1960 One Hit Wonders page 1960 One Hit Wonder tune timeline
with weekly chart links,
song links and samples at Tunecaster music encyclopedia
The Ultimate One Hit Wonders Site.
Here are all the one hit wonders, year by year, in tune timeline order. Tunecaster samples, full song or video links, downloads, extras, below each song in green.
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41 years of one hit wonders, each on its own page; and late 50s, links to far right. SEARCH and find a song, or browse the alphabet for one hit wonders, at bottom of page.
Although Come
Dance With Me was the only top 20 hit for Eddie Quinteros, he
received minor regional radio airplay with other songs like
Please Don't Go and Lindy Lou. Eddie Quinteros wrote the song.
The instrumental
song Tracy's Theme was the only top 20 song for Spencer Ross
and a one
hit wonder. He did not receive mentionable radio
airplay with any other solo song. Robert Ascher wrote the song.
Forever was
the only top 20 song for The Little Dippers. The Little Dippers
included group singing member Darrell McCall who became a popular
country singer with songs like A Stranger Was Here, and Dreams
Of A Dreamer which was a duet with Willie Nelson.
Mountain Of
Love was a top 20 near miss song for Harold Dorman, and his
most popular song. He received minor radio airplay with other
songs too, like I'll Come Running. Many artists remade Mountain
Of Love. The most popular version was the 1964 number 9 hit
for Johnny
Rivers.
Alley-Oop was
a number one song and the only top 20 hit for Hollywood Argyles.
Alley-Oop featured Sandy Nelson on drums. Hollywood Argyles
was actually the work of Gary Paxton, who was Skip in the duo
Skip & Flip, which had a 1959 number 14 hit with It Was I. Alley-Oop
was written by Dallas Frazier.
Jimmie Rodgers
and George Vaughn wrote Mule Skinner Blues, and Jimmie performed
it in the 30s. That Jimmie Rodgers was from Meridian, Mississippi,
and apparently not related to the Jimmie Rodgers who was popular
in the 50s. Mule Skinner Blues was later used in a Levi's jeans
commercial. The Fendermen received little airplay with follow-up
song Don't You Just Know It.
There were four
moderately popular versions of Look For A Star in the summer
of 1960. The Statues With Gary Miles version was the most popular.
Look For A Star was the greatest hit by Garry Miles. He also
received minor airplay with other songs like Wishing Well. Look
For A Star was written by Mark Anthony.
Yogi was based
on the cartoon character Yogi The Bear. Yogi was the only top
20 hit for The Ivy Three, which did not receive noticeable radio
airplay with any other song.
Although Bob
Luman never had another top 20 hit after Let's Think About Living,
he had a long country music career with many popular songs like
1972 song When You Say Love which was most popular by Sonny
And Cher that same year, and Neither One Of Us which
was most popular when done by Gladys
Knight & The Pips, also in the same year, 1973.
Stay was the
only top 20 hit for Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, who wrote
the song. The song made the top 20 twice more, first number
12 in 1964 by The
4 Seasons, then number
8 in 1978 by Jackson
Browne.
Previously, under the name The Gladiolas, Maurice Williams wrote
and recorded the first popular version of Little Darlin', which
hit numer one for The Diamonds in 1957. Stay was written by
Maurice Williams.
Mostly instrumental
song Ruby Duby Du was a top 20 near miss, and the only popular
song by Tobin Mathews & Co. The song was from the movie Key
Witness.
