Best One Hit Wonders of the 70's

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• mushymanrob Posts: 17,992

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  15/05/15 - 15:45 #2

  Lucy Van Pelt wrote: »

  Dave and Ansil Collins - Double Barrell
  
  Helen Reddy - Angie Baby
  
  Minnie Ripperton - Loving You
  
  Chicory Tip - Son of My Father
  
  Anthia and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
  
  Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough
  
  Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
  
  
  Any more

  
  chicory tip werent one hit wonders! they had 2 other top 20 hits.. whats your name and good grief christina

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• mushymanrob Posts: 17,992

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  15/05/15 - 15:57 #3

  1970 itself was i think, possibly the best year for one hit wonders...
  
  shocking blue - venus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPEhQugz-Ew
  steam - na na hey hey kiss him goodbye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsaTElBljOE
  rare bird - sympathy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2x8oA5h5Jo
  mr bloe - groovin with mr bloe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaQWOne1sfo
  the ides of march - vehicle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxJFjO4Skgo
  matthews southern comfort - woodstock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIHfuihoz70
  
  and who could forget
  
  the pipkins - gimmie dat ding! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEEy615Jzg4

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• Lucy Van Pelt Posts: 11,642

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  15/05/15 - 16:00 #4

  I onl know Venus and Woodstock out of your list but will check the others out
  
  And I honestly thought Son of My Father was Chicory's only hit

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• gashead Posts: 13,818

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  15/05/15 - 16:10 #5

  Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking. I love this song, and you will too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iD_qZ3hTDo
  Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpYBT0XyvA
  
  ETA - I see the OP also listed UTR (albeit as Anthia ;-)).

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• mushymanrob Posts: 17,992

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  15/05/15 - 16:23 #6

  some more from 1970
  
  juicy lucy - who do you love? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA8MAJt8Fv0 (great funky bassline that changes half way through!
  
  miguel rios - song of joy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxio54dWfX4 yep, a beethoven piece 'ode to joy' used for eurovision.
  
  ten years after - love like a man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBM6wdMq8CI
  
  the rattles - the witch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuhkgTv9csE
  
  nicky thomas - love of the common people - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLRDs9DtkrA covered by paul young
  
  frijid pink - house of the rising sun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t40INnb6DnY
  
  and after dave dee left them, the only hit as 'dbmt' - mr president - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9hAxRbJNtk
  
  theres more too... but 1970 for me was a great year for one hit wonders.

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• mushymanrob Posts: 17,992

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  15/05/15 - 16:34 #7

  love this one too from 71
  
  east of eden - jig a jig - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baIMbA7Mcok
  
  and two more from 71, that actually didnt chart but were radio hits.
  
  exuma - damnfool - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtuxw2KGukQ how bonkers is that!
  
  john dummers famous music band - nine by nine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZtSgiBX3bQ

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• Lucy Van Pelt Posts: 11,642

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  15/05/15 - 16:43 #8

  Just listening to You Make Me Feel Mighty Real by Sylvester another 70's one hit wonder classic
  
  Also Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting

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• mushymanrob Posts: 17,992

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  15/05/15 - 16:46 #9

  Lucy Van Pelt wrote: »

  Just listening to You Make Me Feel Mighty Real by Sylvester another 70's one hit wonder classic
  
  Also Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting

  
  erm... sylvester had a string on minor hits, 2 more top 40 hits too as did craig douglas!!

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• jackol Posts: 7,887

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  15/05/15 - 17:06 #10

  Zager and Evans In The Year 2525

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• Doghouse Riley Posts: 32,491

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  15/05/15 - 17:23 #11

  Jimmy Helms
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VGbbTQShrg
  
  England Dan and John Ford Coley.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiiPdARuPh8

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• jackol Posts: 7,887

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  15/05/15 - 17:29 #12

  Climax Blues Band Couldnt Get It Right
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRVSSwJYqh0

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• mushymanrob Posts: 17,992

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  15/05/15 - 18:02 #13

  jackol wrote: »

  Zager and Evans In The Year 2525

  
  69 ...

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• jackol Posts: 7,887

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  15/05/15 - 18:10 #14

  mushymanrob wrote: »

  69 ...

  
  
  So it was !! Always thought it was 1970, as Ken Bruce would say "ooone year out"
  Still a good one hit wonder though

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• jet sounds Posts: 197

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  15/05/15 - 18:10 #15

  Renaissance - Northern Lights
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvFPlWh1yQY

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• mushymanrob Posts: 17,992

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  15/05/15 - 18:47 #16

  jackol wrote: »

  So it was !! Always thought it was 1970, as Ken Bruce would say "ooone year out"
  Still a good one hit wonder though

  
  Think it was number one when the moon landing took place, but without checking i might be wrong, but im sure it was summer 69.

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• jackol Posts: 7,887

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  15/05/15 - 18:57 #17

  mushymanrob wrote: »

  Think it was number one when the moon landing took place, but without checking i might be wrong, but im sure it was summer 69.

  
  August 69

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• CLL Dodge Posts: 115,850

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  15/05/15 - 19:06 #18

  mushymanrob wrote: »

  ...and who could forget
  
  the pipkins - gimmie dat ding! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEEy615Jzg4

  
  Ah, yet another one-hit wonder for Tony Burrows.

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• Dan Sette Posts: 5,816

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  15/05/15 - 19:17 #19

  Theres two phrases you don'y often hear together "Althea and Donna" and "best".
  
  I'll throw some summer ones into the ring
  
  Beach Baby - 1st Class
  Barbados - Typically Tropical

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• jackol Posts: 7,887

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  15/05/15 - 19:56 #20

  Dan Sette wrote: »

  Theres two phrases you don'y often hear together "Althea and Donna" and "best".
  
  I'll throw some summer ones into the ring
  
  Beach Baby - 1st Class
  Barbados - Typically Tropical[/QUOTE]
  
  Good call, would probably be banned if released today!!

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 619

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  15/05/15 - 22:56 #21

  Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City

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• Brian1709 Posts: 2,771

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  16/05/15 - 15:41 #22

  The Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone (71)
  
  Little Does She Know - TheKursaal Flyers (76)

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  16/05/15 - 17:54 #23

  Curved Air - Backstreet Luv 1971 #4
  
  Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat 1977 #31 (amazingly his only UK chart single, more popular in the US)
  
  Headboys - Shape of Things To Come 1979 #45 (enough to get them on TOTP!)

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• Lucy Van Pelt Posts: 11,642

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  16/05/15 - 18:21 #24

  jackol wrote: »

  Dan Sette wrote: »

  Theres two phrases you don'y often hear together "Althea and Donna" and "best".
  
  I'll throw some summer ones into the ring
  
  Beach Baby - 1st Class
  Barbados - Typically Tropical[/QUOTE]
  
  Good call, would probably be banned if released today!!

  
  slightly off topic as they were not one hit wonders but do you think Dreadlock Holiday by 10cc would also have been banned if it was released today?

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• peter_s Posts: 4,465

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  17/05/15 - 23:09 #25

  I think that the tune Eye Level by the Simon Park Orchestra is quite good:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvesdlGe-EI
  
  Also known as the theme tune to the 1970s ITV detective series Van Der Valk:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0O-2oAvNTo

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  18/05/15 - 13:30 #26

  Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
  Arms Of Mary - Sutherland Bros & Quiver
  Float On - The Floaters
  You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls

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