25 Two-Hit Wonders of the '70s
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- 1. 5000 Volts - I'm on Fire (1975, UK No.4) & Doctor Kiss Kiss (1976, UK No.8), no other UK top 40 hit
2. A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie (1978, US No.1) & Sukiyaki (1981, US No.3), no other US top 40 hit
3. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (1976, US No.12) & Burnin' for You (1981, US No.40), no other US top 40 hit
4. Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling (1973, US No.1) & Never My Love (1974, US No.7), no other US top 40 hit
5. Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right (1976, US No.3) & I Love You (1980, US No.12), no other US top 40 hit
6. Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch (1977, US No.3) & Can't We Try (with Vonda Shepard, 1987, US No.6), no other US top 40 hit
7. David Geddes - Run Joey Run (1975, US No.4) & The Last Game of the Season (A Blind Man in the Bleachers) (1975, US No.18), no other US top 40 hit
8. Eruption - I Can't Stand the Rain (1977, UK No.5) & One Way Ticket (1979, UK No.9), no other UK top 40 hit
9. Golden Earring - Radar Love (1974, US No. 13) & Twilight Zone (1982, US No.10), no other US top 40 hit
10. Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat (1974, US No.1) & Rockin' Soul (1974, US No.18), no other US top 40 hit
11. J.D. Souther - You're Only Lonely (1979, US No.7) & Her Town Too (with James Taylor, 1981 US No.5), no other US top 40 hit
12. Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island (1977, US No.9) & Shakedown Cruise (1979, US No.31), no other US top 40 hit
13. Johnny Wakelin - Black Superman (Muhammad Ali) (1974, UK No.7) & In Zaire (1976, UK No.4), no other UK top 40 hit
14. The Knack - My Sharona (1979, US No.1) & Good Girls Don't (1979, US No.11), no other US top 30 hit
15. Maureen McGovern - The Morning After (1973, US No.1) & Different Worlds (1979, US No.18), no other US top 40 hit
16. Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started from (1975, US No.2) & Lead Me On (1978, US No.5), no other US top 40 hit
17. Ozark Mountain Devils - If You Wanna Get to Heaven (1974, US No.25) & Jackie Blue (1975, US No.3), no other US top 40 hit
18. Redbone - The Witch Queen of New Orleans (1971, US No.21) & Come and Get Your Love (1973, US No.5), no other US top 40 hit
19. The Ritchie Family - Brazil (1975, US No.11) & The Best Disco in Town (1976, US No.17), no other US top 40 hit
20. Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Piña Colada Song) (1979, US No.1) & Him (1980, US No.6), no other US top 30 hit
21. Sailor - A Glass of Champagne (1975, UK No.2) & Girls, Girls, Girls (1976, UK No.7), no other UK top 30 hit
22. Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly (1975, US No.1) & Get Up and Boogie (1975, US No.2), no other US top 40 hit
23. Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You (1973, US No.6) & Star (1974, US No.29), no other US top 40 hit
24. Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun (1974, UK No.1) & If You Go Away (1974, UK No.8), no other UK top 40 hit
25. Van McCoy - The Hustle (1975, UK No.3) & The Shuffle (1976, UK No.4), no other UK top 40 hit
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Blue Oyster Cult had a 3rd and 4th hit called "Take Me Away" and "Godzilla".
How could anyone not know Godzilla?
Neither of those made the U.S. Top 40.
@@freezer8530 just had to be a 2 hit wonder. Don’t remember top 40 being a criteria. Only one of Rush’s songs ever hit top 40… I guess that makes them a one-hit wonder 😂 Granted, it could be the case.
Criteria for a hit is making the top 40 on the billboard charts.
@@JimAllen-Persona Good point, mate !
I've always admired one hit wonders. Its like they put everything they had to offer to the world to make a single legendary song they will remembered for during eternity
And now they drive us bonkers always being played as background music in supermarkets. One thing noticeable though is the smart stage costumes and all pretty girls.
or they buy a villa...
Vader Abraham with the song about the smurfs and merchandising became a millionaire with that one song
Fun fact: he didn't find a text, so he just took the "lalalalalalalalalala" for the chorus
I think my favorite here is Blue Oyster Cult, since I like those two songs equally. Love Godzilla too.
...And it's not even my favorite song of them. Astronomy FTW
I miss the 70s man..
I miss the privacy, even in cities, the 1970's had.
It's the way the US Constitution says we're supposed to be living
You'll get lawyers that will say, there's no such thing as privacy in the constitution.
the US Constitution,Structures, the government and the government gave states rights to privacy to the citizens, before they added, since the onslot of smartphones and cameras, the right to reasonable expectations of privacy in bathroom and bedrooms.
Since smartphones, privacy of phones, also with that ( the privacy laws)
So, how is that, to those lawyers who say that, that the US Constitution gives privacy as right.
If it's what structures the government, which it does. Then it's the Constitution which gives us the Rights of Privacy.
The 70's we're corrupt, but it's more so corrupt now. Ex: What Trump's been getting away with since the 1990's. Hard to unseat a President but, he really screws up a lot, often openly, including since his presidency.
I can remember my dad taking me to a hockey game and 'Rock the Boat ' was playing.
Thanks for that memory.
Man! The Oldies But Goodies Are Entirely ALL THAT!
Sugarloaf Green-Eyed Lady (1970)
Sugarloaf Don't Call Us We'll Call You (1975)
Ya know it sounds like John, Paul and George.
Loved Green-eyed Lady
I loved Blue Oyster Cult and Golden Earring! They can keep the disco stuff. I lived through it and danced a lot but it got really old, really fast.
Got old? Maybe for YOU, it got old, but disco and genres related to it are currently popular and have been popular throughout the last 25-30 years!
Hi Nancy. I suggest you ignore the troll who just replied to you. He tried spreading some of his hate in my direction too.
@@rossmurray6849 Funny how you thought it was a hate comment towards her. Also, I’m just messing with you, no need to get butthurt.
@@arturoromero951 Arturo Romero, límpiese el agujero 😂
@@arturoromero951 the usual suspects.
Al Stewart - Time Passages and Year of the Cat
Emotions - Boogie Wonderland and Best of My Love
Al Stewart had "Song on the Radio" which made #29 in 1979, and The Emotions snuck into the Top 40 for one week with "So I Can Love You" at #39 in 1969.
@@freezer8530 "got her on my mind like a song on the radio"...🤣🤣🤣🤣
Some bands didn't need one or two hits to become legends.
Player had two hits by 1977-78 Baby Come back and This time I'm in it for love.
Finally!!!! The Knack had two hits! Everybody was convinced they had only one! Thanks
Yes!
We'll ignore for a second how awesome all their B cuts are but recall they also had a bounce-back hit with "Rocket of Love" which hit #9.
I love most of the songs of The Knack's first album. Still one of my favorites to this day.
Yes, I still have it on vinyl, autographed
The entire Get the Knack album was nothing but hits. That is a great album, start to finish.
Looking Glass should be mentioned in this video. The group is especially noteworthy in that one of their two hits, the 1972 single "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" got to #1 and still gets regular airplay. Their other hit is "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne," which peaked at #33 in 1973.
Right. These lists are never accurate. Either they claim someone is a one-hit wonder and they have three or four hits in the top 40 or they say they are two hit wonders and they have four or five.
Also Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods.
with "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" (#1)
and "Who Do You Think You Are" (#15).
@@nashburnette7247 In 1975, They had another Top-40 hit “The Heartbreak Kid” and then “Our Last Song Together (written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield) landed at #95.
@@wonderful4983 ......
Yes, I know all of that.
I study the charts like no one
you've ever seen and I have a
Joel Whitburn Hot-100 book.
By the way, Bobby Sherman
did a cover version of
"Our Last Song Together"
that missed The Hot-100,
but was a minor AC top-40
single, reaching #34 in 1975.
It was his 2nd single on the
Janus label.
And just to be clear,
you are talking about
Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods,
but you made the comment on
my Looking Glass post.
@@wonderful4983 .....
And you neglected to mention
that "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" was
their 2nd chart single.
Their first chart single was
"Special Someone",
released as by The Heywoods.
It charted at #64 in 1972 on a
label called "Family".
I love Van McCoy, his music is full of joy and recklessness, and give me a big nostagia from a period I didn't remember. Thanks for the video ;)
Those two songs by Silver Convention are so addictive that I still love to play them nowadays. Great disco years!
"Great disco years" is an oxymoron..
@@drumdad54sdl47 Not really. It’s just your taste. People liked disco back then but the rock fanatics ended up bringing its downfall in America. I like disco, maybe you don’t. Doesn’t mean it’s bad.
@@drumdad54sdl47 I suggest you ignore the troll who just replied to you. He's spread his hate towards everyone here who says they dislike disco.
I don't remember the disco hits here, but some others remind me how old I am!. Gerry Rafferty and JD Souther were primarily 'behind the scene guys' who happened to have good voices. Gerry was a songwriter/session guy/ producer who was part of Steelers Wheel, but soloed the Baker Street album after the band fell apart. JD Souther was always a songwriter with a good voice, did a lot of back-up vocals and guitar session work before a demo of 'You're Only Lonely' was discovered and fully produced, and also covered by other singers.
The Climax Blues Band, were from my home town, and the guy singing their first hit was the father of a boy in my class at school, we always thought he looked cool!!
Wow! This playlist has brought back some great memories. I loved so many of these songs.
Fantastic job putting it together. 👏
It remains to make about two-hit wonders of 60s and two-hit wonders of 00s.
00s I'm currently working on.
@@somerandomguy_music i'm already thinking of DB Boulevard - Point Of View
Redbone. I love that song
I just time traveled back to my am radio listening days !
Blue Oyster Cult was not a two hit wonder band. If anything, they are one of the most overlooked and underrated hard rock bands of all time. They're still around making great music
There’s a good reason they’re “overlooked.” They had a couple of great songs BUT THEY DIDN’T SELL THAT MANY RECORDS.
I saw them live at “Concert By the Sea” in ‘72, in VA. It was nowhere near the sea- it was on a vacant airfield in Va Beach! Blue Oyster Cult and Procol Harem topped the bill- after that, it gets kinda fuzzy as to what other performers played (I’ve a stack of over 100 ticket stubs from over the years well into this century- when I only see a few acts a year).
I met my friend Pete there- walking amongst the blankets in front of the stage in a sea of people, yelling, “Matchhead THC- 5 Bucks a Snort!” and that was some righteous sh*t…
But I DO recall POOR JOHN SEBASTIAN! Who TF thought to put him on the same bill? People started throwing stuff at him when he opened with his Lovin’ Spoonful song, “Do You Believe In Magic?”
Dude had to SHUT DOWN and FLY! For God’s Sake, the only thing WORSE he could’ve sung was the (new at the time) Theme Song from “Welcome Back, Kotter,” which he also wrote and performed for the TV show!
Betcha he never came back to Va, LOL…
Those were the days, of radio music anyway 🎼🎸🎤
It's safe to say the vast majority of heavy rock bands didn't do well in the SINGLES music charts. Just search Billboard Hot 100 songs - even a top band such as Led Zep had only 6 songs that entered the top 40 and did not have a #1 hit.
Thank you for this upload. good to see some 70s two hitters here. Many good songs. A decade I am starting to acquaint myself with musically thanks to channels like this. A Taste of Honey had two great singles and in contrast to each other. Blue Swede, the lead singer Bjorn Skifs has a successful career in Sweden and went to Eurovision twice. Eruption with two fantastic disco classics. Golden Earring both songs classics to us Non-Dutch people. 'My Sharona' is a very popular song here and timeless. Maxine Nightingale - two great singles. A Great contrast of dance classic and ballad. I had no idea 'Come and Get Your Love' was sang by Redbone. Great song. The song has been used in a UK commercial recently. Silver Convention - 'Fly Robin Fly' still sounds fresh now. They represented Germany in Eurovision in 1977 and came 8th.
Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds with "Fallin' in Love" and "Don't Pull You're Love"
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods had two hits: "Billy Don't Be a Hero" and "Who Do You Think You Are?" Both were in the mid-1970's.
Lol! I remember both of them songs! 😂😆
They had a third hit, also in 1974: "The Heartbreak Kid." It barely made the top 40 (got to #39) but that counts. 😀
Maureen McGovern have 11 top 40 radio hits. I remember more of those songs being played a lot on top 40 radio stations.
I remember both "Boogie Oogie Oogie" and "Sukiyaki" but didn't remember both were by the same act: A Taste of Honey.
Fun facts - the German disco group - Silver Convention - recorded 'Get Up and Boogie' and 'Fly, Robin, Fly' - both songs made it to #1 on one or more charts and both were written by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager - and both are tied for the fewest words for any chart topping single with both songs containing 6 words.
What about "The Hustle"--Van McCoy?
5 words--"Do it! Do The Hustle!"
@@laustcawz2089 There's that - yes - but 'The Hustle' was always considered an instrumental. Van McCoy produced it and he called the session musicians he chose for the recording 'The Soul City Symphony'. In fact - the song won the Grammy in 1975 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
Appreciating all the work that's gone into ALL of your One and Two Hit Wonder videos! Thanks!!🎼🎧
Here's an interesting one that could easily be overlooked. Jim Henson had two hits in the 1970's under two different names. They were "Rubber Duckie" (#16, 1970; as by Ernie) and "Rainbow Connection" (#25, 1979; as by Kermit the Frog). Of course, under that scenario, he could actually be considered a one-hit wonder twice.
One famous rock act made the U.S. Top 40 singles chart just twice: Jethro Tull with "Living In The Past" (1972 re-release went to #11) and "Bungle In The Jungle" (1974, went to #12)
How the hell didn’t Aqualung and Locomotive breath chart.
@@JJG86 They didn't even chart in the UK, where Tull did make the top ten three times. In the U.S., the closest any other single of theirs got to the Top 40 was "The Whistler" (#59 in 1977).
@@billslocum9819 That’s why the charts are truly meaningless.
Long songs, played mostly on FM and not released on 45.
REDBONE had at least 10 major hits in Europe like "Maggie", " Wovoka" and the political statement " We were all wounded at Wounded knee" .As a native American Group and politically active , they got boycottet by almost all USA Radio Stations.
SAILOR had at least 5 more hits in Europe.
GOLDEN EARRING(S) existed in the same formation during almost 60 (!) Years, and had many more hits in Europe. A major USA hit also was:" When the lady smiles" It suffered from a boycot by many USA Radio Stations because of the video of the song, in which a Katholic Nun gets raped in a train.
GARY RAFFERTY had hits with " STEALERS WHEEL" and the " HUMBLE BUMS" but is most famous for his solo million seller "Baker Street:
Gerry Rafferty hade another hit, "Right Down the Line".
I always learn something from these vids. For example, it’s very surprising Blue Oyster Cult is on this list.
I was thinking BOC's 2nd hit was Godzilla. I'm not sure what determines a hit here. But it got a lot of radio play from 1978 on for a while.
@@mrvlsmrv Don't Fear the Reaper, Burnin' For You, Godzilla, and Veteran of the Psychic Wars, which was on the Heavy Metal movie soundtrack. They got a LOT of play. Not to mention the "more cowbell" skit on SNL, which gave them a whole new life.
@@mrvlsmrv A hit, commercially in this sense, is any song from an artist that hits the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in the UK, it’s either Top 40 or Top 75. Godzilla never charted on Billboard or on any of the rock charts from Billboard, despite the fact that it is one of their most well-known signature songs
@@arturoromero951 the puzzling thing here to me is the video is 2 hit wonders of the 70's. Burnin' for You wasn't released until 1981.
@@mrvlsmrv BOC is known from the 70s to early 80s. At the same time, SRG normally calculates that if an act has not had any hit in around 5-10 years then they are labeled a one hit wonder or retired for the moment. You can ask him how he calculates this
Terry Jacks had several songs that were constantly played on the radio not including his hits with the poppy family.
Nice to see Stealer's Wheel featured. Joe Egan recently passed away, he, along with Gerry Rafferty, were the the founder members of the group.
Red bone We Were all wounded at wounded knee was a big hit in 1973 in the Netherlands.
The solo from My Sharona is one of the best ever. And both from Golden Earring! Great songs
gee I thought My Sharona was done by the same band that did "Good Girls Don't " The Knack
@Ponyboy Curtis Good girls dont...But I do. Great song!
Immediately recalled the Martian movie in my memory!!! When Matt Damon complaints on his crew commander and choice of music 🎶 to be taken on Mars))))
Man that is wild! I was just a kid back then, but man do I feel old!
Ozark Mountain Daredevils are great. One of my favorite bands all time.
Man, some of these brought back memories! ❤
I started a list to add to this and couldn't believe how many there were. Some of them are Jigsaw, Fancy, Dramatics, Jay Ferguson, Jethro Tull, Gary Glitter, Henry Gross, Murray Head, Mark Lindsey, Marshall Tucker, Addrissi Brothers, George Baker Selection, Delaney & Bonnie, Disco Tex, Chuck Mangione.
Finally. An actual person that does the research. While I will say, it looks like based on your artists, these are mostly two-hit wonders in the USA. Because in the UK, many of these acts like Gary Glitter and Jethro Tull were popular in their own countries and had more than two hits. If SRG were to include those, he would need to place a description stating so. The same would apply for the George Baker Selection who had plenty of hits in the Netherlands. To add to your list, I would mention Looking Glass and Carl Carlton.
At the same time, with acts like Henry Gross, while he does constitute a two-hit wonder in the States, his other hit only was regionally popular in the states, which is why it’s understandable why he would place it in the one-hit wonders list. So again, it’s debatable but reasonable. Also, for acts like Murray Head, their main hits were from 1969 and 1984, so there’s the issue of how SRG would calculate it in which decade, so that’s understandable why he would place it in the one-hit wonders list. While Murray Head isn’t, I think in charting rules an act has to wait 5-10 years after their first hit single in order to be counted as a two hit wonder otherwise it would be assumed they fell off or retired. While it’s weird, it’s possibly a reason why Murray Head is debatable in both categories.
Overall, this is really good. Hope SRG sees this and maybe might update it!
Tull was much more popular in the US and had two hit albums. Saw them in Chicago, Thick as a Brick, a few days later in Milw. Aqulung.
Wow do those songs bring back memories! Showing my age but those were really good times for me.
Lots of memories flooding back .....wondered what happened to all these artists. ......eruption we're cool
Brings back so many memories of high school ♥️🤗
Player with "Baby Come Back" and "This Time I'm In It For Love"
It's for you another hit
These songs transported me back to “Last Call” at 2 am in any dark, dingy bar back in the 70’s, combining drunkenness and desperation as the juke box played many of these forgettable tunes, on a night that my foggy brain would soon forget.
A two hit wonder I remember was by Looking Glass "Brandy" in 1972 and "Jimmy loves Mary Anne" the following year.
Van McCoy gave us The Hustle and The Shuffle. Couldn't they have done The Bustle, The Rush and The Bump as well to complete an entire disco routine?
Just like the 80s list, I've never heard of a few of these, but I certainly knew and liked several of them. Growing up in the 70s, some of these songs are hard to separate from my childhood memories and nostalgia. The Hues Corporation's Rock the Boat actually featured in a dream I used to have as a kid. And Terry Jacks' Seasons in the Sun really tore at my pre-adolescent emotions. It seemed like such a sad song. I mistakenly thought that Jacks himself was dying and had been able to make the recording of the song before he passed away.
Was a teen In the 70s and always like James Taylor
Great music 👌💯
Each of the members of Silver Convention had solo songs released during their time with Silver Convention. Penny McLean had a fairly big hit with “Lady Bump”, and the other two singers (Ramona Wulf and Linda G Thompson) had moderate success as well.
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Love your Videos. 💞
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What a blast from the past 😁 there were some great 1 hit wonders but the follow up wasn't always that good..having said that 1 or 2 artists managed to pull that off 🤔 excellent compilation 👌
Wish we could go back to these times when the world was normal
The world was never normal back then. You just are nostalgic for your younger years that maybe you didn’t have time to appreciate or you wished to appreciate more. If you thought the WORLD back then was normal, then you must be on something.
@@arturoromero951 it was more normal than now...open your eyes
Actually, The Knack were a three-hit wonder. They also had a minor hit called "Baby Talks Dirty." So was Rupert Holmes. He had a third hit, "Answering Machine."
I appreciate these kinds of lists because I grew up on top 40 radio. It bothers me the number of one hit wonder videos on RUclips include artists with 2, 3 or more hits.
I knew a total of 8 songs from this list. Very educational !
Come on, Blue Oyster Cult had "Godzilla" too.
and sold tons of albums
Adding to Rupert Holmes’s two hit career is that he went on to win two Tony Awards for writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which absolutely makes me chuckle every time I think about it
he is a prolific song writer and had a ton of hits...just didnt sing on the records
Rupert Holmes did have another hit song, which he was a writer, as well as played piano on. It was when he was with The Buoys. The song was called "Timothy." The song which came out around 1970-71, dealt with the controversial subject of cannibalism. The song did make the Billboard Top 40 Charts for 8 weeks and reached a peak of #17, despite numerous radio stations trying to keep it off the airwaves.
And Van McCoy,had a Number 13 in Germany with `Soul Cha Cha`.
Not to forget:Change with the Times.;-)
This is a very impressive list. One hit wonders are easier to find than 2 hit wonders. I have some additional 2 hit wonders in either the US or UK that had 2 top 20 hits and no other top 40 hits.
Arrival - Friends(UK #8 1970) & I Will Survive(UK #16 1970)
Austin Roberts - Something's Wrong With Me(US #12 1972) & Rocky(US #9 1975)
Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie(UK #1 1977) & Sorry I'm A Lady(UK #8 1978)
Bruce Ruffin - Rain(UK #19 1971) & Mad About You(UK #9 1972)
Dennis Coffey - Scorpio(US #6 1972) & Taurus(US #18 1972)
Fancy - Wild Thing(US #14 1974) & Touch Me(US #19 1974)
Focus - Hocus Pocus(US #9, UK #20 1973) & Sylvia(UK #4 1973)
GQ - Disco Nights(US #12 1979) & I Do Love You(US #20 1979)
Hello - Tell Him(UK #6 1975) & New York Groove(UK #9 1975)
Hi Tension - Hi Tension(UK #13 1978) & British Hustle/Peace On Earth(UK #8 1978)
Jerry Reed - Amos Moses(US #8 1971) & When You're Hot, You're Hot(US #9 1971)
John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again(UK #4 1971) & Tokoloshe Man(UK #4 1971)
Ken Boothe - Everything I Own(UK #1 1974) & Crying Over You(UK #11 1974)
Kenny Nolan - I Like Dreamin'(US #3 1977) & Love's Grown Deep(US #20 1977)
Leon Russell - Tight Rope(US #11 1972) & Lady Blue(US #14 1975)
Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough(UK #1 1972) & Desperate Dan(UK #17 1972)
McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone(UK #2 1970) & Malt And Barley Blues(UK #5 1971)
Motors - Airport(UK #4 1978) & Forget About You(UK #13 1978)
Peter Shelley - Gee Baby(UK #4 1974) & Love Me Love My Dog(UK #3 1975)
Peter Skellern - You're A Lady(UK #3 1972) & Hold On To Love(UK #14 1975)
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From S.W.A.T(US #1 1976) & Baretta's Theme(US #20 1976)
Sheer Elegance - Milky Way(UK #18 1976) & Life Is Too Short Girl(UK #9 1976)
Steeleye Span - Gaudette(UK #14 1973) & All Around My Hat UK #5 1975)
Stephanie De Sykes - Born With A Smile On My Face(UK #2 1974) & We'll Find Our Day(UK #17 1975)
Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer(UK #1, US #14 1974) & Purely By Coincidence(UK #11 1975)
When I think of two hit wonders, I think of Carl Carlton. Everlasting Love hit #6 in the US in 1972 and Bad Mama Jama hit 22 (#2 on the R&B charts) in 1981. It’s pretty unusual to have two hits that far apart, so maybe that’s why he was forgotten.
Also Looking Glass!
Dan Hill definitely had more than 2 hits.
I don't know why I watch these but I do.
The knacks album get the knack was absolutely great!
Loved the second half of this vid, the groups I listend to:) Thank you Random!
Conozco algunos de ellos más por su segundo éxito, como Him de Rupert Holmes o One Way ticket de Eruption. ✌️😎
Does Jigsaw count? The only songs here in the U.S. I ever heard on the Top 40 radio were "Sky High" and "Love Fire". If rock music was booze, these songs would be sweet & fruity umbrella drinks. Perfect Seventies artifacts!
I guess it depends on the country for where the charts are located. I'm from Canada, which is where Dan Hill is from also. He had quite a few songs on the Canadian charts. Where as, some of the other acts.. I've never heard their second hit.
Thanks For Sharing!
A really interesting selection. I don't recognise quite a lot of these tracks but will be looking out for them to hear them in their entirety.
It's unsettling to think that most of these people are 50+ years older.
There was also Vanity Faire with "Early In The Morning," and "Hitching A Ride," and Brotherhood Of Man with "United We Stand," and "Save Your Kisses For Me."
Vanity Fare will be featured in the video for the 1960s, as 'Early in the Morning' was released in 1969 (and 'Hitchin' a Ride' in 1969 or 1970, depending on the country): Brotherhood of Man were a two-hit wonder in the US but not in the UK where they had several hit songs.
My little sister (four years younger than I) and her little friend loved and cried over those David Geddes sonss
Eruption giving off some future boney m vibes
Difference is the countries. Boney M is to Germany as Eruption is to the UK! Here is something to help!
🇩🇪: Boney M, Silver Convention, Dschinghis Khan, Arabesque, Goombay Dance Band
🇫🇷: Gibson Brothers, Patrick Hernandez, Voyage, Ottawan, Cerrone, Amanda Lear, Dalida (Monday, Tuesday, laissez-moi danser)
🇬🇧: Eruption, 5000 Volts, Kelly Marie, Liquid Gold, Tina Charles, Hot Chocolate, The Real Thing, Love & Kisses, D.D. Jackson, Nick Straker Band
🇮🇹: Giorgio Moroder, La Bionda, Gino Soccio
🇳🇱: Luv’, Teach-In, Spargo, Maywood, Earth & Fire (Weekend)
🇪🇸: Baccara
🇸🇪: ABBA, Secret Service, Harpo
I miss Sugarloaf ("Green eyed lady"; and "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You") and George Baker Selection ("Little green bag" and "Una Paloma Blanca")
I remember them under the name the "Moonrakers" from 1965 when I lived in Denver. The Moonrakers was a rock band that broke up and was the base of Sugarloaf in 1969. I always liked the Moonrakers because they were more old rock and roll whereas Sugarloaf came into being at a time when music was in transition.
The hustle followed by the shuffle. Dude knew his audience
I remember a fair portion of these...but some I sure as hell didn't hear of back then (neither the songs nor the artists)
Depended on where you lived
I have two Rupert Holmes songs on my playlist, and neither one of them are in this video!
Blue Swede has many hits in his home country of Sweden
The Knack had a 3rd top 40 hit in the USA. "Baby Talks Dirty" got up to #38 and spent two weeks on the chart in March 1980.
I remember thinking “this sounds just like My Sharona.” They had their 15 minutes and no more.
What about "Frustrated"?
I remember hearing that on the radio.
@@laustcawz2089 Yeah, me too, and it sounded just like My Sharona. Their last gasp and they probably knew it.
@@laustcawz2089 Frustrated was the b-side to Good Girls Don't. You heard it on the radio probably because the DJ didn't know which side of the record to play.
@@laustcawz2089 ......
"Frustrated" was the B-side
of "Good Girls Don't".
Nice video. Excellent comparison
Redbone had 3 hit songs, at least in Philly, where I grew up. Their 3rd hit was titled Maggie.
I liked John Kongos' two hits in the early 70s. I would have enjoyed seeing him mentioned here.
"MORE COWBELL!!"
🍻's SRG, I know being from Derbyshire England ,but the 70's was good music we'll most of it lol ,anyway it reminded me of 1977 i was 10 that Nov space 1999 was on tv and how i thought 1999 would look how wrong was i SRG 👍
Six of the listed have hits in 2 different decades, not just the 70s.
3:28….This song always reminds of Slapshot.
Yes it was played thru out the movie.
How odd, I was thinking about an obscure song like Blind Man in the Bleachers this morning and tonight I found this video.
Good fella
The Knack: My sharona - Can´t put a price on love - Baby Talks Dirty
25 reasons why I listened to prog rock and some heavy rock. 😜😜
Fantastic video. Most of the songs were huge hits in the 90´s and became classics. Many memories come to my mind
5000 volts - First lead singer, Tina Charles (No 1 hit in 1976 in the UK with I love to love, and a few other Top Ten hits also), left the group. The lovely Luan Peters stepped in to replace her, but listening to the record, it sounds like Tina sang on Dr Kiss KIss. Anybody any idea if that's correct?
Redbone - Come And Get Your Love. Was that song on recent soundtrack
From 1970 to 79 must have been asleep 💤 don’t remember must of the songs, now 70
Most of the songs, before anyone says can’t spell
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Some good stuff but I am surprised that about half even made it into the top 200.
The Knack had 3 top 40 hits
Maureen McGovern had another hit called "Can You Read My Mind(Love Theme From Superman). It was featured in the movie Superman with Christopher Reeves.