One Hit Wednesday

Peter Schilling was born on January 28, 1956 in Stuttgart, Germany. He is a German synthpop musician whose songs often featured science-fiction themes. His 1983 album, Error in the System, generated his only international hit single, "Major Tom (Coming Home)", a retelling of David Bowie's classic 1969 song "Space Oddity". The song hit #14 in September of that same year.

David & David was an American rock duo composed of Los Angeles-based studio musicians David Baerwald and David Ricketts. They were best known for their debut single "Welcome to the Boomtown" from the album Boomtown. The single reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986 and #8 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. David & David disbanded shortly after Boomtown and Baerwald and Ricketts continued to work with other musicians.

OXO was an American new wave pop band formed by Ish 'Angel' Ledesma in 1983. Formerly the lead singer of Foxy, Ledesma formed OXO with guitarist Orlando, bass player Frank Garcia, and drummer Freddy Alwag.
Their only Top 40 hit was "Whirly Girl," which, according to Ledesma, was originally entitled "Worldly Girl." The song was written about Ledesma's wife. The song hit #28 in '83. The band broke up after just one album.

Frank Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. In May 1982, Zappa released his biggest selling single with "Vally Girl" which hit #32 on the charts. A duet with his daughter, Moon Unit, it was his only Top 40 hit. Frank passed away December 4, 1993.



Sly Fox was an American short-lived 1980s pop duo, consisting of Gary "Mudbone" Cooper & Michael Camacho.
The group's sole album Let's Go All the Way was released on Capitol Records in 1985, and the title track "Let's Go All the Way" became a Top 10 hit in both the US and UK. It peaked at #7 here in the U.S. The duo only released the one album and broke up in 1988.