FReeper Canteen ~ Tell Us Your Favorite "One Hit Wonder" Songs ~ 14 January 2022

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[HandyDandy]

RIP Ronnie Spector!

[Roccus]

Life in a Northern Town by Dream Academy

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXnulANF8g

[Fiji Hill]

Radio station KRLA, blasting Southern California with Top 40 music at 1110 kilocycles from its 50,000-watt transmitter located just outside Whittier, had its own version of "New York's a Lonely Town," which was the only one you could hear on that station. (And no, this is not the conservative talk station with the same call letters heard today at 870 kcs.)

New York's a Lonely Town (KRLA Version)--The Trade Winds (1965)

[Oldhunk]

The Chipmunks Song

[Dr. Sivana]

Spirit in the Sky

I preferred Greenbaum's follow up, "Canned Ham", which made the Hot 100, but not the Top 40.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c0VXs0UoKM

[Fiji Hill]

Leader of the Laundromat--the Detergents (1964)

This may have been inspired by Laundromat Blues

[Roccus]

The Living Years.....Mike and the amechanics

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5hr64MxYpgk

Always makes me think of my Dad...our relationship...and how I wish things could have gone

[HLK10]

That is a good one, but I believe Let The Little Girl Dance was also very good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOCv8Nu2DQ&list=TLPQMTQwMTIwMjLTS9ZA-Os5qA&index=1

[precisionshootist]

"I'm Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves Also, Melt with You by Modern English "

Great combo! I picked up both LPs just for those songs. Walking on Sunshine is one of my all time top ten songs that are guaranteed to make you happy. You can't listen to that song and not smile. Melt with you was not very well known at the time. You had to be a bit of music nut to know the song but it later became a classic that literally everyone knows today.

[sevlex]

Turning Japanese - The Vapors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGy9uomagO4

[Michael.SF.]

This one was huge at the time, and still sounds great:

Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto,

For those who may be interested, here is an English version of the song: Sukiyaki - English Version (my first lonely night without you)

[Fiji Hill]

This one got a lot of air play on local radio stations. "Dor" was the poet Rod McKuen.

The Mummy Bob McFadden & Dor (1959)

[Dr. Sivana]

Junk Food Junkie" -- Larry Groce

[Dr. Sivana]

(Na Na Hey Hey) Kiss Him Goodbye -- Steam

[umbagi]

1900, Yesterday -- Liz Damon's Orient Express

They were playing in the Waikiki Hilton bar when I went there for R&R from 'Nam.

[dfwgator]

“One Toke Over the Line” Brewer and Shipley

The Lawrence Welk Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8tdmaEhMHE

[precisionshootist]

"“Please Come to Boston” Dave Loggins “Chevy Van” Sammy Johns “Lake Shore Drive” Aliotta, Haynes,Jeremiah “Shanty” Do Not Sell “One Toke Over the Line” Brewer and Shipley"

Another great line up. Two of these are KSHE Classics "Lake Shore Drive" and "One Toke over the Line"

KSHE 95 was a famous Rock Station out of the St. Louis area. This station literally made many songs famous that otherwise were unknown and likely would have remained that way. I still have some of my KSHE stuff but not my coveted black satin station jacket.

[Chicory]

Putting on the Ritz by Taco

So many songs already mentioned really brought back memories!

[Michael.SF.]

This may have already been posted, If so, my apology in advance:

Something in the Air -- Thunderclap Newman

[Dr. Sivana]

Castaways -- Liar, Liar (1967)