10 Forgotten One-Hit Wonders from the 1970s!

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In today’s episode, we countdown the Top 10 One-Hit Wonders of the '70s!
Did your favorite song make it to the list? Tell us in the comments.
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@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

Tell us! Was there a one-hit wonder you remember?

@BTritone Ай бұрын

I thought a one hit wonder mean't a "one hit band or artist" but not necessarily having a #1 hit .

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

@@BTritone hmmmmm could be

@jefmatttab Ай бұрын

Drivers seat. Sniffin the tears

@CarolShook-yg9nn Ай бұрын

The greatest one of all times is Brandy of course by Looking glass

@CarolShook-yg9nn Ай бұрын

A one hit wonder is a song that hits big it's a catchy tune that may or may not have reached number one on the music charts but it definitely charted and was extremely popular

@BTritone Ай бұрын

Rupert Holmes wasn't a one hit wonder ,who also had a major hit with a song called "Him"

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

My research on that one show it didn't make it to number 1 ... it peaked at number 6 on the billboard. Do you see something else I missed? Soooo appreciate your comment!

@christineobrien7707 Ай бұрын

Him,him,him what's she gonna do without him.....I enjoyed that ditty too!😎👍

@michaelrochester48 Ай бұрын

He also had a hit in the 1970s called Jennifer Tompkins under a group name

@BIGELOW.65 Ай бұрын

@michaelrochester48 He also wrote the song "Timothy."

@VanLat7 Ай бұрын

I also like Morning Man

@johnphilip6037 Ай бұрын

stop calling it O, O, O, H, Child! It's oo-oo-child...jeez

@gerald-gs2vh Ай бұрын

AI generated speech is flawed still, but there will come a point where it will mimic human speech perfectly. God help us then!

@loyevangelists Ай бұрын

You caught that too

@olafruckelshausen5911 Ай бұрын

AI pissing me as well.... I first heard this song in the combination "OOH child/redemption song" by Molly johnson. So I considered it as a complete Bob Marley thing

@coot1925 Ай бұрын

This is what happens when you hand things over to a robot.

@Larry-gn1xj Ай бұрын

Fartificial intelligence.

@petermildren5326 Ай бұрын

Six words - Norman Greenbaum "Spirit In The Sky"

@jasonweinstock1282 25 күн бұрын

Another great song

@Sherriberri. Ай бұрын

My husband’s best friend told us he wants Season’s in the Sun played at his funeral. That was many years ago. We’re all in our 60’s now. He still wants it played.

@jefmatttab Ай бұрын

I remember all these songs because well I am old lol

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

Same man same 😂

@Mike-vr4lw Ай бұрын

Me too. I like these oldies 😊

@CarolShook-yg9nn Ай бұрын

Me too but I'm so glad I was alive when these songs came out the 70s was the best decade musically imo ❤

@ellasbaba Ай бұрын

Me too

@johnross8614 29 күн бұрын

Music and TV also was great in the 70’s

@stingray11214 Ай бұрын

No love for "Jackie Blue" by Ozark Mountain Daredevils?

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

Sooooo true! The 70’s had such good music 🎵

@chrismulwee4911 Ай бұрын

Not a one hit wonder. OMD previously released a song called "If You Want To Get To Heaven(You Gotta Raise a Little Hell).kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pd5nl7Odtqmth58.html

@bobdavis4848 Ай бұрын

@@chrismulwee4911 Yes, it reached #25.

@davevardon8618 24 күн бұрын

For anyone that is over 60, and knows music at all, will NOT have forgotten these songs !!!

@ForbiddTV 27 күн бұрын

Gary Glitter, Lee Michaels, Ram Jam, Billy Swan, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Dr John, Dobie Gray, Argent, Steam, Sugarloaf, Mountain. These are some of the ones I remember from the 70's.

@JESUS-SAVES_1975. 26 күн бұрын

Sugarloaf had two hits with Green Eyed Lady and Don't Call Us, We'll Call You. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils had two hits as well with Jackie Blue and If You Want To Get To Heaven.

@OnlyGoodMusic_ 24 күн бұрын

Gary Glitter is very far from being a one hit wonder... he was the first artist in history to start his career with 10 top ten hits in the UK, he was huge in almost the entire world, in Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe, in North America it only had 2 hits. But in South America it sounded a lot.

@ForbiddTV 24 күн бұрын

@@OnlyGoodMusic_ That might be true in the UK, but Glitter never made the same impact in America where, at best, glam rock was seen as a curiosity. I have never heard another Glitter song on US radio.

@michaelrahaim5489 27 күн бұрын

Wow, thanks for bringing back all those great one hit wonders. However, the best one hit wonder I remember was by Edison Lighthouse: "Love grows where my Rosemary goes".

@hildahilpert5018 2 күн бұрын

Yeah I remember that song.Robert Goulet did a version of Seasons in the Sun.There was Poke Salad Annie, Color him father, Archie Bell and the Drells from Houston with the Tighten Up,there was Timothy by The Boyz, and quite a few others.Oh yeah Radio did My Brooklyn.

@walkergillette3918 Ай бұрын

1970, Indiana Wants Me

@chrispeak6707 29 күн бұрын

R. Dean Taylor

@TitoJohn4511 12 күн бұрын

That song is still a favorite of mine.

@matthewchance8835 Ай бұрын

"Couldn't Get It Right" by Climax Blues Band, one of my favorite 70s tunes.

@lordsatanicus1622 Ай бұрын

They had a hit single in 80 with a song called I Love You

@matthewchance8835 Ай бұрын

@@lordsatanicus1622 Yes, another great song by them

@user-fm9vi3ko4x Ай бұрын

Damn Good Tune!

@danielkokal8819 Ай бұрын

big hit when I was in college.... love that song.

@BTritone 28 күн бұрын

Also had a song called I love you as well as I am Constant

@lordsatanicus1622 Ай бұрын

Rupert Holmes had a second hit with "Him"

@paulailey5373 Ай бұрын

And a third hit called “Answering Machine”

@mcmlxii4419 Ай бұрын

@@paulailey5373 I don't remember that one, but I remember "Him".

@jimcroote3527 Ай бұрын

@@paulailey5373 I used the chorus of "Answering Machine" as my introduction back when I had an answering machine.

@jimcroote3527 Ай бұрын

Amswering Machine got far enough up the Hot 100 to be considered a hit, number 32.

@jimcroote3527 Ай бұрын

@@mcmlxii4419 'Him" is my favorite Rupert song

@parkerbohnn Ай бұрын

Driver's Seat by Sniff N The Tears should have made the list

@bryanpalmer9660 Ай бұрын

Great song from 1979,bought the 45 still have it,one of my all time favorite songs 💎 Auckland New Zealand 2024

@user-fm9vi3ko4x Ай бұрын

Damn Good Tune!!

@africanfartingfrog 29 күн бұрын

Everyone called them "Sniffin' the drivers seat"

@teptime 28 күн бұрын

Yep, as well as Every Time I Think of You by THE BABYS, and Single Bed by FOX.

@fivestring65ify 28 күн бұрын

Yes. One of my favorites.

@Cat-Tiger-Taegi-Cult Ай бұрын

Rupert Holmes had more than one hit song

@festeradams3972 Ай бұрын

that "Seasons in the sun" wasn't more popular, was very probably because it told the young that they were mortal, the years have removed all doubt...

@gittes98 Ай бұрын

Seasons in the sun was a much bigger hit here in Canada due to Terry Jacks being one of us

@georges2474 Ай бұрын

I don't know how Brandy by Looking Glass is not on this list. They played the crap out of that song on the radio in 72.

@bobdavis4848 Ай бұрын

Maybe because Looking Glass' "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" reached #33.

@catg943 Ай бұрын

great song!

@Larry-gn1xj Ай бұрын

I heard all these songs roasted on the radio. No revelation in lost songs.

@bobdavis4848 Ай бұрын

@@Larry-gn1xj Yes, "forgotten" is a kind of clickbait word; obviously most of the forgetters of most of these songs had been avoiding the radio for a long time.

@tonyt8805 29 күн бұрын

@georges2474 Still play it everyday on the top Bay Area Classic Rock stations! 😎

@Rusty3659 Ай бұрын

Terry Jacks was actually a two hit wonder. He and his then wife, Susan were The Poppy Family and had a huge hit with, "Which Way You Goin' Billy?"

@brianvogt8125 Ай бұрын

... and "That's Where I Went Wrong."

@josephphelan646 8 сағат бұрын

Well they were under different names . So technically speakin they were 1 hit wonders ..!

@Rusty3659 8 сағат бұрын

@@josephphelan646 It's the exact same person!!!!

@josephphelan646 Сағат бұрын

Ok l take your point . But l think 4 the purpose of " officially " a 1 hit-wonder . It has to b under a certain name .

@josephphelan646 Сағат бұрын

Iike u said also , it was a duet with Susan . Plus the group Poppy .

@fob1xxl Ай бұрын

The EARLY 70s was the leftover part of the 60's. Every decade is that way. "Play That Funky Music White Boy", I STILL play in my car. Loved it !

@sarahhiltontheleadsuite Ай бұрын

Turns out I do like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain lol

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

Its pina colada o’clock somewhere 🌴 🌊 ☀️ 😎 🧉

@matthewanacleto7885 Ай бұрын

@@WaybackUSA that guy had more that one hit

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

@@matthewanacleto7885 yes “Him” went to #6 on the billboard ☺️

@ranchokitty1 Ай бұрын

I believe that song was number one at the very tail-end of the 70s and first week of the 80s.

@walkergillette3918 Ай бұрын

it stunk

@pammorris8097 Ай бұрын

I graduated high school in 1974. I loved music! My parents loved music from the 40s and before. Times were much simpler back then. Agent 86 from Get Smart had a shoe phone, but the rest of us didn’t have cell phones. So we listened to the radio. Our family sang in the car all the time. We enjoyed many songs from different decades. We lived in metro Atlanta and would go to beaches in Florida at least annually. Daddy preferred the older music, but in LA (Lower Alabama) it was hard to get a clear signal on the radio. He was always complaining about music that my sisters and I enjoyed. But when “In the summertime” was played on the only station that would come in clearly, Daddy loved it! It became a family favorite and we loved that daddy finally loved one of our songs. Our family regularly sang it when we were all in the car together. GOOD TIMES INDEED! ❤❤❤

@WaybackUSA 22 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your memories ❤

@walkergillette3918 Ай бұрын

You can tell this narrator is computer generated, O O HCHILD, YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING, IT'S OOH OOH CHILD

@orlandorodriguez4387 Ай бұрын

We would call in requests on our landline phone.Then listen to the radio til it came on.Night Chicago Died was my first request ever at 11 yrs old 1974😊

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

Wow what a memory! I wish I could remember my first request.

@TheTomryan123 Ай бұрын

I had a t-shirt a few years ago that said "Was everybody REALLY kung-fu fighting in the 70s?"

@user-fm9vi3ko4x Ай бұрын

Hated that damn song!

@fivestring65ify 28 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@SteveRayment 28 күн бұрын

"Lay a Little Lovin' On Me" by Robin McNamara (1970)...a lost gem.

@WaybackUSA 28 күн бұрын

I so appreciate suggestions here ... I'm making a favorites list for you guys

@fcamsterdam8941 Ай бұрын

The singer of the First Class ( Tony Burrows ) had exactly five ( 5 ) one hit wonder songs.My baby loves loving as White Plains, Love goes( where my Rosemary grows ) as Edison Lighthouse, Brotherhood of man ( United we stand ) Gimme dat ding ( Pipkins ) all 1970 and the great song beach baby ( try the longest version you can find ) from 1974. And a dozen other singles

@zanti4132 Ай бұрын

That's true. In interviews, Burrows would joke that he was a one-hit wonder five times!

@brianvogt8125 Ай бұрын

It was claimed (without proof) that Tony Burrows fronted 3 different bands in a single episode of Top Of The Pops on TV.

@fcamsterdam8941 Ай бұрын

@@brianvogt8125 And that s not correct. It was not in a single episode but within a month in 3 epsodes. Maximum was two in one.

@zanti4132 Ай бұрын

@@fcamsterdam8941You beat me to it. I heard an interview with Burrows where he made the claim that he appeared with three groups on one show, but by 'Top of the Pops" records this never happened. He did appear once with two groups, and four weeks later he appeared with a third group, but he never appeared with three different groups on the same show. By the way, Edison Lighthouse is an interesting story, as the band didn't actually exist when their single came out. The song was created by a group of studio musicians that included Burrows as the lead singer. Needing a group name to stick on the record label, they came up with "Edison Lighthouse." When the song became a major hit, they suddenly realized a band had to be formed for TV appearances, so new musicians were recruited to lip sync to the record. A video was also put together with a hunky guy lip syncing the song, as apparently Burrows wasn't hot enough. 😊

@catg943 Ай бұрын

I had the 45 of Gimmee Dat Ding, lol. My Dad and I loved novelty songs

@robertrussell5948 13 күн бұрын

I had a lot of these songs on 45 rpm vinyl and I still have some of them to this day. ❤❤❤

@rogertemple7193 15 күн бұрын

I've heard of all of these AM rock and pop artists and the one hit wonders that they put out thanks for the memories. 🎵🎶🎼🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎼🎶🎵

@tonyt8805 29 күн бұрын

🎶 "Smoke From A Distant Fire" 🎶 Sanford Townsend Band One of the biggest hits of 1977!

@rodl2891 Ай бұрын

Al Capone was definitely in Chicago, as were gangs. You might want to check your facts. That song was spot on. Only the year was off.

@Guitarplayer724 Ай бұрын

The only thing real about that song was Al Capone and Chicago. Everything that happened is fiction.

@TheWillingCoyote 27 күн бұрын

He said Capone wasn't in Chicago when the song was written. Yeah, because he died in '47. I think some foreigner compiles this crap and pays somebody to just read copy... but others on here think AI is doing it. This kind of stuff has been on YT longer than AI has been available.

@scotthughes2914 2 күн бұрын

But there is no East side of Chicago. Wouldn't you be in the river ?

@boristheamerican2938 28 күн бұрын

Shannon by Henry Gross, Chevy Van by Sammy Johns

@finntastique3891 24 күн бұрын

Chicory Tip: Son of my Father.

@kittypuppup717 Ай бұрын

Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum

@robertrussell5948 13 күн бұрын

I was 13 in 71 and I remember calling the local am radio station and requesting Led Zeppelin, Black Dog.

@DawnSuttonfabfour 29 күн бұрын

Beach Baby was the best Beach Boys song they never did. Loved it.

@emmanuelblanchard4470 Ай бұрын

Just for information, Seasons in the sun by Terry Jack was a cover (re-arranged and half translated) of a song by Belgian singer Jacques Brel (in French) "Le moribond" (i.e. The dying man).

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

Love this information … thank you!

@chrismulwee4911 Ай бұрын

The first English Language version was by Rod McKuen (circa 1963) Other versions that preceded Jacks' include, The Kington Trio that same year and the British band The Fortunes in '68

@patcarter-ix2zb Ай бұрын

@@chrismulwee4911the Kingston Trio version was produced by Jacks.

@teptime 28 күн бұрын

To translate a Brel song with as much poetic Left Bank sensitivity as he possessed, while retaining the song's meaning, has become a sort of benchmark for lyricists.(Marc Almond, Momus, and Scott Walker have done great ones)

@johnseibold5048 27 күн бұрын

@@chrismulwee4911 and Pearls Before Swine

@rnascak Ай бұрын

"Billy, Don't Be A Hero" Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods 1974

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

Oh man YES definitely needs to be on the list … loved this!

@chrismulwee4911 Ай бұрын

Not a one hit wonder. BDAH was followed by another song called 'Who Do You Think You Are?'- (originally by the British band Jigsaw),that same year. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8yFeK2HzafXj4U.html The "Billy.." song was first recorded by Paper Lacekzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLimepiTr9nZZYU.html

@colinsim1497 Ай бұрын

Paper lace had a #1 hit with Billy don't be a hero

@bobdavis4848 Ай бұрын

@@colinsim1497 In the UK, Ireland and Australia, not the US, where the Paper Lace version peaked at #96.

@brianwilson6403 29 күн бұрын

Billy, Don't be a Hero falls in with The Night Chicago Died an Brother Louie. They all SUCKED!!!

@nunayoorbidnez2119 Ай бұрын

Diesel - Sausalito Summer Nights (1980) just missed the 70s.

@bobdavis4848 Ай бұрын

"Sausalito Summernight." Yes, the Dutch group Diesel's "Watts In a Tank" album is great.

@rodneykingston6420 29 күн бұрын

Are you sure that wasn't 1981? Maybe it hit in Europe in 1980, but I mostly remember hearing it in 1981.

@bobdavis4848 29 күн бұрын

@@rodneykingston6420 Diesel had a European hit in 1979, then others including "Sausalito Summernight" in 1980, then "Sausalito Summernight" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1981, for 18 weeks, eventually peaking at #25 in the US.

@nunayoorbidnez2119 29 күн бұрын

@@bobdavis4848 Thanks.

@rodneykingston6420 28 күн бұрын

@@bobdavis4848 Well, I've always lived in the US, so I think of it as a 1981 song.

@nunayoorbidnez2119 Ай бұрын

Mungo Jerry's summertime is still one of my all-time favorite songs.

@TinaFahy-jx4om 26 күн бұрын

Dancing in the moonlight has always been my favorite. Love it, love it!

@BTritone Ай бұрын

BTW there were many more including,Brandy by The Looking Glass (which everybody thinks is King Harvest again.) Also a great song called Moonlight Feels right by Starbuck.

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

Ahhhhhh so many memories!

@zanti4132 Ай бұрын

Both of those groups had a second single reach the Billboard Top 40. The songs weren't as big as the hits you mention, but I'd say that disqualifies the groups as one-hit wonders.

@bobdavis4848 Ай бұрын

@@zanti4132 I agree with you; so would Casey Kasem. Too bad WaybackUSA didn't know to inform BTritone of "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" and "Everybody Be Dancin'."

@ranchokitty1 Ай бұрын

Heck you can even go Reflections of my life, by Marmalade. Timothy by the Byobs, Ma Belle ame, little green bag, Spirit in the sky,....

@bobdavis4848 Ай бұрын

@@ranchokitty1 “Timothy” was by the Buoys, not the Byobs. “Little Green Bag” does not count. It was by George Baker Selection, who then had a #26 peaking hit “Paloma Blanca,” which spent more weeks on the Hot 100 than “Little Green Bag” did.

@lyndaringer2567 Ай бұрын

Rupert Holmes was not a up one hit wonder. Escape is just more popular than Him.

@lisab7977 Ай бұрын

We always played “Beach Baby” when our kids were small- they called it “baby beach” because of the ending 😂😂😂 they sure loved it, they danced every time we played it.

@dimpleface2163 Ай бұрын

Rupert Holmes had another cut called 'Him' and it's way better than 'Escape'. I loved that song since I was 8 years old & I'm almost 53...I play it often.

@user-rp6ic8of5w 29 күн бұрын

I listen to "Him" and not ""Escape", that song has staying power.

@Craigbaby246 Ай бұрын

Half of these are on my play list.

@rodterrell304 Ай бұрын

I was 13 years old in 1970, I so remember these songs. I really liked Mongo Jerry!

@michaelhawker2642 Ай бұрын

I realize War was by no means a one hit wonder, but you are on a summertime flashback mode, Summertime Is Here 1976

@bobdavis4848 Ай бұрын

That great song was just called "Summer."

@dallisb1047 Ай бұрын

My older sister had the Terry Jacks album. I love 1 hit wonder's.

@TheTomryan123 Ай бұрын

I love these AI narrators. "O-O-H-Child".

@user-yj7iq6um8g 8 күн бұрын

I remember all of these songs , thank you.

@debbieanne7962 Ай бұрын

Paper Lace had a second hit in Australia with Billy don’t be a hero. Seasons in the Sun was the first record I bought when I was about 12. Originally sung in French as was My Way. Not a fan of Afternoon Delight. I know all these songs bar one so not forgotten

@MetFan37 Ай бұрын

Their follow-up, "The Black-Eyed Boys" peaked just outside of the Top 40.

@TWayneD1020 Ай бұрын

I know all these songs !!❤

@ronaldlebowitz7409 Ай бұрын

sweet city women by the stamper's

@michaelbrandt5416 29 күн бұрын

You mean Stampeders. They were by no means a one hit wonder band. Remember their Ray Charles cover "Hit the Road jack".

@olafruckelshausen5911 Ай бұрын

"Sad eyes" and "My Sharona", both from ´79

@ricknibert6417 28 күн бұрын

Robert John first released a song in 1961 and waited 18 years before finally hitting #1

@JESUS-SAVES_1975. 26 күн бұрын

The Knack was not a one hit wonder. They had a hit with a song called Good Girls Don't.

@wonderful4983 21 күн бұрын

Robert John - The Lion Sleeps Tonight 1972 Top #3 hit. Robert John - "Sad eyes" 1979 Top #1 hit. The Knack - Good Girls Don't. 1979 Top # 11 in the U.S. hot 100. The Knack - "My Sharona"1979 Top #1 hit.

@wonderful4983 21 күн бұрын

@@ricknibert6417 The Tokens released in 1961. Robert John released in 1972

@ricknibert6417 21 күн бұрын

I wasn't referring to The Lion Sleeps Tonight. He had another release under a different name back in the 1960s.

@daveowens271 Ай бұрын

Rupert Holmes had a few hits. Also, Seasons in the Sun was a cover of a Jaques Brel song. It didn't translate well from French. It was more "tongue-in-cheek" in French.

@winnieewing7730 24 күн бұрын

Danced to them all. Wonderful wonderful times never to be repeated 😢😂😂🎉🎉❤❤❤

@eileenryan2248 Ай бұрын

What about BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY by Daniel Boone?

@chrispeak6707 29 күн бұрын

One of my favorites

@saulgoldie-zc2lk 29 күн бұрын

To hear Bill Danoff tell it, AD made him so much in royalties, that it allowed him to live his life in a way that suited him without having to worry about money. True fact. Straight from his lips. Additionally, Bill and Taffy originally hit it big with "Country Roads," with lead John Denver. (You may remember it.)

@paulleckner8235 6 күн бұрын

I was born in 1964. I turned 5 years old in 1969 and I learned how to safely cross the street in order to get to the elementary school for kindergarten. Meanwhile, I discovered how much fun it could be to sing along with America's top 40!! Yeah! I mangled the lyrics, but it was a fun childhood from 1970 to 1979!!

@andrewbird57 Ай бұрын

If I'm not mistaken, the highest charting song in the 1970s was a one-hit wonder: "You Light Up My Life," by Debbie Boone.

@ricknibert6417 28 күн бұрын

Her name was Debby Boone and she had a follow-up that did better on the country charts

@philip2010 27 күн бұрын

There's was alot of songs in the 80s that were considered lame by some people but they were still successful one hit wonders they were bands that came and went but you still hear those songs on classic rock stations

@Fernando-vg4ym Ай бұрын

All good songs which I still listen to on a regular basis. Of course, there's so many more one hit wonders which are great as well.

@WaybackUSA Ай бұрын

I know … more to come on this topic!

@heidivert830 Ай бұрын

Love all these songs❤

@jasonweinstock1282 25 күн бұрын

It seems like a lot of music from the 70s still stands up today,and sounds just as great today as it did then.they don't make music much like they used to anymore.

@jonathanlund6708 Ай бұрын

The night Chicago died was my favorite

@kelleyeidem667 26 күн бұрын

The Afternoon Delight's Bill and Taffy Danoff also wrote John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Road."

@writercard4 25 күн бұрын

I remember all these!

@hrafnatyr9794 26 күн бұрын

"Seasons in the Sun" or "Le Moribond" was originally a 1961 song written by Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel! Jacks only gave it new lyrics. Fun fact 1: It was reportedly written while Brel was staying in a brothel in Tangiers, Morocco 😆 Fun fact 2: In 1970 the Beach Boys attempted a rendition of the "Seasons in the Sun" produced by Terry Jacks. According to their lead singer Mike Love: ”We did record a version [of 'Seasons'] but it was so wimpy we had to throw it out…”

@cjmarshall0221 23 күн бұрын

Here's a few others not mentioned: 1. "Brandy" by Looking Glass. The Tune was pleasant and catchy. The reason it was a one-hit wonder is because Looking Glass broke up shortly after the song's release. 2. "Telephone Man" by Meri Wilson. You want to talk about your suggestive lyrics! It makes "Afternoon Delight" look like Sunday School! My dad worked for the phone company when this song was released, and my mom actually bought it for him. 3. "Midnight at the Oasis" by Maria Muldaur. This is a song that I rolled my eye to whenever it came on the radio. There was something about her voice that - to me - sounded like nails on a chalkboard.

@davidallen2077 28 күн бұрын

Thanks, Mr. Roboto, for the fine narration.

@WaybackUSA 28 күн бұрын

I know I get this comment a lot. It is a real voice but I agree it does sound AI. Switching this up with a new person though. I appreciate your feedback.

@lp-xl9ld Ай бұрын

I was 7 when the 70s started and I remember many (not all) of these from when they first came out. Especially "In The Summertime", which was one of the first contemporary popular songs I fell for.

@katz57 16 күн бұрын

I recognized all of those songs before they payed just from the introduction you gave. I really think that they are unforgettable.

@JoshuaJones-gp6on Ай бұрын

What about magic? By Pilot!!..Alan Parsons production 🎙️🎙️

@garyvideocollection9222 13 күн бұрын

Pilot had a number 1 hit in the UK with 'January' other hits were 'Call me round' and 'Just a smile, so that's a 4 hit wonder!

@joannolsen6279 22 сағат бұрын

Love love love Seasons in the Sun!!

@Sherriberri. Ай бұрын

Margaritaville by the late, great Jimmy Buffett will always make me think of summer.

@lp-xl9ld Ай бұрын

But he WASN'T a one-hit wonder.

@Sherriberri. Ай бұрын

I know. All I was saying is Margaritaville makes me think of summer. I didn’t know going off topic was against the rules. My sincerest apologies.

@davidmitchell6873 Ай бұрын

Definitely against the rules! Without rules we will have anarchy in the streets.

@Sherriberri. 28 күн бұрын

@@davidmitchell6873 😊🤣🤣

@davidstrange5431 Ай бұрын

O o h child come on

@pendragonshall Ай бұрын

LOL yea...

@servantsofthemessiah720 24 күн бұрын

Mungo Jerry my favorite when I was a kid. Dancing in the moonlight. Brady did not make it love these as a kid.

@omarko9708 4 күн бұрын

All that songs are completely on my list, but you forgot to add: Johnny Nash's I can see clearly now, and Stealers wheel's Stuck in the middle with you, Honey Cone's Want Ads, Clint Holmes' Playground on my mind...

@LeveMarnehuizen 22 күн бұрын

One of my most favourite songs from the 70's is Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band (the last song mentioned in your list). I also have a suggestion for your list: Where Will Your Heart Take You by Buckeye (1979).

@solszew 25 күн бұрын

Terry Jacks - Seasons in the sun is definitely cheesy. But, I know it by heart, somehow. Dammit. and, now Ill be singing it in my head, for days days...

@jerryfinch7647 Ай бұрын

O O H Child. I just can't!

@davidramossalsologoporexse2469 Ай бұрын

Every single one of this songs use Tobe still is and will be some of the greatest songs!

@drbluzer Ай бұрын

1970'S ONE HIT WONDERS : @00:29 : "IN THE SUMMERTIME" (1970) by MUNGO JERRY @01:32 : "KUNG FU FIGHTING" (1974) by CARL DOUGLAS @02:14 : "SEASONS IN THE SUN" (1974) by TERRY JACKS @03:18 : "BEACH BABY" (1974) by FIRST CLASS @04:08 : "ESCAPE ( THE PINA COLADA SONG )" (1979) by RUPERT HOLMES @05:15 : "O-O-H CHILD" (1970) by FIVE STAIRSTEPS AND CUBIE @06:33 : "THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED" (1974) by PAPER LACE @07:30 : "DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT" (1972) by KING HARVEST @08:34 : "PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC" (1976) by WILD CHERRY @09:29 : "AFTERNOON DELIGHT" (1976) by STARLAND VOCAL BAND HONORABLE MENTION : "GET IT ON" by CHASE "BRANDY" by LOOKING GLASS "MAGIC" by PILOT "MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT" by STARBUCK "YELLOW RIVER" by CHRISTIE "TURN THE BEAT AROUND" by VICKIE SUE ROBINSON "LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES" by EDISON LIGHTHOUSE "BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY" by DANIEL BOONE "YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE" by DEBBY BOONE "CLASSICAL GAS" ny MASON WILLIAMS (INSTRUMENTAL) "BABY COME BACK" by PLAYER "POPCORN" by HOT BUTTER (INSTRUMENTAL) "MONTEGO BAY" by BOBBY BLOOM "FEELINGS" by MORRIS ALBERT "BILLY DON'T BE A HERO" by BO DONALDSON AND THE HEYWOODS "WHICH WAY YOU GOING , BILLY ?" by THE POPPY FAMILY "COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT" by CLIMAX BLUES BAND "RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE" by BLUES IMAGE "BROTHER LOUIE" by STORIES "DRIVERS SEAT" by SNIFF N THE TEARS "SUAVECITO" by MALO

@DocFunkenstein Ай бұрын

Carl Douglas? As in Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting? And Pina Colada AND Play that Funky Music forgotten, too? XD What a joke...

@wallyman292 Ай бұрын

"Oh Oh H child"??? Don'tcha just love AI reading the scripts! smfh. . .

@robertudell1615 Ай бұрын

Ride Captain Ride by the Blues Magoos.

@BarryWilkinson Ай бұрын

Blues Image.

@rogerdodger6025 27 күн бұрын

Blues Magoo were however a one-hit wonder with "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet" in 1966.

@mikegray-ehnert3238 18 күн бұрын

In an interview the Starland Vocal Band said that Afternoon Delight came from a Washington DC diner that called there afternoon special that. Learned that last year.

@k9burnouts544 Ай бұрын

run joey run , daddy's got a gun, dead skunk in the middle of the road, billy,don't be a hero--L'm so ashamed !

@blossom1643 Ай бұрын

Dead Skunk!!😂 I “shared” that one with my country boy grandson about a year ago! He loved it!!✌️

@bobdavis4848 Ай бұрын

David Geddes' followup to "Run Joey Run," "The Last Game Of The Season (A Blind Man In The Bleachers)" reached #18.

@davidmills9685 Ай бұрын

Run Joey run was an a embarrassment to even hear.

@michaelrochester48 Ай бұрын

Mungo Jerry had MANY UK hits

@markoconnell2458 Ай бұрын

Baby Jump was class

@alshamshhajee6209 5 күн бұрын

Seasons in the sun was a masterpiece !

@Shopmyst Ай бұрын

The best one -hit wonders were from the 1960's, not the 70s.

@sachabinky2915 29 күн бұрын

Late 70's, Heavy Rock/Disco/Boogie type beat, where they sang "right now, -- -- -- --"into the chorus riff. Never found out who it was, but still hear it in my head. P.S. When i saw Beach Baby,- i thought i was watching the evil dude from "No country for old men" He's identical!!

@wendyhamm9722 27 күн бұрын

I've heard all these songs! Regardless of the fact that they were 1 hit wonders, they have stood the test of time!

@olafruckelshausen5911 Ай бұрын

"Play that funky music" reminds me on "Real mother for ya" (released one year later)

@stevecritchley2506 Ай бұрын

I remember almost all of these. Seasons in the Sun was a fave of mine, as was The Night Chicago Died (even though it was pure fiction). Hated the Pina Colada song. Beach Baby was great, such a fun song!

@richardplume3212 Ай бұрын

Aha pina colada u were in2 cocane

@MarkHager-tq3uz 29 күн бұрын

How can they leave out You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone??

@glennso47 29 күн бұрын

But I’m glad they did!🤮

@juliestevens6931 25 күн бұрын

I loved all of these! Your #1 is also my #1.

@skintslots 29 күн бұрын

Paper Lace had a massive hit also with Billy Don't Be a hero in the UK,3 weeks at Number 1 in 1974. They had two other top 40 hits in that year too.

@alittlebitgone Ай бұрын

Forgotten? What are you talking about? All these songs are still in heavy rotation, everyone knows them.

@user-vz9vc8bq1s Ай бұрын

I think you're an European. The Americans think USA is the Center of Music. We in Europe don't forget these Hits.

@ianferguson3840 27 күн бұрын

Paper Lace scored their first #1 in the UK with their original version of "Billy Don't Be A Hero" covered in the USA by another band, Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods. "Chicago Died" was their second #1, and they had two more hits after that.