1971 One Hit Wonders page 1971 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.
Although Rose
Garden was the only top 20 hit for Lynn Anderson, she had a
long string of songs that were popular on country stations,
including her version of the number one song Top Of The World
by Carpenters.
In 1989, I Beg Your Pardon, which borrowed heavily from Rose
Garden, became a number
10 hit for Kon
Kan.
The extra here is a live video performance. Rose Garden was
written by Joe South.
1900 Yesterday
was the most popular song by Liz Damon's Orient Express. About
two years later, the group received minor airplay with Loneliness
Remembers (What Happiness Forgets).
D.O.A. was by
far the most popular song by Bloodrock
on both pop and rock music radio. The group had a string of
album rock songs that received airplay.
The extra here is a recording and video of the song years later.
D.O.A. was from the album Bloodrock 2.
The Sammi Smith
version of Help Me Make It Through The Night was the most popular
version of the song, and the only top 20 hit for Sammi Smith.
She had a long string of popular country songs including the
1971
song Then You Walk In. The extra here is a live TV performance.
Other artists also performed Help Me Make It Through The Night
including Joe Simon and O.C. Smith. Gladys
Knight & The Pips took the song into the top 20 in
1972.
One Toke Over
The Line featured guest guitarist Jerry Garcia from Grateful
Dead. Brewer & Shipley never had another top 20 song, but they
received some airplay with other songs like the follow-up Tarkio
Road.
Timothy featured
Rupert
Holmes on keyboards. The Buoys followed-up this song
with Give Up Your Guns, and some other songs, which received
minor radio airplay. Timothy was written by Rupert
Holmes.
May
1971
9
4
9
Chick-A-Boom
(Don't Ya Jes' Love It)
Daddy Dewdrop
Daddy Dewdrop
was actually Richard Monda, who was a songwriter for the TV
cartoon series Sabrina And The Groovy Ghoulies. The writers
of this song were: Janis Lee Guinn, Linda Martin.
Put Your Hand
In The Hand was the only top 20 hit for Ocean. Ocean followed-up
with Deep Enough For Me, and other songs that received minor
radio airplay.
Toast And Marmalade
For Tea was produced by Maurice Gibb of Bee Gees. Toast And
Marmalade For Tea was a top 20 one
hit wonder for Tin Tin. Tin Tin member Steve Kipner
also wrote songs like Physical and Hard Habit To Break.
The Beginning
Of The End was formed in Nassau, Bahamas. Funky Nassau-Part
I was the only top 20 hit for the group. The group recorded
one album, following-up this song with Monkey Tamarind, which
received very little radio airplay.
Ashton, Gardner
& Dyke was a rock group from the UK. Resurrection Shuffle was
the greatest hit by the group, which received only slight rock
radio airplay for other songs. The song was from the album Ashton,
Gardner And Dyke. Tony Ashton wrote the song.
What The World
Needs Now Is Love was a 1965 top 10 hit by Jackie DeShannon.
Abraham, Martin And John was a 1968 number 2 hit by Dion. Abraham
Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr, and John Kennedy were assassinated
figures. Tom Clay followed-up this song with Whatever Happened
To Love which received minor radio airplay.
Smiling Faces,
Sometimes was a top 20 one
hit wonder for The Undisputed Truth. The original
version of the song was an album track by The Temptations.
Although this song was the only top 20 hit for The
Undisputed Truth, other songs by the group received
some airplay. The Undisputed Truth's Smiling Faces, Sometimes
was from the album Produced By Norman Whitfield. The
writers of this song were: Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield.
Chirpy Chirpy
Cheep Cheep was the only top 20 hit for siblings Mac & Katie
Kissoon. A few years later, they received slight radio airplay
with songs Sugar Candy Kisses and Don't Do It Baby.
Although Trapped
By A Thing Called Love was the only top 20 hit for Denise LaSalle,
she had a string of popular soul songs including Now Run And
Tell That.
I've Found Someone
Of My Own was the only top 20 hit for The
Free Movement. The group received slight radio play
on soul formats with other songs. The song was from the album
I've Found Someone Of My Own.
In 1971, The
original One Tin Soldier became a top 20 hit. The song was redone
with no major changes in 1973, and both the new version and,
a few months later, the original version received minor airplay.
The song was from the movie Billy Jack.
Les Crane was
a late-night TV talk show host. Desiderata was a 1906 Max Ehrmann
poem set to music. It was believed that the poem was in the
public domain, but the copyright was still valid. Royalties
had to be paid to the Ehrmann family. The song was from the
album Desiderata. The writers of this song were: Max
Ehrmann, Fred Werner.
Dec
1971
18
25
Jingle Bells
Don Charles Presents The Singing
Dogs
Jingle Bells
came out in 1955, and made the top 20 in 1971.
The novelty of dogs barking to the music produced some airplay
for the other side of the single too, Oh Suzanna.
