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Borderstone · 08-13-2013, 11:37 PM

One-Hit Wonders in the United States
WIKIPEDIA'S complete list of musical artists whose one hit came out in the 1970s.

Hey guys! I thought this might be intersesting.

The 70s had more one hit wonders than any other decade and I felt this would be a cool list to post for you all. Haven't done a list in sometime y'know.

I'm going to do this when I have time and one year at a time as all of them wont fit into one post.

Here's 1970 :

"Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me" - Crow
"Venus" Shocking Blue * <---- #1 hit *
"Baby Take Me in Your Arms" - Jefferson*
"One Tin Soldier" - Original Caste *
"Hey There Lonely Girl" - Eddie Holoman *
"Jennifer Tomkins" - The Street People
"Ma Belle Amie" - Tee Set *
"The Rapper" - The Jaggerz *
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Edison Lighthouse *
"The House of the Rising Sun" - Frijid Pink *
"Mississippi Queen" - Mountain *
"Long Lonesome Highway" - Michael Parks
"Spirit in the Sky" - Norman Greenbaum *
"Tennessee Bird Walk" - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan *
"Reflections of My Life" - Marmalade *
"Airport Love Theme (Gwen and Vern)" - Vincent Bell
"Mississippi" - John Phillips *
"Vehicle" - The Ides of March *
" My Baby Loves Lovin' " - White Plains *
"Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image *
"Go Back" - Crabby Appleton *
"O-o-h Child" - The Five Stairsteps *
"Gimme Dat Ding" - The Pipkins
"A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)" - Miguel Ríos *
"Are You Ready?" - Pacific Gas & Electric *
"Tighter,Tighter" - Alive And Kicking
"Big Yellow Taxi" - The Neighborhood *
"The Sly, Slick and the Wicked" - The Lost Generation
"Lay a Little Lovin' on Me" - Robin McNamara *
"Overture from Tommy (A Rock Opera)" - Assembled Multitude *
"In the Summertime" - Mungo Jerry *
"Neanderthal Man" - Hotlegs *
"Rubber Duckie" - Jim Henson as Ernie *
"Joanne" - Michael Nesmith and the First National Band *
"All Right Now" - Free *
"Do What You Wanna Do" - Five Flights Up *
"God, Love & Rock and Roll" - Teegarden and Van Winkle *
"Indiana Wants Me" - R. Dean Taylor *
"Somebody's Been Sleeping" - 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) *
"As the Years Go By" - Mashmakhan *
"Montego Bay" - Bobby Bloom *
"Yellow River" - Christie *
"5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)" - The Presidents *

08-13-2013, 11:37 PM	#1
Borderstone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix,Arizona -America Posts: 4,427	The 348 One Hit Wonders Of The 1970s! One-Hit Wonders in the United States WIKIPEDIA'S complete list of musical artists whose one hit came out in the 1970s. Hey guys! I thought this might be intersesting. The 70s had more one hit wonders than any other decade and I felt this would be a cool list to post for you all. Haven't done a list in sometime y'know. I'm going to do this when I have time and one year at a time as all of them wont fit into one post. Here's 1970 : "Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me" - Crow "Venus" Shocking Blue * <---- #1 hit * "Baby Take Me in Your Arms" - Jefferson* "One Tin Soldier" - Original Caste * "Hey There Lonely Girl" - Eddie Holoman * "Jennifer Tomkins" - The Street People "Ma Belle Amie" - Tee Set * "The Rapper" - The Jaggerz * "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Edison Lighthouse * "The House of the Rising Sun" - Frijid Pink * "Mississippi Queen" - Mountain * "Long Lonesome Highway" - Michael Parks "Spirit in the Sky" - Norman Greenbaum * "Tennessee Bird Walk" - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan * "Reflections of My Life" - Marmalade * "Airport Love Theme (Gwen and Vern)" - Vincent Bell "Mississippi" - John Phillips * "Vehicle" - The Ides of March * " My Baby Loves Lovin' " - White Plains * "Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image * "Go Back" - Crabby Appleton * "O-o-h Child" - The Five Stairsteps * "Gimme Dat Ding" - The Pipkins "A Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria)" - Miguel Ríos * "Are You Ready?" - Pacific Gas & Electric * "Tighter,Tighter" - Alive And Kicking "Big Yellow Taxi" - The Neighborhood * "The Sly, Slick and the Wicked" - The Lost Generation "Lay a Little Lovin' on Me" - Robin McNamara * "Overture from Tommy (A Rock Opera)" - Assembled Multitude * "In the Summertime" - Mungo Jerry * "Neanderthal Man" - Hotlegs * "Rubber Duckie" - Jim Henson as Ernie * "Joanne" - Michael Nesmith and the First National Band * "All Right Now" - Free * "Do What You Wanna Do" - Five Flights Up * "God, Love & Rock and Roll" - Teegarden and Van Winkle * "Indiana Wants Me" - R. Dean Taylor * "Somebody's Been Sleeping" - 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) * "As the Years Go By" - Mashmakhan * "Montego Bay" - Bobby Bloom * "Yellow River" - Christie * "5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)" - The Presidents * __________________ "A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." - Borderstone Last edited by Borderstone; 08-03-2015 at 08:22 PM.