One Hit Wonders - Your Favorite

[SoCalSurf]

"Major Tom" by Peter Schilling.

[Basalt Beach]

What's up? - 4 Non blondes



San Francisco - Scott McKenzie

[mr. beaumont]

A toss up between Edie Brickell's "What I am" and Spacehog's "In the Meantime"

Oh, and "Ooh Child" by the Five Stairsteps

[RP]

Many of mine have already been listed but frankly as a child/adolescent of the 60s I couldn't narrow my choices to a dozen let alone just a single tune....

[frankmcr]

Originally Posted by Kerbie

I think I'd say, "It's a Beautiful Day," David LaFlamme's group born in San Fran in the late '60s.
Boring video... just the album cover.

Here you go:

[Earl49]

Originally Posted by SoCalSurf

"Major Tom" by Peter Schilling.

I've been hearing this one a lot this summer, plus David Bowie's "Space Oddity" given the recent 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. I mostly listen to 70's and 80's radio stations, or my own CD collection.

One of my personal favorites which I still play regularly is "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray, probably the first or second vinyl LP that I ever bought. I cannot remember any other songs from the album, but haven;t played it many years.

[Inyo]

Originally Posted by mdhttr

"I Can See Clearly Now" Johnny Nash

This is just one of several examples, in this thread, of folks not understanding what a one hit wonder signifies.

Johnny Nash had two additional top 15 US Billboard songs: Hold Me Tight (#5 US Billboard, 1968); and Stir It Up--#12 US Billboard, 1973.

[Frostie]

(Nah Nah Hey Hey) Kiss Him Goodbye
Steam

OK, correction
You Were On My Mind by We Five

[tbeltrans]

Howard Jones - No one is to blame



I don't really have a favorite, but this was pretty good.

Tony

[tbeltrans]

Here is one for the teeny bopper crowd...



Tony

[agfsteve]

Neither Pilot, nor Gilbert O'sullivan, nor Howard Jones were one hit wonders, at least in UK.

[joe white]

Chevy Van from Sammy Johns

[upsidedown]

Little Girl by The Syndicate Of Sound.

[godfreydaniel]

96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians:

https://youtu.be/bOCOMYGIfUQ


Lover (You Don’t Treat Me No Good No More) - Sonia Dada:

https://youtu.be/D9WH8AfakFs


In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry: (One hit in the US, looks like they did well in the U.K.)


https://youtu.be/wvUQcnfwUUM

[12barBill]

Originally Posted by Earl49

I've been hearing this one a lot this summer, plus David Bowie's "Space Oddity" given the recent 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. I mostly listen to 70's and 80's radio stations, or my own CD collection.

One of my personal favorites which I still play regularly is "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray, probably the first or second vinyl LP that I ever bought. I cannot remember any other songs from the album, but haven;t played it many years.

And a favorite of mine from my senior year in high school. For me, the attraction and the hook is the guitar work by Reggie Young throughout the song starting with the intro. Reggie was a studio musician and a part of the house band at American Sound Studio in Memphis. They were called the Memphis Boys. You can hear Reggie's guitar work on countless recordings that came out of that Memphis studio.