One Hit Wednesday

After The Fire (or ATF) are a British rock band that started in the early 70's. By the late 70's they had changed from a progressive sound to more New Wave and their cover of Austrian musician Falco's track Der Kommissar hit #5 in the spring of '83. The band split up after the success of Der Kommissar but reformed in 2004 and perform on an annual mini-tour.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood were a British dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s. Their debut single, Relax went to #1 in the UK and peaked at #10 here in the U.S. They had 2 follow up singles that also hit #1 in the UK, but they failed to chart again here. This is their only Top40 hit in the states. The band broke up in '87, reunited for a bit between 2004-2007 and then split again.

Honeymoon Suite is a Canadian rock band formed in 1981 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. And although their debut single New Girl Now is probably a more well known track today, the track Feel it Again is their only Top40 hit in the U.S. The power ballad hit #34 in the spring of '86. This is one of my "should've been bigger" bands of the 80's and is worth checking out their discography. The band is still together and performing today.

Ric Ocasek is most widely known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist for the Rock group "The Cars". He shared vocal duties with bandmate Benjamin Orr. Ocasek released several solo albums over his career and managed to hit #15 with the track Emotion in Motion. Ric continues to record and recently re-united with the Cars and released their first full album in years in May of 2011.

T'Pau was a 1980s British pop group led by singer Carol Decker. In the mid to late 80s the group amassed 8 Top40 singles in the U.K. and managed only one here in the states. The song Heart And Soul peaked at #4 in the summer of '87.

The group disolved in 1991 but Decker re-formed the band with a new line-up in 1998, and T'Pau have continued to perform live on a semi-regular basis in recent years.