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30 Best One-Hit Wonders of the ’70s (Favorite Picks)
Midder ^ | 5/30/23 | Will Fenton

Posted on 11/27/2023 10:55:30 AM PST by DallasBiff

20. “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden” by Lynn Anderson

(Excerpt) Read more at middermusic.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 70s; onehitwonders
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To: rlmorel

Technically it’s a marimba. But close enough.


121 posted on 11/27/2023 1:04:12 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

If they flipped it, and had artists with only one country hit in the ‘70s, they could include Paul McCartney, who hit the country charts with Sally G (flip side of Junior’s Farm)


122 posted on 11/27/2023 1:04:38 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Red Badger

And, “Driver’s Seat” is a good one!

How about “Pick Up The Pieces” by The Average White Band? I cannot for the life of me think of another tune by them that even made the charts, but...that one was part of the soundtrack of my life!


123 posted on 11/27/2023 1:06:47 PM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: Red Badger

Ah! As soon as I posted, I thought of at least one other hit they had and it was a good one: “Play That Funky Music White Boy”...

I guess that disqualifies them!


124 posted on 11/27/2023 1:08:21 PM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: dfwgator

Yes, of course-I thought you said xylophone and I copied it! Lazy of me...:)


125 posted on 11/27/2023 1:09:07 PM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: 1Old Pro

Route 101 in NH west to Rt 9 across southern VT becomes route 7 in NY. I would take that to 87 to 90 west when traveling to my mom’s house in WNY. It is the most direct route from southern NH to NY state. It is also the the quickest way unless it is snowing in the Green Mountains of VT.

Dropping down to I90 in Worchester, MA takes about an hour from my house.


126 posted on 11/27/2023 1:09:08 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Fungi
I love it because it evokes a "place," it seems to have been recorded in a characteristic space, that somehow matches the album cover picture.

It's by far the best song the group (Sad Café) ever did.

10cc's I'm Not In Love is like that too. Sort of a 70s thing.

127 posted on 11/27/2023 1:09:15 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: woodbutcher1963

Yep, I go thru there to visit Manchester VT etc :) Only way out of the Capital region, although there is a back way, but thru Troy is more efficient. My niece went to Lally School of Management/ RPI.


128 posted on 11/27/2023 1:12:02 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: DallasBiff

Mississippi Queen is the best. Seasons in the Sun the worst


129 posted on 11/27/2023 1:12:12 PM PST by albie
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To: DallasBiff
#4 - Video Killed The Radio Star

Probably THE most favorite 70s song on my list ...

130 posted on 11/27/2023 1:14:55 PM PST by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
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To: woodbutcher1963

Just outside of Troy is Valente Lumber, where they have my log siding etc.
https://www.valentelumber.com/


131 posted on 11/27/2023 1:15:22 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: DallasBiff
#24 - Lovin' You (Minnie Ripperton)

At the top of my list of WORST 70s songs ...

132 posted on 11/27/2023 1:17:19 PM PST by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
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To: DallasBiff

Probably a dumb question but here it is anyway:

Did any of Johnny Horton’s songs ever make it to #1?

I loved that guy’s voice Oddly(?) I loved Mama Cass Eliot’s voice too.


133 posted on 11/27/2023 1:20:57 PM PST by Graybeard58 (There are only two sexes but there are 57 different types of queers.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Plus, I used to love to stop at the Man of Kent Tavern in Hoosick Falls, NY on Rt 7 just over the VT border.


134 posted on 11/27/2023 1:27:22 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Steely Tom

Check out Satellites by The Big Dish group. Every song on the album is a masterpiece. I’m not in love has the same parameters as the rwo songs you mentioned.


135 posted on 11/27/2023 1:29:00 PM PST by Fungi
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To: woodbutcher1963
I used to love to stop at the Man of Kent Tavern in Hoosick Falls

Yep, a local favorite

136 posted on 11/27/2023 1:30:27 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: cyclotic

Met BJ Thomas once - really nice, personable guy. RIP.


137 posted on 11/27/2023 1:34:01 PM PST by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: DallasBiff

Brandy remains an all time favorite. Elliott Lurie later became president of MGM music. He still goes into clubs occasionally and sings it with his guitar. I think he wrote the song to impress some hippy girl in NY. She wasn’t impressed, but the song went big.


138 posted on 11/27/2023 1:37:31 PM PST by Luke21
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To: dfwgator

Get Down, Get down, get down...

You’re a bad dog baby, and I don’t want you around!


139 posted on 11/27/2023 1:37:36 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: rlmorel
How about “Pick Up The Pieces” by The Average White Band? I cannot for the life of me think of another tune by them that even made the charts, but...that one was part of the soundtrack of my life!

"If I Ever Lose This Heaven"

140 posted on 11/27/2023 1:44:28 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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