Greatest 70s One Hit Wonder - "Pop/Soft Rock" Edition

YellowSnow

Fishpo31

Dancing in The Moonlight - King Harvest

A twinge of regret for shunning Elvin (and Mickey), but I’ve always had a sneaky soft spot for my vote…

Joey

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

Brandy still holds up well

PurpleThrobber

Come and Get Your Love - Swaye's Redbone

Listened to all these tunes on KJRB 790 AM with Charlie Brown in the AM. Sunshine Shelley in the Valley Volkswagen Good Time Thing on the tail end of that.

Not that shit when he moved to Seattle and teamed up with Ty. Legit solo Charlie Brown.

KJRB also had a fucking amazing basketball team who would travel around to schools and do fundraiser games against the teachers. Ringers featuring a bunch of former Pac 8, Big Sky and local legends with a couple DJs thrown in. Charlie Brown was one of the DJs throw ins.

Shout to Pattison's roller rink where I popped my first boner during a couples skate during come and get your love.

YellowSnow

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

JoeEDangerously said:

Brandy still holds up well

Brandy is on my Mt Rushmore of one-hit wonders.

I've played that track on so many hot, drunken summer nights yachting on Lake Union.

RaceBannon

Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop

Free and on my own

The way I used to be

Then I met you baby and loves got a hold on me

TheRoarOfTheCrowd

F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=F5N7qNid79s

Ok, Steve Miller gets my vote... maybe he isn't a one hit wonder and is somehow in the rock hall of fame [not sure why really] but his one hit wonder song Joker was the genre defining [hence my vote] anthem song of the then just emerging gay club bars as they became popular dance venues in the early 70's

YellowSnow

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=F5N7qNid79s

Ok, Steve Miller gets my vote... maybe he isn't a one hit wonder and is somehow in the rock hall of fame [not sure why really] but his one hit wonder song Joker was the defining gay song of the 70's and was the anthem song of gay bars as they became popular dance venues in the early 70's

I'll grant that sometimes we have some one hit wonders in these that had perhaps a couple of decent sized hits. But whatever anyone thinks of Steve Miller's artistic merits, he's nowhere near "one hit wonder" territory. The dude had 2 or 3 albums full of bit hits.

ATBS, Joker kind of has that one hit wonder vibe.

chuck

Come and Get Your Love - Swaye's Redbone

YellowSnow said:

TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=F5N7qNid79s

Ok, Steve Miller gets my vote... maybe he isn't a one hit wonder and is somehow in the rock hall of fame [not sure why really] but his one hit wonder song Joker was the defining gay song of the 70's and was the anthem song of gay bars as they became popular dance venues in the early 70's

I'll grant that sometimes we have some one hit wonders in these that had perhaps a couple of decent sized hits. But whatever anyone thinks of Steve Miller's artistic merits, he's nowhere near "one hit wonder" territory. The dude had 2 or 3 albums full of bit hits.

ATBS, Joker kind of has that one hit wonder vibe.

Not much, but I loved Abracadabra when it came out. It was young Chuck's intro to Steve Miller. It all went downhill from there though.

Swaye

Come and Get Your Love - Swaye's Redbone

PurpleThrobber said:

Listened to all these tunes on KJRB 790 AM with Charlie Brown in the AM. Sunshine Shelley in the Valley Volkswagen Good Time Thing on the tail end of that.

Not that shit when he moved to Seattle and teamed up with Ty. Legit solo Charlie Brown.

KJRB also had a fucking amazing basketball team who would travel around to schools and do fundraiser games against the teachers. Ringers featuring a bunch of former Pac 8, Big Sky and local legends with a couple DJs thrown in. Charlie Brown was one of the DJs throw ins.

Shout to Pattison's roller rink where I popped my first boner during a couples skate during come and get your love.

You had me at "popped my first boner."

Also, Injuns kicking ass and taking names.

Joey

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

YellowSnow said:

JoeEDangerously said:

Brandy still holds up well

Brandy is on my Mt Rushmore of one-hit wonders.

I've played that track on so many hot, drunken summer nights yachting on Lake Union.

A song with a great story can’t be beat

TrumpsWall

This is damn near the soundtrack to guardians of the galaxy

Fishpo31

Dancing in The Moonlight - King Harvest

Another 1 hit wonder fave, about Carl Wilson’s Irish Setter…#imnotcrying…
https://youtu.be/vAR8VeN8ODE

Tequilla

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

Two that you're definitely missing here:

"Baby Come Back" by Player

"Magnet & Steel" by Walter Egan

Joey

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

Tequilla said:

Two that you're definitely missing here:

"Baby Come Back" by Player

"Magnet & Steel" by Walter Egan

I take it you’ve listened to yacht rock radio on Sirius XM a couple times?

PurpleThrobber

Come and Get Your Love - Swaye's Redbone

Tequilla said:

Two that you're definitely missing here:

"Baby Come Back" by Player

"Magnet & Steel" by Walter Egan

Sophomore year - slow dance boner song.

YellowSnow

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

Tequilla said:

Two that you're definitely missing here:

"Baby Come Back" by Player

"Magnet & Steel" by Walter Egan

Yeah, there's a lotta yacht rock that fits here. I think I got most of the heavy hitters though.

Tequilla

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

JoeEDangerously said:

Tequilla said:

Two that you're definitely missing here:

"Baby Come Back" by Player

"Magnet & Steel" by Walter Egan

I take it you’ve listened to yacht rock radio on Sirius XM a couple times?

A summer favorite … particularly on the golf course

Joey

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

Tequilla said:

JoeEDangerously said:

Tequilla said:

Two that you're definitely missing here:

"Baby Come Back" by Player

"Magnet & Steel" by Walter Egan

I take it you’ve listened to yacht rock radio on Sirius XM a couple times?

A summer favorite … particularly on the golf course

Mine too but yeah you have to give it a break because they regurgitate the same tunes. The guy doing the promotional voiceover is the best.

chuck

Come and Get Your Love - Swaye's Redbone

Tequilla said:

JoeEDangerously said:

Tequilla said:

Two that you're definitely missing here:

"Baby Come Back" by Player

"Magnet & Steel" by Walter Egan

I take it you’ve listened to yacht rock radio on Sirius XM a couple times?

A summer favorite … particularly on the golf course

Please tell me you wear ear buds or at least keep the shit low enough that only you have to hear it on the golf course.

IPukeOregonGrellow

Dancing in The Moonlight - King Harvest

The part of this TV version of Brandy where the bass player just gives up is phenomenal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTqTE7aNjZQ

But nothing holds a candle to the topomatic of Dancing in the Moonlight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN8B0ZLiRck