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Heh okay, Venom - Countess Bathory.

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Just now, gcreptile said:

Heh okay, Venom - Countess Bathory.

That's the one. Bathory started out as a black metal band but went on to pioneer viking metal. 

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22 hours ago, The Dead Cow said:

That's the one. Bathory started out as a black metal band but went on to pioneer viking metal. 

The Norway connection was indeed the big clue - black metal....

 

Okay, so I can use the one MPFC made me think of: This UK no. 1 was the second (and final) hit in the UK for this legendary songwriter - 28 years after the first one, a UK no. 4.

Both songs were in soundtracks.

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A little less conversation by Elvis/JXL ?

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9 hours ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said:

A little less conversation by Elvis/JXL ?

No, remember, only two hits in the UK - only two charted songs actually!

 

And even though I described the artist as a legendary songwriter, that second hit was not written by him!

 

Also, I made a small but telling edit in the initial post.

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2 hours ago, gcreptile said:

No, remember, only two hits in the UK - only two charted songs actually!

 

And even though I described the artist as a legendary songwriter, that second hit was not written by him!

 

Also, I made a small but telling edit in the initial post.

 

I thought of a singer/songwriter, been around for donkeys years, under-appreciated in the UK; had a prominent film-score song a few years back, maybe, I though, he could fit the bill.

 

Had a look and he's barely troubled the lower reaches of the charts (as a singer), let alone a number one.

 

Thus I'm still stumped on this...

 

I have found my next challenge though.

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On 05/03/2019 at 19:58, gcreptile said:

The Norway connection was indeed the big clue - black metal....

 

Okay, so I can use the one MPFC made me think of: This UK no. 1 was the second (and final) hit in the UK for this legendary songwriter - 28 years after the first one, a UK no. 4. 

Both songs were in soundtracks.

 

Is the artist still alive?

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5 minutes ago, Handrejka said:

 

Is the artist still alive?

No!

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Is it Isaac Hayes? Chocolate Salty Balls?

 

Edit - Earlier hit being Shaft?

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Is the songwriter and the person who had the hit the same person? (the guy who co-wrote little less conversation which topped charts in early noughties had a hit in his own right in the 70s, hence my apparently stupid answer above on the assumption that songwriter and artist were different)

 

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12 hours ago, Handrejka said:

Is it Isaac Hayes? Chocolate Salty Balls?

 

Edit - Earlier hit being Shaft?

Correct!!

 

 

 

Edit

 

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1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Correct!!

 

 

 

Edit

 

 

 

Awesome - was actually listening to Sammy Davis Jr's rendition of Theme from Shaft on the way in this morning

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Nearly 2 weeks and no sign of Handy setting a new challenge, so try this one...

 

A 70s album track written & performed by a multi-award winning songwriter.

Featured in a film the following decade, sung by a different award-winning, artist. Released as a single, not a hit.*

Featured in a film the following decade, sung by a different award-winning, artist. Released as a single, not a hit.*

 

It is an incredibly well-known song.

 

*In US or UK, .

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9 hours ago, time said:

Nearly 2 weeks and no sign of Handy setting a new challenge, so try this one...

 

A 70s album track written & performed by a multi-award winning songwriter.

Featured in a film the following decade, sung by a different award-winning, artist. Released as a single, not a hit.*

Featured in a film the following decade, sung by a different award-winning, artist. Released as a single, not a hit.*

 

It is an incredibly well-known song.

 

*In US or UK, .

"Don't let the sun go down on me" by Roger Daltrey?

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35 minutes ago, redrumours said:

"Don't let the sun go down on me" by Roger Daltrey?

No.

To clarify, the recording by the writer was not released as a single.

 

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2 hours ago, time said:

No.

To clarify, the recording by the writer was not released as a single.

 

Never mind I was thinking 60s not 70s. 

 

Hiw is the hell anyone supposed to know a song so bad it was thrice not a single?

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7 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Hiw is the hell anyone supposed to know a song so bad it was thrice not a single?

 

Not a hit, you mean?  Maybe loads of people had the album with the original version and didn't feel the need to own the cover versions.

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Tomorrow belongs to me?

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19 hours ago, charon said:

Tomorrow belongs to me?

Nein.

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19 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Never mind I was thinking 60s not 70s. 

 

Hiw is the hell anyone supposed to know a song so bad it was thrice not a single?

The first film grossed $100million and the second over $250million. Thats how they know the song. Plus it got plenty of radio & TV exposure this side of the pond..

 

An additional clue...

 

It is, apparently, a popular tune with strippers.

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45 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said:

Obvious guess, "You can leave your hat on"? 

 

Good one!  I would never have thought of him.

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2 hours ago, Paul Bearer said:

Obvious guess, "You can leave your hat on"? 

Always go for the obvious.

Written by Randy Newman, on his 1972 album Sail Away.

Featured in  1986 film 9 1/2 weeks, sung by Joe Cocker and then The Full Monty in 1997, sung by Tom Jones.

 

 

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On 21/03/2019 at 10:31, Paul Bearer said:

Obvious guess, "You can leave your hat on"? 

 

 

Good spot

 

Set us a new challenge

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This singer-songwriter only had 2 UK top ten hits - one of which was ironically a cover version (of an album track by one of the top 3 most successful bands ever). This act's biggest hit made the top 5, but  was subsequently an even bigger hit in a parody version by someone else. Another of their compositions was a minor hit for a UK MOR group that had a couple of number ones during a chart career lasting several years. Name the singer-songwriter and their biggest UK hit.

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