September 25th is National One-Hit Wonder Day as we celebrate the singers & groups who climbed the music charts exactly one time! For today’s Forgotten 45 at 3:45, we take you back to 1985 for Falco with “Rock Me Amadeus”.
The Austrian singer recorded the only German language song to hit #1 on the Billboard charts, reaching the top of the charts in the United States, England, Spain, Canada, and even at the time West Germany. Not only was it a catchy tune, even though we had no idea what he was saying, we also learned cool facts about Mozart:
1756: Salzburg, January 27th, Wolfgang Amadeus is born.
1761: At the age of five Amadeus begins composing.
1773: He writes his first piano concerto.
1784: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart becomes a Freemason
1791: Mozart composes The Magic Flute. On December 5th of that same year, Mozart dies.
1985: Austrian rock singer Falco records…”Rock Me Amadeus” today’s Forgotten 45!
