One Hit Wonders: Pop

one hit wonders: pop

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1. Heart and Soul [Live] - T'Pau
2. Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
3. Brother Louie - Stories
4. Cars [Live] - Gary Numan
5. In a Big Country [Live] - Big Country
6. I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
7. Magic - Pilot
8. Gloria - Shadows of Knight
9. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge
10. Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

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One Hit Wonders: Pop
One Hit Wonders
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  • Hey not "98.6" but worth owning!
  • Not Coven's original
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  • ORIGINAL CASTE's
One Hit Wonders
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ASIN: B0000047IZ
Release Date: 1995-09-01

Tracks:

  1. Come On Down To My Boat - Every Mother's Son
  2. Reach Out Of The Darkness - Friend And Lover
  3. One Tin Soldier(The Legend Of Billy Jack) - Coven
  4. Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom
  5. Dominique - The Singing Nun
  6. You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry - The Caravelles
  7. Reflections Of My Life - The Marmalade
  8. 98.6 - Keith
  9. Jungle Fever - The Chakachas
  10. Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Hey not "98.6" but worth owning!.......2007-06-24

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various recordings from the 60's and 70's.

It is inexcusable that the powers that be behind the CD release of "One Hit Wonders" could take a 5 Star idea and turn it into ***.

The first and not as egregious as the second error is the total playing time. With a myriad of great tunes left off the release they could have given 12-14 tracks. To think a CD holds 80 minutes and not even half is full!

As two other fine reviews stated previously (M.Doane and Jonathan Schult) the legendary "One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack)" by Coven is not the version the listener is in tune with. It is both misleading and disgraceful.

This sort of thing was taken one step further frequently in Europe in the late 1960's and early 1970's by offering discount compilation of hits but the original recordings were not used. Hired studio musicians performed the tunes!

The majority of news here is good. "Reflections Of My Life - The Marmalade" is one of the finest and most intense lyrical compositions ever. You could make a case that as long as its contents are found here anything else is gravy.

"Come On Down To My Boat" - Every Mother's Son reminds us older folks of the great summers past. The first note takes you back to a simpler world. We didn't have the internet or even calculators but we did have some amazing rock and roll radio.

"98.6" - Keith may be the most underrated tune on the CD. Although simplistic in its arrangement, something sticks in the brain from the initial listening.

"Monster Mash" - Bobby Pickett is a staple of every Halloween. People were laughing then and still are now, but we are still enjoying the song.

Ten solid tracks and only a couple of gripes. Not bad.


Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

3 out of 5 stars Not Coven's original.......2007-02-24

I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but the version of "One Tin Soldier" by Coven on this CD is not their original. The original Coven version was on Warner Brothers and charted in 1971 to # 26 on the Hot 100. This CD's version was a re-record (although arranged and conducted by the same person, Mundell Lowe) and released on MGM Records, and charted almost two full years later, to # 79. Five months later, the Warner single re-charted to # 73. Further, the Coven version (both, actually) are better and more impassioned than the Original Caste version, which suffers from an overstatement of "mellow". The Warner's version of "One Tin Soldier" is available on volume 7 of Rhino's "Have A Nice Day: Super Hits of the 70s"

5 out of 5 stars One Hit Wonders.......2007-01-05

Great songs. if you like the old songs, you will like this CD

3 out of 5 stars HUGO is correct!.......2006-10-24

I have this CD and I had both The Original Caste's and Coven's versions of "One Tin Soldier" on 45 rpm record. Coven's version got the bulk of the airplay back in the day, but The Original Caste version is all I hear on local oldies (I live near the Canadian border) and on XM Radio's '70s station. All selections on this CD are the original versions. It gets only 3 stars from me for having only about 30 minutes of music.

4 out of 5 stars ORIGINAL CASTE's .......2006-08-06

For all the hoopla and erroneous credit the band "Coven" got in the early 70's for their much latter version, they did not release the 1st and original hit version of "ONE TIN SOLDIER". It was recorded and issued in 1969 by a Canadian group, THE ORIGINAL CASTE, and it was they who actually recorded the more definitive, superior and memorable version still played on Oldies radio stations to this day. This has caused much confusion with music fans of the song over the years. Coven recorded a "cover version" of the song which was used by Warner Brothers for their "BILLY JACK" movie at the time, as it made sense to use a band's version that was also signed to the label, therefore Coven recieved the lion's share exposure/promotion twice over for "ONE TIN SOLDIER", but their scaled down smaller band version is actually the weaker of the two. THE ORIGINAL CASTE version is more orchestrated and well balanced around Dixie's up front and centered impassioned vocal affair by far. The ORIGINAL CASTE was started as the "North Country Singers" in 1966. They changed their name to "The Original Caste" in 1969. It was a group of five people with the married couple of Bruce and Dixie Lee Innes at its core.
At first,they released two singles through DOT records, with little success. In 1969,they signed contract with the T.A. Records division of Bell Records. The single "ONE TIN SOLDIER"[composed by Lambert/Potter] and the album of same title were released.It has become a highly coveted collector's item.
They were produced by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter who became the celebrated lead songwriters/producers at Dunhill Records as they churned out hit after charting hit with various recording artists in the late 60's and throughout the first half of the 70's decade. The ORIGINAL CASTE's group leader, Bruce composed several excellent and fully loaded pop songs found on their debut album.
Title song "One Tin Soldier"[Bell/TA-186] was more popular in U.S.A.(No.34/Billboard Chart; 1969)than their next single "Mr. Monday", yet, both hit #1 in their native Canada and Japan, respectively. Many cover versions of "One Tin Soldier" had been issued subsequently. Especially, Coven made this tune appear to the US charts four times and it was used for the Original Sound Track of the Warner's Movie named "Billy Jack". The music director of this movie's soundtrack wanted to use the original version by THE ORIGINAL CASTE, but the episode was that The Coven, signed band of The Warner Records, was in haste chosen because of the movie and record company's relationship.
Bruce, Dixie & The ORIGINAL CASTE's recording era/career continued in various forms as a group and solo[Dixie]recordings for about eight years[1968-74]and the final album "Back Home"[issued 1974] was left after their original member's group were dissolved in 1972. Dixie & Bruce continued to tour with various new members until 1980.
Dixie Lee lives in British Columbia, state of Canada. Bruce resides in Sun Valley, Idaho, and keeps his music career alive by playing his inspiring folk music in local concerts, issuing his independent label recordings and also tours with an all new line up of THE ORIGINAL CASTE, circa 2005. In 2000 he discovered singer Cheryl Morrell, which led to reforming The Original Caste along with long time Original Caste bandmate Gary Carlson.
A Japanese Import reissue Cd of the ORIGINAL CASTE's first album, "ONE TIN SOLDIER", is available at www.amazon.com - I hope this finally clears up all the confusion.
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ASIN: B0000032TX
Release Date: 1990-10-15

Tracks:

  1. Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) - The Hombres
  2. Gimmie Gimmie Good Lovin' - Crazy Elephant
  3. Everlasting Love - Robert Knight
  4. Angel Of The Morning - Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
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  10. Cinnamon - Derek
  11. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - The Casinos
  12. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Could not receive the CD.......2007-05-14

Unfortunately, I was unable to get the CD because the post office could not deliver it to me. I complained to Amazon already. I would like to re-order, but I am not sure it will arrive.

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2 out of 5 stars Bubblegum ditties of the Baby Boomers.......2007-04-14

Here are the obscure recordings of "Flash-in-the-Pan" artists and "hits" of us Baby Boomers! Stuff that was the temporary fodder of Casey Kasum and the "top 40' "Hit" radio stations across the United States in the '60's.

One Hit Wonders that were played over and over in their time then promptly forgotten. They were re'released in the many incarnations of "K-Tel," then forgotten again as these K-Tel records found their way to thriftshops, then landfills.

If you want to reminisce about all that "bubblegum" heard as a child, be more imaginative! Pass this one by and instead purchase The Resident's Third Reich and Roll! Only The Residents could give these "one hit wonders" the ROASTING they DESERVED!

3 out of 5 stars Got me what I wanted..........2007-01-05

OK, I wanted "Then You Can Tell Me Goobye" by the Casinos, and here's a CD that provided it. Very nice. The rest of it? Ehhhh...., could be worse, I guess. Only real disappointment was the version of "Everlasting Love" by Robert Knight. While Knight may have been the original, Carl Carlton certainly recorded what has become the definative version of this song and Knight's pales by comparison. That's the way it works with compilations, you get the good with the bad. Glad I bought it, though!

4 out of 5 stars One Hit Wonders.......2005-09-06

They definately are wonders. Wonderful that is. Great cd, bought for our DJ biz, but it seems to end up in my car alot!
Can't get enough of them!

5 out of 5 stars Back for more.......2005-06-29

Vol. 2 of Bartley's anthology of one-hit wonders isn't quite as consistently good as the first, but it's still a fine balance of obscuros and hard-to-find well-known hits. It was great to have Robert Knight's original '66 version of "Everlasting Love" at my fingertips, for example, as well as Merilee Rush's "Angel of the Morning."
You can find a couple of the hits elsewhere ("Hang On, Sloopy" can be found in several places, while "Expressway to Your Heart" is on the three-CD "The Philly Sound" Philadelphia International collection), but this was, for years, the only CD where you could find the killer white soul shouter "No Good to Cry" by Connecticut band The Wildweeds (now on a killer 2002 collection called "No Good to Cry: The Best of The Wildweeds"). The song, written and sung by the teenage Al Anderson (before his long run with NRBQ and his successful career as a country songwriter), charted big in its home state (where I grew up) and in the South, but just made the upper 80s in Billboard; you fans from the rest of the country will wonder just how the hell this didn't become one of the all-time great chart hits.
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ASIN: B0000032TV
Release Date: 1990-10-15

Tracks:

  1. You Were On My Mind - We Five
  2. I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight - Barry & The Tamerlanes
  3. Last Kiss - Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
  4. The Stripper - David Rose
  5. Do It Again A Little Bit Slower - Jon & Robin & The In Crowd
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Nationally syndicated radio show host Dick Bartley has painstakingly compiled this priceless series featuring performers who only enjoyed 15 minutes-or, more accurately, 2:30-of fame on the pop charts during the '60s. Many tracks make their CD debut!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Dick Bartley Present: One Hit Wonders Vol. 1.......2007-01-11

It was a gift. The guy went crazy. It's awssome. I got Vol. 2 as well.

3 out of 5 stars Hard to find songs.......2007-01-10

I was only after one particular song on this cd but found I enjoyed about 4 others songs on it.It doesnt have a lot of songs on it but most are good easy listening.I would look at other volumes in this series.

4 out of 5 stars Dick Bartley Presents: One Hit Wonders of the '60s, Vol. 1.......2007-01-09

Very good if you like 60s

5 out of 5 stars review of Dick Bartley Presents: One Hit Wonders of the '60s, Vol. 1.......2006-09-01

I am very happy with this product.I enjoy a lot of older music not available in stores. I like the ease of being able to purchase hard to find products on Amazom.

4 out of 5 stars Good Buy.......2006-03-09

I bought this CD primarily because of the song 'You Were On My Mind' by the We Five, and The Rooftop singers. The rest of the CD was good, it was worth the money I paid for it.
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ASIN: B000F3AJXA
Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

  1. Play That Funky Music -- Wild Cherry
  2. My Maria -- B. W. Stevenson
  3. One Toke Over The Line -- Brewer & Shipley
  4. Afternoon Delight -- Starland Vocal Band
  5. Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) -- Reunion
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  8. Seasons In The Sun -- Terry Jacks
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  10. Precious And Few -- Climax
  11. Brother Louie -- Stories
  12. Please Come To Boston -- Dave Loggins
  13. Beach Baby -- First Class
  14. O-o-h Child -- The Five Stairsteps
  15. Turn The Beat Around -- Vicki Sue Robinson
  16. Sometimes When We Touch -- Dan Hill
  17. Rose Garden -- Lynn Anderson
  18. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) -- Edison Lighthouse
  19. Sweet Mary -- Wadsworth Mansion
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AM radio magic… without the static! This fantastic collection is your one-stop ticket back to the groovy `70s, featuring 20 of your favorite songs by "one-hit wonder" artists. And who knows the `70s better than Barry "Greg Brady" Williams from the ever-popular sitcom The Brady Bunch. You may not remember the artists, but you're sure to remember these Top-10 songs, like Afternoon Delight, Please Come To Boston, In The Summertime, Sometimes When We Touch, Play That Funky Music, The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia, Seasons In The Sun and many more.

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4 out of 5 stars Barry Williams 'One Hit Wonders' IS GREAT..........2007-06-13

I haven't heard most of these songs in years...The CD is great. I listen to it mostly everyday....and its good to see BARRy WILIAMS face on the cover...

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5 out of 5 stars One Hit Wonders.......2007-03-09

This album was a bit like attending a class reunion. The songs you thought were your favorites have lost a bit of their luster and those you didn't particularly care for now are surprisingly touching. The music hasn't changed so it must be the beholder? In the 70's "Please Come to Boston" was painful to experience; now it's like an old friend. "My Maria" has become a trigger to all sorts of memories. I wonder why I didn't think about it over the years. Try this album--it's a time machine.

4 out of 5 stars So nostalgic.......2007-01-09

This is a great CD and brought back lots of memories. A few songs where we hit the skip button, but overall a feel good compilation for those of us in our 40's now. (ouch, I know) I would definitely recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars One Hit Wonders.......2006-09-21

Excellent CD! It will bring back those memories from the 70's.

4 out of 5 stars Brings Back the Memories.......2006-09-10

This Cd is really good, it is well worth getting.The music of the 70's is really good for family listening and it is nice to be able to play it with family.Kids nowadays like newer music but this CD relates to now generation too as alot of kids nowadays are listening to the 70's music and think it is great, my kids are 14 and 16 and even they love it. It is well worth checking out and I know I am very happy with it. If you are a music fan you will be too.Hearing Vicki Lawrence sing The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia was something that brought back memories of being in high school for me and hearing it on my schoolbus. Wow!!!! I am very impressed with the CD.

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    ASIN: B000CY3VGE
    Release Date: 2006-02-14

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    2. This Time - Troy Shondell
    3. Bobby's Girl - Susan Maughan
    4. Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
    5. Love Letters - Ketty Lester
    6. Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
    7. You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry - The Caravelles
    8. End of the World - Skeeter Davis
    9. From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller
    10. Swinging on a Star - Big Dee Irwin, Little Eva
    11. My Guy - Mary Wells
    12. Birds and the Bees - Jewel Akens
    13. When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
    14. Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd
    15. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
    16. Sugar Sugar - The Archies
    17. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
    18. Patches - Clarence Carter
    19. Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield
    20. It's Four in the Morning - Faron Young
    21. Pepperbox - The Peppers
    22. Motorbikin' - Chris Spedding
    23. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls
    24. Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) - Joe Tex
    25. One Nation Under a Groove (Pt. 1) - Funkadelic
    26. Gonna Get Along Without You Now - Viola Wills
    27. Do You Believe in the Westworld - Theatre of Hate
    28. Saddle Up - David Christie
    29. Dolce Vita - Ryan Paris
    30. One Night in Bangkok (2001 Mix) - Murray Head
    31. Girl from Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto
    32. Move Closer - Phyllis Nelson

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    32 Tracks on Double CD Including "Stay" by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, "This Time" by Troy Shondell, "Love Letters" by Ketty Lester and Others.
    Best One Hit Wonders in the World Ever
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    ASIN: B000088E38
    Release Date: 2004-04-27

    Tracks:

    1. 99 Red Balloons - Nena
    2. I'll Be Ther For You - The Rembrandts
    3. Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
    4. (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
    5. You're The Voice - John Arnham
    6. Venus - Shocking Blue
    7. Harlem Shuffle - Bob And Earl
    8. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
    9. Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
    10. Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman
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    13. Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
    14. Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson
    15. Can You Dig It - The Mock Turtles
    16. Your Woman - White Town
    17. Imagination - Belouis Some
    18. How Long - Ace
    19. Private Number - Judy Clay And William Bell
    20. All By Myself - Eric Carmen
    21. Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton
    22. Uptown Top Ranking - Althia And Donna
    23. Pop Muzik - M
    24. Mah Na Mah Na - Piero Umiliani
    25. Don't Worry Be Happy - Boby McFerrin
    26. Da, Da, Da, (I Don't Love, You Don't Love Me, Ha, Ha) - Trio
    27. Macarena - Los Bel Rio
    28. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lightouse
    29. Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
    30. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
    31. It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
    32. Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of...) - Lou Basil
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    34. Mickey - Tony Basil
    35. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
    36. Nut Rocker - B Bumble & The Stingers
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    38. I Eat Cannibals - Toto Coelo
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    44. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades

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    The title says it all, 'The Best One Hit Wonders In The World'. While most artists aim to have a string of hits, here is proof that you can achieve pop immortality with just one. Ranging from the sublime to the, quite frankly, ridiculous, this fantastic double-CD brings you no less than 44 one hit wonders from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. There'll be no argument with the inclusion of, Cutting Crew '(I Just) Died In Your Arms', Deep Blue Something 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' (1996 - No.1 UK Hit), Nena '99 Red Balloons' (1984 - No.1 UK Hit), Trio 'Da, Da, Da' (I Don't Love You, You Don't Love Me, Ha, Ha, Ha) (1982 - No.2 UK Hit), Men Without Hats 'The Safety Dance' (1983 - No.6 UK Hit), The Knack 'My Sharona' (1979 - No.6 UK Hit) and many, many more. 44 tracks in all. Virgin. 2003.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Bemusement.......2004-11-13

    I'm aware of a few of these artists and I've heard a few of their OTHER hits... Collections like this one are a great way to introduce people to some of the great music that's been out there, but the title 'one hit wonder' is so often fragrantly misused. It's more often an indication of the ignorance of the titler than anything to do with the band they're describing. Rather than being a collection of 'one hit wonders' this is just another conveniently titled collection of fine pop music from over the years.

    4 out of 5 stars I bet you can find at least a dozen "new" one hit wonders.......2004-05-02

    "Best One Hit Wonders in the World Ever" is an interesting collection because it comes from over the pond in England, which explains why it has songs by groups like Cutting Crew and the Mock Turtles. But there is more of an eclectic spirit behind the selection of these 44 one hit wonders. To be sure there is something of the international flavor alluded to in the title with Nena's "99 Red Balloons," Piero Umiliani's "Mah Na Mah Na," Lou Basil's "Mambo No. 5," and Los Bel Rio's "Macarena." You have televison represented with the Rembrandts' "I'll Be There For You" and Belouis Some's "Imagination" from "Pretty in Pink."

    There are some blasts from the past going back to "Rhythm Of The Rain" by the Cascades, "Fire" courtesy of the Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, "Venus" by Shocking Blue, "Spirit In The Sky" by Norman Greenbaum, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" from Edison Lightouse, "All By Myself" by Eric Carmen, and "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton. But most of those have been around so long that if you were into music in the 1960s and 1970s you should already have most of those. You can toss in some quirky hits like Tony Basil's "Mickey" and Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and there is also a decent sample of more recent one hit wonders as well, with the Knack's "My Sharona," Men Without Hats doing "The Safety Dance," "It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls, and "Runaway" by Soul Asylum.

    But ultimately, what is going to make or break this CD in your mind are going to be the one hit wonders that you never heard before. You have "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" by Cutting Crew, "Mary's Prayer" by Danny Wilson, and "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder. Actually, all I really need to say is that I think you will have no problem finding a dozen tracks in this collection that you would appreciate adding to your music library. This is true if you have a dozen or more of them already, which should be the case with just about anybody with a decent music collection. There are not that many #1 songs in this collection (more from the English side as near as I can tell), so this really does go for a wider variety of one hit wonders. Check it out.

    5 out of 5 stars Great Collection Of Some Classic Tunes.......2004-04-11

    Well, I'd like to start off by saying that if you're looking for some hard to find hit songs from the 60's through the 90's, you won't go wrong with this collection! All of the original hits are here as you remember them. I do have just one disagreement with this collection. Eric Carmen should have not been included on a disc of artists that are "one hit wonders." Anyone who knows anything about music would have never included him in this collection. How about such hits as Change Of Heart, Make Me Lose Control, She Did It and Hungry Eyes from the movie Dirty Dancing. Eric Carmen has quite a collection as a solo artist as well as his work with the Raspberries. So, aside from this mistake, the songs chosen here are a pretty good retrospective of just some of the one hit wonders from the 60's/90's. I really don't think that you can compile a definitive "one hit wonders" collection unless you broke it down by individual years. However, this is a pretty good start. In short, if you appreciate top 40 music that covers several decades, then get this collection. You won't be sorry.
    70s One Hit Wonders
    Average customer rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
    • Buyer beware! These are not the original recordings.
    • One Hit Wonders?
    		 70s One Hit Wonders
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: St. Clair Entertainment Group, Inc
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    ASIN: B000F9RIHY
    Release Date: 2006-05-09

    Tracks:

    1. Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul (Live)
    2. Brother Louie - The Stories
    3. Magnet And Steel - Walter Egan
    4. Beach Baby - Tony Burrows Of First Class
    5. Nice To Be With You Gallery
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    7. You Keep Me Hanging On - Vanilla Fudge
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    9. Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
    10. Sooner Or Later - The Grass Roots

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars Buyer beware! These are not the original recordings........2006-09-24

    They are instead new recordings by the original artists. NOT the same! I bought this CD because I liked several of the songs on it, but now I will have to continue to look for them in other collections.

    2 out of 5 stars One Hit Wonders?.......2006-07-02


    If you're gonna release a compilation titled "One Hit Wonders" you'd better make sure the artists actually had only ONE HIT!

    The Ozark Mountain Daredevils not only released "Jackie Blue" but also hit the charts with "If You Wanna Get To Heaven."

    Likewise, the Grass Roots had MANY hits ... "Lets Live For Today, Midnight Confessions, Sooner Or Later, Temptation Eyes, Two Divided By Love, and Wait A Million Years."

    Bottomline: The tunes on this disc get good marks (4 stars)! However, the producers need some remedial training on the definition of "One Hit Wonders" (subtract 2 stars).

    Pat
    One Hit Wonders
    Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    • A complete waste of money
    • Remakes - Not Originals
    • Great CD
    • One Hit Wonders: K-Tel couldn't locate the originals?
    		 One Hit Wonders
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: K-Tel Entertainment
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    ASIN: B0000DD78F
    Release Date: 2003-11-04

    Tracks:

    1. My Maria - B.W. Stevenson
    2. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
    3. Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
    4. Do You Wanna Make Love - Pete McCann
    5. Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
    6. More, More, More - Andrea True
    7. Take a Letter, Maria
    8. One Tin Soldier - Original Caste
    9. Yellow River - Christie
    10. Green-Eyed Lady - Jerry Corbetta
    11. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
    12. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
    13. Precious and Few - Climax
    14. Indiana Wants Me
    15. When I Die - Motherlode
    16. One Toke Over the Line - Michael Brewer, Tom Shipley
    17. Motorcycle Mama - Sailcat
    18. Last Song - Edward Bear

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars A complete waste of money.......2005-08-25

    Only one original hit and the remakes sound like crap. Never buy from K-Tel again!

    1 out of 5 stars Remakes - Not Originals.......2005-04-22

    As a previous reviewer has indicated, all selections except "Precious And Few" by Climax are remakes. If you want the original versions, go elsewhere.

    5 out of 5 stars Great CD.......2005-02-04

    The CD has several songs that bring back some good memories. Good quality and great music.

    2 out of 5 stars One Hit Wonders: K-Tel couldn't locate the originals?.......2004-05-21

    These are remakes-not the original versions. I bought the album strictly because it is the only listing for the Original Caste's "One Tin Soldier", the first and superior hit version. I was disappointed to find it was a remake. However, the remake is still preferable to Coven's cover a year later, and that is why I gave the CD 2 stars instead of 1. Original versions of the other songs are readily available, so keep looking instead of wasting your money on this CD. Of course, if you are the type who buys an album to get 4 or 5 outtakes of a song, it's your money.

    VH1 8-Track Flashback: The One-Hit Wonders
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • ONE HIT WONDERS
    • This CD was TERRIFIC!!!!
    		 VH1 8-Track Flashback: The One-Hit Wonders
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
    ProductGroup: Music
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    ASIN: B000003421
    Release Date: 1997-08-19

    Tracks:

    1. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
    2. Venus - The Shocking Blue
    3. Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
    4. Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
    5. Precious And Few - Climax
    6. Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean
    7. Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
    8. In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
    9. Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
    10. Turn The Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson
    11. Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
    12. Rock And Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter
    13. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
    14. I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) - Alicia Bridges
    15. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
    16. Rock On - David Essex

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars ONE HIT WONDERS.......2003-11-23

    I LIKE ONE HIT WONDERS THEY ARE COOL THEY ARE GREAT AND THEY ARE COOL

    5 out of 5 stars This CD was TERRIFIC!!!!.......1999-07-03

    This CD had all of the old 8-track ONE-Hit wonders. It was all of the original songs and especially the original artists! I wanted a CD with the original song - Brandy (You're a fine girl) on it. This had it and so much more! I got nervous when I started reading other reviews on other CD's that said fake imitation; not the original artists and songs; etc. I took a chance on this one and it was everything I wanted and more!!!!!
    One Hit Wonders-Here Comes...
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      		One Hit Wonders-Here Comes...

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      ASIN: B00005NJI3
      Release Date: 2001-07-23

      Tracks:

      1. Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace
      2. Since I Met You Baby - Ivory Joe Hunter
      3. Marianne - Terry Gilkyson And The Easy Riders
      4. Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris And The Sharps
      5. For Your Love - Ed Townsend
      6. (At) The End (Of A Rainbow) - Earl Grant
      7. This Should Go On Forever - Rod Bernard
      8. Ive Come Of Age - Billy Storm
      9. Makin Love - Floyd Robinson
      10. If I Had A Girl - Rod Lauren
      11. (There Was A) Tall Oak Tree - Dorsey Burnette
      12. Let The Little Girl Dance - Billy Bland
      13. Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
      14. Love You So - Ron Holden
      15. A Million To One - Jimmi Charles
      16. I Like It Like That - Kris Kenner
      17. This Time - Troy Shondell
      18. Jamie - Eddie Holland
      19. Dear One - Larry Finnegan
      20. Torture - Kris Jensen
      21. That Stranger Used To Be My Girl - Trade Martin
      22. From A Jack To A King - Ned Miller
      23. Midnight Mary - Joey Powers
      24. The Birds And The Bees - Jewel Akens
      25. Baby The Rain Must Fall - Glenn Yarbough
      26. Sweet Dreams - Tommy Mclain
      27. My Girl Josephine - Jerry Jaye
      28. Judy In Disquise (With Glasses) - John Fred And His Playboy
      29. Cinnamon - Derek

      Album Description

      One Hit Wonder - Here Come The Guys (the male counterpart to One Hit Wonders - Ladies Choice) features 29 impossible to find tracks by male singers. Among the tracks is Pledging My Love by Johnny Ace, Since I Met You Baby by Ivory Joe Hunter, Little Bitty

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