25 Two-Hit Wonders of the '70s
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Date: 2024-03-04
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sequoias
This is a very impressive list. One hit wonders are easier to find than 2 hit wonders. I have some additional 2 hit wonders in either the US or UK that had 2 top 20 hits and no other top 40 hits.
Arrival - Friends(UK #8 1970) & I Will Survive(UK #16 1970)
Austin Roberts - Something's Wrong With Me(US #12 1972) & Rocky(US #9 1975)
Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie(UK #1 1977) & Sorry I'm A Lady(UK #8 1978)
Bruce Ruffin - Rain(UK #19 1971) & Mad About You(UK #9 1972)
Dennis Coffey - Scorpio(US #6 1972) & Taurus(US #18 1972)
Fancy - Wild Thing(US #14 1974) & Touch Me(US #19 1974)
Focus - Hocus Pocus(US #9, UK #20 1973) & Sylvia(UK #4 1973)
GQ - Disco Nights(US #12 1979) & I Do Love You(US #20 1979)
Hello - Tell Him(UK #6 1975) & New York Groove(UK #9 1975)
Hi Tension - Hi Tension(UK #13 1978) & British Hustle/Peace On Earth(UK #8 1978)
Jerry Reed - Amos Moses(US #8 1971) & When You're Hot, You're Hot(US #9 1971)
John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again(UK #4 1971) & Tokoloshe Man(UK #4 1971)
Ken Boothe - Everything I Own(UK #1 1974) & Crying Over You(UK #11 1974)
Kenny Nolan - I Like Dreamin'(US #3 1977) & Love's Grown Deep(US #20 1977)
Leon Russell - Tight Rope(US #11 1972) & Lady Blue(US #14 1975)
Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough(UK #1 1972) & Desperate Dan(UK #17 1972)
McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone(UK #2 1970) & Malt And Barley Blues(UK #5 1971)
Motors - Airport(UK #4 1978) & Forget About You(UK #13 1978)
Peter Shelley - Gee Baby(UK #4 1974) & Love Me Love My Dog(UK #3 1975)
Peter Skellern - You're A Lady(UK #3 1972) & Hold On To Love(UK #14 1975)
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From S. W. A. T(US #1 1976) & Baretta's Theme(US #20 1976)
Sheer Elegance - Milky Way(UK #18 1976) & Life Is Too Short Girl(UK #9 1976)
Steeleye Span - Gaudette(UK #14 1973) & All Around My Hat UK #5 1975)
Stephanie De Sykes - Born With A Smile On My Face(UK #2 1974) & We'll Find Our Day(UK #17 1975)
Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer(UK #1, US #14 1974) & Purely By Coincidence(UK #11 1975)
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This is a very impressive list. One hit wonders are easier to find than 2 hit wonders. I have some additional 2 hit wonders in either the US or UK that had 2 top 20 hits and no other top 40 hits.
Arrival - Friends(UK #8 1970) & I Will Survive(UK #16 1970)
Austin Roberts - Something's Wrong With Me(US #12 1972) & Rocky(US #9 1975)
Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie(UK #1 1977) & Sorry I'm A Lady(UK #8 1978)
Bruce Ruffin - Rain(UK #19 1971) & Mad About You(UK #9 1972)
Dennis Coffey - Scorpio(US #6 1972) & Taurus(US #18 1972)
Fancy - Wild Thing(US #14 1974) & Touch Me(US #19 1974)
Focus - Hocus Pocus(US #9, UK #20 1973) & Sylvia(UK #4 1973)
GQ - Disco Nights(US #12 1979) & I Do Love You(US #20 1979)
Hello - Tell Him(UK #6 1975) & New York Groove(UK #9 1975)
Hi Tension - Hi Tension(UK #13 1978) & British Hustle/Peace On Earth(UK #8 1978)
Jerry Reed - Amos Moses(US #8 1971) & When You're Hot, You're Hot(US #9 1971)
John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again(UK #4 1971) & Tokoloshe Man(UK #4 1971)
Ken Boothe - Everything I Own(UK #1 1974) & Crying Over You(UK #11 1974)
Kenny Nolan - I Like Dreamin'(US #3 1977) & Love's Grown Deep(US #20 1977)
Leon Russell - Tight Rope(US #11 1972) & Lady Blue(US #14 1975)
Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough(UK #1 1972) & Desperate Dan(UK #17 1972)
McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone(UK #2 1970) & Malt And Barley Blues(UK #5 1971)
Motors - Airport(UK #4 1978) & Forget About You(UK #13 1978)
Peter Shelley - Gee Baby(UK #4 1974) & Love Me Love My Dog(UK #3 1975)
Peter Skellern - You're A Lady(UK #3 1972) & Hold On To Love(UK #14 1975)
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From S. W. A. T(US #1 1976) & Baretta's Theme(US #20 1976)
Sheer Elegance - Milky Way(UK #18 1976) & Life Is Too Short Girl(UK #9 1976)
Steeleye Span - Gaudette(UK #14 1973) & All Around My Hat UK #5 1975)
Stephanie De Sykes - Born With A Smile On My Face(UK #2 1974) & We'll Find Our Day(UK #17 1975)
Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer(UK #1, US #14 1974) & Purely By Coincidence(UK #11 1975)
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the-best-music
I think there's a little confusion about what it hit is. Don't Fear the Reaper and burning for you were the only two songs that Blue Oyster Cult ever had to get in the top 40. Blue Oyster Cult has plenty of albums that never even went gold. However, due to album-oriented rock stations through the United States in the 1970s, 1980s, and on, songs get a lot of AirPlay and are popular, although they were not hits when they were first released. Rush being a good example of this. Album sales and popular hits are really two different things. That being said, Blue Oyster Cult has only sold 7 million units in the united states, which isn't a lot considering an almost 50 year career.
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I think there's a little confusion about what it hit is. Don't Fear the Reaper and burning for you were the only two songs that Blue Oyster Cult ever had to get in the top 40. Blue Oyster Cult has plenty of albums that never even went gold. However, due to album-oriented rock stations through the United States in the 1970s, 1980s, and on, songs get a lot of AirPlay and are popular, although they were not hits when they were first released. Rush being a good example of this. Album sales and popular hits are really two different things. That being said, Blue Oyster Cult has only sold 7 million units in the united states, which isn't a lot considering an almost 50 year career.
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skyavalanche
These songs transported me back to Last Call at 2 am in any dark, dingy bar back in the 70’s, combining drunkenness and desperation as the juke box played many of these forgettable tunes, on a night that my foggy brain would soon forget.
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These songs transported me back to Last Call at 2 am in any dark, dingy bar back in the 70’s, combining drunkenness and desperation as the juke box played many of these forgettable tunes, on a night that my foggy brain would soon forget.
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cgluck
I guess it depends on the country for where the charts are located. I'm from Canada, which is where Dan Hill is from also. He had quite a few songs on the Canadian charts. Where as, some of the other acts. I've never heard their second hit.
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I guess it depends on the country for where the charts are located. I'm from Canada, which is where Dan Hill is from also. He had quite a few songs on the Canadian charts. Where as, some of the other acts. I've never heard their second hit.
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tommunyon2874
If You Go Away was also a hit for Neil Diamond. This is the English language adaptation of the French Ne Me Quitte Pas recorded by Jaques Brei and Edith Piaf, et al. The melodic line is actually a passage from a work by Franz Liszt.
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If You Go Away was also a hit for Neil Diamond. This is the English language adaptation of the French Ne Me Quitte Pas recorded by Jaques Brei and Edith Piaf, et al. The melodic line is actually a passage from a work by Franz Liszt.
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thomasandmario4565
Great choices although I think a green lizard is breathing down your neck thanks to you putting blue oyster cult on here and not acknowledging godzilla, and I know not top 40 but sleeper hits still count for something
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Great choices although I think a green lizard is breathing down your neck thanks to you putting blue oyster cult on here and not acknowledging godzilla, and I know not top 40 but sleeper hits still count for something
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seed_drill7135
Technically, Exile could squeak in, with their massive 1978 #1 Kiss You All Over and 1979’s You Thrill Me, which peaked at #40. But then they switched genres and had like half a dozen top 40 country hits.
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Technically, Exile could squeak in, with their massive 1978 #1 Kiss You All Over and 1979’s You Thrill Me, which peaked at #40. But then they switched genres and had like half a dozen top 40 country hits.
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josephtisdale5262
There is a third one from The Knack. That from 1980. Not big here. It was bigger in the UK. It was Baby Talks Dirty. As it was soaring Brutaub's charts, it was a Voston area hit.
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There is a third one from The Knack. That from 1980. Not big here. It was bigger in the UK. It was Baby Talks Dirty. As it was soaring Brutaub's charts, it was a Voston area hit.
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ozzymd1
B. O. C. should not be here, they are a band that are great, I've seen them playing at Toads place in New Haven Connecticut under there incognito name soft white underbelly!
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B. O. C. should not be here, they are a band that are great, I've seen them playing at Toads place in New Haven Connecticut under there incognito name soft white underbelly!
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adrianchan1535
Actually the group Lipps Inc can also be considered a two hit wonder as they had one big smash Funky Town in 1980 and also a lesser known dance hit Designer Music
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Actually the group Lipps Inc can also be considered a two hit wonder as they had one big smash Funky Town in 1980 and also a lesser known dance hit Designer Music
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ytubepuppy
The only decade worse than the 1970's for music was the 1960's.
Isn't it funny how a band can be huge in one country and hardly sell a record in another.
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The only decade worse than the 1970's for music was the 1960's.
Isn't it funny how a band can be huge in one country and hardly sell a record in another.
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buffalojoe78
Gloria Gaynor needs to be on here. I know that’s gonna piss off a bunch of Boomers but what did she ever again that was ever as big as I Will Survive
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Gloria Gaynor needs to be on here. I know that’s gonna piss off a bunch of Boomers but what did she ever again that was ever as big as I Will Survive
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wonderwoman1z
Maureen McGovern had another hit called Can You Read My Mind(Love Theme From Superman. It was featured in the movie Superman with Christopher Reeves.
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Maureen McGovern had another hit called Can You Read My Mind(Love Theme From Superman. It was featured in the movie Superman with Christopher Reeves.
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kayewilson8391
JD Souther does not really belong on this list. May not have released many hits himself but was a great songwriter and others made hits out of them.
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JD Souther does not really belong on this list. May not have released many hits himself but was a great songwriter and others made hits out of them.
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daleemrick9816
I guess it depends on your definition of a hit. But I think with Blue oyster cult putting out about seven albums I know they had more than two!
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I guess it depends on your definition of a hit. But I think with Blue oyster cult putting out about seven albums I know they had more than two!
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stevemurrell6167
The Ozarks are actually a fantastic band and released many great albums. but true, didn't have too many hits. Blue Oyster Cult the same.
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The Ozarks are actually a fantastic band and released many great albums. but true, didn't have too many hits. Blue Oyster Cult the same.
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fredrickemp7242
I find this list a little off. Should be one hit 2 hit and some 0 hit And some a lot more hit. But I guess that’s to long of a title.
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I find this list a little off. Should be one hit 2 hit and some 0 hit And some a lot more hit. But I guess that’s to long of a title.
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shortyramone4376
Concerning Blue Oyster Cult I can’t even understand how they got one hit. It’s tasteless and insipid. Even disco was better
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Concerning Blue Oyster Cult I can’t even understand how they got one hit. It’s tasteless and insipid. Even disco was better
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arniev1970
maureen mcgovern is a legend and not a two hit wonder. different world, morning after, we may never love, can u read my mind, etc.
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maureen mcgovern is a legend and not a two hit wonder. different world, morning after, we may never love, can u read my mind, etc.
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fordssuck
Hello idiot, Blue Oyster Cult had many more hits than the two you mentioned. Godzilla Cities On Flame Veterans of Psychic Wars
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Hello idiot, Blue Oyster Cult had many more hits than the two you mentioned. Godzilla Cities On Flame Veterans of Psychic Wars
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daliaalcala2878
Silver Convention had many more hits. No, no Joe, Blame it on the music, San Francisco hustle, Daddy I like it, etc.
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Silver Convention had many more hits. No, no Joe, Blame it on the music, San Francisco hustle, Daddy I like it, etc.
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debbieanne7962
The song that takes me way back is Seasons in the Sun. But it's not original. An English translation of a French song
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The song that takes me way back is Seasons in the Sun. But it's not original. An English translation of a French song
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evilvolts
haven't listened to it yet but I sure hope Sugarloaf with Green Eyed Lady and Don't Call us We'll call you are on here
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haven't listened to it yet but I sure hope Sugarloaf with Green Eyed Lady and Don't Call us We'll call you are on here
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mayloo2137
An interesting fact about Rupert Holmes is he became a writer, and wrote several crime mysteries set back in the 60s.
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An interesting fact about Rupert Holmes is he became a writer, and wrote several crime mysteries set back in the 60s.
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laurarubin1145
To be honest, with a few exceptions on this list, I think calling the second song a hit, is kind of pushing it.
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To be honest, with a few exceptions on this list, I think calling the second song a hit, is kind of pushing it.
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the-best-music
The saying I guess ya had to be there might apply here but, I was and most of these I have never even heard.
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The saying I guess ya had to be there might apply here but, I was and most of these I have never even heard.
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billdollar7011
Maybe John Kongos should be included. He's Gonna Step on You Again and Tokoloshe Man in 1976. just saying.
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Maybe John Kongos should be included. He's Gonna Step on You Again and Tokoloshe Man in 1976. just saying.
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TammyLowe-hb1uj
Terry Jacks also had which way you going billy which he wrote while a member of the band the poppy Family
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Terry Jacks also had which way you going billy which he wrote while a member of the band the poppy Family
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didisweet6034
Jonny Wakelin had another Top 10 in Germany with Africa Man. And 5000 Volts another one with Motion Man.
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Jonny Wakelin had another Top 10 in Germany with Africa Man. And 5000 Volts another one with Motion Man.
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dannyhudson2479
Lots of memories flooding back. wondered what happened to all these artists. .eruption we're cool
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Lots of memories flooding back. wondered what happened to all these artists. .eruption we're cool
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TheGoodWario
Uh. Godzilla anyone for Blue Oyster Cult
I know One Hit/Two Hit wonders are flexible terms but.
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Uh. Godzilla anyone for Blue Oyster Cult
I know One Hit/Two Hit wonders are flexible terms but.
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