The Knack
One of the great One-Hit wonder bands of the 1970′s, though technically they were actually a Two-Hit wonder.
Formed in 1978, the band hit the big time in 1979 with their debut single “My Sharona” which spent 6 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top-40 charts.
The group followed the success of “My Sharona” with a second Top-40 hit, “Good Girls Don’t” which reached a peak of #11 on the Billboard Charts.
Then, the group faded off into musical oblivion.
They released a total of 6 Albums from 1979-2003 but could never again find commercial success or find another hit single.
Three of the four original band members are still with the group and continue to tour the globe.
“My Sharona” finished as the #1 song of 1979 in the year-end Billboard Charts for that year.
The song sparked some mild controversy in it’s day when it was discovered that the song was written about the lead singers then 16yr old girlfriend Sharona. She appears on the sleeve for the single. (below)
That great song came out during my Freshman year of High School. The way every kid in school sang that song for the rest of the year would have had you thinking that “The Knack” were well on their way to musical super-stardom. But, they never made it to true Superstardom.
The song is still an instantly recognizable classic all these decades later.
Lead Singer Doug Fieger’s brother is a high-powered Attorney who represented Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
Lead Singer Doug Fieger died on Feb. 14, 2010 after a battle with Cancer.
Hard to call them a one hit wonder. Good Girls Don’t, My Sharona, Frustrated, That’s What the Little Girls Do, etc. Short career but better music than many artists provide. Guitar solo in My Sharona worth a mention over 98% of supposed rock acts.