O.H.W. # 27 🎺 Traditional Cache

A One Hit Wonder (O.H.W.) is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit.  The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes.  This series of caches contains artists known primarily for one hit song in the United States, who are described as one-hit wonders by the media.  

Mr. Big Stuff" is a song by American singer Jean Knight.  The song was recorded in 1970 at Malaco Studio in Jackson, Mississippi at the same session as “Groove Me” by King Floyd.  Knight's single was released by Star Records because of the persistence of Stax publisher Tim Whitsett, and "Groove Me" by King Floyd, which Whitsett strongly urged Malaco to release, also became a hit. Both songs are defined by two bar, off-beat bass lines and tight arrangements by Wardell Quezergue.  

Released on Knight's 1971 debut album of the same title, it became a huge crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at no. 1 on the Billboard Soul Singles chart and peaked at no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, behind "How Can You Mens a Broken Heart”by The Bee Gees.  Billboard ranked it as the # 18 song for 1971.  The song went double platinum and the no. 1 Soul Single of the year.