My ten favourite one hit wonders. – what are yours?

  1. Edison lighthouse-  Love grows where my rosemary goes

A cracking combination of the opening T Rex “get it on” groove, and a glorious chorus. irresistible

  • Anita ward-Ring my Bell

The only song to glorify female genital stimulation

3, Ram jam band – Black Betty

A poor man’s “Radar love”

  • Wild Cherry- Play that Funky Music

The apogee of funk- covered live by prince.

  • Van mcCoy- the Hustle

A sublime largely instrumental shuffle

  • Terry Jacks-  Seasons in the Sun

A perfect sunny  summer reminiscence immortalised by the football fans chant: “We had joy we had fun we had Tottenham on the run but the joy didnt last as the rascals ran too fast”

  • Carl douglas- King fu fighting

Beloved by eldest brothers, and feared by younger brothers, everywhere as child siblings played out the song at home

  • Stealers wheel- Stuck in the Middle With You

Impossible to listen to this song without involuntarily touching your ear remembering the notorious Tarantino soundtrack in Reservoir Dogs

  • Norman Greenbaum- Spirit in the Sky

Alvin Stradust loved the riff so much he lifte it for “My Coo ca Choo”

  1. C w McCall – Convoy

A song hated by children everywhere. When on a day out and traffic backed up, dad would shout out  “looks as though we got ourselves a convoy!”

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