1964 One Hit Wonders page 1964 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.
Stream amazon samples, click play to the right. Full weekly CHART data, click underlined blue chart peaks, 1975 to date.ROCK chart data, click reddish
underlined peaks, 1980 to date.
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.
Midnight Mary
was the only top 20 hit for wrestling instructor and TV exercise
show producer Joey Powers. He followed-up with Billy Old Buddy,
which received slight radio airplay.
Although Popsicles
And Icicles was the only top 20 hit for The Murmaids, the group
followed-up with Heartbreak Ahead, which received slight radio
airplay. Popsicles And Icicles was written by David
Gates.
The instrumental song Penetration was the only top 20 hit
for The Pyramids.The group received slight airplay with other
songs like Midnight Run. Steve Leonard wrote the song.
The song about
fairytale character Rip Van Winkle received moderate radio airplay
for The Devotions. The group did not receive noticeable radio
airplay with any other song. Raymond Sanchez wrote the song.
We Love You
Beatles, a song tribute to The
Beatles, was the most popular song by The Carefrees.
The group followed-up with Aren't You Glad You're You, which
received slight radio airplay.
The Reflections
followed-up (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet with other songs that
received some radio airplay, like Poor Man's Son.
The extra here is a live perfomance of (Just Like) Romeo And
Juliet many years later.
The Girl From
Ipanema won the Grammy
Award for Record Of The Year. Astrud Gilberto, with
no experience, sang part of the song because she was the only
person there who could sing in English. She wound up recording
many songs, including her version of the 1966 number 20 Walter Wanderley
hit Summer Samba (So Nice).
In 1962, Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd hit
number 6 with Desafinado, an instrumental song. The Girl From Ipanema was from the
album Getz/Gilberto.
Farmer John
was the most popular song by The Premiers. This song was originally
done by Don And Dewey, the writers, in 1959. The Premiers recorded
the song in a studio with a live audience. The Premiers received
minor airplay with other songs too like Get Your Baby. There
were other unrelated groups called The Premiers. Farmer John
LIVE was from the album Farmer John.
Mixed-Up, Shook-Up,
Girl was the only top 20 hit for Patty And The Emblems. The
group received minor radio airplay with other songs too like
I'm Gonna Love You A Long, Long Time. Mixed-Up, Shook-Up, Girl
was written by Leon Huff.
Although Last
Kiss was the only top 20 hit for J. Frank Wilson, he received
minor airplay with other songs like Hey Little One and Six Boys.
In 1974, Last Kiss was remade by
Wednesday and received moderate radio airplay. In 1999,
a Pearl
Jam remake of Last Kiss reached number
2 pop and number
one rock.
Tobacco Road
was the only top 20 hit for The Nashville Teens. The group followed-up
with other songs that received slight radio airplay like Google
Eyes.
The extra here is a live performance video.
Although Have
I The Right was the only top 20 hit for The Honeycombs, the
group received some airplay with other songs like That's The
Way. The extra here is a live performance video.
