One-Shot Songs from around 1970

[stevea]

Anybody know/like these?

Mouth and MacNeal - How Do You Do? (1972 - U.S. #8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNMKZ90jtA

Mac and Katie Kissoon

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1971 - U.S. #20)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMyM2xj8xk

Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks (1974 - U.S. #1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uONPQmpIVzk

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by stevea

Anybody know/like these?

Mouth and MacNeal - How Do You Do? (1972 - U.S. #8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNMKZ90jtA

Mac and Katie Kissoon

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1971 - U.S. #20)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMyM2xj8xk

Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks (1974 - U.S. #1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uONPQmpIVzk

I love " How do you do" by Mouth & MacNeal !

Another good one hit wonder from that time period was " Ma Belle Amie " by the Tee Set! A really cool, catchy song !

[1960'sTVfan]

Originally Posted by stevea

Anybody know/like these?

Mouth and MacNeal - How Do You Do? (1972 - U.S. #8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNMKZ90jtA

Mac and Katie Kissoon

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1971 - U.S. #20)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMyM2xj8xk

Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks (1974 - U.S. #1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uONPQmpIVzk

I know all of them and have 45 RPM records of all three.

[1960'sTVfan]

Ma Belle Amie is a good tune and I have the 45 RPM record.

In 1970, Christie had a hit song with "Yellow River", he followed it up with a lesser known tune called "San Bernadino" but I actually like it a little more than Yellow River.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw4n1cD6NkU

[stevea]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

I love " How do you do" by Mouth & MacNeal !

Another good one hit wonder from that time period was " Ma Belle Amie " by the Tee Set! A really cool, catchy song !

I like all of those songs but I really like HDYD. I like the end where they really get into it. I'd never seen that video--I assume it's a later video sync'ed to the hit.

Yellow River and Ma Belle Amie are great songs from that time too.

[stevea]

I think Yellow River was rejected by the Tremeloes and picked up by Christie.

[1960'sTVfan]

Yellow River is Jeff Christie's song, he wrote it and I believe the story is that he originally offered the song to another band but they didn't want to record it, so he just went ahead and recorded it himself.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by 1960'sTVfan

Yellow River is Jeff Christie's song, he wrote it and I believe the story is that he originally offered the song to another band but they didn't want to record it, so he just went ahead and recorded it himself.

Thanks for that explanation. I'm pretty sure it was the Tremeloes that rejected it.

[stevea]

Yellow River - Christie, written by Jeff Christie (1970 - U.S. #23)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5gzTi-j8jU

Another great one-hit wonder.

[opus]

Why are they "odd"?

[stevea]

Ma Belle Amie - The Tee-Set (1970 - U.S. #5)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d91tTVJH9_k

Here's another one-hitter:

Green Tambourine - Lemon Pipers (1968 - U.S. #1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGjvgvqOx7c

[stevea]

Originally Posted by opus

Why are they "odd"?

They're not, now that you mention it--I changed it.

[opus]

Originally Posted by stevea

Anybody know/like these?

Mouth and MacNeal - How Do You Do? (1972 - U.S. #8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNMKZ90jtA

Mac and Katie Kissoon

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1971 - U.S. #20)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMyM2xj8xk

Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks (1974 - U.S. #1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uONPQmpIVzk

Of these original mentions, I know 2 of them (somehow Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep has managed to avoid me all these years)


There's a ton of one hit wonders out there, I'll toss in Spirit In The Sky, Norman Greenbaum. It seems to be fairly well remembered to this day, dont think I need to link it.

[1960'sTVfan]

Originally Posted by stevea

Thanks for that explanation. I'm pretty sure it was the Tremeloes that rejected it.

You're right about The Tremeloes, I believe they did record their version of Yellow River and intended to release it, but later decided not to release it so Jeff Christie then recorded his version and that's the one that was released.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by opus

Of these original mentions, I know 2 of them (somehow Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep has managed to avoid me all these years)


There's a ton of one hit wonders out there, I'll toss in Spirit In The Sky, Norman Greenbaum. It seems to be fairly well remembered to this day, dont think I need to link it.

Yeah, that's another one. I thought of Mungo Jerry (In The Summertime), too.

I heard Chirpy... on Dick Bartley's radio show a few years back, and hadn't heard it in years.