A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from February 21, 2018
“I wonder if the guy who coined the term ‘One Hit Wonder’ came up with any other phrases”

The term “one-hit wonder” was popularized in the 1950s and commonly refers to a recording artist who has one big recording hit, but no other ones. It’s not known who coined “one-hit wonder.”
 
“Anyone know of any other expressions coined by the inventor of ‘one hit wonder?’” was posted on Twitter on August 5, 2014. “Do you think the guy who coined the term ‘one hit wonder’ ever came up with any other cool phrases?” was posted on Twitter on March 18, 2016.
 
“Do you think the guy who coined the term ‘One Hit Wonder’ ever came up with any other popular phrases?” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on February 21, 2018. “I wonder if the guy who coined the term ‘One Hit Wonder’ came up with any other phrases” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners also on February 21, 2018.
 
     
Wikipedia: One-hit wonder
A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity and success for a very short period of time, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success. The term is most commonly used in regard to music performers with only one top-40 hit single that overshadows their other work. Sometimes, artists dubbed “one-hit wonders” in a particular country have had great success in others.
 
(Oxford English Dictionary)
one-hit wonder  n. colloq. a performer, etc., who gains only one popular success before returning to relative anonymity; a song, etc., by such a performer.
[1956   Carroll (Iowa) Daily Times Herald 1 May 2/6   Ramon Monzant, the New York Giants’ one-hit wonder, almost sat out the 1956 season.]
1958   Ottawa Citizen 27 Dec. 12/2   Several one-hit wonders of the old year, will vanish into shellac obscurity.
1966   Los Angeles Times 27 Nov. (West Magazine) 41   One of the nation’s most recent Number 1’s was a monotonous little ditty that went ‘Ma ba-haby duz de Hanky-Panky’... But such ‘one-hit-wonders’ have no sustaining power.
   
Twitter
Avi Goldberg‏
@AviGoldberg
Anyone know of any other expressions coined by the inventor of ‘one hit wonder?’
7:33 PM - 5 Aug 2014
 
Twitter
Justin Connor‏
@Justintconnor
Do you think the guy who coined the term “one hit wonder” ever came up with any other cool phrases?
8:40 PM - 18 Mar 2016
     
Twitter 
Poodz‏
@thepoodz
“Do you think the guy that coined the term ‘one hit wonder’ ever came up with any other popular phrases?” @Justintconnor
8:20 AM - 14 Dec 2016 from Clarington, Ontario
 
Twitter
Josh L‏
@TheAtypicalAzn
I wonder if the guy who coined the term “One Hit Wonder” had any other popular phrases.
10:44 PM - 14 Dec 2016
   
Twitter
eating food‏
@alvarodelcampo_
Did the guy who coined the term “one hit wonder” have any other catchphrases?
12:30 PM - 18 Dec 2016
 
Twitter
liam sunner‏
@iamshirtacus
Did the person who coined “one hit wonder” come up with any other memorable phrases?
7:28 AM - 29 Dec 2016
   
Twitter
j.kohl‏
@justin_k0hl
I wonder if the guy that coined the term “one hit wonder” ever came up with any other popular phrases
11:14 AM - 9 Jan 2017
   
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Brushing Off‏
@BrushingOff
“I wonder if the guy who coined the term ‘One Hit Wonder’ ever came up with any other catchy phrases?”
#MyInnerMonologue #CouldUseAnExorcist #TuesdayMotivation
10:47 PM - 20 Nov 2017
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Do you think the guy who coined the term “One Hit Wonder” ever came up with any other popular phrases?
submitted February 21, 2018 by firedown54
 
Reddit—Oneliners
I wonder if the guy who coined the term “One Hit Wonder” came up with any other phrases.
submitted February 21, 2018 by souljabri557

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