Lets do a one hit wonder thread, the worse they are the better

[vtred]

In 1966 a NYC radio station ordered it's dj's to play "Open Letter.." every 2 hours...William Roscoe quit on air and moved over to WNEW-FM and became a pioneer for FM radio in NYC

[TheFlyingBomb]

Originally Posted by dlb

Pink Floyd: Money

Hilarious.

Originally Posted by Grandstander

You could create a special category of sixties music (although "Open Letter" wasn't really a song) where artists had hits that were anti-counter culture. It would include "Dawn of Correction" which was a reactive attempt to put down Barry McGwire's "Eve of Destruction", and more famously, "Okie From Muskogee", Merle Haggard's assault on all things hip.

GS, I always had the impression that "Okie" was more of a satire about country music's take on the counter-culture. I could be wrong about that, though.

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by TheFlyingBomb

Hilarious.



GS, I always had the impression that "Okie" was more of a satire about country music's take on the counter-culture. I could be wrong about that, though.

I believe that it was just Merle Haggard's take on the counter culture, which he found inferior to all representing his values. They didn't smoke marijuana, they got drunk on white lightn'. They didn't wear sissy beads, they still flew the flag proudly, their kids behaved well on campus and weren't occupying administration buildings and so forth. I surely did not take any of it as a satire on country values, to the contrary, it was a celebration of them while simultaneously scorning the counter culture.

[pfiggy]

Drop kick me, Jesus, through the goalpost of life.... Bobby Bare

[nanwynnfan]

Originally Posted by SugarBaby

Harper Valley PTA, Jeannie C. Riley
Ode To Billy Joe, Bobby Gentry


I gotta go wash off my keboard now...it feels like melted sugar. ICK

Oh c'mon, Sugar Baby - "Ode to Billy Joe" was better than that!

[Grandstander]

I thought this was one hit wonders only...Bobbie Gentry also had the hit song "Fancy" and if my memory is correct, she also had a chartmaker in some duet she did with Glen Cambell.

[ctjayfan]

Terry Jack
"Seasons in the Sun"

Bobby Caldwell
"What You Won't Do for Love"

Major Harris
"Love What Let Me Wait"

[bigheadache]

Zager & Evans - In the Year 2525

[bigheadache]

Didn't John Wayne do one of those patriotic talking "songs" as well?

[ctjayfan]

Karl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting

David Soul - Don't Give Up on Us Baby

[Chiyankee]

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Steve Martin - King Tut

[ctjayfan]

Candyman - Sammy Davis Jr.
Short People - Randy Newman
Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes

[pfiggy]

pFlushed pfrom the bathroom of your heart.......Johnny Cash

[Wiggen]

Not a one hit wonder, unfortunately, but the worst song of the '60's had to be "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" by Peter Paul and Mary. A bunch of washed-up has been folk singers attempting to put down rock music with sarcasm and failing miserably. The only thing they proved was how lucky we were that the 'folk revival' lasted only until Dylan realized how boring and limited it was.

[dlb]

Dreamweaver - REO Speedwagon