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One Hit Wonders

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Happy, Happy Birthday Baby The Tune Weavers 1957
Mr. Lee The Bobbetts 1957
Little Bitty Pretty One Thurston Harris 1957
To Know Him is to Love Him Teddy Bears 1958
Get a Job The Silhouettes 1958
Purple People Eater Sheb Wooley 1958
Rockin' Robin Bobby Day 1958
Sea of Love Phil Phillips  1959
Alley-Oop The Hollywood Argyles  1960
Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) Barry Mann  1961
A Little Bit of Soap The Jarmels 1961
Tell Him The Exciters 1962
I Know Barbara George 1962
Just One Look  Doris Troy 1963
Wipe Out The Surfaris  1963
Sukiyaki Kyu Sakamoto 1963
Mr. Bass Man Johnny Cymbal 1963
Tobacco Road The Nashville Teens  1964
Hippy Hippy Shake Swinging Blue Jeans  1964
(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet The Reflections  1964
The Boy From New York City The Ad Libs  1965
Keep On Dancing The Gentrys 1965
Dirty Water The Standells  1966
Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)  Swingin' Medallions  1966
Elusive Butterfly Bob Lind 1966
Cool Jerk The Capitols  1966
They're Coming to Take Me Away Napoleon the XIV 1966
Ballad of the Green Berets Sgt. Barry Sadler 1966
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye The Casinos  1967
Green Tambourine Lemon Pipers  1967
Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) John Fred & His Playboy Band  1967
Expressway to Your Heart The Soul Survivors  1967
Angel of the Morning Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts 1968
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly  1968
MacArthur Park Richard Harris  1968
Fire The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 1968
Harper Valley P.T.A.  Jeannie C. Riley  1968
Reach Out of the Darkness Friend and Lover 1968
More Today Than Yesterday  Spiral Starecase  1969
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Steam  1969
Israelites  Desmond Dekker and the Aces 1969
In the Year 2525 Zager & Evans 1969
All Right Now Free  1970
Indiana Wants Me R. Dean Taylor  1970
Montego Bay Bobby Bloom  1970
Ride Captain Ride Blues Image  1970
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) Edison Lighthouse 1970
Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum 1970
In the Summertime Mungo Jerry  1970
Rose Garden Lynn Anderson 1970
I'd Love to Change the World Ten Years After 1971
One Toke Over the Line Brewer & Shipley 1971
Put Your Hand in the Hand Ocean  1971
One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) Coven  1971
Mr. Big Stuff Jean Knight  1971
Help Me Make It Through The Night Sammi Smith  1971
Bang A Gong (Get It On) T. Rex  1972
Precious and Few  Climax  1972
Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?  Hurricane Smith  1972
Hold Your Head Up  Argent  1972
Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues  Danny O'Keefe  1972
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)  Hillside Singers  1972
Beautiful Sunday  Daniel Boone  1972
Popcorn  Hot Butter 1972
Hot Rod Lincoln  Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen  1972
Sunshine  Jonathan Edwards 1972
How Do You Do  Mouth & MacNeal 1972
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia Vicki Lawrence 1973
Brother Louie  Stories 1973
Playground in My Mind  Clint Holmes  1973
Smokin' in the Boys Room  Brownsville Station  1973
Dead Skunk  Loudon Wainwright III  1973
Dueling Banjos  Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell  1973
Back When My Hair Was Short Gunhill Road 1973
Kung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas 1974
The Night Chicago Died  Paper Lace  1974
Midnight at the Oasis  Maria Muldaur  1974
I Can Help  Billy Swan  1974
Seasons in the Sun  Terry Jacks  1974
Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)  Reunion  1974
Rock & Roll Hootchie Koo  Rick Derringer  1974
Hooked on a Feeling  Blue Swede  1974
The Entertainer  Marvin Hamlisch 1974
Rock On  David Essex  1974
Sky High  Jigsaw 1975
Feelings  Morris Albert 1975
Chevy Van  Sammy Johns  1975
Lovin' You  Minnie Riperton  1975
The Hustle  Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony 1975
Fooled Around and Fell in Love  Elvin Bishop  1976
Disco Duck  Rick Dees  1976
A Fifth of Beethoven  Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band 1976
Afternoon Delight  Starland Vocal Band  1976
Turn the Beat Around  Vicki Sue Robinson 1976
Making Our Dreams Come True  Cyndi Grecco  1976
The Boys are Back in Town  Thin Lizzy  1976
Play that Funky Music  Wild Cherry 1976
Don't Give Up on Us  David Soul  1977
Don't Leave Me This Way  Thelma Houston  1977
King Tut  Steve Martin 1978
Magnet and Steel  Walter Egan  1978
Hot Child in the City  Nick Gilder  1978
Because The Night  Patti Smith Group  1978
I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)  Alicia Bridges 1978
Emotion  Samantha Sang 1978
Undercover Angel  Alan O'Day  1978
Ring My Bell  Anita Ward 1978
I Don't Like Mondays  Boomtown Rats 1979
Video Killed the Radio Star  The Buggles  1979
Makin' It  David Naughton  1979
Just When I Needed You Most Randy Vanwarmer  1979
Romeo's Tune Steve Forbert 1980
Funkytown  Lipps, Inc. 1980
Rapper's Delight  Sugar Hill Gang  1980
Cars  Gary Numan 1980
Turning Japanese  The Vapors 1980
Whip It  Devo  1980
Lookin' For Love  Johnny Lee  1980
General Hospi-Tale  The Afternoon Delights  1981
Somebody's Knockin'  Terri Gibbs  1981
Double Dutch Bus  Frankie Smith  1981
Tainted Love  Soft Cell  1982
Mickey  Toni Basil  1982
I Know What Boys Like  Waitresses 1982
Mexican Radio  Wall of Voodoo  1982
Key Largo  Bertie Higgins  1982
Too Shy  Kajagoogoo  1983
They Don't Know  Tracey Ullman  1983
Major Tom  Peter Schilling 1983
Puttin' on the Ritz  Taco  1983
In a Big Country Big Country 1983
Curly Shuffle  Jump in the Saddle Band 1983
Der Kommissar  After the Fire  1983
She Blinded Me With Science  Thomas Dolby 1983
White Horse  Laid Back  1984
Pass The Dutchie  Musical Youth  1984
All I Need  Jack Wagner 1984
We're Not Gonna Take It  Twisted Sister  1984
Let the Music Play  Shannon  1984
99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons)  Nena 1984
Relax  Frankie Goes to Hollywood  1984
The Politics of Dancing  Re-Flex  1984
Miami Vice Theme  Jan Hammer  1985
Invisible  Alison Moyet  1985
In My House  Mary Jane Girls 1985
Turn up the Radio  Autograph  1985
Keep Your Hands to Yourself  Georgia Satellites  1986
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades  Timbuk 3  1986
I Wanna Be a Cowboy  Boys Don't Cry 1986
Spirit in the Sky  Doctor & the Medics  1986
Beat's So Lonely  Charlie Sexton 1986

 

* Thanks to Steve B. for his suggestions of additions to this list!

 

 

 
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