1972 One Hit Wonders page 1972 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.
Sunshine was
the only top 20 hit for Jonathan
Edwards. He followed-up with songs that received
slight radio airplay, and came back to the radio with a few
country songs in the late 1980s.
The extra here is a live video performance many years later.
Sunshine was from the album Jonathan Edwards. Jonathan
Edwards wrote the song.
Jan
1972
13
14
2
I'd Like
To Teach The World To Sing
(In Perfect Harmony)
The Hillside Singers
I'd Like To
Teach The World To Sing was built from the commercial jingle
I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke. The New Seekers also had a
version of this song in the top 20 at the same time. The Hillside
Singers had other songs that received minor radio airplay including
We're Together, which was built from a McDonald's commercial
jingle.
While White
Lies, Blue Eyes was the greatest hit in pop music for Bullet,
the group had a few other songs that received airplay on album
rock radio stations, like Little Bit O' Soul.
Precious And
Few was the only top 20 song for Climax. Climax received minor
airplay with a few other songs, like Hard Rock Group, which
just preceded this song. Climax was occasionally known as Climax
Featuring Sonny Geraci, the lead singer. He was also the lead
singer of The Outsiders, which had two top 20 hits in the 1960s
including the 1966 number 5 song Time Won't Let Me.
Joy was built
from Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring by classical era composer Johann
Sebastian Bach. Joy was the only top 20 hit for Apollo 100.
The group, with keyboardist and arranger Tom Parker, received
minor airplay with some other instrumentals including a remake
of Telstar, the 1962 number 3 song by The Tornadoes. Joy was
from the album Master Pieces.
Although this
was the only top 20 hit by T. Rex, the group had a long string
of album rock songs that received radio airplay like Jeepster
and Telegram Sam. In 1985, The
Power Station remade this song renaming it the subtitle
Get It On, and it became a pop
and rock
top 20 hit.
Malo was Jorge
Santana, brother of Carlos Santana from group Santana.
Both were guitarists. Malo followed-up Suavecito with Cafe,
which received minor radio airplay.
Jun
1972
9
9
10
Hot Rod
Lincoln
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet
Airmen
Hot Rod Lincoln
received moderate radio airplay in 1960 when it was recorded
by Charlie Ryan and then by Johnny Bond. Commander Cody And
His Lost Planet Airmen also remade and received some airplay
with the song Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) which was
popular in 1947 by Tex Williams and by Phil Harris.
This instrumental
version of Amazing Grace was the only top 20 hit for Royal Scots
Dragoon Guards. The group described itself as 'Scotland's senior
regiment and her only regular cavalry.' Reverend John Newton
wrote the song.
Although Hold
Your Head Up was the only pop top 20 hit for Argent, the group
had a string of songs that received album rock airplay including
the original God
Gave Rock And Roll To You which became a 1991
rocknumber
9 song for Kiss.
Previously, Rod Argent was the keyboardist for The
Zombies. Hold Your Head Up was from the album All
Together Now.
Gone, a remake
of the 1957 number 6 hit by Ferlin Husky, was the greatest hit
by Joey Heatherton. She followed-up this song and received minor
airplay with a remake of the 1960 number
one hit I'm Sorry by Brenda Lee. Joey Heatherton
was an actress who appeared as a frequent guest on many TV shows
in the 1950s and 1960s. She was in movies too.
Brandy (You're
A Fine Girl) was a number
one song and a top 20 one
hit wonder for Looking Glass. The group had other
songs out, with Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne being fairly popular.
Small Beginnings
was a near top 20 miss and the most popular song by Flash. The
group received some album rock radio airplay with other songs
too, like Children Of The Universe. Flash members Peter Banks
and Tony Kaye were original members of Yes. Small Beginnings
was from the album Flash.
Although Popcorn
was the a top 20 one
hit wonder hit for Hot Butter, the group received
minor radio airplay with other instrumental
songs including a remake of the 1962 number 11 hit Percolator
by Billy Joe & The Checkmates. Gershan Kingsley wrote the song.
Danny O'Keefe
followed-up his only top 20 hit with The Road, which received
minor radio airplay. Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues was from
the album O'Keefe.
Convention '72
was the only top 20 hit for The Delegates. Another political
song by the group, Richard M. Nixon Faces The Issues, received
some airplay about a year later.
Although It
Never Rains In Southern California was the only top 20 hit for
Albert
Hammond, he had a string of songs that received some
radio airplay.
The extra here is a live video performance.
