a one-hit wonder

someone who performs popular music who makes one successful record and then no others The seventies saw a succession of one-hit wonders who were famous overnight and then never heard of again.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Phelan	-	Irish
Cornelius	kər-NEE-lee-əs (English), kawr-NAY-lee-us (Dutch), kawr-NE-lee-uws (German)	Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Vernon	VUR-nən	English
Bulan	BOO-lahn	Indonesian
Mikelo	mee-KE-lo	Esperanto
Diederich	DEE-de-rikh	German (Archaic)