1967 One Hit Wonders page 1967 One Hit Wonder tune timeline
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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.
(We Ain't Got)
Nothin' Yet was the only top 20 hit for Blues Magoos, but the
group received radio airplay with a string of songs like its
remake of the 1964 number 14 song by The Nashville
Teens, Tobacco
Road.
Although Then
You Can Tell Me Goodbye was the only top 20 hit for The Casinos,
the group received airplay with other songs like It's All Over
Now.
The extra here is a live performance decades later. John D.
Loudermilk wrote the song.
Mar
1967
7
19
6
For What
It's Worth
(Stop, Hey What's That Sound)
The Buffalo Springfield
For What It's
Worth was a comment made by writer Stephen Stills when he introduced
this song. It became the title.
The Buffalo Springfield only hit the top 20 once, but the group
received moderate airplay for many songs, mostly in album rock
formats. Group members went on to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,
and Poco.
The self-titled
Yellow Balloon by The Yellow Balloon was the only top 20 hit
for the group. The group received minor airplay with other songs
too, like Stained
Glass Window.
The Yellow Balloon featured drummer Don Grady, child actor on
TV show My Three Sons.
The extra here is a live performance.
The near instrumental song I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman was the
only top 20 hit and the only song to receive measurable radio
airplay by Whistling Jack Smith. The writers of this song were:
Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway.
Although Come
On Down To My Boat was the only top 20 hit for Every Mothers'
Son, the group received some airplay with other songs like Put
Your Mind At Ease.
Jun
1967
18
17
11
Do It Again
A Little Bit Slower
Jon And Robin And The In Crowd
Do It Again
A Little Bit Slower was the only top 20 hit for Jon And Robin
And The In Crowd. The duo followed-up with more songs that received
slight radio airplay like Drums.
The duo later became known as simply Jon And Robin. Note that
there were other groups called The In Crowd, none related to
this duo.
The members
of Soul Survivors were in separate groups until they collided
in an auto accident and formed this group. Although this was
the only top 20 hit for Soul Survivors, the group received some
airplay with other songs like sound-alike song Explosion (In
Your Soul).
In 1987, Breakfast
Club received moderate airplay with their remake
of Expressway To Your Heart (without the parentheses).
Shout Bamalama
was the only top 20 hit for Mickey Murray. The follow-up, Flat
Foot Sam, received very slight radio airplay. Shout Bamalama
was written by Otis Redding.
Where Is The
Party featured back up musicians that became The Ohio Players.
While this was the most popular song by Helena Ferguson, she
received slight radio airplay with Don't Spoil Our Good Thing
too.
Let It Out (Let
It All Hang Out) was also released as just Let It All Hang Out.
Although this was the only top 20 hit for The Hombres, the group
received slight radio airplay with other songs like It's A Gas.
The extra here is an updated remix.
Pata Pata was
the only top 20 hit for Miriam Makeba. She received some radio
play for other songs too, like Lovely Lies as by Manhattan Brothers
And Miriam Makeba.
The extra here is a live performance.
An Open Letter
To My Teenage Son was the only top 20 hit and the only radio-played
song by news man Victor Lundberg. The song was from the album
An Open Letter.
