Ian Whitcomb

Few one-hit wonders of the '60s had a career as unusual and interesting as Ian Whitcomb. In 1965, British college student Whitcomb scored a Top Ten hit in the United States with "You Turn Me On," a deliberately silly number he knocked off at the end of a recording session. He spent roughly three years as a rock artist before dropping out to ply his trade as a songwriter, become one of the world's leading authorities on pre-war pop music, publish a number of celebrated books, and even host a noted pop music series. 1998's You Turn Me On: The Very Best of Ian Whitcomb is an exce...