Funny thing I had wrong about the Casinos. There was a regional band that also had the name "The Casinos" that alternated home base between Charlotte, NC and Charleston, SC as for a period of time because they had a local Saturday morning TV show and would base themselves in whichever market was broadcasting their program. I thought for years they were 'the' Casinos with the hit record....

Yes, I knew Pat Upton was with Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band but didn't know his connection with Spiral Starecase until recently. I was a big fan and follower of SCB.

But probably the biggest 'One Hit Wonder' artist that's received more recognition than he deserves is Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters. Trying to cash in on the music success of other Saturday morning cartoon series like "The Archies" and "Josie and the Pussycats", a Globetrotters cartoon was created. An album was released along with several singles, including "Rainy Day Bells" written by Neil Sedaka and Howie Greenfield. Commercially, the release crashed and burned - except - for the Carolina Beach Music market - it was a HUGE hit and is still played on CBM radio stations regularly today and nightly at Beach Clubs up and down the east coast. It's ranked #14 on the top 100 all-time Beach songs. LOL, On the beach circuit and on radio broadcasts, I've heard it told for years, it's him singing vocals and only learned yesterday that he really only sang backing vocals... The attached link clears that misconception.

http://www.rebeatmag.com/the-brief-unknown-recording-career-of-the-late-meadowlark-lemon/

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