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The Greatest One-Hit Wonder Songs of the '70s
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Posted on 02/05/2024 2:22:36 PM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff
Rock The Boat ~ Hues Corporation.
Fun fact I learned from watching The Derry Girls.
They play this song at weddings in Ireland. They get down on the floor as if in a boat and go all out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCfys0_IMXo
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posted on
02/05/2024 2:49:04 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: DallasBiff
A lot of these are NOT “One Hit Wonders”.
Don McLean hit the Top 40 with “Vincent”, “Dreidel”, “Crying” and “Since I don’t Have You”.
The Partridge Family hit the Top 40 with “Doesn’t Somebody Want to Be Wanted”, “I’ll Meet You Halfway”, “I Woke Up in Love This Morning”, “It’s One of Those Nights (Yes Love)”
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posted on
02/05/2024 2:49:26 PM PST
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Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: DallasBiff
EVERYBODY was kung fu fighting!!!
To: NautiNurse
Not a one-hit wonder. Melanie had other hits (Lay Down [Candles in the Rain]), for instance.
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posted on
02/05/2024 2:50:54 PM PST
by
Hootowl
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
02/05/2024 2:51:19 PM PST
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
02/05/2024 2:51:50 PM PST
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Fledermaus
(Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
To: George from New England
A lot of these in the list were not "one hit wonders".
But I think Wildflower by Skylark should be included.
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posted on
02/05/2024 2:53:50 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
To: DallasBiff
I was going to note that many posters didn’t understand what “one hit wonder” meant but, looking at Ranker’s List, apparently they don’t either.
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02/05/2024 2:54:04 PM PST
by
Hootowl
To: DallasBiff
I think these are bona fide one hit wonders:
“Afternoon Delight”—Starland Vocal Band
“Seasons in the Sun”—Terry Jacks
and my personal vote
“Timothy” by the Buoys
Honorable Mention to C.W. McCall is hit #40 the year before “Convoy”.
I assume we are NOT accepting Country Charts or “Adult Contemporary”
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posted on
02/05/2024 2:54:58 PM PST
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Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: OKSooner
From 1969, not the 70s, but a really good album. I still listen to it every so often.
To: Hootowl
looking at Ranker’s List, apparently they don’t either.
Absolutely. You could make a credible album called Don McLean's Greatest Hits.
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02/05/2024 2:56:03 PM PST
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Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: Fledermaus
The Sweet had several hits, “Little Willie”, “Love Is Like Oxygen”.
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02/05/2024 2:57:10 PM PST
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: OKSooner
I have that album, I love White Bird. The rest of the album is pretty good as well although I haven’t listened to it in years.
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02/05/2024 2:57:26 PM PST
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FrdmLvr
To: DallasBiff
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02/05/2024 2:57:52 PM PST
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Fledermaus
Baroom Blitz
"The Sweet" had Top Ten hits besides "Ballroom Blitz". "Fox on the Run" and "Little Willie" come to mind immediately.
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02/05/2024 2:58:37 PM PST
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Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
02/05/2024 2:58:39 PM PST
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: jagusafr
“In the Year 2525” was a hit in 1969.
To: PIF
“A Whiter Shade of Pale” may have been the best one-hit wonder hit of all time.
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02/05/2024 3:00:11 PM PST
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Alberta's Child
(If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
To: bigdaddy45
EVERYBODY was kung fu fighting!!!
Mark Steyn riffed on the song for a whole week when it was prohibited somewhere. Steyn can sometimes be a bit of a music snob, but Carl Douglas, had him with "Funky China Man, in Funky China Town".
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posted on
02/05/2024 3:00:33 PM PST
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Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: DallasBiff
Apparently, in 2024 people don’t know what a ‘one-hit wonder’ means. In that vein, my favorite one-hit wonder is the Rolling Stones and “Satisfaction.”
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02/05/2024 3:00:33 PM PST
by
Gigantor
(Either the United States respects its Constitution, or there is no need for a United States.)
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