The Wonders

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fictional band fictional music group fictional pop band

The Wonders are the fictional 1960s pop band from the film "That Thing You Do!", known for their catchy one-hit-wonder title track and Beatles-inspired image.

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Label Occurrences
The Wonders canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional band ⓘ
fictional music group ⓘ
fictional pop band ⓘ
activeInFictionalDecade 1960s ⓘ
activeInFictionalYear 1964 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Oneders ⓘ
appearsIn That Thing You Do! ⓘ
bandMember Guy Patterson ⓘ
Jimmy Mattingly ⓘ
Lenny Haise ⓘ
T.B. Player ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Tom Hanks ⓘ
fictionalBreakupCause creative differences ⓘ
fictionalHitSong That Thing You Do! ⓘ
fictionalHometown Erie, Pennsylvania ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1996 ⓘ
genre beat music ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
inUniverseManager Mr. White ⓘ
inUniverseManagerPortrayedBy Tom Hanks ⓘ
inUniverseRecordLabel Play-Tone Records ⓘ
inUniverseReputation one-hit wonder ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
narrativeTheme rise and fall of a one-hit wonder band ⓘ
notableFictionalPerformance The Hollywood Television Showcase ⓘ
portrayedAsInspiredBy 1960s American pop bands ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
realWorldPerformerOfTitleSong C. Adam Schlesinger ⓘ
surface form: Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger
roleOfGuyPatterson drummer ⓘ
roleOfJimmyMattingly lead singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
roleOfLennyHaise guitarist ⓘ
roleOfTBPlayer bassist ⓘ
songWriterOfThatThingYouDoInFilm Jimmy Mattingly ⓘ
titleSongNominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ

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That Thing You Do! → featuresFictionalBand → The Wonders ⓘ
Fountains of Wayne → hasAssociatedAct → The Wonders ⓘ