National One-Hit Wonder Day: Favorite long-lost hits(Friday Fun!)

ABC4 News(Utah) ^ | 09/25/2020 | Lindsey Peterson

[Kid Shelleen]

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 News) – Sept. 25 is National One-Hit Wonder Day! A day where we can celebrate those songs that topped the charts but then their performers faded away from the music scene. What are some of your favorite one-hit wonders? Let us know on our social media pages! Below are some of the ABC4 staff’s favorite ‘one-hit wonders’:

[Kid Shelleen]

Happy One Hit Wonder Day FRiends; The article has a pretty sorry list of one hit wonders but here are a couple I like.

Brandy – Looking Glass
Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas

[ifinnegan]

One hit wonders are the best.

The Rosemary songs:

Smile a Little Smile for Me, Rosemarie

Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes

[PrincessB]

The Macarena.

[coaster123]

What day is it?

https://youtu.be/rBJLoYd8xak

[OldGoatCPO]

Little Willy by “Sweet”
Dead Skunk by Loudon Wainwright
Sugar Sugar by The Archie’s

Don’t judge, I was just hitting puberty and these were popular at the time.

[Migraine]

“Since I Fell for You” == Lenny Welch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7xrQY_FLM4

[ifinnegan]

This guy was the king of one hit wonders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Burrows

Later, Burrows sang the lead vocals on several other one-hit wonder songs under different group names, Edison Lighthouse’s “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)” (February 1970); White Plains’ “My Baby Loves Lovin’” (March 1970); The Pipkins’ novelty song “Gimme Dat Ding” (April 1970); and The First Class’ “Beach Baby” (July 1974). He also sang lead vocals on The Brotherhood of Man’s “United We Stand”, which reached #10 on the UK charts and also reached #13 in the U.S.

[z3n]

Safety Dance might be the whitest song ever made, and I don’t mean that in a good way.

[Fledermaus]

Take Me On - AHA

Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners

[Sans-Culotte]

I always think of Del Shannon’s Runaway.

[dynachrome]

Spirit in the Sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJ_07cnY5c&ab_channel=Fifties%2CSixties%26Seventiesraremusicclips

[TexasGator]

Venus

[Migraine]

“Yellow River” — Christie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxu5zyUnVzE

[ifinnegan]

There is

Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image

That was always like the Brandy song about seafaring.

[blueunicorn6]

Winchester Cathedral

[Impala64ssa]

Chi Coltrane, one of the most underrated female singer/songwriters in history, Thunder and Lightning her only hit in the US. But what a hit it was!

[Seruzawa]

Jenny 867-5309

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo

[ifinnegan]

Don’t forget

In the Year 2525 by Zager and Evans.

[I-ambush]

Please Come to Boston —Dave Loggins
Chevy Van— Sammy Johns
Shanty— Do Not Sell
Two Hangmen— Mason Proffit
One Tin Soldier— Coven

[VA_Gentleman]

Men Without Hats still tours.