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One hit wonders from the 60s & 70s - name 'em

Forever Autumn by Justin Hayward bring back some great 70's memories, likewise with Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks.
 
dannyw said:
How very very dare you lol !
Those are 2 of my favourite tunes from that era. I also love Ghost in my House by R Dean Taylor. I was gonna put that down but also had hit with Indiana Wants Me.
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Sorry,:sorry: please forgive me.

yeh I thought of that R Dean Taylor one too - great song!.
 
noblehead said:
Forever Autumn by Justin Hayward bring back some great 70's memories, likewise with Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks.
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lol Oh yes!!!! 'Seasons in the Sun' brings back lots of very pleasant memories!!

What about The Windmills of Your Mind - Noel Harrison ? The Forever Autumn one jogged my memory on this one because it was also in a film
 
Keith West - Excerpt from a Teenage Opera (or Grocer Jack as I remember it)
There's another single that my Dad had.........still thinking ........
 
Yep, Moody Blues are #1 with me, even over the Beatles . .... sacrilege I know but I love 'em NH :)
 
Je T'aime... moi non plus by Jane and Serge. Don't recall them having any other hits together....?
 
Althea and Donna, Uptown top ranking

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Shocking Blue - Venus

Argent - Hold Your Head Up (album artist crossover, does that count?)

Robert Wyatt - I'm a Believer (ditto)

Did The Tornadoes ever do anything apart from Telstar?

Oh God now I've got Clive Dunn in my head and it won't go away ...
 
Great song RRB ! How could I forget 'neunundneunzig luftballons' ?
 
Mel & Kim!

R. Dean Taylor had 3 top twenty hits
'Ghost' 'Gotta See Jane' & 'Indiana'

Motowns White Canadian star!

Diversified onto the 'Rare Earth' label with 'Rare Earth' @ other rock bands.
 
sanguine said:
Shocking Blue - Venus

Argent - Hold Your Head Up (album artist crossover, does that count?)

Robert Wyatt - I'm a Believer (ditto)

Did The Tornadoes ever do anything apart from Telstar?

Oh God now I've got Clive Dunn in my head and it won't go away ...
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Ha! Gotcha! (ironic Falklands reference :)) Robert Wyatt also had a hit with "Shipbuilding " in the 80's, though I always preferred the original version by Elvis Costello, who wrote it. As a 60's/70's prog-rock nerd I still live in hope of something by RW's first band, Soft Machine, making it into the charts :)

PS: four words to expunge Clive Dunn from your head: "Saint Winifred's School Choir" :***: :D
 
sorry was out last night so missed the start of this thread seeing Queen & adam lambert ( lots of hits :) )

dominique - singing nun
magnet & steel --- walter egan
i can't stand the rain -- eruption

and golden earring -- radar love:cool:
 
Mike D said:
OK Guys and Ladies

Go after it ... and if we can, keep it international

Scott McKenzie - San Francisco
Norm Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
Thunderclap Newman - Something in the air

That's 3 to kick it off so get the brains ticking shall we ?

Mike :)
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Watched one of those top XX one hit wonders once and Norman Greenbaum was at number one and in his interview he said that he went to a gig once and all the wanted to hear was Spirit in the Sky so he played it for two hours and then played it for the encore. Mind you in those days the audience was probably under the influence of something ;)
 
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