The Greatest One-Hit Wonder Songs of the '70s

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[metmom]

“2525” - Zager and Evans

That was a good one.

[xoxox]

weird how that even got made into a song and pretty good one at that.

[xoxox]

another not a one hit wonder.

Lay it Down!

[LeoTDB69]

He’s performing here in Phoenix this month! he’s on billboards.

Thank you for correcting my brain fart :D

[xoxox]

CW McCall - Wolf Creek Pass. not a one-hit-wonder.

[metmom]

There are some good ones in that list.

[freepersup]

Bloodrock (1971)

D.O.A

#36 on the charts (best rank for the band)

Ft Worth, TX, band- Psychedelic rock, Hard rock

[freepersup]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.O.A._(song)

[xoxox]

Life is a Rock (but the radio rolled me).

[T.B. Yoits]

Although released in the summer of 1969 in Holland, "Venus" by Shocking Blue reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in February 1970.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhkyyCvUHk

It's a good crossover from the 1960s to the 1970s.

[Newtoidaho]

“More more more”
Andrea True Connection 1976.

[Responsibility2nd]

If you want to see a real mind bender then check out when the Lawrence Welk singers did a cover of”One toke over the line “
on one of their shows.

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How about tripping to The Velvet Underground on the Lawrence Welk Show?

https://twitter.com/wbderry/status/1661744010279682054

[HandyDandy]

How about, Avenging Annie by Andy Pratt?

[freepersup]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzY5i8zHWdw

[sunny bonobo]

No flip side, no second album, no nothing. Just one album with kind of a cult following.
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Sorry, they had a second album, “Marrying Maiden” that actually charted higher than the first album.

[T.B. Yoits]

Ram Jam sounded like a Southern band despite being formed in New York City. The lead singer was from New Jersey and the bassist played in some of Billy Joel's bands.

In 1978 they released a cover of the folk song "Black Betty" once covered by Lead Belly. The song still has airplay today.

Their look and sound is so 1970s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE

[crusty old prospector]

I didn’t know that.

[F450-V10]

I enjoy listening to brief snippets in my head when I see the song title. It’s like instant dopamine without waiting for the entire song. And the nostalgic time/place that go with it.

[sunny bonobo]

“Stairway to Heaven” - Led Zeppelin
“Slow Ride” - Foghat
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I see what you did there lol

[Crusher138]

You’ve got Tony Burrows on this list three times with three different groups.

Is he still a one hit wonder?