1965 One Hit Wonders page 1965 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.
The 81 was a
Philadelphia dance craze and the most popular song by Candy
And The Kisses.
Candy Nelson and sister Suzanne Nelson were members of the group.
The group received minor airplay with others songs like Keep
On Searchin'.
Boy From New
York City was the only top 20 hit by The Ad Libs. The group
received minor radio airplay with other songs like Giving Up.
In 1981, The
Manhattan Transfer hit number
4 with its version of this song.
Goldfinger was
the only top 20 hit for Shirley Bassey. She had a string of
popular songs throughout the world over a long period of time,
including the 1998 alternative and dance song History Repeating by
Propellerheads Featuring Miss Shirley Bassey.
The extra featured here is a live performance. Goldfinger was
from the movie Goldfinger.
Land Of 1000
Dances was the only top 20 hit for Cannibal And The Headhunters.
The group received minor radio airplay with other songs like
Nau Ninny Nau.
Although Baby
The Rain Must Fall was the only top 20 hit for Glenn Yarbrough,
he received radio airplay with other songs like It's Gonna Be
Fine and Goodbye Girl.
Mostly instrumental
song Soul Sauce was a rework of Dizzy Gillespie song Guacha
Guaro. Drummer Cal Tjader was a fixture of the San Francisco
Latin music scene, working with many famous artists. Soul Sauce,
however, was a top 20 one
hit wonder.
The extra featured here is a live video performance. The writers
of this song were: Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie.
Temptation 'Bout
To Get Me was the most popular song by The Knight Bros. The
duo received slight radio airplay with other songs too like
Love (Can't You Hear Me).
Although the
instrumental song A Walk In The Black Forest was the
only top 20 hit for Horst Jankowski, he was a popular jazz and
swing piano player. He received some radio airplay with other
songs like his remake of the 1950 Bing Crosby song Play
A Simple Melody. A Walk In The Black Forest was written
by Horst Jankowski.
Liar, Liar was
the only top 20 hit for The Castaways. The group followed-up
with other songs that received slight radio airplay like Goodbye
Babe.
This group The Castaways was from Minnesota. There were other
unrelated groups also called The Castaways.
Everyone's Gone
To The Moon was the only top 20 hit for Jonathan King. He received
some radio airplay for other songs too, like his 1975 version of Una Paloma Blanca,
which was more popular by George Baker Selection.
The extra here is a live performance video.
The Silkie was
accompanied by group The
Beatles on You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, which
was originally performed by The Beatles. In 2002, Eddie Vedder of Pearl
Jam hit number
18 rock with the song.
The Silkie followed-up with The Keys To My Soul, which received
slight radio airplay. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away was
written by: John
Lennon, Paul
McCartney. The song was from the movie Help!.
Harry Harrison
was a DJ at WMCA, WABC, and also WCBS-FM radio in New York for
over 40 years. The spoken word song May You Always was his only
top 20 hit. This song was previously a 1959 number 17 hit for
The McGuire Sisters.
The instrumental song Harlem Nocturne was the only top
20 hit by The Viscounts. The group received some airplay with
other songs too, like the popular 1921 Isham Jones And His Orchestra
song Wabash Blues.
