A one hit wonder is a song that hits big it's a catchy tune that may or may not have reached number one on the music charts but it definitely charted and was extremely popular
My husband’s best friend told us he wants Season’s in the Sun played at his funeral. That was many years ago. We’re all in our 60’s now. He still wants it played.
My research on that one show it didn't make it to number 1 ... it peaked at number 6 on the billboard. Do you see something else I missed? Soooo appreciate your comment!
@@Larry-gn1xj Yes, "forgotten" is a kind of clickbait word; obviously most of the forgetters of most of these songs had been avoiding the radio for a long time.
AI pissing me as well.... I first heard this song in the combination "OOH child/redemption song" by Molly johnson. So I considered it as a complete Bob Marley thing
Gary Glitter, Lee Michaels, Ram Jam, Billy Swan, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Dr John, Dobie Gray, Argent, Steam, Sugarloaf, Mountain. These are some of the ones I remember from the 70's.
Sugarloaf had two hits with Green Eyed Lady and Don't Call Us, We'll Call You. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils had two hits as well with Jackie Blue and If You Want To Get To Heaven.
Gary Glitter is very far from being a one hit wonder... he was the first artist in history to start his career with 10 top ten hits in the UK, he was huge in almost the entire world, in Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe, in North America it only had 2 hits. But in South America it sounded a lot.
@@OnlyGoodMusic_ That might be true in the UK, but Glitter never made the same impact in America where, at best, glam rock was seen as a curiosity. I have never heard another Glitter song on US radio.
Wow, thanks for bringing back all those great one hit wonders. However, the best one hit wonder I remember was by Edison Lighthouse: "Love grows where my Rosemary goes".
Yeah I remember that song.Robert Goulet did a version of Seasons in the Sun.There was Poke Salad Annie, Color him father, Archie Bell and the Drells from Houston with the Tighten Up,there was Timothy by The Boyz, and quite a few others.Oh yeah Radio did My Brooklyn.
@@hildahilpert5018 Archie Bell had a follow up hit 'I Can't Stop Dancing". BTW the year was 1968. Polk Salad Annie was from 1969. Also from 1969 was a reggae song "The Israelite" by Desmond Dekker And The Aces. Top 10 in America.
Not a one hit wonder. OMD previously released a song called "If You Want To Get To Heaven(You Gotta Raise a Little Hell).ua-cam.com/video/ox7dPlQCIWk/v-deo.html
Oh, pleeze! I almost didn't listen to this video, because I was so sure that it would have the same few songs that every other video cites- including Spirit In The Sky. We need some REAL forgotten oldies- like Jimmy Loves Maryanne by Looking Glass (of Brandy You're A Fine Girl fame)...as opposed top the same worn-out crap that everyone's already done to the hilt a million times over.
@@bobbylibertini This upload is not "forgotten oldies". It's "One-Hit Wonders". If "Jimmy Loves Maryanne" by Looking Glass was a hit - forgotten or not - then it wouldn't qualify for this list because it would not be a One-Hit Wonder thanks to "Brandy(You're A Fine Girl}".
@@petermildren5326 But...but... It spent two weeks at #33.... Nah, I get it- I'm not saying that that's what THIS video should be about..I was rather just making a general statement. One gets tired of hearing the same few songs over and over again for the last 50+ years. It's what killed radio.
It seems like a lot of music from the 70s still stands up today,and sounds just as great today as it did then.they don't make music much like they used to anymore.
The singer of the First Class ( Tony Burrows ) had exactly five ( 5 ) one hit wonder songs.My baby loves loving as White Plains, Love goes( where my Rosemary grows ) as Edison Lighthouse, Brotherhood of man ( United we stand ) Gimme dat ding ( Pipkins ) all 1970 and the great song beach baby ( try the longest version you can find ) from 1974. And a dozen other singles
@@fcamsterdam8941You beat me to it. I heard an interview with Burrows where he made the claim that he appeared with three groups on one show, but by 'Top of the Pops" records this never happened. He did appear once with two groups, and four weeks later he appeared with a third group, but he never appeared with three different groups on the same show. By the way, Edison Lighthouse is an interesting story, as the band didn't actually exist when their single came out. The song was created by a group of studio musicians that included Burrows as the lead singer. Needing a group name to stick on the record label, they came up with "Edison Lighthouse." When the song became a major hit, they suddenly realized a band had to be formed for TV appearances, so new musicians were recruited to lip sync to the record. A video was also put together with a hunky guy lip syncing the song, as apparently Burrows wasn't hot enough. 😊
I graduated high school in 1974. I loved music! My parents loved music from the 40s and before. Times were much simpler back then. Agent 86 from Get Smart had a shoe phone, but the rest of us didn’t have cell phones. So we listened to the radio. Our family sang in the car all the time. We enjoyed many songs from different decades. We lived in metro Atlanta and would go to beaches in Florida at least annually. Daddy preferred the older music, but in LA (Lower Alabama) it was hard to get a clear signal on the radio. He was always complaining about music that my sisters and I enjoyed. But when “In the summertime” was played on the only station that would come in clearly, Daddy loved it! It became a family favorite and we loved that daddy finally loved one of our songs. Our family regularly sang it when we were all in the car together. GOOD TIMES INDEED! ❤❤❤
What about "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"? "I'll Meet You Halfway"? "I Woke Up in Love This Morning"? And My favorite single of theirs, "One of Those Nights (Yes Love)"? NOT ONE-HIT WONDERS.
We would call in requests on our landline phone.Then listen to the radio til it came on.Night Chicago Died was my first request ever at 11 yrs old 1974😊
Just for information, Seasons in the sun by Terry Jack was a cover (re-arranged and half translated) of a song by Belgian singer Jacques Brel (in French) "Le moribond" (i.e. The dying man).
The first English Language version was by Rod McKuen (circa 1963) Other versions that preceded Jacks' include, The Kington Trio that same year and the British band The Fortunes in '68
To translate a Brel song with as much poetic Left Bank sensitivity as he possessed, while retaining the song's meaning, has become a sort of benchmark for lyricists.(Marc Almond, Momus, and Scott Walker have done great ones)
Not a one hit wonder. BDAH was followed by another song called 'Who Do You Think You Are?'- (originally by the British band Jigsaw),that same year. ua-cam.com/video/9fUEJVhAs_Q/v-deo.html The "Billy.." song was first recorded by Paper Laceua-cam.com/video/6RvG5bJsu5Q/v-deo.html
Rupert Holmes had another cut called 'Him' and it's way better than 'Escape'. I loved that song since I was 8 years old & I'm almost 53...I play it often.
We always played “Beach Baby” when our kids were small- they called it “baby beach” because of the ending 😂😂😂 they sure loved it, they danced every time we played it.
@@rodneykingston6420 Diesel had a European hit in 1979, then others including "Sausalito Summernight" in 1980, then "Sausalito Summernight" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1981, for 18 weeks, eventually peaking at #25 in the US.
Here's a few others not mentioned: 1. "Brandy" by Looking Glass. The Tune was pleasant and catchy. The reason it was a one-hit wonder is because Looking Glass broke up shortly after the song's release. 2. "Telephone Man" by Meri Wilson. You want to talk about your suggestive lyrics! It makes "Afternoon Delight" look like Sunday School! My dad worked for the phone company when this song was released, and my mom actually bought it for him. 3. "Midnight at the Oasis" by Maria Muldaur. This is a song that I rolled my eye to whenever it came on the radio. There was something about her voice that - to me - sounded like nails on a chalkboard.
BTW there were many more including,Brandy by The Looking Glass (which everybody thinks is King Harvest again.) Also a great song called Moonlight Feels right by Starbuck.
Both of those groups had a second single reach the Billboard Top 40. The songs weren't as big as the hits you mention, but I'd say that disqualifies the groups as one-hit wonders.
@@zanti4132 I agree with you; so would Casey Kasem. Too bad WaybackUSA didn't know to inform BTritone of "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" and "Everybody Be Dancin'."
@@ranchokitty1 “Timothy” was by the Buoys, not the Byobs. “Little Green Bag” does not count. It was by George Baker Selection, who then had a #26 peaking hit “Paloma Blanca,” which spent more weeks on the Hot 100 than “Little Green Bag” did.
One of the songs in this video is NOT a one-hit wonder! The song that I am referring to is "ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG)" by Rupert Holmes. He also had a top 10 hit with a song called "HIM" in 1980.
He said Capone wasn't in Chicago when the song was written. Yeah, because he died in '47. I think some foreigner compiles this crap and pays somebody to just read copy... but others on here think AI is doing it. This kind of stuff has been on YT longer than AI has been available.
Paper Lace scored their first #1 in the UK with their original version of "Billy Don't Be A Hero" covered in the USA by another band, Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods. "Chicago Died" was their second #1, and they had two more hits after that.
Paper Lace had a second hit in Australia with Billy don’t be a hero. Seasons in the Sun was the first record I bought when I was about 12. Originally sung in French as was My Way. Not a fan of Afternoon Delight. I know all these songs bar one so not forgotten
I was 7 when the 70s started and I remember many (not all) of these from when they first came out. Especially "In The Summertime", which was one of the first contemporary popular songs I fell for.
There's was alot of songs in the 80s that were considered lame by some people but they were still successful one hit wonders they were bands that came and went but you still hear those songs on classic rock stations
I remember all of those songs! And sometime within the last 10 or 15 years, one of my children told me, regarding the night Chicago died, I think that was originally supposed to be released by Bo Donaldson and the haywoods, but there was some drama and paper lace ended up doing it. Also in this video I learned that the five stair steps did Dear Prudence on the flip side of oooh child, so I'm going to go check that out now!
I've heard seasons in the sun and found it to be rather sad. But I thought that it was a good song. I heard it first when I was at a sleep over at a playmates house.
To hear Bill Danoff tell it, AD made him so much in royalties, that it allowed him to live his life in a way that suited him without having to worry about money. True fact. Straight from his lips. Additionally, Bill and Taffy originally hit it big with "Country Roads," with lead John Denver. (You may remember it.)
Robert John - The Lion Sleeps Tonight 1972 Top #3 hit. Robert John - "Sad eyes" 1979 Top #1 hit. The Knack - Good Girls Don't. 1979 Top # 11 in the U.S. hot 100. The Knack - "My Sharona"1979 Top #1 hit.
Rupert Holmes had a few hits. Also, Seasons in the Sun was a cover of a Jaques Brel song. It didn't translate well from French. It was more "tongue-in-cheek" in French.
I like all the songs that were picked out for this video of One Hit Wonders, I heard every one of them when I was younger and growing up back in the 70's..
I know I get this comment a lot. It is a real voice but I agree it does sound AI. Switching this up with a new person though. I appreciate your feedback.
1970'S ONE HIT WONDERS : @00:29 : "IN THE SUMMERTIME" (1970) by MUNGO JERRY @01:32 : "KUNG FU FIGHTING" (1974) by CARL DOUGLAS @02:14 : "SEASONS IN THE SUN" (1974) by TERRY JACKS @03:18 : "BEACH BABY" (1974) by FIRST CLASS @04:08 : "ESCAPE ( THE PINA COLADA SONG )" (1979) by RUPERT HOLMES @05:15 : "O-O-H CHILD" (1970) by FIVE STAIRSTEPS AND CUBIE @06:33 : "THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED" (1974) by PAPER LACE @07:30 : "DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT" (1972) by KING HARVEST @08:34 : "PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC" (1976) by WILD CHERRY @09:29 : "AFTERNOON DELIGHT" (1976) by STARLAND VOCAL BAND HONORABLE MENTION : "GET IT ON" by CHASE "BRANDY" by LOOKING GLASS "MAGIC" by PILOT "MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT" by STARBUCK "YELLOW RIVER" by CHRISTIE "TURN THE BEAT AROUND" by VICKIE SUE ROBINSON "LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES" by EDISON LIGHTHOUSE "BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY" by DANIEL BOONE "YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE" by DEBBY BOONE "CLASSICAL GAS" ny MASON WILLIAMS (INSTRUMENTAL) "BABY COME BACK" by PLAYER "POPCORN" by HOT BUTTER (INSTRUMENTAL) "MONTEGO BAY" by BOBBY BLOOM "FEELINGS" by MORRIS ALBERT "BILLY DON'T BE A HERO" by BO DONALDSON AND THE HEYWOODS "WHICH WAY YOU GOING , BILLY ?" by THE POPPY FAMILY "COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT" by CLIMAX BLUES BAND "RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE" by BLUES IMAGE "BROTHER LOUIE" by STORIES "DRIVERS SEAT" by SNIFF N THE TEARS "SUAVECITO" by MALO
"Claasical Gas" was 1968. Bo Donaldson followed with a #15 hit "Who Do You Think You Are". Player followed up with the #10 "This Time I'm In It for Love". Apparently the makers of this video aren't the only ones who do shoddy research.
@@MetFan37 The Danoffs had already written most of it. The wonderful Denver helped them finish it. It was typical at that time - and still is - for the star to get writing credit so that they could receive royalties. John Denver, being the incredible class act that he was declined any writing credit, but apparently the Danoffs are also a class act and insisted.
Tell us! Was there a one-hit wonder you remember?
I thought a one hit wonder mean't a "one hit band or artist" but not necessarily having a #1 hit .
@@BTritone hmmmmm could be
Drivers seat. Sniffin the tears
The greatest one of all times is Brandy of course by Looking glass
A one hit wonder is a song that hits big it's a catchy tune that may or may not have reached number one on the music charts but it definitely charted and was extremely popular
My husband’s best friend told us he wants Season’s in the Sun played at his funeral. That was many years ago. We’re all in our 60’s now. He still wants it played.
Same with me. I met my best friend when I was ten and my wife's name is Michelle, my little one
Rupert Holmes wasn't a one hit wonder ,who also had a major hit with a song called "Him"
My research on that one show it didn't make it to number 1 ... it peaked at number 6 on the billboard. Do you see something else I missed? Soooo appreciate your comment!
Him,him,him what's she gonna do without him.....I enjoyed that ditty too!😎👍
He also had a hit in the 1970s called Jennifer Tompkins under a group name
@michaelrochester48 He also wrote the song "Timothy."
I also like Morning Man
For anyone that is over 60, and knows music at all, will NOT have forgotten these songs !!!
Yeah, baby! (in the shagadellic Austin Powers kinda way, lol). Oh, if I only invested in Microsoft.
Oh yeah,,I'll be 65,,I remember too well all the good songs they had back..my favorite year of the songs were back in 1972...❤❤😂
I don't know how Brandy by Looking Glass is not on this list. They played the crap out of that song on the radio in 72.
Maybe because Looking Glass' "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" reached #33.
great song!
I heard all these songs roasted on the radio. No revelation in lost songs.
@@Larry-gn1xj Yes, "forgotten" is a kind of clickbait word; obviously most of the forgetters of most of these songs had been avoiding the radio for a long time.
@georges2474
Still play it everyday on the top Bay Area Classic Rock stations! 😎
I remember them all!!! Good times!
The EARLY 70s was the leftover part of the 60's. Every decade is that way. "Play That Funky Music White Boy", I STILL play in my car. Loved it !
I remember all these songs because well I am old lol
Same man same 😂
Me too. I like these oldies 😊
Me too but I'm so glad I was alive when these songs came out the 70s was the best decade musically imo ❤
Me too
Music and TV also was great in the 70’s
"Couldn't Get It Right" by Climax Blues Band, one of my favorite 70s tunes.
They had a hit single in 80 with a song called I Love You
@@lordsatanicus1622 Yes, another great song by them
Damn Good Tune!
big hit when I was in college.... love that song.
Also had a song called I love you as well as I am Constant
Dancing in the moonlight has always been my favorite. Love it, love it!
Terry Jacks was actually a two hit wonder. He and his then wife, Susan were The Poppy Family and had a huge hit with, "Which Way You Goin' Billy?"
... and "That's Where I Went Wrong."
@@josephphelan646 It's the exact same person!!!!
Ok l take your point . But l think 4 the purpose of " officially " a 1 hit-wonder . It has to b under a certain name .
As u kno itz common 4 people to jump around in the music biz . Like some other industries .
Bands often break up . Lead singers get solo " careers " , uder members form new bands , break up again ......u kno yurself...!!!!
You can tell this narrator is computer generated, O O HCHILD, YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING, IT'S OOH OOH CHILD
stop calling it O, O, O, H, Child! It's oo-oo-child...jeez
AI generated speech is flawed still, but there will come a point where it will mimic human speech perfectly. God help us then!
You caught that too
AI pissing me as well.... I first heard this song in the combination "OOH child/redemption song" by Molly johnson. So I considered it as a complete Bob Marley thing
This is what happens when you hand things over to a robot.
Fartificial intelligence.
Gary Glitter, Lee Michaels, Ram Jam, Billy Swan, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Dr John, Dobie Gray, Argent, Steam, Sugarloaf, Mountain. These are some of the ones I remember from the 70's.
Sugarloaf had two hits with Green Eyed Lady and Don't Call Us, We'll Call You. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils had two hits as well with Jackie Blue and If You Want To Get To Heaven.
Gary Glitter is very far from being a one hit wonder... he was the first artist in history to start his career with 10 top ten hits in the UK, he was huge in almost the entire world, in Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe, in North America it only had 2 hits. But in South America it sounded a lot.
@@OnlyGoodMusic_ That might be true in the UK, but Glitter never made the same impact in America where, at best, glam rock was seen as a curiosity. I have never heard another Glitter song on US radio.
Lee Michaels sang "Happy Birthday" to me, on my 15th birthday. How did I forget being so embarrassed, I wanted to crawl under the carpet?
I remember in my 1970s listening to Slade,Sweet, David Essex, ABBA, wizard, Gloria Gaynor Jackson 5 😊🤷♀️
Wow, thanks for bringing back all those great one hit wonders. However, the best one hit wonder I remember was by Edison Lighthouse: "Love grows where my Rosemary goes".
Yeah I remember that song.Robert Goulet did a version of Seasons in the Sun.There was Poke Salad Annie, Color him father, Archie Bell and the Drells from Houston with the Tighten Up,there was Timothy by The Boyz, and quite a few others.Oh yeah Radio did My Brooklyn.
@@hildahilpert5018 Archie Bell had a follow up hit 'I Can't Stop Dancing". BTW the year was 1968. Polk Salad Annie was from 1969. Also from 1969 was a reggae song "The Israelite" by Desmond Dekker And The Aces. Top 10 in America.
No love for "Jackie Blue" by Ozark Mountain Daredevils?
Sooooo true! The 70’s had such good music 🎵
Not a one hit wonder. OMD previously released a song called "If You Want To Get To Heaven(You Gotta Raise a Little Hell).ua-cam.com/video/ox7dPlQCIWk/v-deo.html
@@chrismulwee4911 Yes, it reached #25.
Driver's Seat by Sniff N The Tears should have made the list
Great song from 1979,bought the 45 still have it,one of my all time favorite songs 💎 Auckland New Zealand 2024
Damn Good Tune!!
Everyone called them "Sniffin' the drivers seat"
Yep, as well as Every Time I Think of You by THE BABYS, and Single Bed by FOX.
Yes. One of my favorites.
My secret 70s song crush?-Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, -You don't Have to be a Star! AND-Helen Reddy, -Angie Baby.
Six words - Norman Greenbaum "Spirit In The Sky"
Another great song
Oh, pleeze! I almost didn't listen to this video, because I was so sure that it would have the same few songs that every other video cites- including Spirit In The Sky. We need some REAL forgotten oldies- like Jimmy Loves Maryanne by Looking Glass (of Brandy You're A Fine Girl fame)...as opposed top the same worn-out crap that everyone's already done to the hilt a million times over.
@@bobbylibertini This upload is not "forgotten oldies". It's "One-Hit Wonders". If "Jimmy Loves Maryanne" by Looking Glass was a hit - forgotten or not - then it wouldn't qualify for this list because it would not be a One-Hit Wonder thanks to "Brandy(You're A Fine Girl}".
@@petermildren5326 But...but... It spent two weeks at #33.... Nah, I get it- I'm not saying that that's what THIS video should be about..I was rather just making a general statement. One gets tired of hearing the same few songs over and over again for the last 50+ years. It's what killed radio.
that "Seasons in the sun" wasn't more popular, was very probably because it told the young that they were mortal, the years have removed all doubt...
Seasons in the sun was a much bigger hit here in Canada due to Terry Jacks being one of us
@@gittes98 How much more popular can you be other than #1??
1970, Indiana Wants Me
R. Dean Taylor
That song is still a favorite of mine.
But I can't go back there...
R.Dean Taylor
It seems like a lot of music from the 70s still stands up today,and sounds just as great today as it did then.they don't make music much like they used to anymore.
Turns out I do like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain lol
Its pina colada o’clock somewhere 🌴 🌊 ☀️ 😎 🧉
@@WaybackUSA that guy had more that one hit
@@deprive-999x yes “Him” went to #6 on the billboard ☺️
I believe that song was number one at the very tail-end of the 70s and first week of the 80s.
it stunk
Rupert Holmes had a second hit with "Him"
And a third hit called “Answering Machine”
@@paulailey5373 I don't remember that one, but I remember "Him".
@@paulailey5373 I used the chorus of "Answering Machine" as my introduction back when I had an answering machine.
Amswering Machine got far enough up the Hot 100 to be considered a hit, number 32.
@@mcmlxii4419 'Him" is my favorite Rupert song
The singer of the First Class ( Tony Burrows ) had exactly five ( 5 ) one hit wonder songs.My baby loves loving as White Plains, Love goes( where my Rosemary grows ) as Edison Lighthouse, Brotherhood of man ( United we stand ) Gimme dat ding ( Pipkins ) all 1970 and the great song beach baby ( try the longest version you can find ) from 1974. And a dozen other singles
That's true. In interviews, Burrows would joke that he was a one-hit wonder five times!
It was claimed (without proof) that Tony Burrows fronted 3 different bands in a single episode of Top Of The Pops on TV.
@@brianvogt8125 And that s not correct. It was not in a single episode but within a month in 3 epsodes. Maximum was two in one.
@@fcamsterdam8941You beat me to it. I heard an interview with Burrows where he made the claim that he appeared with three groups on one show, but by 'Top of the Pops" records this never happened. He did appear once with two groups, and four weeks later he appeared with a third group, but he never appeared with three different groups on the same show.
By the way, Edison Lighthouse is an interesting story, as the band didn't actually exist when their single came out. The song was created by a group of studio musicians that included Burrows as the lead singer. Needing a group name to stick on the record label, they came up with "Edison Lighthouse." When the song became a major hit, they suddenly realized a band had to be formed for TV appearances, so new musicians were recruited to lip sync to the record. A video was also put together with a hunky guy lip syncing the song, as apparently Burrows wasn't hot enough. 😊
I had the 45 of Gimmee Dat Ding, lol. My Dad and I loved novelty songs
Danced to them all. Wonderful wonderful times never to be repeated 😢😂😂🎉🎉❤❤❤
I had a lot of these songs on 45 rpm vinyl and I still have some of them to this day. ❤❤❤
I graduated high school in 1974. I loved music! My parents loved music from the 40s and before. Times were much simpler back then. Agent 86 from Get Smart had a shoe phone, but the rest of us didn’t have cell phones. So we listened to the radio. Our family sang in the car all the time. We enjoyed many songs from different decades. We lived in metro Atlanta and would go to beaches in Florida at least annually. Daddy preferred the older music, but in LA (Lower Alabama) it was hard to get a clear signal on the radio. He was always complaining about music that my sisters and I enjoyed. But when “In the summertime” was played on the only station that would come in clearly, Daddy loved it! It became a family favorite and we loved that daddy finally loved one of our songs. Our family regularly sang it when we were all in the car together. GOOD TIMES INDEED! ❤❤❤
Thank you so much for sharing your memories ❤
1974. Plant City High
"Lay a Little Lovin' On Me" by Robin McNamara (1970)...a lost gem.
I so appreciate suggestions here ... I'm making a favorites list for you guys
Rupert Holmes had more than one hit song
Yes, and a #6 placing on the Billboard Hot 100 was nothing to shake a stick at.
I've heard of all of these AM rock and pop artists and
the one hit wonders that they put out thanks for the memories.
🎵🎶🎼🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎼🎶🎵
I think I love you. Partridge Family.
The Partridge Family was not a one hit wonder. They had a hit called I Woke Up In Love This Morning that made it to #13.
What about "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"? "I'll Meet You Halfway"? "I Woke Up in Love This Morning"? And My favorite single of theirs, "One of Those Nights (Yes Love)"? NOT ONE-HIT WONDERS.
Moonlight Feels Right by Starbuck is my favorite ohw from the 70s.
🎶 "Smoke From A Distant Fire" 🎶
Sanford Townsend Band
One of the biggest hits of 1977!
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
We would call in requests on our landline phone.Then listen to the radio til it came on.Night Chicago Died was my first request ever at 11 yrs old 1974😊
Wow what a memory! I wish I could remember my first request.
I loved Paper Lace's follow-up, the stalled-at-number-41 "The Black Eyed Boys".
Mungo Jerry's summertime is still one of my all-time favorite songs.
Didn't they sang The Push-bike song as well? 🤔🤔🤔
Far too much talk and not enough music.
😂"Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel, Gary Rafferty and Joe Egan.
I had a t-shirt a few years ago that said "Was everybody REALLY kung-fu fighting in the 70s?"
Hated that damn song!
😂😂😂😂😂
So....????
😁😁. I hated that song. I thought it was as stupid.
@@hollyb6885 hell yeah!!!
I loved all of these! Your #1 is also my #1.
I know all these songs !!❤
I recognized all of those songs before they payed just from the introduction you gave. I really think that they are unforgettable.
Half of these are on my play list.
Just for information, Seasons in the sun by Terry Jack was a cover (re-arranged and half translated) of a song by Belgian singer Jacques Brel (in French) "Le moribond" (i.e. The dying man).
Love this information … thank you!
The first English Language version was by Rod McKuen (circa 1963)
Other versions that preceded Jacks' include,
The Kington Trio that same year and the British band The Fortunes in '68
@@chrismulwee4911the Kingston Trio version was produced by Jacks.
To translate a Brel song with as much poetic Left Bank sensitivity as he possessed, while retaining the song's meaning, has become a sort of benchmark for lyricists.(Marc Almond, Momus, and Scott Walker have done great ones)
@@chrismulwee4911 and Pearls Before Swine
"Billy, Don't Be A Hero" Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods 1974
Oh man YES definitely needs to be on the list … loved this!
Not a one hit wonder. BDAH was followed by another song called 'Who Do You Think You Are?'- (originally by the British band Jigsaw),that same year. ua-cam.com/video/9fUEJVhAs_Q/v-deo.html
The "Billy.." song was first recorded by Paper Laceua-cam.com/video/6RvG5bJsu5Q/v-deo.html
Paper lace had a #1 hit with Billy don't be a hero
@@colinsim1497 In the UK, Ireland and Australia, not the US, where the Paper Lace version peaked at #96.
Billy, Don't be a Hero falls in with The Night Chicago Died an Brother Louie.
They all SUCKED!!!
Beach Baby was the best Beach Boys song they never did. Loved it.
Beach Baby was not by the Beach Boys. It was by First Class, have a look at the Wikipedia page.
@@andrewgaskell1487 I know, that's why it is phrased that way. Just read it again...
All good songs which I still listen to on a regular basis. Of course, there's so many more one hit wonders which are great as well.
I know … more to come on this topic!
Rupert Holmes had another cut called 'Him' and it's way better than 'Escape'. I loved that song since I was 8 years old & I'm almost 53...I play it often.
I listen to "Him" and not ""Escape", that song has staying power.
Rupert Holmes was not a up one hit wonder. Escape is just more popular than Him.
We always played “Beach Baby” when our kids were small- they called it “baby beach” because of the ending 😂😂😂 they sure loved it, they danced every time we played it.
I was 13 years old in 1970, I so remember these songs. I really liked Mongo Jerry!
Rupert Holmes actually had more than one hit.
Diesel - Sausalito Summer Nights (1980) just missed the 70s.
"Sausalito Summernight." Yes, the Dutch group Diesel's "Watts In a Tank" album is great.
Are you sure that wasn't 1981? Maybe it hit in Europe in 1980, but I mostly remember hearing it in 1981.
@@rodneykingston6420 Diesel had a European hit in 1979, then others including "Sausalito Summernight" in 1980, then "Sausalito Summernight" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1981, for 18 weeks, eventually peaking at #25 in the US.
@@bobdavis4848 Thanks.
@@bobdavis4848 Well, I've always lived in the US, so I think of it as a 1981 song.
Paper Lace had a massive hit also with Billy Don't Be a hero in the UK,3 weeks at Number 1 in 1974. They had two other top 40 hits in that year too.
Here's a few others not mentioned:
1. "Brandy" by Looking Glass. The Tune was pleasant and catchy. The reason it was a one-hit wonder is because Looking Glass broke up shortly after the song's release.
2. "Telephone Man" by Meri Wilson. You want to talk about your suggestive lyrics! It makes "Afternoon Delight" look like Sunday School! My dad worked for the phone company when this song was released, and my mom actually bought it for him.
3. "Midnight at the Oasis" by Maria Muldaur. This is a song that I rolled my eye to whenever it came on the radio. There was something about her voice that - to me - sounded like nails on a chalkboard.
Looking Glass floowed with the #33 "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne". Maria Muldaur followed with a Top 20 cover of Peggy Lee's "I'm A Woman".
My older sister had the Terry Jacks album. I love 1 hit wonder's.
BTW there were many more including,Brandy by The Looking Glass (which everybody thinks is King Harvest again.) Also a great song called Moonlight Feels right by Starbuck.
Ahhhhhh so many memories!
Both of those groups had a second single reach the Billboard Top 40. The songs weren't as big as the hits you mention, but I'd say that disqualifies the groups as one-hit wonders.
@@zanti4132 I agree with you; so would Casey Kasem. Too bad WaybackUSA didn't know to inform BTritone of "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" and "Everybody Be Dancin'."
Heck you can even go Reflections of my life, by Marmalade. Timothy by the Byobs, Ma Belle ame, little green bag, Spirit in the sky,....
@@ranchokitty1 “Timothy” was by the Buoys, not the Byobs. “Little Green Bag” does not count. It was by George Baker Selection, who then had a #26 peaking hit “Paloma Blanca,” which spent more weeks on the Hot 100 than “Little Green Bag” did.
Seasons in the Sun was one unique song
Love love love Seasons in the Sun!!
One of my favs that takes me back every time I hear it... Funkytown...by Lipps
1980.
I realize War was by no means a one hit wonder, but you are on a summertime flashback mode, Summertime Is Here 1976
That great song was just called "Summer."
Love all these songs❤
Seasons in the sun is friggin out of this world good.
One of the songs in this video is NOT a one-hit wonder! The song that I am referring to is "ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG)" by Rupert Holmes. He also had a top 10 hit with a song called "HIM" in 1980.
I love these AI narrators. "O-O-H-Child".
I was 13 in 71 and I remember calling the local am radio station and requesting Led Zeppelin, Black Dog.
Their biggest hit was never released as a single.
Forgotten? What are you talking about? All these songs are still in heavy rotation, everyone knows them.
I think you're an European. The Americans think USA is the Center of Music. We in Europe don't forget these Hits.
Al Capone was definitely in Chicago, as were gangs. You might want to check your facts. That song was spot on. Only the year was off.
The only thing real about that song was Al Capone and Chicago. Everything that happened is fiction.
He said Capone wasn't in Chicago when the song was written. Yeah, because he died in '47. I think some foreigner compiles this crap and pays somebody to just read copy... but others on here think AI is doing it. This kind of stuff has been on YT longer than AI has been available.
But there is no East side of Chicago. Wouldn't you be in the river ?
Chicory Tip: Son of my Father.
There's some controversy there. Was Chicory tip's version the hit or was Giorgio's version the hit?
Mungo Jerry had loads of hits,'Baby Jump' 'Lady Rose' 'Long Legged Woman' etc
Paper Lace scored their first #1 in the UK with their original version of "Billy Don't Be A Hero" covered in the USA by another band, Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods. "Chicago Died" was their second #1, and they had two more hits after that.
Paper Lace also had Billy Don't Be A Hero as a hit as well
Indeed 😊
Paper Lace had a second hit in Australia with Billy don’t be a hero. Seasons in the Sun was the first record I bought when I was about 12. Originally sung in French as was My Way. Not a fan of Afternoon Delight. I know all these songs bar one so not forgotten
Their follow-up, "The Black-Eyed Boys" peaked just outside of the Top 40.
I was 7 when the 70s started and I remember many (not all) of these from when they first came out. Especially "In The Summertime", which was one of the first contemporary popular songs I fell for.
I like O O H Child 😊 by the Five Stair Steps. Thanks for the video.
There's was alot of songs in the 80s that were considered lame by some people but they were still successful one hit wonders they were bands that came and went but you still hear those songs on classic rock stations
The night Chicago died was my favorite
I remember all of these songs , thank you.
Shannon by Henry Gross, Chevy Van by Sammy Johns
In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry might have been a U.S. one hit wonder. But NOT in the U.K. They had 6 UK hit singles.
I remember all of those songs! And sometime within the last 10 or 15 years, one of my children told me, regarding the night Chicago died, I think that was originally supposed to be released by Bo Donaldson and the haywoods, but there was some drama and paper lace ended up doing it. Also in this video I learned that the five stair steps did Dear Prudence on the flip side of oooh child, so I'm going to go check that out now!
I've heard seasons in the sun and found it to be rather sad. But I thought that it was a good song. I heard it first when I was at a sleep over at a playmates house.
To hear Bill Danoff tell it, AD made him so much in royalties, that it allowed him to live his life in a way that suited him without having to worry about money. True fact. Straight from his lips. Additionally, Bill and Taffy originally hit it big with "Country Roads," with lead John Denver. (You may remember it.)
Basketball Jones was one of my fun 70's songs.
I remember 'Afternoon Delight' since when I was a kid. The song would be played after a firework show in the late 70s.
Terry Jacks may have been a 1 hit wonder solo but had quite a few hits as part of ' The Poppy Family '
"Sad eyes" and "My Sharona", both from ´79
Robert John first released a song in 1961 and waited 18 years before finally hitting #1
The Knack was not a one hit wonder. They had a hit with a song called Good Girls Don't.
Robert John - The Lion Sleeps Tonight 1972 Top #3 hit.
Robert John - "Sad eyes" 1979 Top #1 hit.
The Knack - Good Girls Don't. 1979 Top # 11 in the U.S. hot 100.
The Knack - "My Sharona"1979 Top #1 hit.
@@ricknibert6417 The Tokens released in 1961. Robert John released in 1972
I wasn't referring to The Lion Sleeps Tonight. He had another release under a different name back in the 1960s.
If I'm not mistaken, the highest charting song in the 1970s was a one-hit wonder: "You Light Up My Life," by Debbie Boone.
Her name was Debby Boone and she had a follow-up that did better on the country charts
mungo Jerry had a few number 1 hits in the 70’s!
Rupert Holmes had a few hits.
Also, Seasons in the Sun was a cover of a Jaques Brel song. It didn't translate well from French. It was more "tongue-in-cheek" in French.
I like all the songs that were picked out for this video of One Hit Wonders, I heard every one of them when I was younger and growing up back in the 70's..
I've heard all these songs! Regardless of the fact that they were 1 hit wonders, they have stood the test of time!
Thanks, Mr. Roboto, for the fine narration.
I know I get this comment a lot. It is a real voice but I agree it does sound AI. Switching this up with a new person though. I appreciate your feedback.
@@WaybackUSA While you're at it, have the new guy practice how the titles of songs goes? O, O, H Child is just TOO MUCH.
Ohh Child was great then and NOW! Are you kidding it’s great!
Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" was the "My Heart Will Go On" of 70s one-hit wonders.
Okay..how about Black Betty by Ram Jam? Who was that guitar player?!
No idea who that guitar player was but yeah a great song choice! Adding it to the request list!
1970'S ONE HIT WONDERS :
@00:29 : "IN THE SUMMERTIME" (1970) by MUNGO JERRY
@01:32 : "KUNG FU FIGHTING" (1974) by CARL DOUGLAS
@02:14 : "SEASONS IN THE SUN" (1974) by TERRY JACKS
@03:18 : "BEACH BABY" (1974) by FIRST CLASS
@04:08 : "ESCAPE ( THE PINA COLADA SONG )" (1979) by RUPERT HOLMES
@05:15 : "O-O-H CHILD" (1970) by FIVE STAIRSTEPS AND CUBIE
@06:33 : "THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED" (1974) by PAPER LACE
@07:30 : "DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT" (1972) by KING HARVEST
@08:34 : "PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC" (1976) by WILD CHERRY
@09:29 : "AFTERNOON DELIGHT" (1976) by STARLAND VOCAL BAND
HONORABLE MENTION :
"GET IT ON" by CHASE
"BRANDY" by LOOKING GLASS
"MAGIC" by PILOT
"MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT" by STARBUCK
"YELLOW RIVER" by CHRISTIE
"TURN THE BEAT AROUND" by VICKIE SUE ROBINSON
"LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES" by EDISON LIGHTHOUSE
"BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY" by DANIEL BOONE
"YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE" by DEBBY BOONE
"CLASSICAL GAS" ny MASON WILLIAMS (INSTRUMENTAL)
"BABY COME BACK" by PLAYER
"POPCORN" by HOT BUTTER (INSTRUMENTAL)
"MONTEGO BAY" by BOBBY BLOOM
"FEELINGS" by MORRIS ALBERT
"BILLY DON'T BE A HERO" by BO DONALDSON AND THE HEYWOODS
"WHICH WAY YOU GOING , BILLY ?" by THE POPPY FAMILY
"COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT" by CLIMAX BLUES BAND
"RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE" by BLUES IMAGE
"BROTHER LOUIE" by STORIES
"DRIVERS SEAT" by SNIFF N THE TEARS
"SUAVECITO" by MALO
"Claasical Gas" was 1968. Bo Donaldson followed with a #15 hit "Who Do You Think You Are". Player followed up with the #10 "This Time I'm In It for Love". Apparently the makers of this video aren't the only ones who do shoddy research.
The Afternoon Delight's Bill and Taffy Danoff also wrote John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Road."
They CO-WROTE it with John Denver.
@@MetFan37 The Danoffs had already written most of it. The wonderful Denver helped them finish it. It was typical at that time - and still is - for the star to get writing credit so that they could receive royalties.
John Denver, being the incredible class act that he was declined any writing credit, but apparently the Danoffs are also a class act and insisted.
Paper Lace had a number of big hits. One of them being Billy don't be a hero. There are other places in the world apart from the USA thankfully.
Yep, this one hit wonder thing just shows how ignorant people are assuming that is the only record they ever put out!