1966 One Hit Wonders page 1966 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.
The Men In My
Little Girl's Life was the only top 20 hit for Mike Douglas.
He also received some radio airplay the next year with his version
of Cabaret.
Mike Douglas was best known for his long-running daily talk
and variety TV show The Mike Douglas Show.
Michelle won
the Grammy Award for Song
Of The Year. The famous rock version by The
Beatles was not released. David And Jonathan received
some airplay with other songs too, all very obscure.
David And Jonathan was a Bible reference. David was actually
Roger Cook. He became the singer for group Blue Mink. He also
sang for The
Pipkins. Jonathan was Roger Greenaway. The two Rogers
also wrote for other artists. The writers of this song were:
John
Lennon, Paul
McCartney.
Walkin' My Cat
Named Dog was a top 20 near miss for Norma Tanega. She received
slight radio airplay with other songs like A
Street That Rhymes At Six A.M.
She Blew A Good
Thing was the only top 20 hit for The Poets. The group received
slight radio airplay with other songs like So Young (And So
Innocent). Note that there were other unrelated groups with
the same name.
Cool Jerk was
the only top 20 hit for The Capitols. The group received some
radio airplay with other songs too, like We
Got A Thing That's In The Groove.
Jul
1966
17
19
9
Double Shot
(Of My Baby's Love)
Swingin' Medallions
Although Double
Shot (Of My Baby's Love) was the only top 20 hit for Swingin'
Medallions, the group received minor airplay with other songs
like She
Drives Me Out Of My Mind.
Members of The
Standells lived in California. When they visited the Charles
River in Boston, they were inspired to write Dirty Water.
This song was the only top 20 hit for the group, but The Standells
received some radio airplay with other songs like Sometimes
Good Guys Don't Wear White.
The extra here is a live performance. Dirty Water was written
by Ed Cobb.
Jul
1966
3
1
11
They're
Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
Napoleon XIV
This song, sometimes
called Sweet Dreams (Of You), was a country classic written
by Don Gibson, who made the song famous. Many artists had popular
versions, including Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, Reba McEntire,
and Elvis
Costello. Tommy McLain was the only singer to make
the top 20, and this was his top 20 one
hit wonder.
At The Party
was the only top 20 hit for Hector Rivera. He received slight
airplay with other songs like I Want You I Need You I Love You.
At The Party was written by Hector Rivera.
