Today’s Video: “One-hit Wonders” - ? and the Mysterians

Our focus of today’s video clip is the garage rock classic “96 Tears” by ? and the Mysterians. The group formed in 1962 and all the members are supposedly of Mexican descent. The organ-heavy sound and plaintive lyrics from frontman Question Mark, (formerly known as Rudy Martinez), helped “96 Tears” become the #1 single in October 1966.

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Previous “one-hit wonder” videos this week:

• Martika – Toy Soldiers
• Morris Albert – Feelings

Sources- myspace.com, VH1, pharoahweb.com, Wikipedia, YouTube, The Latin Americanist