One Hit Wonders

Sad Eyes - Robert John 1979

Cry me a River - Julie London 1955

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Wilbert Harrison was an American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist, and harmonica player.
He had a Billboard number one Hot 100 hit with Kansas City.
It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold record status.
Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison 1959

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Black Sabbath only ever had one single in the charts. Paranoid.

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Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder 1978

Dave Marsh, a writer for Creem magazine, described this Hispanic American garage band as ā€œpunk rockā€, possibly the first use of the term.
The band’s name was inspired by the 1957 Japanese science fiction film The Mysterians.
Their first single, 96 Tears, went to No 1 in the US and reached the top 40 in the UK.
96 Tears - ? & The Mysterians 1966

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The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road

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What’s your name - Don and Juan 1962

Couldn’t Get It Right - Climax Blues Band 1976

The Toys - A Lover’s Concerto 1965

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** Sylvia - Pillow Talk** 1973

Deck Of Cards - Wink Martindale

He’ll Have to Stay - Jeanne Black

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Pretty girl,A Jim Reeves song :grinning: I think

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I Can Help - Billy Swan

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The Honeycombs were a pop-rock group which formed in 1963 in London.
Drummer, Anne ā€œHoneyā€ Lantree was an English drummer and singer.
She was one of the few female drummers to achieve prominence during the British Invasion
Have I The Right? - The Honeycombs 1964

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Heartbeat - It’s a Lovebeat is a 1973 single by the Canadian group The DeFranco Family.
It was the title track of their first album and the group’s debut single.
Heartbeat - It’s a Lovebeat," featuring the lead vocals of then 13-year-old Tony DeFranco, reached number one on local radio station WLS for five straight weeks (and was number two there for the entire year 1973), number three in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and Number 1 on the Cashbox singles chart, selling more than two million copies in the process. It was awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A (Recording Industry of America) in November 1973
Heartbeat - It’s a Love beat 1973

Arthur Conley was an American soul music singer, best known for the 1967 hit Sweet Soul Music.
Conley met Otis Redding in 1967. Together they rewrote the Sam Cooke song ā€œYeah Manā€ into Sweet Soul Music.
It proved to be a massive hit, going to the number two position on the U.S. chart and the top ten across much of Europe.
Sweet Soul Music sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley

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The Tokens were an American doo-wop band and record production company group from Brooklyn.
The group had four top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, all in the 1960s, their biggest being the chart-topping 1961 hit single The Lion Sleeps Tonight, which borrowed heavily from the 1939 song ā€œMbubeā€ by South African singer Solomon Linda.
They are also known for having Neil Sedaka as an original member, before he pursued a solo career.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

Solomon Linda & The Evening Birds – Mbube the original version, origin of The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Fontella Bass was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter best known for her number one hit Rescue Me in 1965

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