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Powter’s ‘Bad Day’ tops one-hit-wonders list
Powter’s ‘Bad Day’ tops one-hit-wonders list
NEW YORK — As far as one-hit wonders go, Daniel Powter is king of them all — for this decade, at least.
Powter, whose hit “Bad Day” reigned on top of the Billboard pop charts for five weeks in 2006, was named as the decade’s top one-hit wonder by Billboard.
The magazine describes one-hit wonders as acts whose second hit did not reach the top 25; they included acts only from 2000 to 2007, since someone from last year just might be taking a break.
No. 2 on their list is the Terror Squad for “Lean Back”; No. 3 is Crazy Town with “Butterfly”; No. 4 is MIMS with “This Is Why I’m Hot”; and No. 5 is D4L with “Laffy Taffy.”
Crash injures singer, so Weezer cancels tour
ALBANY, N.Y. — Weezer has canceled the rest of its December tour after the lead singer was injured in a bus crash in New York.
Rivers Cuomo and band assistant Sarah Kim suffered minor injuries when the group’s tour bus skidded on ice, struck a guide rail and slid into a ditch Sunday.
Cuomo and Kim were hospitalized after the accident in the upstate New York town of Glen. That’s about 40 miles west of Albany. They were traveling to a show in Boston.
Cuomo’s condition isn’t clear.
A message on the band’s Web site says Weezer is canceling the rest of its Raditude tour and will try to reschedule those dates.
Publicist: Joel’s daughter is staying with her dad
NEW YORK — A publicist says the daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley is staying with her father two days after being treated in New York for a possible overdose of pills.
Alexa Ray Joel’s publicist Claire Mercuri won’t say where the 23-year-old is staying. Billy Joel has homes in Manhattan and on eastern Long Island.
His daughter was hospitalized for several hours Saturday after police received a 911 call saying she had taken several pills.
Police say it is not clear whether she accidentally overdosed or attempted suicide.
Today’s birthdays
Singer Jerry Butler is 70. Singer-keyboardist Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers is 62. Actress Kim Basinger is 56. Actress Teri Hatcher is 45. Singer Sinead O’Connor is 43. Actor Dominic Monaghan is 33. Actor Ian Somerhalder is 31. Singer Kate Voegele is 23.