Magic ~ Pilot
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Precious and Few ~ Climax
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Born under a Wandering star ~ Lee Marvin
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Mac and Katie Kissoon ~ Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
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The Rubettes ~ Sugar Baby Love
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Eight weeks after entering the Billboard Hot 100, âLay A Little Lovinâ On Meâ by Robin McNamara peaked at number11.
The follow-up, âGot To Believe In Loveâ would receive little air play, confining McNamara to one-hit-wonder status.
Lay A Little Lovinâ On Me - Robin McNamara 1970
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Looking Glass is an American pop rock band that were active during the early 1970s.
They are known for their one hit song Brandy , which reached No. 1 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 charts in 1972. Remaining in the top position for one week.
A Staten Island, New York doo wop group called The Elegants saw their re-worked version of the Mozart lullaby, âTwinkle, Twinkle, Little Starâ hit the top of the US record charts as the re-titled âLittle Starâ.
The group spent the following eighteen months milking the song for all it was worth with TV appearances and live shows, but follow up records, âPlease Believe Meâ, âTrue Love Affairâ and âLittle Boy Blueâ could not match the success of âLittle Starâ.
Although The Elegants would be around in one form or another until the 1980s, they never had another hit record.
Little Star - The Elegants 1958
Brian and Michael were a British music duo best known for their 1978 UK number one hit single, Matchstick Men and Matchstick Cats and Dogs.
Without further chart entries, they remain one-hit wonders in the UK.
They comprised two members: Michael Coleman and Kevin Parrott.
Stories was an American early 1970s rock and pop band based in New York City.
They had a Number 1 hit with a cover of Hot Chocolateâs Brother Louie reaching number 1 in the US and Canada in 1973
Brother Louie - Storiesâ
Los Lobos are a Mexican - Americanrock band from Los Angeles, California, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, blues and traditional Spanish/Mexican music such as boleros.
The wildly successful soundtrack of La Bamba 1985 catapulted Los Lobos into international stardom, earning them industry recognition and a Grammy Award.
The single - La Bamba - the title track for the film La Bamba, a biopic about Ritchie Valens, was their only number 1 hit.
Los Lobos - La Bamba
Motown American psychedelic soul musical act, The Undisputed Truth never reached Number 1 but did get to number 3 on the Billboard Top 40 chart with Smiling Faces Sometimes
Future songs would get no higher than 63.
Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth 1971â
The Teddy Bears were an American pop music group. 1957 - 1960
They were record producer Phil Spectorâs first vocal group.
Phil Spector became obsessed with a song, âTo Know Him Is to Love Himâ, he had written for The Teddy Bears.
After a hasty audition at ERA Records who offered to finance a studio session, The Teddy Bears recorded the song at Gold Star Studios at a total cost of $75. Released on ERAâs Dore label in August 1958, it took a full two months before âTo Know Him Is to Love Himâ began to get air play.
The record eventually stayed in the Hot Hundred for twenty-three weeks, resided in the Top Ten for eleven of those weeks, and commanded the #1 chart position for three weeks.
Subsequent releases by the Teddy Bears did not sell, and within a year of their impressive debut, Spector had disbanded the group.
Phil Spector on right
To Know Him Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears 1958
The Exciters were an American pop music group of the 1960s.
They were originally a girl group, with one male member being added afterwards. At the height of their popularity the group consisted of lead singer Brenda Reid, Herb Rooney, Carolyn Johnson and Lillian Walker.
They were originally called the Masterettes, as a sister group to another group called the Masters.
The groupâs name was changed to the Exciters, and their first and only hit record was Tell Him which reached no. 4 in early 1962.
The highest position for any other song was 49, for You Donât Know What Youâre Missing 'Til Itâs Gone in 1969 on the US R&B chart.
Tell Him - The Exciters 1962
The Murmaids only had one hit in autumn of 1963, their recording of âPopsicles and Iciclesâ was a Top 5 hit on the charts.
Popsicles and Icicles , not only characterizes an entire innocent era of pop music and the early phase of '60s girl-group music, but was a key early career jump for several of the participants. The Murmaids were Carol Fischer, Terry Fischer, and Sally Gordon of Los Angeles.
Popsicles And Icicles - The Murmaids
Randy VanWarmer was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His biggest and only hit song was - Just when I needed you most - 1979
It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, No 8 on the UK Singles Chart and No 1 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.
Just When I Needed You Most - Randy VanWarmer 1979â
In 1963, Steve Lawrence enjoyed a Top Ten hit with the song âGo Away Little Girlâ.
It was his only No 1 hit song.
Steve Lawrence and his wife Eydie Gorme were one of the most popular singing duos in show business.
They won a Grammy for Best Performance by a Vocal Duo or Group for âWe Got Usâ.
Steve and Eydie won the Las Vegas Entertainment Award as Musical Variety Act Of The Year four times, three years consecutively. Steve and Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin won seven Emmys.
They received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in New York, honouring the duoâs ongoing tribute to American songwriters.
In 1995, they were the recipients of the Society of Singers prestigious Ella Lifetime Achievement Award at a gala event in Beverly Hills. The Society of Singers is a non-profit organization that exists to help professional singers that are in need of coinciding and financial assistance. Past recipients are Ella Fitzgerald (for whom the award is named), Frank Sinatra, Tony Martin and Peggy Lee.
Eydie died in 2013 and Steve died in 2024
Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrenceâ
Brenton Wood , was an American singer and songwriter. His only top 10 hit Gimme Little Sign peaked at No 9 on the US Billboard top 100 in 1967
Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood
John Benson Sebastian is an American singer, songwriter and musician who founded the rock band The Lovinâ Spoonful in 1964.
After two members of the band were arrested for drug possession the band began to implode.
Sebastian left the band and in 1968 and began a solo career.
He composed the music and lyrics for a Broadway play - with music called Jimmy Shine with Dustin Hoffman in the title role.
In January 1970, Sebastian released the first in a series of solo LPs.
His eponymous solo debut, John B Sebastian reached No. 20 in the Billboard Albums Charts.
in 1976, Sebastian had an unexpected No. 1 single with Welcome Back , the theme song to the sitcom Welcome Back Kotter
Welcome Back - John Sebastian
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Ace were a British rock band in the 1970s.
Their members included Paul Carrack, who later became famous as a vocalist for Mike and the Mechanics and as a solo artist. Ace were perhaps best known for their hit single How Long , which reached no. 3 on the US Billboard Top 100 in 1975.
Ace - How Long
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