30 Best One-Hit Wonders of the ’70s (Favorite Picks)

Midder ^ | 5/30/23 | Will Fenton

[Daveinyork]

Play that funky music, white boy. One of the best dance songs ever.

[Steely Tom]

What's amazing is how many you totally forget about that were excellent....and better than today's "music".

It's only Rock & Roll, but I like it.

[Steve_Seattle]

I looked at the list and I don’t consider performers like Randy Newman and Charlie Pride to be “one hit wonders.” One of my all-time favorite one hit wonder songs was “Walk Away Renee,” by The Left Banke in 1966.

[JSM_Liberty]

“The Boys Are Back In Town” by Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy were not a one hit wonder.

[pas]

Except Ted had other hits so not sure why it is on one hit wonders.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I think they mean hits that got big radio airplay.

Some of these had other hits that didn’t get a lot of airplay, and some of these had more than one album, but those albums didn’t spawn bit hits in terms of radio airplay.

[dfwgator]

The Knack was not a One-Hit Wonder. “Good Girls Don’t” went to #11.

[DallasBiff]

Thin Lizzy were not a one hit wonder.

I agree, "Breakout" is their classic song.

[Roadrunner383]

Confused about ‘one hit wonders’. I think of someone who came out of nowhere, had a hit song, and then faded away. Lynn Anderson? Charley Pride? They had a lot of top 10 songs and long careers.

[Red Badger]

I had that on 45..................

[dragnet2]

Eve of Destruction...Barry McGuire.

[dfwgator]

“Love Grows” by Edison Lighthouse

That was Tony Burrows, who was a five-time one-hit wonder:

1970: "My Baby Loves Lovin'" (White Plains)
1970: "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (Edison Lighthouse)
1970: "United We Stand" (Brotherhood of Man)
1970: "Gimme Dat Ding" (The Pipkins)
1974: "Beach Baby" (The First Class)

[Red Badger]

“Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede was pure garbage.

They ruined a beautiful love song, originally by BJ Thomas, RIP.................

[dfwgator]

Elvin Bishop is a beast. Wrote a lot of songs. Badass guitar player.

He ain't good lookin', but he sure can play.

[dfwgator]

Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again Naturally".

He had a few more hits.

[dragnet2]

Whoop, that was the 60s when most of the best stuff was written.

[dfwgator]

16. “It’s Magic” by Pilot

Produced by Alan Parsons. David Paton and Ian Bairnson of “Pilot” were the core of The Alan Parsons Project.

[Sirius Lee]

He had a few more hits.

Nothing Rhymed? Matrimony? Claire? You could probably count the number of people who could sing a few bars of those songs on your right hand.

[dfwgator]

The Rapper - The Jaggerz

Lead singer was Donnie Iris, who went on to have a hit later with “Ah, Leah”.

[Laslo Fripp]

Jimmy Carter’s rendition of the Bunny Hop.