Top 10 - 1970's one hit wonders We'll Never Forget

[@ChatNoirVibes]

Which one is your favorite? Did we miss anything?

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

Hot Child in the City by Nick Gilder.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

'Emotion' Samantha Sang and 'Dancing in the City' Marshall Hain also 'Substitute' by Clout and 'Sometimes When We Touch' by Dan Hill.

[@semisilesian3322]

Frijid Pink -House of the rising sun (1970) ,Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday (1972),Billy Swan - I can help (1975)

[@briandavis3444]

Well, since you're asking, the list is way wrong. How can The Knack be a one hit wonder when their follow up ("Good Girls Don't") peaked at #11??? And, their second album also had a top 40 hit with "Baby Talks Dirty". They are, at worst, a 3 hit wonder. Redbone had two top 40 hits. You need to clarify what you consider a hit then.

[@johnorr8094]

Pop Music by M

[@hermanlane5008]

I wasn't expecting to hear 3.4 seconds worth of these hits. Barely enough time to jog the memories. Live and learn.

[@ChatNoirVibes]

sorry about that, copywrite issues, can't play much of the songs.

[@pedestrianrights1257]

exactly my thoughts. The 1st three songs, i don't even know if I like them or not. Chat's excuse about copy rights is bs.

[@sammy-n7b]

REALLY, YOU LIKE THIS STUFF. 3.4 WAS ENOUGH FOR ME❤

[@hermanlane5008]

@sammy-n7b ...Congratulations on your memory.

[@Moni_type1]

I was going to say the same thing!

[@barbaraberry8032]

I remember all of those. But my favorite one was " Brandy!Your A Fine Girl."

[@aronkelley8634]

Seasons in the sun? Beach baby, beach baby? Pina colada? Rock Me Gently? Just to name a few…🤔

[@deliveryguyrx]

Nothing quite like making out in the back seat of your Chevy, only to hear (You're) Having My Baby playing on the radio,followed by a 'Got pregnant?Need help?' PSA. Not very good timing.Thanks, 104 FM! oh yeah that reminds me--'Devil Woman',lol.

[@aronkelley8634]

@@deliveryguyrx 😆

[@Prof_Jeff]

Rupert Holmes had a Top 10 hit with "Him" (the follow-up to "The Piña Colada Song") and a Top 40 hit with "Answering Machine."

[@aronkelley8634]

@@Prof_Jeffgreat songs 👊

[@Prof_Jeff]

@@aronkelley8634 Andy Kim had several Top 40 and Hot 100 Hits, but most of them were before "Rock Me Gently": he hit #9 with "Baby, I Love You" in 1969 and #17 with "Be My Baby" (cover of the Ronettes' classic) in 1970. Nothing very memorable, for sure. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kim_(singer) However, Terry Jacks and First Class never broke the Top 40 any other time, although both had a couple of tracks make the Hot 100.

[@FrançoisRacicot-u4d]

Too much talk, not enough music. 👎🏻 2/10

[@ChatNoirVibes]

thanks for the feedback :)

[@jonathangoldstein8810]

#10 is #1 for me.

[@J-Dogg-wt1hp]

No doubt , I have no clue what half the songs were . All TALK

[@RoyalCaribbeanCruiseChronicles]

I was just going to say this!!

[@veekatore8983]

I agree plus this person narration real or AI wasn't there and hasn't a clue... I was 17 in 1978, had a bad ass built Red 1969 Mach 1 and a GF that would cause fender benders..really she did..

[@pamelajohnson4661]

I don’t care how nerdy it is, Afternoon Delight has AMAZING harmonies and I will always sing to it when I hear it!

[@CrappyCartoons]

I can't believe the Debbie Boone didn't top this list. You Light up my Life was the one hit wonder of one hit wonders.

[@John-Smiley-Garrett]

It's because Debbie Boone had a ton of other hits on the Country charts, including another Top Ten hit, "Am I On the Road To Loving You Again."

[@tml721]

She had a second lesser hit, a cross over the country chart.

[@CrappyCartoons]

@@John-Smiley-Garrett Thanks for confirming that she was a one hit-wonder on the pops charts as her other work only charted on the country charts!

[@genoromero5550]

Yes, seasons in the sun is one of the greatest 1 hit wonders of the 70s!

[@charlesnew2516]

Johnny rivers was not a 1 hit wonder

[@gustaaf1892]

Neither was Mungo Jerry.

[@Dr.TJ1]

Johnny Rivers was not in the list but only the introduction, which I’ll admit was a bit misleading but they may have been using him only to represent the 70s.

[@Dr.TJ1]

@@gustaaf1892 The assumption is that this list is based on the US Billboard Hot 100 where Mungo Jerry had only one hit. Yes, Mungo Jerry may have had other charting hits in the U.K. and Germany, but those charts are not what this list is based on.

[@HectorJulio-xo5bd]

True.

[@HT-ym6re]

Neither was Redbone.

[@davida1303]

Redbone had multiple hits

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Redbone had 2 hits in the Top 40 The Knack had *3* Looking Glass also had 2. Blue Swede also had 2. Fact checking on this list was HORRIBLE.

[@peterwakelin1459]

@@bricefleckenstein9666 The Witch Queen of New Orleans

[@Patsik]

@@peterwakelin1459 Wounded Knee was their biggest in the Netherlands. Banned in from the US radio.

[@daveinmilwaukee]

I've loved "In the Summertime" since it first came out when i was a kid. But it took me 25+ years, until the Internet came along, to learn the actual lyrics! Now I enjoy the song even more!

[@robertmiller8071]

I agree with the guy below me, too much talk, not enough music !!!! 🤣🤣🤣😝😝😝😳😳😳

[@ChatNoirVibes]

lol I wish I could put more music, but for copyright reasons I can't.

[@Kimmer]

Seasons in the Sun and Cherokee Nation are great songs I remember.

[@donaldthetruthseeker-es3nu]

Love everyone of these song's. When music was clean and making feel good.

[@shadrach6299]

Was “Afternoon Delight” a clean song

[@peteroscarson1188]

No talking, just play the music !

[@eddiecharlie77]

Brandy by Looking Glass was their biggest and most popular song in 1972 but they had another Top 40 song a year later with 'Jimmy Loves Maryann' #33 in 1973

[@pjg58x]

I liked Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne

[@mariovaccarella6854]

All great songs, especially The Carol Burnett Show's Vicki Lawrence The Night That The Lights Went Out In Georgia

[@gerhardstrydom5249]

Nice compilation!! Would have been great to hear a bit more of each song

[@1219magnum]

Oh sir, talk about hitting the nail on the head with these hits. They were all great! I really really miss the 70's. Thanx again!

[@pjg58x]

But not all one hit wonders.

[@ronaldmartino2610]

Brandy! A favorite of mine to this day. The night the lights went out in Georgia, Vicki Lawrence. Mungo Jerry, unique tune.

[@betsybaldwin4342]

Spirit in The Sky😀

[@skip081961]

Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit In The Sky" is a one-hit wonder, an avenue he chose himself. He said that Spirit has made him enough money to live comfortably the rest of his life. However find a copy of his album "Petaluma" and you won't be disappointed in his laid back songs of life on a dairy farm.

[@richardmitchell3037]

Redbone also had The witch queen of New Orleans in 1971.

[@zaarrd69]

All great tunes.

[@pamhutson475]

I remember all these songs and then some. They're all my favorites, Thank you for the memories. Totally awesome.😊😊❤❤❤

[@nozzledrich]

If Darwin ever saw Mungo Jerry, he'd swear he found his missing link. PS Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image was a pretty good 1HW song about the USS Pueblo if any here remember that event

[@ChatNoirVibes]

thanks for the info, I put it down on my list probably will add it to the next OHW vid.

[@David-yw2lv]

Redbone had Witch Queen before Come &Get Your Love.It's a Halloween standard now

[@fuzzybutkus8970]

I read a comment on a Redbone post saying they should be in the R & R hall of fame.😂😂

[@David-yw2lv]

@@fuzzybutkus8970 With only two hit records?

[@PeterNebelung]

Brandy has been one of my favourites ever since I first heard it up in a park in Norther Ontario, dragging logs to the wood yard as a Junior Ranger. And who couldn't like Afternoon Delight? Same with Hooked on a Feeling or Nights the lights went out in Georgia. Back when music was worth listening to.

[@ikd3240]

Most of these are great. I personally love My Sharona, Brandy (You're A Fine Girl), Play That Funky Music, Come And Get Your Love, Dancing In the Moonlight, Hooked On A Feeling and the ultra corny Afternoon Delight.

[@ianman15]

Looking Glass was not a one-hit wonder. In 1974, they hit #33 with “Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne”. The Knack hit #11 with “Good Girls Don’t”. Blue Swede hit #7 with “Never My Love”. This video is all wrong!

[@christrudell7966]

Trippy man. Like; really really like really trippy. man.

[@Prof_Jeff]

These videos ALWAYS get The Knack wrong! Glad to see someone else calling them out!

[@markveinot76]

Glad to know I’m not the only one who picked up on those facts. The Knack were even simultaneously in the Top 20 with their 2 main hits in the Fall of 1979

[@BobCrabtree-ev4rz]

@ianman15 I was 14 in ‘74 and remember‘Jimmy Loves Mary Anne’,but up until now was convinced I’d made it up cos no one else did.Thanx.I can sleep now.

[@4z94]

​@@Prof_Jeff the idiots always Get The Knack wrong.

[@georgelewis7010]

Dancing in the Moonlight is my favorite

[@eileenryan2248]

Beautiful Sunday by Daniel Boone.

[@Eugene-j8w]

I loved them all. Thanks for the good time's 👍 😂😮😅😊

[@timothyjones1906]

Yes , wild cherry 🍒 the greatest!!!!!

[@laurafranich4807]

Wow almost 3 words of each song

[@ls-kk4pq]

I agree, way too much talking way too little music

[@housewatch9377]

I love all these songs

[@debbiehodson8469]

My choices are Wild Cherry as No 1. No 2 choice is Starlight & No. 3 is the Knack. No 4 is Blue Swede. No 5 Mungo Jerry & the others to follow. 😊❤

[@thomasschwarting5108]

So many good memories!

[@JoeHernandez-zi1rs]

What happened to David Soul, and 'Don't Give Up on Us'?

[@ChatNoirVibes]

didn't make it on the list. this time but will definitely be on there on the next one. thanks for stopping by :)

[@RamonaHaygood]

Liked Come & Get Ur Love. 😅😅

[@Rick_King]

Every one of those songs is still awesome! And who can forget Cheech Marin singing "Na na na na na na na na na na na my scrotum!"

[@d.k.9953]

Thx for play 2 seconds of the number 1 hit

[@alfredlee6155]

Spirit in the sky, it’s one of my favorite songs of all time.❤

[@angelirohival6270]

Great songs! Great memories!

[@tedmccarron]

A few that I liked much more than most of these include Magic by Pilot, Lake Shore Drive by Alliotah, Haynes and Jeremiah, Moonlight Feels Right (with its incredible marimba solo) by Starbuck and More More More by Andrea True Connection.

[@loboblanco4426]

The Knack were not a one hit wonder. The song Good Girls Don't was also a high charter.

[@anonymous-z2i1x]

can’t put a price on love

[@Eugene-j8w]

Thanks for all the Good Time's 👍 😂😮😅😊

[@johnschwalenberg278]

Afternoon delight is so cheese .

[@johne.altwies8714]

BUT genius vocal arrangement

[@joerosa8378]

My ex-wife would play that album endlessly...really grew to truly hate it.

[@boffo63]

It was embarrassing they won Best New Artist.

[@danbalkwill]

I’ve heard them described as sounding like a Christian band - until you listen to the lyrics!

[@bonnierios6460]

Play that funky music white boy! I was at the club dancing! Lol

[@victorsuarez3546]

Billy Don't Be a Hero----Heart Beat Its a Love Beat..

[@deliveryguyrx]

Hurricane Smith-Oh Babe

[@budtaylor7923]

Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods had other hits. So did the DeFranco Family.

[@victorsuarez3546]

@@deliveryguyrx One Tin Solider- -Coven

[@jocamadad]

I'd say the biggest one hit wonder from the '70's as far as chart success goes was Debbie Boone's You Light Up My Life. It was #1 for 10 weeks.

[@eddieboggs8306]

Who was the other woman that had this song first?

[@blueroanspecial]

Spirit in the sky! Good song!

[@GarySkadra]

The Knack had another minor hit with "Good Girls Don't"

[@rockit6553]

Good list. All GREAT one hits!!!!!!!

[@cpace4031]

Play that Funky Music and Afternoon Delight was my Jam! My Sharona was so good!

[@RamonaHaygood]

Liked Vici Lawrence.

[@rosssatterthwaite2750]

Spirit In The Sky was my favourite. The rest are all good too...

[@andrewhumphreys586]

Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans, Mungo Jerry - You don’t have to be in the army to fight in a war!!

[@josephphelan646]

Mungo Gerry had about half a dozen hits in uk & lreland...!!!

[@d.k.9953]

The Knack and a few more hits

[@anthonylucas772]

Left out It never rains in Southern California

[@ChatNoirVibes]

dangit!! good catch

[@robertbrescia3196]

Albert Hammond had a follow-up hit (1974) titled "I'm A Train". Somewhat offbeat lyrics and melody. Peaked at #31 on the Hot 100.

[@Ladeenian]

Vicki Lawrence ALSO had a hit with "Ships in the night" in 1974!

[@shadrach6299]

I like Afternoon Delight

[@Scott-ri2sy]

brings back memories

[@troyjeffcoat1636]

1. afternoon delight 2. brandy 3. my sharona

[@nyumupuvmmpa5172]

Sprit in the sky feels like a 60s song

[@wildaboutnature7006]

You forgot the song Shannon by Henry Grosss that was a huge one hit wonder hit song!

[@ianman15]

Henry Gross was not a one hit wonder. His follow-up, “Springtime Mama” hit the Top 40.

[@d.k.9953]

Redbone had many hits

[@RonPaul-x1v]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@ScottAnsfield]

Starlight Vocal Band

[@shadrach6299]

I like My Sharona

[@starlandandmore]

Thanks for including us,did you know that we wrote Take Me Home Country Roads?

[@ChatNoirVibes]

ohh my thats amazing, and no I never knew that. thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment :)

[@FrenchQuarterBelle]

@starlandandmore I knew that! Such a classic song. And I still love Afternoon Delight. You are amazing songwriters ❤❤❤

[@starlandandmore]

@@FrenchQuarterBelle thank you kindly

[@FrenchQuarterBelle]

@@starlandandmore 👍👌

[@ianman15]

Must be Bill and Taffy Danoff. I used to live in Springfield, MA.

[@marythomas8312]

Redbone n wild cherry...

[@BruceStephan]

Craig Kilbourne used the Wild Cherry song on and off his Late Late Show With Craig Kilbourne as his walk-in music . He had some royalties issues with the band for awhile . The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia song was an inspiration for a movie with the name . It starred Kristy McNichol , Dennis Quaid and Mark Hammill . It obviously bombed because so few people even know about the movie .

[@leasaswartz6879]

Come and Get Your Love is my favorite.

[@johnkilpatrick2343]

Oh my, I'd forgotten all of these.

[@antondoesbolton]

Afternoon delight ..... vocal bliss ❤❤❤❤❤

[@douglasmcneil8413]

I remember Vicky Lawrence playing mama on the Carol Burnett Show. I had no idea that, that was her song.

[@47Brenda47]

That's not actually her song. It's from the great lady, Gladys Knight. ❤

[@robertbrescia3196]

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia was written by Bobby Russell, who was married to Vicki Lawrence at the time. He originally wrote it with Cher in mind. The demo was sent to Sonny who turned it down (the original story was that Cher turned it down because she thought the lyrics were too negative about the South). Cher said she didn't know until years later that Sonny had turned it down.

[@kevinkrichie]

The Knack officially made it when Weird Al did My Bologna.

[@TheMapkiss]

I like all your 10 picks and one of my personal faves not on this list is Tighter Tighter by Alive N Kicking.

[@SimonFirth]

All you have done with these videos you do is remind me of better times with better music and I have added them to my playlist on my phone so thank you

[@ArturoPro-k4t]

My Sharon we will say rice arona😂😂😂🎉🎉❤❤

[@stevenwells6251]

Love your list. Good stuff ❤

[@davidpenn9396]

Redbone Rocks and The Knack is Awesome and song that Vicky Lawerence sings that really is a good 1 indeed

[@BreadMachineVideosWithEllenH]

My favorite is Afternoon Delight!

[@tomwilliams6744]

At the time when Come And Get Your Love by Redbone and Hooked On A Feeling (an original by BJ Thomas) was playing on the radio, I thought those performers were black. Redbone had a top-40 song in early 1972 called The Witch Queen Of New Orleans. That song is quite intriguing to hear. Give that one a listen!

[@FERNANDOGONZALEZ-pb6re]

I have ALL of them downloaded. Except Mungo Jerry

[@ChatNoirVibes]

thats awesome! I want to get a couple of the records.

[@hushmoney2058]

LOL that Video of Vicky Lawarnce singing that song on the Beach is like the Beach Boys doing a Video in the Grave Yard ...

[@martinpensom5103]

Mungo Jerry also had a hit with Baby Jump!

[@RagDraggo]

When it comes to great,,, "one hit wonders of the 70s", I'm surprised these songs weren't on the list: "Pillow Talk" (by Sylvia) "Suavecito" (by Malo) "Woodstock" (Matthew Southern Comfort Version) "Gypsy Woman" (by Brian Hyland),, "Young Hearts" (by Candy Station) "MoonLight/feels right" (by Starbuck), "Walking in Rhythm" (by BlackByrd) "I want to do something freaky to you" (Leon Haywood),, "Emotion" (by Samantha Sang) and "Keep on Dancing" (by Gary's Gang).

[@ChatNoirVibes]

i'll definitely look to add some of these on the next list.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@ChatNoirVibes Perhaps you should do a list of 2 hit wonders. Procol Harem should probably be #1 on THAT list.

[@dougbowen4685]

Brian Hyland wasn’t a one hit wonder at all. Ever hear of “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”? Or “The Joker” (not the Steve Miller Band song)?

[@Rachael-cn6dc]

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[@redcloak63]

The Knack's My Sharona certainly got an additional lift thanks to Weird Al's My Bologna.

[@ShelbyFarrow]

I would like to add Magnet and Steel by Walter Egan. I believe it was released in 1978. It was a really good song and you never really heard from him again after that.

[@meleze3382]

I lived "play that funky music"sooo much I was waiting for their nx song and was disappointed when I didn't hear one.

[@ApacheTim]

Redbone had more than one hit. One was actually popular in Europe because it was banned in the US.

[@DrJekyll38]

How can you leave out "Dream Weaver", "Midnight At The Oasis", or "The Hustle"!?

[@imagine9265]

THE KNACK HAD A AMAZING BUT SHORT LIVED CATALOG I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT

[@davidbaise5137]

Yup, despite trying to forget them, they live on, insidiously. Especially Vicki Lawrence, Starland Vocal Band, and King Harvest.

[@victorsuarez3546]

Smoking In The Boys Room--- Brownsville Station.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

NOT applicable - Brownsville Station had *3* hits in the top 40, and a pair IN the 40s.

[@joerosa8378]

I got sick of hearing most of those in movies and commercials. My Sharona and Hooked on a Feeling are the only ones I didn't grow to hate.