Ten Worst #1 Songs

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
  • Hitting the top of the Billboard charts is not easy but it sure doesn’t insure anything approaching quality!!!! Here are the worst singles to hit number one in the seventies. These songs are terrible.
  • Розваги

КОМЕНТАРІ • 423

  • @timbates6309
    @timbates6309 23 дні тому +28

    I'll nominate "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry. Always hated that song.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +8

      A good call. Terrible song.

    • @simpleman5688
      @simpleman5688 23 дні тому +1

      Beat me to it…

    • @frederickbartel2837
      @frederickbartel2837 23 дні тому +2

      Oh, I'd forgotten that one. My best friend at the time loved that song, but I hated it.

    • @kevinthetruckdriver353
      @kevinthetruckdriver353 21 день тому +2

      I do know one thing. If you guys would of heard that live album where My Ding A Ling came from. You would like it a lot more. The concert was great. Wish I was there.
      *BONUS:* After Chuck Berry played & left. The crowd wanted more. The PA guy was asking the people to leave. Since the next band that was playing at the venue had their own crowd waiting to get in. The band was Pink Floyd (pre-Dark Side).

    • @okbye9
      @okbye9 17 днів тому

      Terrible song but I loved it!

  • @timbates6309
    @timbates6309 23 дні тому +18

    Commenting before watching. If "Disco Duck" isn't #1, I demand a recount.

  • @aquatarkus2022
    @aquatarkus2022 23 дні тому +14

    We had joy, we had fun, we had shitty #1 songs in the '70s.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +12

      We had joy we had fun
      We had crappy number ones
      But the stars we could reach
      Were like sorry Robin Leach

    • @ilabelle1
      @ilabelle1 23 дні тому +3

      @@TheProgCorner😂😂

    • @andreichivu7653
      @andreichivu7653 23 дні тому +1

      ​@@TheProgCornerHa Ha Haaa...brilliant !

    • @josephgerard5473
      @josephgerard5473 23 дні тому

      @@TheProgCorner Pure poetry...not quite Paul Simon but near enough.

    • @billybandyk0720
      @billybandyk0720 21 день тому

      ​@@TheProgCornerLuv it.

  • @jhillst
    @jhillst 23 дні тому +9

    The '90s were much worse for #1s than the '70s. Ice Ice Baby, I'm Too Sexy, Jump (Kriss Kross), Everything I Do, In The Closet, Macarena, that awful remake of Candle In The Wind...God, the list goes on and on.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +2

      It’s gonna be a fun episode!!!!

    • @DAVYMAC
      @DAVYMAC 20 днів тому

      jhiilst Good call about awful 90's number 1s. (And 2, 3. etc). I agree with you!!

    • @EmoBearRights
      @EmoBearRights 14 днів тому

      @@jhillst I have a soft spot for Right Said Fred but the rest? Yup!

    • @jhillst
      @jhillst 14 днів тому

      @@EmoBearRights RSF had some deep cuts that were actually pretty decent...sadly, I'm Too Sexy is the only song of theirs that anyone knows, at least in the U.S.

  • @mattw8332
    @mattw8332 23 дні тому +7

    Awww, I like "Afternoon Delight". 😁

  • @dano1962
    @dano1962 23 дні тому +8

    Awesome show! Yes, let's have a sequel!! Muskrat Love (Captain & Tenille version), Pina Colada Song & Loving You by Minnie Riperton are also turd biscuits in my book.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +5

      Loving You was #13. Just awful. Just because you have access to whisper register doesn’t mean you have to use it…

    • @JCamm66
      @JCamm66 23 дні тому +3

      Muskrat Love - definitely a contender for worst song of all time!

    • @positivelivingmusic5497
      @positivelivingmusic5497 16 днів тому

      Maybe Muskrat Love inspired Graham Parker to have a career.

    • @scottmcneely1927
      @scottmcneely1927 13 днів тому

      Muskrat Love wasn't number one.

    • @scottmcneely1927
      @scottmcneely1927 13 днів тому

      Pina Colada Song for sure. I'd put in in my top five worst. I think that one was still the 70s.

  • @AngryCalvin
    @AngryCalvin 22 дні тому +4

    John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John "You're the One That I Want"
    I don’t believe in censorship but this song should be banned!

  • @davidtaylor9008
    @davidtaylor9008 23 дні тому +8

    Wow! Had no idea about the Convoy/Chip Davis connection.

  • @michaelbaucom4019
    @michaelbaucom4019 23 дні тому +10

    You Light Up My Life----wish I could forget that song existed(insert vomit emoji here)...Disco Duck has to be the worst though

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      Absolutely!!!!

    • @AngryCalvin
      @AngryCalvin 22 дні тому

      Great song for interrogating prisoners.
      It reminds me of The Rose from Bette Midler. Maybe because it sucks on the same level.

    • @ronsaunders7294
      @ronsaunders7294 14 днів тому

      that song and It's a Heartache by Bonnie Tyler, hated both of them

  • @thekivster
    @thekivster 22 дні тому +5

    “You’re sixteen” isn’t a great song or anything but it’s not pedophilia or child molestation lol

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  22 дні тому +3

      Consent is not possible for a 16 year old. Therefore any sexual contact is molestation. And Ringo wasn’t singing about her because he wanted a “friend.” ❤️👍👍👍

    • @thekivster
      @thekivster 22 дні тому +1

      @@TheProgCorner Pretty sure the age of consent is 16 in most places. Also, it’s not an autobiographical song or anything. He just wanted to sing that.

    • @ronsaunders7294
      @ronsaunders7294 14 днів тому +1

      @@thekivster int eh 1970's there was a big hit in Mexico called Morena de 15 Años (15 year old brown girl) by Los Felinos and another on called Quinceñera (15 year old) by Los Tigres del Norte which are much more suggestive than you're 16 and you're wonderful

    • @scottmcneely1927
      @scottmcneely1927 13 днів тому +1

      The song's protagonist could be 16 as well though.

    • @cpwm17
      @cpwm17 10 днів тому

      @@TheProgCorner Pedophilia is attraction to prepubescent children. People don't usually correct that since it comes off as creepy.

  • @williamwalker146
    @williamwalker146 23 дні тому +4

    Scott is #1 when it comes to watching someone complain about the worst songs ever for 15 mins.!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      You bring up an interesting conundrum!!!!

    • @williamwalker146
      @williamwalker146 23 дні тому +1

      @@TheProgCorner You take the negativity out of it. More people should master that art as you have.

  • @BSomme
    @BSomme 23 дні тому +4

    Some real stinkers in this list haha.. I love Kung Fu Fighting tho haha.. Awesome video Scot! Like button smashed! :)

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +2

      Thank you!!!!

    • @peterh1353
      @peterh1353 8 днів тому +1

      Kung Fu Fighting is well sung and well recorded novelty record. Around then Kung Fu was massive. Magazines, films, books, they all were big sellers.

  • @jamesgorski7551
    @jamesgorski7551 19 днів тому +2

    If "You're having my baby" isn't on the list I am breaking out the torches and pitchforks.😊

  • @mikereiss4216
    @mikereiss4216 23 дні тому +2

    Hey Scot, you forgot "Fly Robin Fly" by Silver Convention. The whole lyrics are "fly robin fly" and "fly up to the sky." That's it! And yes it was number one.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      Terrible song. Just awful.

    • @mikereiss4216
      @mikereiss4216 21 день тому

      @@TheProgCorner The only redeeming quality is the orchestra and even that doesn't really save it. Lol.

  • @simpleman5688
    @simpleman5688 23 дні тому +2

    Hi Scott. Pretty funny. “My Ding-a-Ling” has to be there…

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      Should have made the list. What was I thinking?

  • @DanielMcGrath1969
    @DanielMcGrath1969 23 дні тому +1

    I went to a Catholic Grammer School, and we had church singing twice a week and we always sang "You light up my life". I even liked Macho Man and YMCA. Hey I 6-7-8 years old I didn't discover Hard rock until 9 in '79-first hard rock cassette's-Caress of Steele-Sin After Sin-Montrose-Highway to Hell.

  • @frederickbartel2837
    @frederickbartel2837 23 дні тому +1

    The funniest video I've seen in a while--I was laughing through much of it. But I thought we were supposed to "drink some poison" before dancing with them snakes.
    Please do a ranking of the Kurt Vonnegut books--least to most favorite. You mentioned that you were a fan, and it would be a great video.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      A Vonnegut ranking!!!! What a great idea!!!!!!

  • @PatSmith-cp8rg
    @PatSmith-cp8rg 23 дні тому +2

    Love your facial expressions when ripping on Paul Anka. Oh yeah Kool-aid.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому

      I get a little carried away sometimes…

    • @TFTO1973
      @TFTO1973 22 дні тому

      That was my best laugh of the day.

  • @peterm.fitzpatrick7735
    @peterm.fitzpatrick7735 23 дні тому +2

    Ringo just celebrated his 84th Birthday!

  • @jeniferallan6693
    @jeniferallan6693 23 дні тому +2

    2 most hated songs are:
    Lulu...shout
    Rick Astley....never gonna give you up!
    Argggghhhhh

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      I will be doing the 60s and the 80s. Wonder if either of those will make the list…

  • @Jay_Tee2023
    @Jay_Tee2023 21 день тому +1

    "When I saw ya coming outta school that day, I knew I had to have you!"

  • @aminahmed2220
    @aminahmed2220 22 дні тому

    Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day Scot ❤😊

  • @twofromthetrunk9932
    @twofromthetrunk9932 23 дні тому

    Really enjoyed this episode!!!!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому

      This was fun!!!! Definitely going to do the eighties next!!!

  • @terrymtbnurse4760
    @terrymtbnurse4760 23 дні тому

    Very entertaining Scott brought back a lot of memories. Don't know if it hit #1, but how about Bad Bad Leroy Brown. LOL

  • @RicoCosta317
    @RicoCosta317 15 днів тому +1

    Yeah Seasons in the Sun, a jangly pop song about a dying man. So great 😳

  • @bobsala7780
    @bobsala7780 23 дні тому +2

    I’m a bit younger than you are, so I only know the song “Convoy” from when Homer sang it on an episode of The Simpsons.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      Homer Simpson: the keeper of all American culture….

  • @John-fc7wc
    @John-fc7wc 21 день тому

    Great picks Scott. One song I really hated was the Night Chicago Died. I might be alone but........

  • @danielfuentes3226
    @danielfuentes3226 23 дні тому +1

    Great show Scot.You should consider this for a Sunday show the worst songs of all era.A worst song in my opinion is "Fellings" by Morris Albert.

  • @neurophile
    @neurophile 23 дні тому +1

    "Kung Fu Fighting" and George McRae's "Rock Your Baby" : the beginning of the end of music.

  • @stuartfishman1044
    @stuartfishman1044 23 дні тому +2

    Hey Scott,
    I will maintain until the day I die that the 70's (particularly the early 70's) was the worst period for pop music in history. And like you, I survived it. Fun Fact: The Starland Vocal Band was able to ride the success of "Afternoon Delight" into a TV comedy variety series that introduced a young David Letterman to the American masses. Skyrockets in flight...

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому

      I don’t remember their Variety Show. (Thankfully. But I do love me some David Letterman!!!)

    • @aquatarkus2022
      @aquatarkus2022 23 дні тому

      @@stuartfishman1044 no, '80s pop is pure trash. Try listening to any American Top 40 episode from the decade, it will give you a headache.

    • @stuartfishman1044
      @stuartfishman1044 23 дні тому +1

      @@TheProgCorner Got some more info on that show. It ran as a summer replacement for six weeks in '77 and Letterman was both a writer and regular.

    • @jhillst
      @jhillst 22 дні тому +1

      I disagree with both of you. For me, the worst era for pop music was the early '90s. It seemed like every song you heard on the radio back then recycled about the same four or five drum machine patterns, and the rest of the backing track consisted of one sampled riff repeated ad infinitum.
      The early '70s wasn't bad at all. I won't argue with Scot's choices, but that was also when the singer/songwriter genre started taking off, with artists like James Taylor, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot, Carly Simon, Carole King, etc...and they gave us a lot of great hits.
      '80s pop was cheesy for sure, but it has a certain character that appeals to me for some reason...plus I dig the sound of some of those '80s synths.

  • @UFO314159
    @UFO314159 23 дні тому +1

    If you do an 80s edition, I'm for putting "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Shout" on it.

  • @christianhaynes1954
    @christianhaynes1954 23 дні тому

    Great vid 👌 Scott

  • @antonnee
    @antonnee 16 днів тому +1

    I don't know. Kung Fu Fighting is a fun song; no lyrical depth but fun nonetheless. I also like the Honey Cone song; a bit of a throwback to Motown. As for Ben and Afternoon Delight, I like both songs straight up.
    I agree with you that the Paul Anka song is vomit inducing along with the Debbie Boone tune. I like the Ringo Starr song, a snappy little tune but, yes, the lyrics are cringeworthy.
    Another great video, though. Looking forward to the 90s and on.

  • @AngryCalvin
    @AngryCalvin 23 дні тому +1

    Me and You and a Dog Named Boo. Scooby Doo should sue. They totally stole that one!

  • @kevinthetruckdriver353
    @kevinthetruckdriver353 21 день тому +1

    You're nuts my friend. I agree with You Light Up My Life (haven't heard that song since the 1980's) & Kung Fu Fighting. But The Streak, Convoy & Disco Duck on your list. Those were fun songs.
    Guess you're just a fuddy duddy.

  • @kevinthetruckdriver353
    @kevinthetruckdriver353 21 день тому +2

    There were three great songs *THAT TOTALLY SUCKS AS A 45 RPM* single.
    Rare Earth - Get Ready
    ELO - Roll Over Beethoven
    Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  21 день тому

      👍👍👍

    • @scottmcneely1927
      @scottmcneely1927 13 днів тому

      I didn't like all those perfectly good album songs that were cut up for singles either.

  • @Sal-7777
    @Sal-7777 23 дні тому +1

    Love the Kool-Aid shirt Scot!

  • @scottmcrae3355
    @scottmcrae3355 23 дні тому +2

    I guess “Muskrat Love” by the Captain and Tennille didn’t make it to #1 in the US. It did in Canada though unfortunately so it is my #1 pick.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +2

      What an awful song.

    • @AngryCalvin
      @AngryCalvin 22 дні тому +1

      I don’t know what is worse about Captain and Tennille. Their songs or their album covers.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  22 дні тому +1

      Epic artwork!!!

    • @jhillst
      @jhillst 21 день тому

      I kinda like that one, actually. Yeah, it's corny as hell, but it has some nice vocal harmonies and keyboard work.

    • @coltonbeatty6117
      @coltonbeatty6117 20 днів тому

      Anybody here ever hear America's version of Muskrat Love? haha

  • @Jay_Tee2023
    @Jay_Tee2023 21 день тому +1

    "You Light up My Life" rules!!!!!!! Only song that comes close is "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow

  • @crazy_cade2784
    @crazy_cade2784 23 дні тому +2

    Will be there for the ELO show

  • @ronsaunders7294
    @ronsaunders7294 14 днів тому

    I loved Afternoon Delight!!! LMAO I remember 1976 very well, the bicentennial quarters, painting fire hydrants red, white and blue...

  • @NelsonMontana1234
    @NelsonMontana1234 16 днів тому

    Okay, "Want Ads" is a dopey novelty song but it's got a good groove. The rest I agree with though "Having My Baby" needs to be in a category by itself.

  • @charlesbritzman501
    @charlesbritzman501 23 дні тому

    You’re the Most intense Progger I’ve ever seen! Kasey Kasem, unchained. But I do learn a lot from you. So Ray Stevens is a Trumper now ?
    “Guitarzan” was the first 45RPM record I ever bought. The ‘Flip Flop’. Was ‘Ahab the A-Arab’ ’. Pew. I hadn’t found my way, musically, yet. I was still learning how to even own records.(in other words, PAY for them) my two favorite record shops in Pasadena were Record.Alley and Poo-Bah records (the latter of which also carried Zap comix) Van der Graaf Generator and a new Zap! Hog Heaven

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому

      I played that Gitarzan 45 so much I think I wore the grooves off of it…

  • @bernhardkaiser9567
    @bernhardkaiser9567 22 дні тому

    Cool theme! I knew only one of those, the Kung Fu Fighting. And boy are you right on that one alone!!!

  • @josephgerard5473
    @josephgerard5473 21 день тому

    I LOVE Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas...but other than that glorious exception, I agree totally with every one of your selections. By the way, a Chinese pop group called The Wynners recorded a version of Kung Fu Fighting in 1975. Two of their members later went on to become highly successful actors (Tam Wing Lun and Chong...something...known in the west as Kenny Bee).

  • @geeskin5750
    @geeskin5750 9 днів тому

    Your opinions r so hilarious. Thought you might have more disco on the list such as Anita Ward ring my bell or Barbara n Donna with no more tears.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  9 днів тому +1

      I always loved Ring My Bell. Something about Anita Ward’s voice.

    • @geeskin5750
      @geeskin5750 9 днів тому

      @@TheProgCorner not saying I don't like it, but I know some people don't.

  • @nigelheathcote6084
    @nigelheathcote6084 14 днів тому

    This party fears two fella

  • @elliotwalton6159
    @elliotwalton6159 19 днів тому

    At least "The Candy Man" provided the early Simpsons writers with one of my all time favorite laughs of the series.

  • @samfeldstein4498
    @samfeldstein4498 11 днів тому

    I'm surprised You're Having My Baby and You're Sixteen were both ranked well behind Kung Fu Fighting. Also on the subject of pedophilia I think Rod Stewart's Tonight's the Night should have also been mentioned particularly for the lyric "Don't say a word my virgin child."

  • @jeffschielka7845
    @jeffschielka7845 23 дні тому

    Hey Scot! When i was still living in Chicago we took matters into our own hands regarding disco. Ever hear of a little thing called disco demolition! Chicago southside at Comisky Park, home of the White Sox. I was there with about 15 of my friends. What a great night until it wasn't! Steve Daul and Teenage Radiation from The Loop FM 98 were the masters of ceremony. A packed house and another 25,000 that couldn't get in were outside partying! Cost .98 to get in that night for a doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers. Everyone brought disco records to the game which were eventually blown up in center field after the first game. It was a blast until things turned ugly. Centerfield was on fire and fans stormed the field. Over 10,000 rioting on the field. My buddy slid into 2nd base. Fires also erupted in the stands. That's when it went from cool to being scary. People didn't know what to do. We got the hell out of there!! Disco died that night in Chicago. It had to happen!! Disco Duck sucked too!!! Game 2 was canceled due to the field being destroyed. For those who don't remember disco demolition look it up. The story and videos are out there. What a night i will never forget!!!👍🦆🚫😎

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      I remember that!!!! God Bless Chicago White Sox fans.

    • @jeffschielka7845
      @jeffschielka7845 23 дні тому

      @@TheProgCorner 👍☮️👑🐍😎

    • @bigjuan4u
      @bigjuan4u 23 дні тому

      I belong to the ‘if you don’t like a certain genre of music then just don’t listen to it’ brigade. The burning, or blowing up, of disco records was just gross ignorance on display, reminiscent of burning books in nazi Germany and more recently in certain parts of the USA. I don’t believe anyone has ever been forced to listen to disco music.

    • @TheReaperMan275
      @TheReaperMan275 22 дні тому +1

      I protested disco by wearing a black t-shirt with the words DISCO SUCKS emblazoned on the front in large lettering. 😆That was 15 year old me.

    • @bigjuan4u
      @bigjuan4u 22 дні тому

      @@TheReaperMan275
      ‘Protesting’ a genre of music. Well, I suppose we were all idiots one way or another at 15.

  • @radioyankee
    @radioyankee 20 днів тому

    Had Honey Cone not done "Want Ads", two other songs they did may have been contenders: "Stick Up", and "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show".

  • @ronsaunders7294
    @ronsaunders7294 14 днів тому

    A bit of trivia about Seasons in the Sun that you probably know is that Terry Jacks produced a Beach Boy cut of it in '69 or '70 but they didn't use it. He liked the song so much that he cut it and released it himself, the rest is history. The beach Boy version sounds a lot like his own version.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  14 днів тому

      I had not heard that before!!!

    • @ronsaunders7294
      @ronsaunders7294 14 днів тому

      @@TheProgCorner ua-cam.com/video/68gXohKpSHA/v-deo.html

  • @rosshageman951
    @rosshageman951 23 дні тому +1

    Interesting video. I heartily agree with #3 and #1

  • @mikeknowles5848
    @mikeknowles5848 23 дні тому

    My girlfriend and I had this game of singing the worst/most-traumatic-association songs of the seventies; the winner was conceded by the other yelling "Stop! Please stop!" I remember the winner which provoked the most violent reaction/surrender was 'A Little Bit More' by Dr Hook.

  • @ceilingfansclocksminecraft1226
    @ceilingfansclocksminecraft1226 14 днів тому

    I only heard You're Sixteen (only Ringo's version) and Kung Fu Fighting as the songs on the list. When I listen to Ringo's self titled solo album from 1973, I am probably going to skip You're Sixteen anytime it plays there. Is that a good idea? And I'm hoping to not hear any other songs on this list.
    Also, I heard that you brought up the rattlesnakes again, hopefully you'll let me know when you'll do a video about dancing with rattlesnakes.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  14 днів тому

      That sounds like a great idea for an episode: WATCH SCOT DANCE WITH SNAKES FOR 15 MINUTES

    • @ceilingfansclocksminecraft1226
      @ceilingfansclocksminecraft1226 14 днів тому

      @@TheProgCorner Yes, and have some songs about rattlesnakes, including Rattlesnake by King Gizzard. I need to go listen to other songs about snakes as well, then I'll tell you what other background music will work well for that video.

    • @ceilingfansclocksminecraft1226
      @ceilingfansclocksminecraft1226 12 днів тому

      @@TheProgCorner I now got three perfect songs for that video: Rattlesnake Shale by Motley Crue, a song by Skid Row with the same title, and Rattlesnake by King Gizzard. Hopefully all three of those will work.

  • @EmoBearRights
    @EmoBearRights 14 днів тому

    My friend keeps rats - they're cute.

  • @AngryCalvin
    @AngryCalvin 22 дні тому +1

    Exile-Kiss You All Over
    Too much information

  • @robertharvey2604
    @robertharvey2604 21 день тому +1

    My dad was a fan of Dean Martin and my mom loved Sinatra. And the whole Rat Pack. I heard that Candy Man song more than I ever should have. Kung Fu Fighting is awful but yet its tackiness makes it laughable to listen to

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  21 день тому +1

      👍👍👍

    • @scottmcneely1927
      @scottmcneely1927 13 днів тому

      Sammy Davis Jr. had other songs that were good though. "I've Gotta Be Me" comes to mind.

    • @robertharvey2604
      @robertharvey2604 13 днів тому

      @@scottmcneely1927 Yeah he did. Unfortunately he's more known for Candy Man

  • @SteveMccart
    @SteveMccart 10 днів тому

    The ironic thing is there was a lot of great music in the 1970s. I discovered FM radio in the late 1960s and never listened to AM again but , you couldnt drown out other peoples radios. God ! the one song I remember (dont know if it made #1) from the 60s was My Name is Sue by Johnny Cash. I hated that song (by J C no less!?!?)

  • @therealtwiggyleaf
    @therealtwiggyleaf 23 дні тому

    Aw Gosh! I just watched the Top of the Pops video for Disco Duck. It is even worse than I remember. It fully deserves the title of Worst Number One in the Seventies!

  • @martinkyle1463
    @martinkyle1463 15 днів тому

    The Stylistics' Can't Give You Anything (But My Love), a real stinker, reached number one in the UK. When he sings 'I'm an ordinary guy,' in the voice of a castrato, he shows that he is clearly not an ordinary guy.

  • @richardarchbold4721
    @richardarchbold4721 20 днів тому

    Scott: Can't agree with Kung Fu Fighting. One of the great fun singles of the 70s. Never get tired of it.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  20 днів тому

      That’s cool. I just never liked it!!!

  • @danielhresko4900
    @danielhresko4900 7 днів тому

    "Want Ads" was actually the first single I ever bought LOL.

  • @sidesup8286
    @sidesup8286 23 дні тому

    Here's one for you! The song Lovin' You by Minnie Ripperton. It hit #1 on the Billboard charts in April 1975. Actually most of the song isn't that bad, but when she hits those scat singing high notes at the end of all but the last verse; make sure your finger is handy to quickly put in your ear, or it might pop. Minnie Ripperton was the mother of former SNL cast member Maya Rudolph. One of the last funny skit members they had. It's pretty much a waste of your hour and a half on Saturday nights now. Going in to the early Sunday hours, it gets everyone's new week off to a very mediocre start. The show takes about 3 minutes to picture all it's cast members, after the 1st skit of the show. Over 20 cast members and they use this Asian guy with glasses as the lead in around 85% of the sketches. They have lost all good judgement including comedy judgement, since the 1970s, when it was probably the funniest show on TV.
    In the last part of Lovin' You, Minnie Ripperton sings Maya Maya Maya, referring to Maya Rudolph.
    The song Houston....Houston, Houston, Houston by Dean Martin was an awful song. Not sure if it made it to #1 or what decade. But a kindergarten student could have written the melody. Melody?

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому

      I absolutely abhor that song!!!!! (It was at #13 for me, my last cut.)

    • @lemming9984
      @lemming9984 23 дні тому

      Yep, that got pretty high in the UK charts too. It was everywhere, and I hated it.

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk 23 дні тому

      I like it...minimalistic & the vocal gymnastics by Ms. Ripperton.

  • @allansmasterspowerlifting.390
    @allansmasterspowerlifting.390 23 дні тому +1

    I think disco duck was the worst song ever in history, lol to hit the pop charts

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      We shall see what horrors the eighties bring us next week!!!!!!

  • @alanthorne3921
    @alanthorne3921 21 день тому

    I’m guilty of playing in a heavy rock band in the 80’s where we took the piss out of terrible songs and made them heavy.Among them was’How Deep is Your Love’’In the Navy’ and yes ‘Disco Duck’ where the other guitarist used the Peter Frampton talk box and we did it as a medley with Show Me the Way. We did Mouldy Old Dough in the style of Status Quo.We were very popular for five minutes.Then somebody stole our van with our gear.We thought it was setup by the headlining band🤬

  • @stevecowder4774
    @stevecowder4774 20 днів тому

    😆 before you even mentioned it, that miserable Paul Anka song came to mind. But Scot, I knew I could count on you to list that one. I despised of it back then and I always will. It’s just nauseating. And yes, Afternoon Delight is one I wish I could forget. The seventies were loaded with intolerable love ballads and disco related garbage, but every decade has its share of cringing, lame music. The eighties certainly had it as well.

  • @user-ix4wn1th5m
    @user-ix4wn1th5m 13 днів тому

    Carl Douglas followed up Kung Fu Fighting with Dance the Kung Fu. A song that sounded just the same.

  • @ilj1259
    @ilj1259 18 днів тому +1

    Send In The Clowns - Judy Collins didnt maje the cut?

  • @robscuremusic
    @robscuremusic 21 день тому

    I agree with half of your list. The 70's has some really fun throwaway #1's.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  20 днів тому +1

      Lots of novelty songs. I’m doing the 80s next week - and not so much there. Lots of fun though…

    • @robscuremusic
      @robscuremusic 20 днів тому

      @TheProgCorner I look forward to seeing it.

  • @erniericardo8140
    @erniericardo8140 21 день тому

    1. You Light Up My Life -Debbie Boone 2. Muskrat Love -Captain & Tenniele 3.Hummingbird - Seals & Croft 4. Disco Duck-Rick Dees 5. Everything is Beautiful-Ray Stevens 6.Saturday in the Park -Chicago 7.Julie Do You Love Me -Bobbie Sherman 8. Drift Away -Dobie. Gray 9.SilverBird -Mark Lindsay 10.Popcorn -Hot Butter 11 Playground in my mind- Clint Holmes 12. Anything from Helen Reddy 13. Dont Go Breaking My -Elton John & Kiki Dee 14. Anything from The Village People 15 . Alone Again Naturally- Gilbert O'Sullivan 16. Rock On - David Essex 17.Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale 18. Video Killed The Radio Star -The Buggles 19. Id Like To Teach The World To Sing in Perfect Harmony - The New Seekers 20. Pop Muzik -M 3:04

  • @scottmcneely1927
    @scottmcneely1927 13 днів тому

    "Billy Don't Be A Hero and "The Night Chicago Died" got on MY nerves, anyway. The Osmonds together, with Merrill singing lead, were genuinely good, but Donny solo was another story. "Go Away Little Girl, "Puppy Love", and all the others were annoying and grating while " One Bad Apple", "Down By The Lazy River", and "Crazy Horses' were some of my favorites. Dawn were a guilty pleasure for me also, especially early on, so my tastes were really strange. Conversely, I didn't think "Afternoon Delight" was all that bad. It wasn't good but I can think of at least twenty that were worse.

  • @jonnuanez7183
    @jonnuanez7183 20 днів тому

    You want bad? I saw Rick Dees perform Disco Duck on the Brady Bunch Variety Hour. Top that...😆😆😂😂

  • @Justin_Kipper
    @Justin_Kipper 23 дні тому

    Awww man, I actually look back at a lot of the songs on your list and have fond memories of the novelties, although I'm not saying I liked them beyond the fact they were amusing. I even like "Convoy" just because of the equally bad Peckinpah film by the same name. I'm surprised there wasn't a lot more disco on the list because they were mostly terrible from a musical perspective.
    Looking forward to further instalments, but I would caution you about judging them by present day standards. Doing so is called presentism fallacy, among other things, and adds little to any valid criticism. Just remember that one day, we will be judged as well by standards we haven't even considered by people who have the benefit of hindsight.
    Carry on, peace love and don't give up trying to save that king!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому

      I kinda left disco and R&B alone. For the most part!!!

  • @TheReaperMan275
    @TheReaperMan275 22 дні тому

    I thought I was rid of "Afternoon Delight" after the 70s, until I heard it again in the movie _Good Will Hunting!_ This is a pretty good list, Scot. I was a kid growing up in the 70s and sadly remember most of these stinkers. It's hard to imagine that the same decade that produced _Close to the Edge_ and _Relayer_ also contained these abominations! 😜

  • @DanielMcGrath1969
    @DanielMcGrath1969 23 дні тому

    When I was 6 in 1976, I was really into 45's! I loved Convoy and Afternoon delight!

  • @F.O.H.
    @F.O.H. 23 дні тому

    Love all those songs! Thanks for reminding me.

  • @Sal-7777
    @Sal-7777 23 дні тому +1

    GREAT list! All CRAP songs!!!

  • @markspooner1224
    @markspooner1224 23 дні тому +1

    What a 'great' list! Worst of the 70's Paul Anka - '(You're) Having My Baby', worst ever Crazy Frog - ‘Axel F’.

  • @PJprog
    @PJprog 23 дні тому

    Good fun. If nothing else , we can't say that the charts lacked variety back in the best decade of music. Something for everyone..well most. 🤣
    In the UK a number 1 that I actually liked was Pussycat with the song Mississippi. Not sure if this was a popular hit in the US , don't think it was here , but a lot of people must have bought the single. The charts was incredibly exciting for us youngsters. We were easily pleased. 😄
    Cheers Scot. 🎵🎵😍👍

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      Pussycat never charted in the US. And I don’t think any of their albums were ever released here…

    • @PJprog
      @PJprog 23 дні тому

      @@TheProgCorner Thats interesting Scot , thanks. I think they were a Dutch group. 👍

  • @scottray1265
    @scottray1265 22 дні тому

    I think I had all these on KTEL at one time or another :)

  • @johnnyb7298
    @johnnyb7298 21 день тому

    Although I came of age in the 80s, I could never understand why people said the worst music was recorded in the 70s. I always felt the albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, etc. in the 70s were some of the best albums of all time. However, your playlist changes my perspective about 70s music.

    • @fclefjefff4041
      @fclefjefff4041 21 день тому

      Every decade produces plenty of great music and plenty of garbage, and the garbage tends to be forgotten over time.

  • @marcelob4132
    @marcelob4132 23 дні тому +2

    Dancing Queen by Abba in 1977 🤮

  • @petergaynes9201
    @petergaynes9201 22 дні тому

    A good list. 10 of those 12 songs are trash. But Afternoon Delight is a cherished childhood favorite. Really catchy, fun bits of innuendo. And I could listen to you Light Up My Life a hundred times in a row. Love it.

  • @jhillst
    @jhillst 22 дні тому

    One song I'm glad you didn't include is A Horse With No Name, which I've seen on a lot of these "worst ever" lists. Yeah, the lyrics are pretty much meaningless and it is kind of a CSNY rip-off, but I dig it anyway.

  • @John-bd2gz
    @John-bd2gz 22 дні тому

    "Having My Baby" should be number one worst. The song gets especially cringe when his voice goes higher and more enthusiastic towards the end.

  • @AngryCalvin
    @AngryCalvin 22 дні тому

    Don McClain-American Pie
    This is the song that never ends, it keeps going on and on my friends, somebody started singing it not knowing what it was and it will keep on going on forever just because.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  22 дні тому

      I was obsessed with this song when I was ten or eleven…

  • @sleightofmind2016
    @sleightofmind2016 22 дні тому

    What?!? I own all these singles on Japanese SHM virgin-pressed gold-plated SACDs! ;)

  • @offandrunning8771
    @offandrunning8771 23 дні тому +1

    I like Kung Fu Fighting, otherwise great list. 📻🎯

  • @dougreed2257
    @dougreed2257 23 дні тому

    Hahahahahaha,i felt about that ghastly paul anka song at the time scot,still do,yikes and yuk!!😂

  • @okbye9
    @okbye9 17 днів тому

    Blind man in the bleachers, Run Joey run. Two stinkers from the 70s, but I will admit I loved RJR at the time. Of course I was about 8.

  • @calder1963
    @calder1963 23 дні тому

    Your #3 is my #1 least favorite song of all time. So we are in agreement pretty much. BUT, I love Want Ads!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      I never liked that one - and I’m not sure why. Hot Wax was a cool little label…

  • @patriciashipley7555
    @patriciashipley7555 23 дні тому

    Man, you got this list down! I hate all these songs!

  • @jamesgorski7551
    @jamesgorski7551 19 днів тому

    Rats I can't break out the torches and pitchforks.

  • @lemming9984
    @lemming9984 23 дні тому

    Mull Of F***in Kintyre....sheeeeeesh!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      A song that didn’t even make the Billboard Hot 100 here in the US. We don’t know it and those of us who have heard it dislike it enormously….

  • @AllMediaReviewsPodcast
    @AllMediaReviewsPodcast 23 дні тому

    I agree with most..my band played The Candyman in Grade School so I don't hate that track. Afternoon Delight isn't amazing, but I'm not really sick of it at this point.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      It makes me want to never have sex again. Ever!!!!

  • @brianthornber3319
    @brianthornber3319 7 днів тому +1

    Kung Fu Fighting rocks.

  • @rs500gsoat
    @rs500gsoat 23 дні тому

    The 70’s were full of so many fads that came and went and a lot of the hit songs reflected that.

  • @WooBino.
    @WooBino. 23 дні тому +1

    The Candyman is a great childrens song.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      It’s creepy!!!

    • @WooBino.
      @WooBino. 23 дні тому +1

      @@TheProgCorner That's because of the glass eye. 😅

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  23 дні тому +1

      @WooBino. Exactly!!!!!!!👍

    • @WooBino.
      @WooBino. 23 дні тому

      @@TheProgCorner Renaissance has their final tour this fall , you should get Annie on a livestream to promote it. She's been on a few livestreams that I've seen.
      Ask her about Scott Muni.

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk 23 дні тому

      I always assumed Candyman was a drug song...

  • @xebex44
    @xebex44 23 дні тому

    Yep