need money to settle rape allegation suits.

>>126734077
>>126734063
hum interesting it goes to show that the 50s had more nuance to it than rock critic memes about Elvis kill le doggy in le window

>>126734077
>>126734063
his '57 ersatz rock tune "Rock A Billy" made #1 in the UK

>>126734063
lol no wonder Sinatra almost suicided himself in the early 50s. imagine teen girls screaming over Johnnie Ray and some Croatian fuck who looks like an Ustashe war criminal instead of you.

>>126734091
lol Ted's no /pol/tard just a corny Republican Fox News boomer who would probably gladly do a Concert for Israel if asked

>>126734077
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qyDWzR1V4k

I think bongs went for it because it sounded kind of music hall-esque.

>>126732068
You mean fucking Velvet Underground, retard?

>>126734063
i thought i knew most major pop stars from the 40s onward but i seriously had never heard of this guy before. yet he supposedly sold 44 million records worldwide.

>>126735729
He was in fact bigger and had more top 10 hits in the UK than the US also he was quite big in Australia. He didn't record any Christmas music so that may have reduced some of his cultural longevity vis a vis Doris Day or Sinatra or Crosby or Peggy Lee.

>>126734728
i think he's trying to start some sort of retarded forced meme, he keeps posting 'velvet revolver' in multiple threads in the wrong context

In general among 40s-50s singers recording Christmas tunes did seem to help ensure their permanence a bit more.

>>126732013 (OP)
Deep Purple. also Uriah Heep to a lesser extent because they were never that big. i don't know who the fuck is listening to and enjoying their new albums they keep putting out regularly

>>126736193
The drummer is the only original member left. As far as I'm concerned Deep Purple died with Jon Lord. No offense to Gillen and Glover, but Lord WAS their sound.

>>126732068
Pleather Pistol?

>>126732013 (OP)
he did have Billion Dollar Babies

>>126732013 (OP)
the Cowsills

>>126732068
Cotton Rifle?

>>126732068
WHEN YOU LOOK YOU SEE RIGHT THROUGH ME

You can say the same for every 1960 act.

Gary Numan?

His "revival" since the late 90s has made some really good music. I think some recent albums even got high on the UK charts, but he's never had any more massive singles like "Cars".

Very extensive catalogue too, he never really stopped putting out an album every 2-3 years. And he still tours frequently too.

Also, apparently Hanson just keep making music they like and releasing it. Which seems kinda comfy, even if they are completely not my thing.