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Most Popular One Hit Wonders
Summary of the biggest one hit wonders
of 1964 in popularity order
| 1. | Last Kiss
J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers |
| 2. | The Girl From Ipanema
Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto |
| 3. | Suspicion
Terry Stafford |
| 4. | Popsicles And Icicles
The Murmaids |
| 5. | Funny
Joe Hinton |
| 6. | Who Do You Love
The Sapphires |
| 7. | Have I The Right?
The Honeycombs |
| 8. | Navy Blue
Diane Renay |
| 9. | Ringo
Lorne Greene |
| 10. | I Wanna Love Him So Bad
The Jelly Beans |
| 11. | Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)
The Serendipity Singers |
| 12. | Little Honda
The Hondells |
| 13. | Hey Little Cobra
The Rip Chords |
| 14. | Surfin' Bird
The Trashmen |
| 15. | California Sun
The Rivieras |
| 16. | Midnight Mary
Joey Powers |
| 17. | (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am
Nancy Wilson |
| 18. | (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet
The Reflections |
| 19. | Wish Someone Would Care
Irma Thomas |
| 20. | Hi-Heel Sneakers
Tommy Tucker |
1964 Number One Song Calendar
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Number One Song Calendar page
1964 Top 40 Songs Of The Year
The Top Songs of 1964 in order
starting with the song of the year
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One Hit Wonders are songs which are the most popular by an artist.
There are different views on what qualifies a song for a One Hit Wonder.
A One Hit Wonder could be an artist that had only one song in the top 10, top 20, or even top 40.
On these pages, strictly speaking, an artist is a One Hit Wonder
if the artist had exactly one song make the pop or rock top 20.
No artist can be considered a One Hit Wonder who made the top 20 twice.
This strict definition may create some strange results where a supergoup
like Metallica makes the Pop Top 20 charts once, despite a long list of rock number one songs.
Superstar side projects with temporary or transient names may be technical One Hit Wonders.
Additionally, a One Hit Wonder listed on this 1964 page
may be a song that is significantly more popular than other songs by the same artist,
even though it did not make the top 20.
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1964 One Hit Wonders Page
One Hit Wonders from 1964 at Tunecaster
Here are the US 1964 one hit wonders.
All the one hit wonder songs by the artists you remember,
and maybe some one hit wonders you forgot. Find a one hit wonder.
ultimate one hit wonders home page
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Complete Weekly Music Chart Archives:
Blue Peak Numbers take you to the weekly pop chart, from 1960;
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Jan 1964 |
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Popsicles And Icicles The Murmaids |
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| Although Popsicles And Icicles was the only top 20 hit for The Murmaids, the group followed-up with Heartbreak Ahead, which received slight radio airplay. Popsicles And Icicles was written by David Gates. | |
Jan 1964 |
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Midnight Mary Joey Powers |
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| Midnight Mary was the only top 20 hit for wrestling instructor and TV exercise show producer Joey Powers. He followed-up with Billy Old Buddy, which received slight radio airplay. | |
| Surfin' Bird was a combination of 1962 top 20 one hit wonder Papa Oom Mow Mow and 1963 song The Bird's The Word, both by The Rivingtons. This was the only top 20 song by The Trashmen, whom later released other popular songs with bird themes. | |
Feb 1964 |
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Hey Little Cobra The Rip Chords |
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| This was the only top 20 hit for The Rip Chords, whose members Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher also recorded under Bruce And Terry. | |
Feb 1964 |
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California Sun The Rivieras |
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| California Sun was the only top 20 song for The Rivieras, who received some notice for other songs including a remake of Rockin' Robin. California Sun was written by Henry Glover. | |
Feb 1964 |
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Who Do You Love The Sapphires |
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Mar 1964 |
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Navy Blue Diane Renay |
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| Navy Blue was a top 20 one hit wonder for Diane Renay, whose follow-up, Kiss Me Sailor, just missed the top 20. Navy Blue was written by: Bob Crewe, Eddie Rambeau, Bud Rehak. | |
Mar 1964 |
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Penetration The Pyramids |
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| The instrumental song Penetration was the only top 20 hit for The Pyramids.The group received slight airplay with other songs like Midnight Run. This song was written by Steve Leonard. | |
Mar 1964 |
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Hi-Heel Sneakers Tommy Tucker |
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| Hi-Heel Sneakers was the only top 20 song for blues performer Tommy Tucker. This song was written by Robert Higgenbotham. | |
Mar 1964 |
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Rip Van Winkle The Devotions |
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Apr 1964 |
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Suspicion Terry Stafford |
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| When Terry Stafford released the Elvis Presley song Suspicion, many people confused this performance for the 1962 recording by Elvis.
Terry Stafford did not have another top 20 hit, but the follow-up, I'll Touch A Star, was a near miss. Suspicion was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Schuman. | |
Apr 1964 |
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We Love You Beatles The Carefrees |
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| We Love You Beatles, a song tribute to The Beatles, was the most popular song by The Carefrees. The group followed-up with Aren't You Glad You're You, which received slight radio airplay. | |
Apr 1964 |
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Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) The Serendipity Singers |
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| The Serendipity Singers reached number 8 with Don't Let The Rain Come Down. The follow-up, Beans In My Ears, was moderately popular too. | |
May 1964 |
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Wish Someone Would Care Irma Thomas |
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| Wish Someone Would Care was the only top 20 song entry for popular soul singer Irma Thomas. This song was written by Irma Thomas. | |
| The Reflections followed-up (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet with other songs that received some radio airplay, like Poor Man's Son.
The extra here is a live perfomance of (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet many years later. | |
Jul 1964 |
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The Girl From Ipanema Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto |
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In 1962, Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd hit number 3 with Desafinado, an instrumental song. The song The Girl From Ipanema was from album Getz/Gilberto. | |
Jul 1964 |
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Farmer John LIVE The Premiers |
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| Farmer John was the most popular song by The Premiers. This song was originally done by Don And Dewey, the writers, in 1959. The Premiers recorded the song in a studio with a live audience. The Premiers received minor airplay with other songs too like Get Your Baby. There were other unrelated groups called The Premiers. The song Farmer John LIVE was from album Farmer John. | |
Aug 1964 |
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I Wanna Love Him So Bad The Jelly Beans |
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| I Wanna Love Him So Bad was the only top 20 hit for The Jelly Beans. The folow-up, Baby Be Mine, received some radio airplay. This song was written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. | |
Aug 1964 |
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Mixed-Up, Shook-Up, Girl Patty And The Emblems |
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| Mixed-Up, Shook-Up, Girl was the only top 20 hit for Patty And The Emblems. The group received minor radio airplay with other songs too like I'm Gonna Love You A Long, Long Time. Mixed-Up, Shook-Up, Girl was written by Leon Huff. | |
Aug 1964 |
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(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am |
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| (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am was a top 20 one hit wonder for famous soul and jazz singer Nancy Wilson. | |
| This song, with the hook line 'funny how time slips away,' was the only top 20 hit for popular soul singer Joe Hinton. This song was written by Willie Nelson. | |
Oct 1964 |
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Little Honda The Hondells |
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| The Hondells made the popular top 20 version of this song, just weeks after the original version by The Beach Boys was released. A few months later, The Hondells came out with Younger Girl, which was moderately popular.
The Hondells included members Chuck Girard from The Castells, Glen Campbell, and Gary Usher. Little Honda was written by Brian Wilson. | |
Oct 1964 |
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Tobacco Road The Nashville Teens |
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| Tobacco Road was the only top 20 hit for The Nashville Teens. The group followed-up with other songs that received slight radio airplay like Google Eyes. | |
Oct 1964 |
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Have I The Right? The Honeycombs |
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Oct 1964 |
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Last Kiss J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers |
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| Although Last Kiss was the only top 20 hit for J. Frank Wilson, he received minor airplay with other songs like Hey Little One and Six Boys. In 1974, Last Kiss was remade by Wednesday and received moderate radio airplay. In 1999, a Pearl Jam remake of Last Kiss reached number 2 pop and number one rock. | |
Dec 1964 |
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Ringo Lorne Greene |
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| Lorne Greene was a long time actor, most famous for his role in TV series Bonanza. Ringo was his only top 20 hit song. | |
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