One Hit Wonders

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Three of mine from 1968.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbUNVm1k3nU]Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts - Angel of the Morning - YouTube[/ame]

Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts- Angel of the Morning

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhMuCiAe6vA]Mason Williams - Classical Gas - ORIGINAL STEREO VERSION - YouTube[/ame]

Mason Williams- Classical Gas

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BjQKMxJNEc]The lemon Pipers Green Tambourine ; Sony Music Entertainment Audio - YouTube[/ame]

The Lemon Pipers- Green Tambourine
 
Three from 1970.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fYV3dJp-k4]The Jaggerz - 'The Rapper' - YouTube[/ame]

The Jaggerz - The Rapper

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZQxH_8raCI]Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum - YouTube[/ame]

Norman Greenbaum- Spirit In The Sky

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Tj8dsRdxk]blues image Ride Captain Ride On your way to a world that others might have missed - YouTube[/ame]

Blues Image- Ride Captain Ride
 
And three from 1974.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Taxuott5s]After The Goldrush - Prelude - YouTube[/ame]

Prelude- After the Goldrush

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG8MQ8f4nF4]The First Class - Beach Baby - YouTube[/ame]

The First Class- Beach Baby

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0]Carl Douglas - Kung fu fighting(original) - YouTube[/ame]

Carl Douglas- Kung Fu Fighting
 
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCx6NnGYHh0]"I Just Got Started Loving You"[/ame]

God bless you and James always!!! :) :) :)

Holly
 
Pablo Cruise...Love will find a way

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9sbA2gnWHI]Pablo Cruise - Love Will Find A Way - YouTube[/ame]
 
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHNmG0X4t4]Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Studio Version) *FULL* - YouTube[/ame]
 
More from the 70s:

Afternoon Delight............Starland Vocal Band
Brandy..................The Looking Glass
Tubular Bells...............Mike Oldfield
Never Been Any Reason...............Head East
 
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvO2ePPPQ-M]The Gestures - Run, Run, Run - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9NDHmGIHJE]The Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me - 45 RPM Original Mono Mix - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAwLbj4bfBk]The Chartbusters - "She's The One" - YouTube[/ame]
 
[ame=http://youtu.be/tr6H1a7YUac]edison lighthouse - Love grows where my rosemary goes - YouTube[/ame]

Edison Lighthouse ~ Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
 


Lunatic Fringe- I heard this song in a movie. Great song. I think it's a one hit wonder?
 
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"I Touch Myself" ;-)

The Divinyls
 
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the 60's had dozens of great one-hit wonders...

here's a couple of 'em...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8h2gVcDQ9E]The Standells Dirty Water - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJgwj_eGD7k]Little Girl - Syndicate of Sound - YouTube[/ame]
 
a few from the 70's...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfPtczsm_PY]WILDFLOWER (1973)- SKYLARK - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APlwRR9IO_E]SO VERY HARD TO GO / TOWER OF POWER - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTgyyUcAYQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTgyyUcAYQ[/ame]
 
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a couple from the 80's...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C_fVnE3xHY]The Payolas - Eyes Of A Stranger - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo8s5fuSwo8]Jane Child - Welcome To The Real World - YouTube[/ame]
 
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