1962 One Hit Wonders page 1962 One Hit Wonder tune timeline
with weekly chart links,
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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.
It Will Stand
was the most popular song by The Showmen. The group received
minor airplay with other songs like Our Love Will Grow. General
Norman Johnson was the lead singer of The Showman, and of group
Chairmen Of The Board.
I Know was based
on the gospel song Just A Closer Walk With Thee. Although I
Know was the only top 20 hit for Barbara George, she received
some radio airplay with other songs like You Talk About Love.
I Know (You Don't Want Me No More) was written by Barbara George.
What's Your
Name was the only top 20 hit for Don & Juan. The duo followed-up
with other songs that received slight radio airplay like Two
Fools Are We.
Hey! Baby featured
harmonica player Delbert McClinton. Although Hey Baby was a
number
one hit for Bruce Channel, he never made the top
20 again. He received some airplay with other songs like the
follow-up Number One Man.
Instrumental
song Percolator (Twist) was a top 20 one
hit wonder for Billy Joe And The Checkmates. He followed-up
with Rocky's Theme, which received slight play.
Billy Joe was actually Lew Bedell, a record producer, a New
York radio and TV star, and comedian. The Checkmates here are
not related to the Emile Ford Checkmates nor to The Checkmates,
Ltd. The writers of this song were: Lou Bideu, Ernie Freeman.
The popular
version of Dear One was the original demo record. Larry Finnigan
received airplay with other songs too, like The Other Ringo
(A Tribute To Ringo Starr).
You Better Move
On was a near top 20 miss for Arthur Alexander. He received
airplay with some other songs too, like Anna (Go To Him). Arthur
Alexander was a songwriter from Florence, Alabama. He wrote
songs for many top artists of the 1960s and 1970s, including
Sharing
The Night Together, a 1978number
one song for Dr
Hook.
Ronnie Goodson
was 12 years old when he wished that he was married. He later
trumpeted on number one song Judy In Disguise
(With Glasses) by John Fred & His Playboy Band. Although I Wish
That We Were Married was the only top 20 hit for Ronnie And
The Hi-Lites, the group received slight airplay with other songs,
like A Slow Dance.
Al Di La' was
the only top 20 hit for Emilio Pericoli, who did not have any
noticeable airplay with any other song. This song was remade
in 1964 by Ray Charles Singers, and
hit number 19 for that group. Emilio Pericoli's song was from
the movie Rome Adventure.
Although Snap
Your Fingers was the only top 20 hit for Joe Henderson, he received
airplay with some other songs. This song was the follow-up to
Baby Don't Leave Me.
Johnny Get Angry
featured a kazoo solo. Joanie Sommers was a TV and movie actress.
She received some airplay with other songs, including Kookie's
Love Song, from the TV show 77
Sunset Strip, where she replaced Connie Stevens.
Although You'll
Lose A Good Thing was the only top 20 hit for Barbara Lynn,
she received some radio airplay with other songs, like Second
Fiddle Girl and This Is The Thanks I Get.
Party Lights
was a B-side hit. The A side, Disappointed, did not do very
well. Claudine Clark received slight airplay with other songs
too, like Telephone Game.
Although I Remember
You was the only top 20 hit for Frank Ifield, he received some
radio airplay with other songs like Lovesick Blues and No One
Will Ever Know.
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Do You Love
Me (Now That I Can Dance)
The Contours
Do You Love
Me was the only top 20 hit for The Contours. The song hit the
top
20 a second time in 1988 when it was featured in the movie Dirty Dancing.
The Contours also received some airplay with other songs like
Shake Sherry and Can You Do It.
Marcie Blane
stopped recording immediately after Bobby's Girl was popular.
Her follow up, What Does A Girl Do, was not very popular, leaving
Marcie Blane as a number
one song top 20 one
hit wonder.
Telstar was
inspired by the United States launch of the first communications
satellite, which provided the first TV broadcasts across the
continents. The Tornadoes followed-up Telstar with other instrumental songs that received some radio airplay
like Ridin' The Wind and Robot. Telstar was written by Joe Meek.
