'70s One-Hit Wonders
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- The Basics
If the '70s gave us a fine helping of pop's most legendary artists, it's also responsible for serving up more one-hit wonders than perhaps any other era: bands that came and went in the blink of an eye, leaving us with a pop-perfect pearl by which to remember them. Heading the charge is Racey with "Lay Your Love on Me" . . . and if you like that, press on towards our Next Steps.
$47.75 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Lay Your Love On Me Racey 3:18 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Rock Your Baby George McCrae 3:20 $2.19 View In iTunes 3 I'll Be Gone Spectrum 4:23 $2.19 View In iTunes 4 Uptown Top Ranking Althea & Donna 3:49 $2.19 View In iTunes 5 Precious and Few Climax 2:44 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Without You Harry Nilsson 3:21 $2.19 View In iTunes 7 Midnight at the Oasis Maria Muldaur 3:44 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Lovin' You Minnie Riperton 3:23 $2.19 View In iTunes 9 Patches Clarence Carter 3:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Video Killed the Radio Star The Buggles 4:13 $2.19 View In iTunes 11 Evie, Pt. 1: Let Your Hair Hang Down Stevie Wright 3:58 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 My Sharona The Knack 4:55 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Pop Muzik (Single version) M 4:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Venus Shocking Blue 3:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Silver Machine (Original Single Version) Hawkwind 4:40 $2.19 View In iTunes 16 More Than a Feeling Boston 4:44 $2.19 View In iTunes 17 Smokin' In the Boys Room Brownsville Station 2:58 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Help Me Make It Through the Night Sammi Smith 2:36 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Woodstock Matthews Southern Comfort 4:29 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head B.J. Thomas 2:57 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Band of Gold Freda Payne 2:55 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 Chuck E's in Love Rickie Lee Jones 3:31 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Kung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas 3:17 $2.19 View In iTunes 24 Part of the Union The Strawbs 2:56 $2.19 View In iTunes 25 Run Run Run Jo Jo Gunne 2:35 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
OK, so they never birthed the triumphant nervous breakdown that was Rumours or transported our collective mind to Dark Side of the Moon, but this next batch flew high with their vinyl 45s. Unfortunately for Edward Bear, the Canadian folk rockers who sang of "The last song I'll ever write for you," their lyrics mirrored life with uncanny accuracy. Find more ephemeral treasures in our Deep Cuts.
$49.25 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 American Woman The Guess Who 3:51 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Boogie Nights Heatwave 5:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Rag Mama Rag The Band 3:04 $2.19 View In iTunes 4 Darlin' Frankie Miller 3:08 $2.19 View In iTunes 5 Mama Told Me (Not to Come) [Single Version] Three Dog Night 3:17 $2.19 View In iTunes 6 Popcorn Hot Butter 2:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 7 Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me Mac Davis 3:03 $2.19 View In iTunes 8 Amazing Grace The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 3:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 9 (Dancing) On a Saturday Night Barry Blue 3:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 I'd Love You to Want Me Lobo 4:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Radar Love Golden Earring 6:26 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 Love Will Keep Us Together Captain & Tennille 3:23 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 More, More, More Andrea True Connection 3:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Isn't It Time The Babys 4:04 $2.19 View In iTunes 15 I Hear You Knocking Dave Edmunds 2:48 $2.19 View In iTunes 16 Forever and Ever Demis Roussos 3:40 $2.19 View In iTunes 17 You to Me Are Everything The Real Thing 3:31 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Why Can't We Live Together Timmy Thomas 4:37 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Lido Shuffle Boz Scaggs 3:41 $2.19 View In iTunes 20 Float On The Floaters 4:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 21 Last Song Edward Bear 3:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 22 Pick Up the Pieces Average White Band 3:54 $2.19 View In iTunes 23 Lady Marmalade LaBelle 3:55 $2.19 View In iTunes 24 I Did What I Did for Maria Tony Christie 3:27 $2.19 View In iTunes 25 Chanson d'amour The Manhattan Transfer 2:53 $1.69 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
The best thing about one-hit wonders? There's always a stash of jewels you forgot all about. We've buffed up a bunch of them for your "Oh, yeah! I totally forgot about that one!" pleasure. Who remembers Pussycat, who sang with authority about "Mississippi" even though they were Dutch?
$47.06 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Spirit In the Sky Norman Greenbaum 4:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 2 Soldier Blue Buffy Sainte-Marie 3:21 $1.69 View In iTunes 3 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) Edison Lighthouse 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 4 Yellow River Christie 2:34 $1.69 View In iTunes 5 Baker Street (Edit) Gerry Rafferty 4:08 $2.19 View In iTunes 6 Mississippi Pussycat 4:35 $2.19 View In iTunes 7 Paloma Blanca The George Baker Selection 3:29 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Middle of the Road 2:57 $2.19 View In iTunes 9 Give Me Just a Little More Time Chairmen of the Board 2:42 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 L.A. International Airport Susan Raye 2:39 $1.69 View In iTunes 11 Rose Garden (Single Version) Lynn Anderson 2:53 $2.19 View In iTunes 12 Tap Turns On the Water CCS 3:43 $2.19 View In iTunes 13 Heaven Must Have Sent You The Elgins 2:29 $2.19 View In iTunes 14 Tom Tom Turnaround New World 3:17 $2.19 View In iTunes 15 Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In the West) Benny Hill 3:51 $2.19 View In iTunes 16 Mouldy Old Dough Lieutenant Pigeon 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 17 Stuck In the Middle With You Stealers Wheel 3:24 $2.19 View In iTunes 18 Hang On In There Baby Johnny Bristol 3:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender 2:38 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Jackie Blue The Ozark Mountain Daredevils 4:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Me and Mrs. Jones Billy Paul 4:45 $2.19 View In iTunes 22 Motor Bikin' Chris Spedding 2:39 $2.19 View In iTunes 23 Convoy C.W. McCall 3:45 $2.19 View In iTunes 24 The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) The Wurzels 3:03 $2.19 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Complete Set
Some of these '70s one-hit wonders are novelty products of their time (yes, we're talking to you, Carl Douglas, and your Bruce Lee exploitation single "Kung Fu Fighting"); others burned brightly only to fade, before reigniting somewhere down the line ("Lady Marmalade" had a second life thanks to the cover version by the ultra-diva collaboration featured on the Moulin Rouge soundtrack); others still are among the greatest singles ever released — like Harry Nilsson's "Without You" or Hawkwind's metal classic "Silver Machine."
$144.06 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 Lay Your Love On Me Racey 3:18 $2.19 View In iTunes 2 Rock Your Baby George McCrae 3:20 $2.19 View In iTunes 3 I'll Be Gone Spectrum 4:23 $2.19 View In iTunes 4 Uptown Top Ranking Althea & Donna 3:49 $2.19 View In iTunes 5 Precious and Few Climax 2:44 $1.69 View In iTunes 6 Without You Harry Nilsson 3:21 $2.19 View In iTunes 7 Midnight at the Oasis Maria Muldaur 3:44 $1.69 View In iTunes 8 Lovin' You Minnie Riperton 3:23 $2.19 View In iTunes 9 Patches Clarence Carter 3:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 10 Video Killed the Radio Star The Buggles 4:13 $2.19 View In iTunes 11 Evie, Pt. 1: Let Your Hair Hang Down Stevie Wright 3:58 $1.69 View In iTunes 12 My Sharona The Knack 4:55 $1.69 View In iTunes 13 Pop Muzik (Single version) M 4:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 14 Venus Shocking Blue 3:03 $1.69 View In iTunes 15 Silver Machine (Original Single Version) Hawkwind 4:40 $2.19 View In iTunes 16 More Than a Feeling Boston 4:44 $2.19 View In iTunes 17 Smokin' In the Boys Room Brownsville Station 2:58 $1.69 View In iTunes 18 Help Me Make It Through the Night Sammi Smith 2:36 $1.69 View In iTunes 19 Woodstock Matthews Southern Comfort 4:29 $1.69 View In iTunes 20 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head B.J. Thomas 2:57 $1.69 View In iTunes 21 Band of Gold Freda Payne 2:55 $1.69 View In iTunes 22 Chuck E's in Love Rickie Lee Jones 3:31 $1.69 View In iTunes 23 Kung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas 3:17 $2.19 View In iTunes 24 Part of the Union The Strawbs 2:56 $2.19 View In iTunes 25 Run Run Run Jo Jo Gunne 2:35 $1.69 View In iTunes 26 American Woman The Guess Who 3:51 $2.19 View In iTunes 27 Boogie Nights Heatwave 5:02 $1.69 View In iTunes 28 Rag Mama Rag The Band 3:04 $2.19 View In iTunes 29 Darlin' Frankie Miller 3:08 $2.19 View In iTunes 30 Mama Told Me (Not to Come) [Single Version] Three Dog Night 3:17 $2.19 View In iTunes 31 Popcorn Hot Butter 2:32 $1.69 View In iTunes 32 Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me Mac Davis 3:03 $2.19 View In iTunes 33 Amazing Grace The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 3:33 $1.69 View In iTunes 34 (Dancing) On a Saturday Night Barry Blue 3:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 35 I'd Love You to Want Me Lobo 4:09 $1.69 View In iTunes 36 Radar Love Golden Earring 6:26 $1.69 View In iTunes 37 Love Will Keep Us Together Captain & Tennille 3:23 $1.69 View In iTunes 38 More, More, More Andrea True Connection 3:08 $1.69 View In iTunes 39 Isn't It Time The Babys 4:04 $2.19 View In iTunes 40 I Hear You Knocking Dave Edmunds 2:48 $2.19 View In iTunes 41 Forever and Ever Demis Roussos 3:40 $2.19 View In iTunes 42 You to Me Are Everything The Real Thing 3:31 $1.69 View In iTunes 43 Why Can't We Live Together Timmy Thomas 4:37 $1.69 View In iTunes 44 Lido Shuffle Boz Scaggs 3:41 $2.19 View In iTunes 45 Float On The Floaters 4:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 46 Last Song Edward Bear 3:11 $2.19 View In iTunes 47 Pick Up the Pieces Average White Band 3:54 $2.19 View In iTunes 48 Lady Marmalade LaBelle 3:55 $2.19 View In iTunes 49 I Did What I Did for Maria Tony Christie 3:27 $2.19 View In iTunes 50 Chanson d'amour The Manhattan Transfer 2:53 $1.69 View In iTunes 51 Spirit In the Sky Norman Greenbaum 4:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 52 Soldier Blue Buffy Sainte-Marie 3:21 $1.69 View In iTunes 53 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) Edison Lighthouse 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 54 Yellow River Christie 2:34 $1.69 View In iTunes 55 Baker Street (Edit) Gerry Rafferty 4:08 $2.19 View In iTunes 56 Mississippi Pussycat 4:35 $2.19 View In iTunes 57 Paloma Blanca The George Baker Selection 3:29 $1.69 View In iTunes 58 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Middle of the Road 2:57 $2.19 View In iTunes 59 Give Me Just a Little More Time Chairmen of the Board 2:42 $1.69 View In iTunes 60 L.A. International Airport Susan Raye 2:39 $1.69 View In iTunes 61 Rose Garden (Single Version) Lynn Anderson 2:53 $2.19 View In iTunes 62 Tap Turns On the Water CCS 3:43 $2.19 View In iTunes 63 Heaven Must Have Sent You The Elgins 2:29 $2.19 View In iTunes 64 Tom Tom Turnaround New World 3:17 $2.19 View In iTunes 65 Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In the West) Benny Hill 3:51 $2.19 View In iTunes 66 Mouldy Old Dough Lieutenant Pigeon 2:47 $1.69 View In iTunes 67 Stuck In the Middle With You Stealers Wheel 3:24 $2.19 View In iTunes 68 Hang On In There Baby Johnny Bristol 3:54 $1.69 View In iTunes 69 Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender 2:38 $1.69 View In iTunes 70 Jackie Blue The Ozark Mountain Daredevils 4:01 $1.69 View In iTunes 71 Me and Mrs. Jones Billy Paul 4:45 $2.19 View In iTunes 72 Motor Bikin' Chris Spedding 2:39 $2.19 View In iTunes 73 Convoy C.W. McCall 3:45 $2.19 View In iTunes 74 The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) The Wurzels 3:03 $2.19 View In iTunes Total: 74 Songs
Customer Reviews
70s one hit wonders
70s it dont get any better...
Grooooovy!
It states 70's but oh my..talk about memories lol
Good songs but loose meaning
Great music but many of these bands arent one hit wonders
The Band come on thats a joke
Boston: higher power
One Dog Night: Shambala, Never been to spain, One and Elis coming
The George Baker selection: Little Green Bag
Harry Nillson: Everybodys talking
Stevie Wright: Shadow Boxer, Guitar, Evie pt 2 and 3
