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@kenchristie9214
Ай бұрын
Joe South also had hits with Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home and Hush, plus wrote a number of hits for other artists. Barry Statler also had a hit with as the Statler Brothers' Counting Flowers On The Wall.
@LB-ty6ks
20 күн бұрын
The 60's really was a great time to be young!
@donaldduck7461
2 жыл бұрын
The Left Banke, very underrated & Renee was their song before the four tops.
@rpc717
2 жыл бұрын
I was just listening to that song yesterday and wondering if they'd done anything else. It's a great song but their sound is a bit odd.
@drjoshuamc
Жыл бұрын
Yes, but Levi Stubbs made it sound so great!
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
@@drjoshuamc Nope, The Left Banke has this one hands down.
@jackwoodhouse9041
Жыл бұрын
Renee was frankie valli's song before anyone's I'm sure, he talked about it as being taken by the four tops
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
@Jack Woodhouse Frankie's must've been a different song. The Left Banke wrote it, and released it in July 1966. The bass player wrote it for the lead singers girlfriend who he was in love with, or vice versa.
@larrybaker5316
Ай бұрын
if you missed the 60's and 70's you missed it all....best music/bands ever! been there, done that, and probably have the t-shirt (with a mustard stain)...here comes the night.....was 1 classic tune!
@fjcrod
Жыл бұрын
Some of these songs are so catchy it's amazing that many of these groups managed only two hits.
@admiralb2848
Жыл бұрын
Jeez; born in 1950. These bring it all back. Couldn’t have picked a better era to come of age. Thanks to whoever put this together.
@tylercrockett2619
Жыл бұрын
The lead singer for The Cuff Links, Ron Dante, had a hit of his own, Tracy, and he also provided the lead singing voice for The Archies.
@tats7859
Жыл бұрын
I remember getting the cardboard recording of the Archie's on the back of cereal like frosted flakes or some others...
@terryherrera9054
Жыл бұрын
Nice , I always wondered who sang for Archie . They forgot to and his big one hit wonder Sugar , Sugar by The Archie's
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
@@terryherrera9054 Co written by Andy Kim.
@keythdanielsen5533
Жыл бұрын
@@tats7859How many plays did you get from it
@keythdanielsen5533
Жыл бұрын
Tracy may have been bubblegum but it was a great song
@VidarLund-k5q
19 күн бұрын
I remember most if these songs. Fine melodies and well performed by talented artists.
@701CPD
Жыл бұрын
Memories of hearing these songs on my white plastic box radio in my room in the '60s.
@Zog696
23 күн бұрын
The sound track of my youth - wonderful to replay it.
@donnahardy3582
Жыл бұрын
I loved Oliver’s songs. I still play them now & again, also Joe South. ❤
@catyear75
Ай бұрын
Better two than one , better one than none !
@matteg490
25 күн бұрын
Best and bands with 2 hits: THEM - The greatest band on here with many good songs The LEFT Bank . Should have made it bigger. tHE cYkCLE 2 great songs. jANIS IAN 2 poignant sweet song OliveR both fine songs. The rest don't belong on the list as they have 1 hit or good song or none. So wrong on Two Many: Bobby Fuller 1 hit or good song and I OK song Cuff Links not even 1 good song Esther and who? bad The Marbles not good, but still better than any band out today. Paul and Paula just one good song and maybe the other is decent. Peter who? both bad Rooftop Singer . both bad to me . Barry Sadler one's OK the other is not.
@larrydaniels6532
Ай бұрын
I was just thinking of Paul and Paula the other day, love their song, it spoke of the era about as well as any song. They were perfect, thanks for the memories!
@christopherdean1326
Ай бұрын
A lot of second "hits" that passed me by and a few first "hits" that I don't remember either.
@pauladautremont1728
2 жыл бұрын
Two hit wonders are better than some of the crap that passes for music these days.
@dallisb1047
Жыл бұрын
Preach!!
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
No Doubt!!!
@RickinBaltimore
Жыл бұрын
Janis Ian was also the first musical guest on Saturday Night Live
@joanwood9480
7 күн бұрын
I listened to the radio constantly and remember well most of these songs. Remember the first time I heard "tracy". Late at night, clear skies, was able to hear WLS (?) Chicago. I lived in central NY
@paulbroderick8438
Ай бұрын
"Concrete and Clay'. A good one!!
@richardpatrick2852
22 күн бұрын
Totally! Also, Pied Piper!
@Michaelthekiwi
2 жыл бұрын
This sounds like the playlist for the oldies radio station I listen to when I'm driving. Great to learn more about the bands.
@mrss4328
Жыл бұрын
The only station around here starts in 1980. I sell them here any songs between 50 and 79.
@dout0rm942
2 жыл бұрын
Poor Bobby Fuller had such a tragic and gruesome death.
@keythdanielsen5533
Жыл бұрын
Wasn’t he part of the Twenty Seven Club and also stayed at a hotel where several acts died under bad circumstances?
@tommccallan8802
Жыл бұрын
They said they found him in his car with an open can of gasoline that he drank. Still unsolved
@keythdanielsen5533
Жыл бұрын
@@tommccallan8802 That’s awful
@sandraoyns-wilson6098
7 күн бұрын
@@tommccallan8802Did they ever solve his death?
@tommccallan8802
7 күн бұрын
@@sandraoyns-wilson6098 As far as I know authorities are sticking to that story that he drank gasoline and calling it suicide
@censusgary
11 күн бұрын
Most of these songs and artists are justly forgotten. But some of them are classics that we still listen to today.
@mrss4328
Жыл бұрын
Several of these are some of my favorite songs of the 60s.
@keythdanielsen5533
Жыл бұрын
Mine, too. Especially You Were On My Mind and I Fought the Law.
@mrnekokittycatsaki1419
2 жыл бұрын
I'm in my 20s and I like the 1960s and 70s songs especially forgen
@augthedog55
Жыл бұрын
One artist that came to mind was the Box Tops with The Letter and Cry Like A Baby.
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget Soul Deep!!!
@tpbrcombo
Ай бұрын
@@brianwilson6403not to mention Neon Rainbow
@Gary-t9v
28 күн бұрын
Sweet cream ladies too
@brian70Cuda
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Random, I loved "Them" They had great songs, I might have a record or two of theirs. Great stuff as always:)
@abushenob
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. "Here Comes the Night" is one of the greatest songs of the 60s
@augthedog55
Жыл бұрын
A lot of their songs are really good. Such as: Baby Please Don't Go, Bright Lights, Big City, and It's All Over Now Baby Blue.
@phastinemoon
7 ай бұрын
Hoo boy, I have some news for you… Namely, “Them” might have been the band… but the singer is well known for… more. A lot more. …a LOT more.
@OldMod
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact: in Italy "You Were on My Mind" became "Io ho in mente te" by Equipe 84 and "The Pied Piper" became "Bandiera Gialla" by Gianni Pettenati. Another great video.
@larryfreda5208
2 жыл бұрын
I would include The Beau Brummels with Laugh Laugh and Just a Little
@GaryAa56
2 жыл бұрын
I love the cyrcles. Turn Down Day. The left Banks had two albums but both albums were great!
@hermanator74301
2 жыл бұрын
It was ' The Cyrcle ' not " the cyrcles ". Also, it was ' The Left Banke ' not " the left Banks "
@alpha-omega2362
2 жыл бұрын
@@hermanator74301 hmmm ....was he drinking or something? maybe English is a second language
@keythdanielsen5533
Жыл бұрын
@@hermanator74301Why pay attention to what is clearly before him?
@chloemoore4199
2 жыл бұрын
DAMN! I Missed The Oldies But Goodies 1.Blue Moon 2.Gloria
@stevenmccart709
Жыл бұрын
When I think of what would be considered oldies today I feel kinda bad. The music I still listen to would be considered ancient. Thinking about what I still listen to...it would be like. When listening to what I was in the 70s and 80s and even 90s compared to Al Jolson , Cole Porter and Irving Berlin.
@andrewhicks6131
28 күн бұрын
My mate Pete's brother was the drummer in Unit 4 plus 2, and he is still going strong now, playing in various bands around the south of England!
@TooLooze
Ай бұрын
I remember practicing 'walk right in' on guitar in 1963. I was 13.
@cyirvine6300
18 күн бұрын
These were great songs and groups! I was hoping you'd play whole songs.❤
@jonathanj.7344
2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff thanks. I remember alot of them.
@alancooper5386
Жыл бұрын
very nice, very good, something i rarely give but i had to give a thumbs up for this, am sure i will be listening to this a few more times.
@skykitchen867
Ай бұрын
Bring A Little Lovin by Los Bravos was also popular in the US, making to #51 on the billboard charts in 68 and their third hit.
@robinmcdonald687
14 күн бұрын
You know you getting old...when you remember these... Lol
@jennyhaines1104
2 жыл бұрын
The era where you can hear the words and no swear words...come back
@seed_drill7135
2 жыл бұрын
There's an F-bomb buried in Louie, Louie when the drummer lost the beat.
@Skedawg88
2 жыл бұрын
Damn, there are some great songs here.
@alanvallazza9781
Жыл бұрын
Bobby Fuller is one of my favorites. I believe though he had a tragic death. If I recall correct he was found murdered in a vehicle when he was taking a break from touring. The one thing I did growing up was to hear oldies and classic rock. It didn't hurt that the light rock station I was listening to in the '80s and '90s mixed 60s songs with 70s '80s and '90s. As the years went on they faded out 60s music. By 2000 the station was having financial difficulties and would end. The equivalent these days is a station that plays pop rock and is music between 1985 and today. It's not the same but three stations died that used to play light rock, soft rock and oldies in my area. What replaced the oldies station was classic hits which is mostly '70s and '80s and maybe some '90s.
@kingalexander2704
Жыл бұрын
Joe South also had a hit with "Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home?"
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
Joe South wrote several big hits for various artists. Hush was originally for Billy Joe Royal, but was a much bigger hit for my favorite band....Deep Purple!!!
@tgfabthunderbird1
Ай бұрын
Yes, great song. Just missed the top 40.
@Htdobb458e
26 күн бұрын
Love them all, soundtrack of my childhood.
@Classicrocker6119
Ай бұрын
I love compilations like these and this one is no exception! Outstanding!
@DLROWOLL3H
2 жыл бұрын
Some great classics from the 60's and I never knew "Black is Black" was from this decade sung by Los Bravos. I only know the 70's version by sung by Belle Epoque.
@tugginalong
Ай бұрын
The Highwaymen song “Cotton Fields” looks like Steve Lawrence is in the group.
@richardpatrick2852
22 күн бұрын
I thought that also.
@johnzeszut3170
2 жыл бұрын
I remember most of these tunes on the radio - I did not have a transistor but my sister did and she listened all the time. Pretty good songs all around!
@im7700
Ай бұрын
Los Bravos had another hit in the 60s called "Bring A Little Lovin'" Great song 👍
@davidmarshall5596
2 жыл бұрын
Another excellent compilation from you again 👍 there were some great followers ups to the 1st hit.👌
@sandraoyns-wilson6098
7 күн бұрын
Graham Bonnet not only sings good but looks so good in this clip.Bonnet by name and definitely BONNY by looks.
@carlc5748
2 жыл бұрын
Wow!! Thanks so much for posting this, I learned so much, and I heard songs that I have not heard of in quite a while. What a great idea of yours, of the Two-Hit Wonders. I was impressed with the graphics, as well. I have to stay tuned as to what other brilliant, and creative things that you may come up with!
@julianaylor4351
2 жыл бұрын
Them was the band, Van Morrison was in before his solo career, and he's definitely not a two hit wonder. ❤️🎶
@ANDROLOMA
2 жыл бұрын
Van had his day, and was a great artist in his time.
@moebetta4224
2 жыл бұрын
@@ANDROLOMA Still is.
@ANDROLOMA
2 жыл бұрын
@@moebetta4224 When was his last hit?
@moebetta4224
Жыл бұрын
@@ANDROLOMA A musician of Vans' legacy is not measured by "hits", but of course this makes no sense to the musically illiterate.
@ANDROLOMA
Жыл бұрын
@@moebetta4224 How is it musically illiterate to gauge any performer's contemporary appeal? Van had his day. He came and went, as do all. As will you, and your nasty little backhanded insult.
@judybest6991
Ай бұрын
This is the first time I saw this Channel so I had to Subscribe.
@gradyrogers6707
28 күн бұрын
Good morning starshine my favorite
@arturoromero951
2 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome list! Honestly never heard of some of these acts but I’m glad I got to listen to them. Looks like the two-hit wonder series is complete for now but I can’t wait to see what other stuff will happen in the future! Keep it up, SRG. :)
@johanna5688
Жыл бұрын
You have BAD taste. There were a million far better songs in the 60s than these. Most of these were crap!
@juliusnepos6013
2 жыл бұрын
1:12 Beautiful Song, I really like the song Morning of My life. Also the one after that
@warwickwas
10 сағат бұрын
In New Zealand (Top 20): Peter Sarstedt 3 hits:Where Do You Go To (My Lovely), I Am A Cathedral, Frozen Orange Juice. Crispian St. Peters 5:You Were On My Mind, The Pied Piper, No, No, No, Changes, Your Ever Changin' Mind.
@halfbloodprince7840
2 жыл бұрын
Hope you had a great Day. 💞 Love your Videos. 💕 Greetings from Germany. ❣️ ❤️🧡💙💜💛💚🖤 What Song blocked the first Video?
@somerandomguy_music
2 жыл бұрын
No song was blocked, I decided to include the information that 'Gloria' is nowadays the most famous song by Them (it was only released a B-side in the 60s).
@terryherrera9054
Жыл бұрын
WOW, that's a very young Van Morrison singing lead for the group Them . From the days of the British invasion in the 60s.
@ghostownaproach
Жыл бұрын
Zombies "Time Of The Season" and "She's Not There. Archies "Sugar Sugar" and "Jingle Jangle". New Colony Six "Things I'd Like To Say" and "I Will Always Think About You". Sir Douglas Quintet "She's About A Mover" and "Mendocino".
@AlligatorArms
Жыл бұрын
The Zombies also had “Tell Her No”; three hits-all top tens in the US!
@ghostownaproach
Жыл бұрын
@@AlligatorArms you're right!
@mikephalen3162
Ай бұрын
Archies had more than two.
@larrydaniels6532
29 күн бұрын
Very much yes to Sir Douglas Quintet!!!!
@MsMamabear67
2 жыл бұрын
Janis Ian a another hit in the 70 call fly to high
@benji274
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, in 1979
@tstockel
2 жыл бұрын
Man, I never heard half these songs. Just goes to show outside of the more popular acts I barely know 60s music.
@alpha-omega2362
2 жыл бұрын
my condolences to you....
@alexanderboche7867
2 жыл бұрын
In the spanish spoken World Los Bravos was famous and in Spain they are Superstars! The Leadsinger Comes from Berlin in Germany! I Love that Music from Spain!!!
@keythdanielsen5533
Жыл бұрын
Mocedades?
@alexanderboche7867
Ай бұрын
@@keythdanielsen5533they are also from Spain and very good known in Spain!
@glennday7802
Ай бұрын
They forgot the Archies huge #1 hit, Sugar Sugar, and the followup Jingle Jangle.
@anitaschuloff2557
2 ай бұрын
There will never be another era like this.
@widndn
2 жыл бұрын
Even the ones I didn't care for as much then, are great today.
@josephhaynessr.5099
Ай бұрын
They were tremendous musicians . Watching them play and sing is amazing. And they were all so young . Natural voices no effects.
@larryburton9369
Ай бұрын
Great music 🎼🎶👌👍😃🎵 from this era thanks for this video 😊❤
@adamodeo9320
Ай бұрын
Esther ofarim is still singing with her amazing 5 oc voice
@PaulinaAngel
2 жыл бұрын
I think you are wrong about both Bobby Fuller Four and Los Bravos. Bobby Fuller Four had a third hit, Let Her Dance. Los Bravos had a third hit as well with Bring A Little Lovin'.
@PaulinaAngel
2 жыл бұрын
An argument can also be made for The Left Banke with the song, She May Call You Up Tonight.
@arturoromero951
2 жыл бұрын
@@PaulinaAngel 1. _Let Her Dance_ only managed to reach #133 in the main US charts, or #33 in the Bubbling Under charts. However, what constitutes as a commercial hit in the US is that the singles have to reach the top 40. And that single did not. Thus, Bobby Fuller Four are a two-hit wonder. 2. Los Bravos were mostly popular in Continental Europe, which is why SRG put that description in the video. At the same time, SRG is mostly basing his charts around the US, the UK and Germany, since those charts are really huge in determining a lot of main hits. So in that regard, _Bring a Little Lovin’_ only managed to reach #51 on the main Billboard chart, and didn’t reach the top 40. Also, this song didn’t hit the UK or Germany. However, it hit other continental European countries, which is where SRG’s description fits that category. Thus, this argument is debunked. 3. The argument for the Left Banke is the same as the Bobby Fuller Four one. _She May Call You Up Tonight_ only reached #120 on the Hot 100 and #118 on the Cash Box, and never reached the Top 40. So thus, The Left Banke are a two-hit wonder.
@PrinceAndrew100
Ай бұрын
Its funny how people talk àbout groups or artist's who had one or two hits like they're just hacks. There are very good groups who made great music but never had a top 10 hit.
@richardfranklinmorse
17 күн бұрын
Yup, I’m a no hit wonder and would be thrilled if I’d had even one hit, or ever had a record contract.
@jkdm7653
2 жыл бұрын
Looks as though this was put together by someone born about 1990. Way off on some of these, but I enjoyed hearing a few of these again. I was very much "into" Top 40 radio in the 1960s.
@keythdanielsen5533
Жыл бұрын
Our local station in KCMO was WHB, dial 71. FM was the weird world where drug addicts and hippies listened.
@larrydaniels6532
29 күн бұрын
@@keythdanielsen5533 WHB in the daytime, KAAY from Little Rock AR. at night with Clyde Clifford's Beaker Street. FM wasn't a thing in the 60s!, at least for popular programming. I do remember my dentist played a commercial free FM station in the mid 60s that was a precursor to the Musak of later times.
@danielkelleher2419
12 күн бұрын
The Left Banke had the two most memorable songs!
@maskofsorrow
Ай бұрын
Crispian St Peters also had Changes and Little Brown Eyes. Joe South had Birds of a Feather, Don't It Make You Want To Go Home and Rose Garden (done in the 70's though) Paul and Paula had Flipped Over You as well.
@nicktaylor2657
2 жыл бұрын
Them was known for Gloria but The Shadows of Knight actually had a top 40 with their cover 🤔
@jcameronferguson
Жыл бұрын
Los Bravos absolutely rule
@randysvynil9502
2 жыл бұрын
The Marbles with Graham Bonnet formerly of Rainbow, MSG, Alcatrazz, etc.
@gogoyubari366
2 ай бұрын
Pretty good songs!
@johnoconnor6356
2 жыл бұрын
You missed the Shadows of Knight, who had Gloria, and Oh Yeah.
@eileenryan2248
11 ай бұрын
16:02 My Main Man Elton. I'm a 51years longtime fan and counting. He's my ROCKETMAN.
@mtc4him201
Ай бұрын
Joe South wrote many hits!
@thevox1075
Жыл бұрын
Sad. Nobody ever has a tv show featuring two hit wonders. That one more hit than one hit wonders, but nobody seems to care.
@jogmas12
Ай бұрын
Next is 10 hit wonders, and finally over 50 hit wonders; 👉🏾the Beatles
@padstowphantom
Жыл бұрын
Had to laugh regarding Janis Ian, considering she had most of her hits in the 70s.
@larrydaniels6532
Ай бұрын
But you were too young to remember "Societies Child" in the 60s, a very transformative record!!!!
@algeborusas2775
Жыл бұрын
Heard of number one but not two. Heard of two but not one. Finally, never heard of them at all.
@alpha-omega2362
2 жыл бұрын
never knew the Rooftop Singers had two hits.....nice.....but "Walk Right In" was huge...
@stevenmccart709
Жыл бұрын
My mom played that song a lot when I was a kid. She listened to a lot of those 60s folk music groups. When I visited pops it was all about Blues music. My tastes were broadened at an early age. I also had two older sisters (5&6 yrs) so I graduated to Beatles , Stones , Velvet Underground , MC5 , Cream , Savoy Brown and an entirely new world quickly
@keythdanielsen5533
Жыл бұрын
Always in my Top Twenty
@MelissaThompson432
19 күн бұрын
There are a lot of untold stories in this video; some, like Janis Ian, have pretty much been working non-stop for the last 50 years. Some, like the late, great Joe South retired early from music. South is probably somebody who influence your life if you were a 60s and 70s child, because of all the songs he wrote that were recorded by other artists. Off the top of my head, "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden," by Lynn Anderson and "Hush!" by Deep Purple.
@janibeg3247
25 күн бұрын
Janis Ian was 14 years old when she sang ""Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking".
@douglashall2141
15 күн бұрын
I'm not sure if anyone knows or not but a few of these songs for hits by the original group and then the remix of some of them that became even bigger hits by bands with established names. The Rolling Stones for one
@mrc6182
Ай бұрын
"Them" was fronted by Van Morrison, so calling them a "two-hit wonder" is only partially true.
@SebastianSmith-c5t
2 жыл бұрын
It's funny (well) that Bobby Fuller's two hits are related to Buddy Holly. Sonny Curtis ( Buddy's old friend) wrote "I Fought the Law" with Buddy in mind, but that never happened for obvious reasons. Sonny did the first recorded version with the surviving members of Buddy's band The Crickets. The sencond hit "Loves Made A Foo Of You" was a Buddy song that he did record. So, Bobby ( at the time) owed his career to Buddy Holly and that circle.
@carywiesner769
Жыл бұрын
Los Bravos had another single here in the U.S. "Bring a Little Water, Bring a Little Wine" that I think was only a minor hit nationally, but got a pretty fair amount of airplay in my home town. And IMHO is a much better song than their big hit here, "Black is Black." Another candidate for this list may be We Five, who had the big hit version of "You Were On My Mind" here. Their follow up was "Get Together," which made the lower regions of the Top Forty several years before the Youngbloods' big hit version. We Five recorded that song about the time their manager and producer bought the rights to it from writer Chet Powers, aka Dino Valenti, for a flat fee with no subsequent royalties. Powers did that because he needed money fast for lawyers after getting busted for drugs, and in the end lost probably millions because of it.
@keythdanielsen5533
Жыл бұрын
I was unaware many of these acts had a second hit.
@steverenom.299
20 күн бұрын
Paul and Paula.........I was sooooo jealous of Paul. Lol.
@fabb4i2
2 жыл бұрын
1:50 Oh, so this is the original of Inner Circle's 90s song? ^^
@echochapman7657
Ай бұрын
Them had this singer .... Van Morrison, pretty good he probably could have gone solo
@wmbeam211
Жыл бұрын
In the U.S. some of these weren't even 1 hit wonders
@tonycollazorappo
Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1961, all the groups back then were all very well dressed, not so today. I miss that, plus I could hear the words back then, lol.
@seed_drill7135
2 жыл бұрын
A few additions: ? & The Mysterians: 96 Tears & I Need Somebody Dino, Desi & Billy: I'm a Fool & Not The Lovin' Kind The New Colony Six: I Will Always Think About You & Things I'd Like To Say The Irish Rovers: The Unicorn & Wasn't That a Party (1981) Also, if you consider Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship to be separate entities (and there is an argument that they were, as Starship and Jefferson Airplane released competing albums in 1989), then Jefferson Airplane is a two hitter.
@zero_bs_tolerance8646
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@stephendavidbailey2743
Ай бұрын
Wonder how many of these folks are still alive.
@theessexhunter1305
22 күн бұрын
I recon that the Los Bravos lead singer could have covered Geene Pitnys songs with no problem
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