Classic rock one-hit wonder songs?

[Kathleen04]

I have a gift certificate for some iTunes downloads. I usually download a bunch of songs and then end up buying the whole album anyways, so that's why I'm asking for some one-hit wonder song recommendations..Any ideas? :)

[WeRQ4U]

1. Mr. Mr. - "Book of Love" - Patrick Swayze-"She's Like the Wind"

Not sure if that is classic rock (80's) but it's getting close.

ANd they're both one hit wonders and both kinda shitty.

[flakey_foont]

2. what kind of stuff do you like?

time period? style? I can make a few recommendations

[Kathleen04]

5. '60s -'80s

My style--I have pretty much everything by The Beatles (as well as each solo)/Billy Joel/Elton John/Simon and Garfunkel, alot of Paul Simon/Tom Petty/Steve Miller Band/Led Zeppelin..

I like most of the songs you'd hear on a classic rock radio station..

[flakey_foont]

9. Okay

60's - Procul Harum "Whiter Shade of Pale"
Free - "All Right Now"
Derek & the Dominos -"Layla"
Chambers Brothers- 'Time"
Deep Purple - "Hush"
Mountain -" Mississippi Queen"
Leon Russell - "Stranger in a Strange Land"

to name a few..........sure, all of these people had other well known albums...but are mainly known by basically 1 song (to the general public)

[Kathleen04]

16. Thanks!

:)

[fudge stripe cookays]

18. "Something in the Air"

Thunderclap Newman

[NYCGirl]

22. I LOVE that song! NT

[Crazy Guggenheim]

3. I think the VH1 website might have their list of their Greatest

One-Hit Wonders.

[Kathleen04]

6. Cool--

I'll look it up.

[NYCGirl]

23. Deleted — wrong place.

[Beer Snob-50]

4. the romantics-"what i like about you"

i think that was all they did.

[Kathleen04]

7. Good one

I like that song. :thumbsup:

[silvermachine]

8. Talking in Your Sleep

They also had a big hit with the song "Talking in Your Sleep".

[Beer Snob-50]

13. i forgot that song!

thanks

[patcox2]

33. Beleive it or not, they are still around.

Released a great album in 2003, which went nowhere. They're from Detroit and still play in that area.

That is one of the greatest power pop tunes ever. Tell it to Carrie is good too, there last hit was "Talking In Your Sleep."

[Beer Snob-50]

37. they were a kick ass band!

i think the one knock against them is that they came across as a hair/tenny bopper band. i saw them in concert once and they spent alot of time in between songs making the little girls in the audience squeal.

[LisaM]

10. "Rock On" by David Essex

I always liked that song.

[Kathleen04]

17. I like that song too

I actually already have that one! :)

[charlie]

11. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

Runaway - Del Shannon (not really a 1-hit wonder, but his others are far eclipsed by this one)
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
All Right Now - Free
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
Save It For Later - English Beat

[DelawareValleyDem]

12. "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" - Elvin Bishop nt

[IADEMO2004]

15. Damn, now I have to dig that album out

It will be worth the effort.

[LynneSin]

14. Laid by James

:D

[LisaM]

19. How about "Band of Gold" by Frieda Payne?

She also did a great one called "Bring the Boys Home".

[djeseru]

20. "Wouldn't It Be Good?" by Nik Kershaw.

"It's My Life" by TalkTalk

Probably could come up with more later when the Friday Night drinking begins...

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

21. "Mississippi Dream" (Les Wes & Mountain); "Fantasy" (Aldo Nova)

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Maybe You Meant "Mississippi QUEEN"?

And, they had two other hits, of a minor nature. (Theme from an Imaginary Western and Nantucket Sleighride.)

The Aldo Nova song, though, you are right on target. Not a bad song, either.
The Professor

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

30. thanks, Professor. Trying to conjure the lyrics to half-rate rock isn't

my strength. Not sure what my strength is, actually. Aldo Nova reminds me of another, though: Billy Thorpe's "Children of the Sun" or some such thing. Am I close?

[ProfessorGAC]

36. I Remember That Tune!

Yeah, that was a pretty good song, too.
The Professor

[hfojvt]

31. I thought that whole Aldo Nova album was great

at least give it a listen or two.

[NYCGirl]

24. MY SHARONA — The Knack. NT

[ProfessorGAC]

26. You're Forgetting "Good Girls Don't"

Topped at about #5 on the charts from the 2nd album.
The Professor

[fudge stripe cookays]

27. And...

my FAVORITE Knack song. The one they NEVER play!

FSC

[NYCGirl]

32. Yes, I did forget that one! NT

[merh]

28. "Rock me Gently" by Andy Kim

Rock Me Gently
Andy Kim


Ain't it good
Ain't it right
That you are with me
Here tonight
The music playin'
Our bodies swayin' in time
(In time, in time, in time)

Touching you
So warm and tender
Lord, I feel such a sweet surrender
Beautiful is the dream that makes you mine

Mmm
Rock me gently
Rock me slowly
Take it easy
Don't you know
That I have never been loved like this before

Baby baby

Rock me gently
Rock me slowly
Take it easy
Don't you know
That I have never been loved like this before

Oh my darlin'
Oh my baby
You got the moves that drive me crazy
And on your face I see a trace of love
(Of love, of love, of love)

Come hold me close
Don't let me go
I need you, honey
I love you so
You were made for me by the stars above

Oooh
Rock me gently
Rock me slowly
Take it easy
Don't you know
That I have never been loved like this before

And baby baby!
Rock me gently
Rock me slowly
Take it easy
Don't you know
That I have never been loved like this before

Rock me gently
Rock me slowly
Take it easy
Don't you know
That I have never been loved like this before

Ain't it good
Ain't it right
That you are with me
Here tonight

Rock me gently
Rock me slowly
Take it easy
Don't you know
That I have never been loved like this before

Baby baby!
Rock me gently
Rock me slowly
Take it easy
Don't you know
That I have never been loved like this before

(Hit of 1974)

[Trigger Hippie]

29. "Fire" by:

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown



Freaky.

[patcox2]

34. The Plimsouls, "Million Miles Away."

The raspberries, Go All The Way, okay, they had several hits.

[DelawareValleyDem]

35. "Something in the Air" Thunderclap Newman

Call out the instigator
Because there’s something in the air
We’ve got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution’s here

And you know it’s right
And you know that it’s right
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

[noonwitch]

38. Too Much To Dream by the Electric Prunes

I always liked that song

[maveric]

39. "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. Best One hit wonder EVER!

[Strawman]

40. Hocus Pocus by Focus

[maveric]

41. I saw them live a couple times. Great show!

[WCGreen]

42. Ariel Dean Freedman

Way on the other side of the Hudson
Deep in the bosom of Suburbia....
I met a young girl
She sang mighty fine
Tears on my pillow and Ave Maria....

[bunkerbuster1]

43. Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight runners

1982. Big American hit.

(Gotta add a plug for their first lp, from 1980, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, an amazing debut effort.)

[shawmut]

44. "Life In A Northern Town" - Dream Academy n/t