Country's Catchiest One-Hit Wonders Tune in for a special CMTM episode exploring unforgettable one-hit wonders that left a lasting mark on country music!
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@jameshepburn46313 ай бұрын
Bing & The Andrews Sisters also had a big record with “Don’t Fence Me In”, the only country song credited to Cole Porter (& Robert Fletcher) (following a legal battle royal). Record sales and radio play were both diluted by it being recorded about the same time by Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, both of whom were more associated with Western or cowboy music.
@sandrahunter57492 ай бұрын
Terri Gibb Somebody's Knocking
@CountryMusicTimeMachine2 ай бұрын
That is a very good one.
@tomwerner3893 ай бұрын
Love Country Music Time Machine, all the way from Australia.
@CountryMusicTimeMachine3 ай бұрын
Love you great folks down in Australia as well! Lots of great country music in Australia and hope to have a future episode just covering Australian artists. Thanks for watching!
@tomwerner3893 ай бұрын
@@CountryMusicTimeMachine I'll be looking forward to that! Love all the old time Australian country artists. They were greatly inspired by American artists and the introduction of motion pictures in 1920s. Prior to that the Australian bush ballad was a different style of Celtic origin.
@mickeymilam20142 ай бұрын
daddys money by ricochet. The night the lights went out in Georgia the vicki lawrence version,
@williamfowler84392 ай бұрын
You forgot Jessica Andrews number one, Who I Am
@sherrie64922 ай бұрын
I don't see Seven Spanish Angels as a one hit wonder. If it is then To All The Girls' with Julio Iglesias would be one too. Willie sang with everyone. It was more like another Willie duet hit.
@CountryMusicTimeMachine2 ай бұрын
For Ray Charles and country music it is considered a 1 hit wonder. But not of course for Willie. But the Iglesias song could have been mentioned as well.
@tracycarver564313 күн бұрын
Love this song
@jacklow96112 ай бұрын
Marie Osmond had hits on the pop charts, with brother Donny but her "Paper Roses" was her only hit on the country charts, as far as I can remember.
@CountryMusicTimeMachine2 ай бұрын
I remember that one on the radio as a kid.
@benjaminchandler79192 ай бұрын
She also has “meet me in Montana” with Dan Seals
@jacklow96112 ай бұрын
@@benjaminchandler7919 : That's a duet. "Paper Roses" was a solo act, and there is a difference.
@benjaminchandler79192 ай бұрын
@@jacklow9611”meet me in Montana” was still a hit for her
@kevinfan72625 күн бұрын
"No Stopping your Heart" was a solo hit for Marie.
@BODUKE32012 ай бұрын
For Flatt & Scruggs I was thinkin other than the Beverly hillbillies…couldn’t think and the pic of the show comes up lol
@JoslinDarrelGene2 ай бұрын
Big AL Downing "Mr. Jones" ❤ ❤
@MrKaraokeCowboy2 ай бұрын
My favorite one-hit-wonder would have to be "Sweet Country Music" by Atlanta.
@kevinfan72625 күн бұрын
Chart history included two Top 10 country hits in "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" and "Sweet Country Music". The latter was also the band's highest-charting single, peaking at #2 on Cashbox.
@jameshepburn46313 ай бұрын
Somebody please explain what makes “Butterfly Kisses” country music. It’s about as country as Andrea Bocelli or Michael Buble. And is there supposed to be some connection the noise produced by that last group has to country music besides their name?
@CountryMusicTimeMachine3 ай бұрын
I think two things caused that song to be considered a country song. I remember when it came out, the country radio station I worked at was slammed with calls to play it. That caught on nationwide and it became a hit. Another thing is, it is by a Christian artist and sometimes with songs that have a twang but isn't a 100% worship song, and people like it, it gets airplay. And one more thing, it does fit the traditional country format lyrically as it talks about love, family, and in this case a father's love.
@Turkeyinthehay2 ай бұрын
James, I agree!
@Joefuss2Ай бұрын
Hank Locklin - Please Help Me I'm Falling
@user-xf2tj6jo7s8 күн бұрын
She also had a big hit with Meet me in Montana with Dan Seals
@mrdaleowen13 күн бұрын
Ray Charles had one of the best country and western albums ever made.
@CountryMusicTimeMachine3 күн бұрын
I agree. Ray was great for multiple types of music!
@tracycarver564313 күн бұрын
Not sure if it was a one hit but "teddy bear"
@gracielynn96232 ай бұрын
When I think of one hit wonder I think of Crystal Shawanda with you can let go now, daddy.
@benjaminchandler79192 ай бұрын
Whose that one guy that sounds like Johnny Cash and sings a song called “Country Bumpkin”
@CountryMusicTimeMachine2 ай бұрын
I think that's Cal Smith. Number 1 song in 1974!
@TheBrooklynbodineАй бұрын
Cal Smith.
@TheBrooklynbodineАй бұрын
@@CountryMusicTimeMachine You're right. He also hit #1 in late 1972 with "The Lord Knows I'm Drinking," which even reached #64 pop.
@ernestcruz63162 ай бұрын
I'm wondering about your use of the term "one hit wonder". Do you mean a group or solo artist who had only one #1 hit, or a group or solo artist who only had one hit, period? Because you have C.W. McCall, who had multiple C&W hit singles ("Roses for Mama", "Wolf Creek Pass") but only one #1 C&W hit ("Convoy"). And Flatt & Scruggs had a number of other country hits over the years, going back to their original recording of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", back in 1949. The Beverly Hillbillies theme song was merely their only #1 hit.
@CountryMusicTimeMachine2 ай бұрын
Yes, it is really confusing. Generally it is only one, let's say top 10 yet. CW did have "Roses for Mama" but Convoy was a cultural phenomenon and most folks don't know his other songs. But sometimes a 1 hit wonder is hard to define!
@darrenlinville31202 ай бұрын
The Tractors. Were a 1 hit wonder
@CountryMusicTimeMachine2 ай бұрын
Yes they were. I could probably do another episode running down more one hit wonders.
@kevinfan72625 күн бұрын
1994 "Baby Likes to Rock It" 11 1995 "Tryin' to Get to New Orleans" 50 1998 "Shortenin' Bread" 57 "I Wouldn't Tell You No Lie" 72 They didn't get to #1, but they charted.
@darrenlinville312025 күн бұрын
@@kevinfan726 I never heard of those other songs from the tractors
@restionSerpentine2 ай бұрын
Nobody, by Sylvia
@CountryMusicTimeMachine2 ай бұрын
That's a great one!
@jacklow96112 ай бұрын
That wasn't a one-hit wonder because "I've Never Been To Me" was also a hit.
@ernestcruz63162 ай бұрын
@@jacklow9611Actually, a number of these weren't really one hit wonders, just an artist or group's only #1 hit. Someday maybe someone will codify what exactly makes one a one hit wonder, because it's so often left to someone's interpretation of the term.
@jesseshinn6857Ай бұрын
Sylvia also did Snapshot and a couple of other songs. She had more than one hit
@kevinfan72625 күн бұрын
@@jacklow9611 that wasn't Sylvia. That was a lady named Charlene.
@paulsmith295Ай бұрын
You should have played the whole songs on all of them
@CountryMusicTimeMachineАй бұрын
Sorry. Due to copyright issues I can't always play the entire song. The CMTM was designed to tell the history of country music and the stories behind the music. Please support the artists by getting their full songs on KZbin, Spotify, etc. Thanks for watching.
@paulsmith295Ай бұрын
@@CountryMusicTimeMachine ok thanks
@mrbeaverstate2 ай бұрын
Bings was more Western I think.
@CountryMusicTimeMachine2 ай бұрын
Yep. Back then it was hard to tell the difference.
@Spitfirethedragon2 ай бұрын
Bobbie Gentry's Ole To Billy Joe Elle King and Miranda Lambert's Drunk And I Don't Want To Go Home Nelly and Florida Georgia Line Lil Bit Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus with Old Town Road (Yes, I think of that song more of that sounded more like traditional country than songs of today.) Beyonce's Texas Hold Em Julie Roberts, The Wreckers, The Tractors, James Otto, Jessica Andrews, Aaron Lines, Billy Gilman, Kevin Sharp, Elvie Shane, Niko Moon, Blanco Brown, Bebe Rhexa, Lindsey Ell, Cam, A Thousand Horses, Zach Top, Drew Baldridge, Eric Heatherly, Kenny G, Anita Cochran, Perfect Stranger, Julio Iglesious, Bertie Higgings, Jim Stafford, Steven Tyler, Barry Sanders, Jimmy Boyd, Jamie Johnson, Cyndi Thomson, Oliver Anthony, Caroline Jones, Adele, The Pointer Sisters, Ty England, Lanco, Randy Rogers Band, Hot Apple Pie, Tucker Beathard, JT Hodges, and Vince Gill's Reason Why. Brian McComas now the lead singer for Desert City Ramblers who racked up 3 top 40 which 1 went top 25 on the Billboard small markets for radio airplay, Greg Bates, Sunny Sweeny, Lost Trailers, Steal Magnolias, and many others. Some people say Billy Ray Cyrus is a one hit wonder, but Ready Set Don't Go with Miley Cyrus and Old Town Road on Lil Nas X's hit made him more of a household name with the younger people.
@CountryMusicTimeMachine2 ай бұрын
Good info. We will see if Beyonce has another hit. I'm not sure how big of a hit it was but "Some Gave All" from Billy was a good one.
@danieljackett41932 ай бұрын
Aaron Lines You Can't Hide Beautiful is an amazing song Jessica Andrews had at least 3 other songs that were hits Lindsay Ell should be getting MAJOR airplay on radio, and LONG before her duet with Brantley Gilbert
@ernestcruz63162 ай бұрын
Billy Ray Cyrus actually had a couple of other hits from his debut album: "Where'm I Gonna Live (When I Get Home)" and "Some Gave All", plus one hit from his second album. Individual people have their own interpretations of just what makes groups or artists one hit wonders. For me it's if a group or artist has just one song that cracks the Top 40 on an individual singles chart.
@tonybevill527412 күн бұрын
None, not one, of these artist were "one hit wonders". Each was a pretty sizeable star in their own right, a couple were megastars. What was this guy trying to spotlight afterall?
@CountryMusicTimeMachine11 күн бұрын
Based on having only one number one hit on the Billboard country chart they are considered one hit wonders. Some are very famous but in most cases they did not have multiple number one hits. Mostly disappeared from the chart after that.
@louisjriversjr90932 ай бұрын
What about Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden"..
@jacklow96112 ай бұрын
That wasn't a one-hit wonder.
@ernestcruz63162 ай бұрын
Only on the Pop chart. She had a bunch of other Country hits.
@kevinfan72625 күн бұрын
Pistol Packin' Mama sounds like Big Band. I like it, but it's not country. One hit wonder means that artist never had another hit. These don't qualify. :D
@theajsallen5123 ай бұрын
Michelle Wright Take It Like A Man 1993, Michael Peterson Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie 1997, Judy Rodman Before I Met You 1986, Pake Mcentire Saving My Love For You 1987. Carolyn Dawn Johnson Complicated 2000, Kellee Coffee When You Lie Next To Me 2001
@CountryMusicTimeMachine3 ай бұрын
Those are GREAT choices. I love Judy Rodman!
@theajsallen5123 ай бұрын
@@CountryMusicTimeMachine There is one song of hers that I can't find here on KZbin that I had on a 45rpm side called Do You Make Love As Well As You Make Music. It was a flip side to Until I Met You. It is a pretty song and I can't find it.
@CountryMusicTimeMachine3 ай бұрын
Is it this one? At 7:14 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGPXnJeBnMiigbc
@kimberlywiederhold62717 күн бұрын
I think you missed the idea of what a one hit wonder is. You need to rename it.
@CountryMusicTimeMachine17 күн бұрын
Mainly I tried to focus on one big number one hit with no other numbers ones or other number ones few remember. Sometimes its hard because some songs never make it to number one but are actually bigger hits than some of the number ones.