1970 - 1979 greatest one hit wonders

[datasuspect]

sammy johns - "chevy van"

mungo jerry (or tyrannosaurus xerox) - "in the summertime"

paper lace - "the night chicago died"

[gbate]

1. I like all of those songs! How about these?

The Tee Set - Ma Belle Amie

The Ides Of March- Vehicle

The Undisputed Truth- Smiling Faces Sometimes

[datasuspect]

2. beware of the handshake

that hides a snake

can you dig it?

i always thought that was the ojays or something.

wow, i never knew who the artist for that song was.

[MrSlayer]

3. Moonlight feels right.

Starbuck.

[meegbear]

4. I'm listening to "The 70's Station" on Comcast radio ...

they've played those songs and more ...

"Hot Child In The City"

"Gold"

"Beach Baby"

"Run Joey Run"

"Disco Duck"

They play some good stuff too - R&B and Soul and Rock.

[rug]

5. Signs - Five Man Electrical Band

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gAPJ-JpQ5U8

[Strawman]

6. Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day, Magnet and Steel - Walter Egan

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KMW5xam4sRo

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zfTACdBopiQ

[Lyric]

8. I love Magnet and Steel!

Did you know that Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham sing backup vocals on that song?

[Strawman]

11. Which remnds me of another good one: Gold by John Stewart

There were alot of 70's songs with Fleetwood Mac members providing guest/bg vocals. Sentimental Lady, Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, Gold

[Lyric]

16. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around was a duet

not really a "guest vocal" appearance. The song was released on Stevie Nicks' album, "Belladonna". So you could just as easily say that Tom Petty was the one providing guest vocals. ;)

[Burma Jones]

7. Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine and Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean?

[noonwitch]

9. Thunder Island and Shannon

We though Thunder Island was funny because in the first verse, the girl is "standing in the sun with her hair undone" but is "standing in the sun with her dress undone" in the last verse.

Shannon is about somebody's dog dying, I think.


Then, of course, there's always the dreaded "Seasons In The Sun".

[Left Is Write]

12. I love "Thunder Island."

[HughBeaumont]

10. Great two hit wonders as well -

10cc - "I'm not in Love" and "The Things we do for Love"
Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't get it Right" and "I Love You" (although the latter was 80s)
Golden Earring - "Radar Love" and "Twilight Zone" (latter was 80s)
Sugarloaf - "Don't Call Us (We'll Call You)" and "Green Eyed Lady"
Cliff Richard - "We Don't Talk Anymore" and "Devil Woman" (at least in America. The UK is far different with Sir Cliff)

my favorite ones -

Pilot - "Magic"
Michael Murphy - "Wildfire"
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - "Jackie Blue"
Meco - "Star Wars/Cantina Band"
Skylark - "Lady"
Starbuck - "Moonlight Feels Right"


I liked an assload of DeFranco Family songs as well - "Abracadabra", "Heartbeat (it's a Lovebeat)", "Save the Last Dance", etc.

[Left Is Write]

13. A few of my favorite 70s one-hit wonders, based on American chart success...

Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor (1970)
Bang A Gong by T. Rex (1972)
My Maria by B.W. Stevenson (1973)
Third Rate Romance by The Amazing Rhythm Aces (1975)
Because The Night by the Patti Smith Group (1978)
Hot Child In The City by Nick Gilder (1978)
New York Groove by Ace Frehley (1979)
Music Box Dancer by Frank Mills (1979)
Cruel To Be Kind by Nick Lowe (1979)

[deutsey]

14. "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass

[Joe Fields]

15. Hold Your Head Up, by Argent, Green Eyed Lady, by Sugarloaf,

DOA, by Bloodrock, Montego Bay, by Bobby Bloom, Timothy, by the Buoys, Hocus Pocus, by Focus, All Right Now, by Free, to name but a few.