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The Greatest One-Hit Wonder Songs of the '70s
Ranker Music ^ | 1/1/24 | Ranker Music

Posted on 02/05/2024 2:22:36 PM PST by DallasBiff

We see flash-in-the-pan artists come and go with every decade, but one-hit wonders of the '70s ironically always seem to stick around. For example, you’ve probably heard the classics “American Pie” by Don McLean or “Spirit in the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum despite not knowing any of their other songs or discography. Below, music lovers have ranked the greatest songs of the '70s by one hit wonders in order to increase awareness for them—and also because they kick ass. So if you like “American Pie” or “Spirit in the Sky,” you’re sure to love the other one hit wonders of the '70s below. Also be sure to vote for your favorite '70s one-hit wonders below or add any you feel should be on the list

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KEYWORDS: 70s; onehitwonders
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To: DallasBiff

Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones


81 posted on 02/05/2024 3:12:15 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Nope.


82 posted on 02/05/2024 3:12:26 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
He’s had a pretty long-running country career.

Of course, but I assume we weren't counting Country or Adult Contemporary or Dance Charts.
83 posted on 02/05/2024 3:12:34 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: DallasBiff

I really hate these type of lists because they never define what a “one hit wonder” is.

Just perusing this list Golden Earing is listed as one for “Radar Love”. Meanwhile, “Twilight Zone” actually charted higher than “Radar Love”.

Charlie Daniels is listed for “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, even though “Uneasy Rider” and “In America” both charted in the top 11.

Just because other top 40 hits by a group don’t immediately come to mind doesn’t make them “one hit wonders” in my humble opinion.


84 posted on 02/05/2024 3:12:59 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: Dr. Sivana
Were "The Archies"?

I mean they had a dog conducting them.

85 posted on 02/05/2024 3:13:29 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

Con McLean was hardly a one-hit wonder. His classic “Vincent” is arguably his best work.


86 posted on 02/05/2024 3:14:09 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: dfwgator
Natural High - Bloodstone

In that vein, "D.O.A. -- Bloodrock"
87 posted on 02/05/2024 3:15:29 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: George from New England

BJ Thomas’ “Hooked on a Feeling” was released in 1968.


88 posted on 02/05/2024 3:16:17 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: George from New England
I vote for BJ.

But BJ Thomas had a string of Top 10 hits, including some monster #1s (titles too long to list). He is NOT a one-Hit Wonder.
89 posted on 02/05/2024 3:16:33 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: HerrBlucher
96 tears by ? And the Mysterians

Great song, one-hit wonder, but '60s, NOT '70s.
90 posted on 02/05/2024 3:17:14 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: dfwgator

Don McLean was not a one-hit wonder.

This. Don McLean was a brilliant musician and extremely talented. Vincent tears me up every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wrNFDxCRzU


91 posted on 02/05/2024 3:17:39 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: Dr. Sivana

True, my bar for a one hit wonder is a group that only had one song to make the top 40. Why top 40? Because that’s what Casey Kasem counted.


92 posted on 02/05/2024 3:17:56 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: LeoTDB69

And he’s one of us.


93 posted on 02/05/2024 3:17:59 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Hootowl

First I’ve ever heard that Melanie had another song.


94 posted on 02/05/2024 3:18:08 PM PST by NautiNurse (🇺🇸 Bidenomics: "Over a billion three hundred million trillion three hundred million dollars!")
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Reunion - Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)


95 posted on 02/05/2024 3:18:24 PM PST by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: OKSooner

Great album. Great band.


96 posted on 02/05/2024 3:18:39 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Fledermaus

Good catch.


97 posted on 02/05/2024 3:18:44 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Fledermaus

Starbuck - Moonlight, Feels Right. (Dig that marimba solo!)


98 posted on 02/05/2024 3:19:11 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
I mean they had a dog conducting them.

Well, "Jingle Bells" by The Singing Dogs was re-released in 1971, and all the singers are dogs. Heck, maybe Hot Dog (Jughead's dog) was one of them!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSEBFlBtyIE
99 posted on 02/05/2024 3:20:16 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: PIF

“A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum”

Are you saying that Procol Harum was a one-hit wonder????? Have you ever heard “Conquistador?”


100 posted on 02/05/2024 3:21:17 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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