Post a 'one hit wonder' song from the 60's

[Joe Fields]

My definition is that, to be classified as a hit, the song had to have reached the Billboard top 100 for that year.

My pick? Winchester Cathedral, by the New Vaudeville Band, from 1966.

[MissMillie]

1. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

by Iron Butterfly


(but I'm not actually sure they had a "hit")

[last_texas_dem]

14. On the album chart they actually had a few successes

although In-a-Gadda-da-Vida was the biggest seller so far. As for singles, an edited version of "In-a-Gadda..." charted in the thirties on the singles chart and they had a handful of other singles that barely charted, including "Soul Experience", "In the Time of Our Lives", and "Easy Rider (Let the Wind Pay the Way)."

[brentspeak]

25. That's right, Iron Butterfly was a lot more than just "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida"

Hard to find genuine "one-hit wonders".

[CGowen]

19. I like it and the Simpsons version is fun too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smZLLEZfQK8

The Simpsons In The Garden Of Eden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLBAK8Q8hSo

[ohiosmith]

2. In the year 2525.

[RebelOne]

3. Love that song. n/t

[no name no slogan]

50. That was Billboard's #1 the week I was born

great tune, too. Visage did a very cool cover of it in the early 80s.

It was also the same week as Woodstock, so go figure

[BOSSHOG]

4. "I don't want our Loving to Die" - The Herd

They had a couple of other modestly successful songs.

Bonus question, who was the boyish lead singer of this 60's English Mod Group?

[Joe Fields]

5. That would be Peter Frampton, before he started Humble Pie...

[BOSSHOG]

7. You know your stuff Joe

I got one of their old albums and he looks like a 12 year old on the cover. That group had some bizarre vocals without Peter.

[Joe Fields]

9. I will openly admit that I like Frampton.

He is very talented. Funny as it seems, since he founded Humble Pie, I think the group was much better with Steve Mariott as the leader.

[BOSSHOG]

11. I spent 67-69 in Scotland and England

I became versed with the Small Faces and The Herd and the Foundations and the Tremeloes and Dave, Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Titch. Somewhat of a golden age of music for me in my early teens. I think Frampton is great, has a nice portfolio.

[Joe Fields]

27. Yeah, the Tremeloes and Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch!!!

I still have 45's from them. Must have been a very interesting experience being there in the late 60's.

[wildhorses]

6. did turn down day make the top 100?

what about red rubber ball?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cxx2fvcpWE

[Joe Fields]

10. Turn down day wasn't, but Red Rubber ball was #36, in 1966

[wildhorses]

12. then i should offer this instead --

:shrug:

a little bit of soap~the jarmels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp3K6aYOlDs

[OzarkDem]

38. Hey Baby - Bruce Channel

w/ Delbert McClinton on harmonica. One of my mom's favorite songs...

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bruce+channel&search=Search

[wildhorses]

48. i love delbert!!!

thanks for the link...

[brentspeak]

26. Nyet. Red Rubber Ball made it all the way up to #2 on the U.S. charts

and "Turn Down Day" made it to #16.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrkle

[wildhorses]

32. i thought so....

that is why i put up the other song. thanks :hi:

[brentspeak]

39. You're welcome

:)

[Joe Fields]

43. Not for year end. It may have reached that at one point, but

for year end sales it was #36. And I'll give you my source, if you like.

[brentspeak]

46. Traditionally, whatever chart position a song peaks at is what's cited when discussing a hit

Year-end total sales have never been used to determine a song's chart status. It's always been, "they reached the Top 10 in July, 1966 with such-and-such tune..."

[Joe Fields]

47. That is just not true. One may say that a song 'reached' a certain

status, but when looking back historically, it is year end sales. That is the criteria that Billboard magazine uses, and so that is what I go by. I think Billboard is a little more credible than any other source, when talking about chart positions.

[conscious evolution]

77. right and wrong

If you are in the music industry you would keep track of dollars.
If you are a fan you keep track by chart position.
If you are an audiophil only the music matters.

[Jade Fox]

51. One of rock's greatest basslines.....

in that song. :)

[HuskerDU]

8. 'Eve of Destruction'

Barry McQuire

did Martha and the Vandals have any other hits besides 'Heat Wave.' Great song either way.

[last_texas_dem]

16. They actually had a few

"Dancing in the Street", "Nowhere to Run", "Jimmy Mack" are some of their other Top Tens. "Heat Wave" is probably my favorite, though.

[HuskerDU]

17. Doh!

Should've remembered 'Dancing in the Street' at a minimum. Heat Wave is an all time great song for sure.

[Richardo]

13. The Israelite - Desmond Dekker

Proto-ska!

And you're welcome for the most excellent earworm! :thumbsup:

[BurtWorm]

83. Let me be the first to say

Thank you for the most excellent earworm, mon!

:toast:

[Bluebear]

15. My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small

[ComerPerro]

18. "Build Me Up, Buttercup" by The Foundations. 1968

[BOSSHOG]

28. Please delete, one too many

[BOSSHOG]

29. I saw them in 68

in Cambridge England, a lead in group to Stevie Wonder who was incredibly popular in England at that time. I'll give the Foundations credit for one more hit: Baby Now that I found You.

[ComerPerro]

35. that one was #1 in England I think, not sure it did so well in US though

[last_texas_dem]

41. They also had "Baby, Now That I Found You"

It may have not been in the Top 100 for its year ('67, I think) but it was a #11 American hit. It's a cool sad one, and "Build Me Up Buttercup" is one of the catchiest songs ever.

[catmandu57]

20. 98.6

keith, I know others that one just popped into my head.

[brentspeak]

23. Nope, Keith won't qualify

Because he had a follow-up hit that reached number 50 on the charts, "Tell Me To My Face" (1967).

[brentspeak]

21. That's actually a tough one.

A lot of artists normally thought of as "one-hit wonders" usually had at least one other Top 100 hit, normally the followup to their well-known hit, and often in the Top 40.

Example: American Breed had a Top Five smash with "Bend Me, Shape Me," a song that's still heard a lot on oldies radio. But few people remember that American Breed followed that up with "Step Out Of Your Mind", which just barely made the Top 40 and which is almost never played on oldies radio today.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

22. "Reach Out in the Darkness" by Friend&Lover

Which I misheard as "Freak Out in the Garden." :-)

[CGowen]

24. Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki n/t

[rurallib]

56. love that song

[lizziegrace]

30. More Today than Yesterday - Spiral Staircase

1969 - hit the top 12

[johnnie]

31. The Music Machine

Talk Talk

They may have had something else in the top 100, but I can't think of it.

[brentspeak]

36. "Double Yellow Line" made the Top 40

I think even Number 20.

[pokerfan]

75. Beat me to it

Great song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKY998aeAOI

[Strawman]

33. "Pushin' too Hard" by the Seeds

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_k6ce630_mc&mode=related&search=

[brentspeak]

37. Nope, nope -- "Can't Seem To Make You Mine" made the Top 50.

[Joe Fields]

58. It isn't listed in the year end top 100...

That is the criteria I am using, according to Billboard.

[NoGOPZone]

34. Reach Out of the Darkness by Friend & Lover nt

[HuskerDU]

40. 'The Letter' by the Box Tops (give me a ticket on an aeroplane

ain't got time to take a fast train)

Don't know if they had any other hits, but BT Alex Chilton went on to have a fine career solo and with other bands.

[brentspeak]

42. LOTS of other hits from that band

From wikipedia:

"The Letter" (#1), "Neon Rainbow" (#24), "Cry Like A Baby" (#2), "Choo Choo Train" (#26), "I Met Her In Church" (#37), "Sweet Cream Ladies, Foward March" (#28), "I Shall Be Released" (#67), "Soul Deep" (#18), "Turn On A Dream" (#58), "You Keep Tightening Up On Me" (#92).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_Tops

[Bjornsdotter]

44. Dominique by the Singing Nun

DOMINIQUE (Original French Lyrics)

Dominique, nique, nique,
S’en allait tous simplement
Routier pauvre et chantant.
En tous chemins, en tous lieux,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,

A l’époque où Jean Sans Terre
D’Angleterre était le roi,
Dominique, notre Père,
Combattit les Albigeois.

Dominique, nique, nique,
S’en allait tous simplement
Routier pauvre et chantant.
En tous chemins, en tous lieux,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,

Certain jour, un hérétique
Par des ronces le conduit,
Mais notre Père, Dominique,
Par sa joie le convertit-

Dominique, nique, nique,
S’en allait tous simplement
Routier pauvre et chantant.
En tous chemins, en tous lieux,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,

Ni chameau, ni diligence,
Il parcourt l’Europe à pied,
Scandinavie ou Provence,
Dans la sainte pauvreté.

Dominique, nique, nique,
S’en allait tous simplement
Routier pauvre et chantant.
En tous chemins, en tous lieux,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,

Enflammá des toutes écoles
Filles et garçons pleins d’ardeur,
Et pour semer la parole,
Inventá les Frères Prêcheurs.

Dominique, nique, nique,
S’en allait tous simplement
Routier pauvre et chantant.
En tous chemins, en tous lieux,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,

Chez Dominique et ses frères,
Le pain s’en va à manquer,
Et deux anges se preséntèrent,
Portant deux grands pains dorés.

Dominique, nique, nique,
S’en allait tous simplement
Routier pauvre et chantant.
En tous chemins, en tous lieux,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,

Dominique vit en rêve
Les prêcheurs du monde entier
Sous le manteau de la Vierge
En grand nombre rassemblés.

Dominique, nique, nique,
S’en allait tous simplement
Routier pauvre et chantant.
En tous chemins, en tous lieux,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,

Dominique, mon bon Père,
Garde-nous simples et gais
Pour announcer à nos frères
La Vie et la Verité.

Dominique, nique, nique,
S’en allait tous simplement
Routier pauvre et chantant.
En tous chemins, en tous lieux,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu,
Il ne parle que du bon Dieu

[Joe Fields]

45. Pushin' Too Hard, by the Seeds

[no name no slogan]

49. "Walk Away Renee" by the Left Banke

NT

[last_texas_dem]

53. They did have one decent-sized follow-up hit

"Pretty Ballerina", a pretty cool song that has a similar feel to "Walk Away Renee", made the Top 20 a few months later. I'm not sure if it made the Top 100 on the year-end charts, though.

[no name no slogan]

55. You're right, they did

"Pretty Ballerina" made it to #15 according to Billboard. So they were a "two hit wonder". I stand corrected. :)

[underpants]

80. LOVE that song

that reminds me I need to go see if iTunes has it yet.

[carly denise pt deux]

52. Hitchin a Ride-Vanity Fair

Carly

[Jade Fox]

54. Dirty Water-Standells

Early punk.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5apEctKwiD8

[rurallib]

57. "96 tears" question mark & the mysterions

[ThingsGottaChange]

59. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum

Loved that song!

[gmoney]

60. "Expressway to your Heart" by the Soul Survivors

It think it was their only hit at least... but great song.

[last_texas_dem]

69. The follow-up was a minor hit

It made the Top Forty, but wasn't a huge hit by any stretch. The cool thing about it is it's one of the more interesting re-writes of an earlier hit single that actually became a hit. You know how after the Four Tops made #1 with "I Can't Help Myself" and Holland-Dozier-Holland rushed to put together a similar-sounding follow-up, acknowledging the similarity by titling it "It's the Same Old Song"? Well, the Soul Survivors followed up "Expressway to Your Heart" with "Explosion in My Soul" a musically similar, intense-sounding blue-eyed soul number, albeit without the cool traffic sounds in the background that were on their first hit! haha

[HuskerDU]

61. 'Hey Paula' by Paul and Paula

They just couldn't have had any other hits right?

[begin_within]

62. "Those Were the Days" by Mary Hopkin

[WCGreen]

63. Timothy... By the Bouys....

Nothing says pop music more than a song about cannibalism...

[MnFats]

64. Ain't Seen Nothin' yet. can't remember the band...

[MnFats]

65. "double shot a' my baby's love"

The Swingin' Medalions? Could be wrong.
a great drinking song.
And springsteen used to cover it in the old days.

[last_texas_dem]

67. Bachman-Turner Overdrive

did that one. They actually had a few other hits, including "Takin' Care of Business", "Let It Ride", "Roll Down the Highway" (I think that's the title), and "Hey You." "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" was their only #1, hit, though.

"Double Shot of My Baby's Love" is a great one-hit wonder, too.

[Joe Fields]

66. Suspicion, by Terry Stafford

[last_texas_dem]

68. Some interesting trivia about him

(Well, interesting by my standards at least. haha) He managed a #2 pop hit with "Suspicion" in 1964, which was his only major pop hit, but he re-surfaced with a double-sided hit on the country charts a decade later. One side was (in my opinion, a pretty weird choice) a cover of Tony Orlando and Dawn's "Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" (#35 country hit) and the other side was the song "Amarillo by Morning" (#31 country hit) which was covered about ten years later by George Strait, was a top five country hit, and became one of Strait's signature songs.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

89. He went to my HS

Graduated 6 years before me.

[Archae]

70. The ultimate 60's one-hit wonder!

Music video for the 1966 hit song "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa" by Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXZMZ-XvvzI

:crazy:

But try here:

http://www.onehitwondercentral.com/60s.cfm

[underpants]

79. I think that Wayne Newton and 1963's "Danke Shoen" needs to be mentioned

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Newton

No one and I mean NO ONE (not even Clint Holmes) got more out of one song that Wayne did.

[Joe Fields]

82. I used to have the 45 to that, and the interesting thing is that, on the flip side

was the same song, only recorded backwards!

[Archae]

85. I know.

We used to drive my parents crazy with that 45. :-)

[MichaelHarris]

71. Incense and peppermint

Strawberry Alarm Clock

[last_texas_dem]

72. "Incense" is their only major hit

and a great song. They did manage a few other minor Hot 100-charters, including a version of "Good Morning Starshine" that competed with Oliver's, and made the Top Forty one additional time besides "Incense", with the #23 hit "Tomorrow." It's actually my favorite of their hits; I love the drumming and the "psychedelic" guitar solo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8eKAREbg5g

[Esra Star]

73. Did "Golden Earring" ever follow up "Radar Love"?

I suppose I could google it. Whatever.

[last_texas_dem]

74. They actually charted higher with "Twilight Zone"

in the early eighties, though "Radar Love" was probably the bigger album-rock hit.

[dbt]

76. "Pyschotic Reaction" by Count Five

"Hot Smoke And Sassafras" by Bubble Puppy
"Hey Joe" by The Leaves
"Yellow Balloon" by Yellow Balloon

(Damn. I coulda had a life...)

:smoke:

PS: Didn't "Peekaboo" by the NVB hit the Hot 100 for like thirty seconds?

[yellowdogintexas]

78. "Louiie, Louie" by the Kingsmen, don't think they ever had

another hit and that song will never ever die.

[catmandu57]

81. Okay, how about

Sugar sugar by the Archies, and To sir with love, Lulu.

[BurtWorm]

84. You're Gonna Miss Me, 13th Floor Elevators

#55 in 1966.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYh5oMDlWwQ

[bridgit]

86. The Trashmen - Surfin Bird...

Full Metal Jacket Vietnam Surfin Bird Scene

[never cry wolf]

87. Gloria, by The Shadows of Knight

From my hometown, the were big stuff round here. (The HS team nickname was the Knights.)

[Joe Fields]

88. Just Like Romeo and Juliet, by the Reflections