{"id":421457,"date":"2026-01-18T15:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/421457\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:40:13","slug":"3-pop-stars-from-the-1960s-who-are-known-by-one-word-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/421457\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Pop Stars From the 1960s Who Are Known by One-Word Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1960s, music was taking off in a new way. Thanks to the proliferation of records and record players, music fans new and old could purchase albums and records from their favorite artists. Quickly, bands popped up everywhere, and many of them were named after animals like bugs and turtles. <\/p>\n<p>But there were also some artists who went by a single name. They made it easy on their fans by sticking out from the crowd with a one-word moniker. And it\u2019s some of those artists we\u2019d like to highlight below. Indeed, these are <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-3-artists-who-spent-five-or-more-weeks-at-no-1-in-1960\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">three pop stars from the 1960s<\/a> known by just one name.<\/p>\n<p>Nico<\/p>\n<p>Born in Cologne, Germany, Nico rose to popularity in the 1960s as part of the collection of New York City artists that were, in part, defined by the work of Andy Warhol. Nico performed and recorded with The Velvet Underground, and she released three solo albums in the 1960s. Her song, \u201cThese Days\u201d, which was originally by Jackson Browne, remains iconic and an emblem of the 1960s. It was featured in the popular film, The Royal Tenenbaums. And, thus, it introduced Nico to a whole new audience in the early 2000s. Nico\u2014what a star!<\/p>\n<p>Dion<\/p>\n<p>Born in the Bronx, New York City, Dion earned a number of No. 1 hits during his career as a solo artist and with the group The Belmonts. Known for songs like \u201cThe Wanderer\u201d, \u201cRuby Baby\u201d, and \u201cLovers Who Wander\u201d, Dion\u2019s perhaps best-known track is the swinging early 60s rock hit, \u201cRunaround Sue\u201d. Hearing the title, you can easily imagine Dion singing its effervescent, energized lyrics. Some songs could be hits for any performer, but \u201cRunaround Sue\u201d was meant for Dion\u2019s lively singing voice.<\/p>\n<p>Lulu<\/p>\n<p>Born in Lennoxtown, Scotland, the songwriter and performer Lulu was known for tunes like \u201cTo Sir, With Love\u201d and \u201cBoom Bang-A-Bang\u201d. Later, in the 1970s, she scored a No. 1 track on the UK Singles Chart with the song \u201cRelight My Fire\u201d. Indeed, she\u2019s had quite the illustrious career. And some of that may be due to Lulu\u2019s quirky and fun name. It jumps off your tongue like the lyrics that leap off hers.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by George Rose\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the 1960s, music was taking off in a new way. Thanks to the proliferation of records and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[16764,64,63,134,136,5807],"class_list":{"0":"post-421457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-1960s","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-pop-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}