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Most Popular One Hit Wonders
Summary of the biggest one hit wonders
of 1971 in popularity order
| 1. | Rose Garden
Lynn Anderson |
| 2. | Put Your Hand In The Hand
Ocean |
| 3. | Smiling Faces, Sometimes
The Undisputed Truth |
| 4. | Stay Awhile
The Bells |
| 5. | Mr. Big Stuff
Jean Knight |
| 6. | Chick-A-Boom
(Don't Ya Jes' Love It)
Daddy Dewdrop |
| 7. | Groove Me
King Floyd |
| 8. | What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin And John
Tom Clay |
| 9. | I've Found Someone Of My Own
The Free Movement |
| 10. | Sweet Mary
Wadsworth Mansion |
| 11. | Funky Nassau-Part I
The Beginning Of The End |
| 12. | Help Me Make It Through The Night
Sammi Smith |
| 13. | Trapped By A Thing Called Love
Denise La Salle |
| 14. | Signs
Five Man Electrical Band |
| 15. | One Toke Over The Line
Brewer & Shipley |
| 16. | Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Mac & Katie Kissoon |
| 17. | Right On The Tip Of My Tongue
Brenda & The Tabulations |
| 18. | I Love You For All Seasons
The Fuzz |
| 19. | Here Comes The Sun
Richie Havens |
| 20. | Timothy
The Buoys |
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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 1971 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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Groove Me King Floyd |
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| Soul singer King Floyd made the top 20 once with Groove Me. He was also known for the moderately popular follow up Baby Let Me Kiss You. | |
| Although Rose Garden was the only top 20 hit for Lynn Anderson, she had a long string of songs that were popular on country stations, including her version of the number one song Top Of The World by Carpenters. In 1989, I Beg Your Pardon, which borrowed heavily from Rose Garden, became a number 10 hit for Kon Kan. Rose Garden was written by Joe South. | |
| This song was written by Steve Jablecki. | |
Feb 1971 |
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1900 Yesterday Liz Damon's Orient Express |
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| 1900 Yesterday was the most popular song by Liz Damon's Orient Express. About two years later, the group received minor airplay with Loneliness Remembers (What Happiness Forgets). | |
| D.O.A. was by far the most popular song by Bloodrock on both pop and rock music radio.
The group had a string of album rock songs that received airplay.
The extra here is a recording and video of the song years later. The song D.O.A. was from album Bloodrock 2. | |
Apr 1971 |
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Help Me Make It Through The Night Sammi Smith |
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| The Sammi Smith version of Help Me Make It Through The Night was the most popular version of the song, and the only top 20 hit for Sammi Smith. She had a long string of popular country songs including the 1971 song Then You Walk In. The extra here is a live TV performance.
Other artists also performed Help Me Make It Through The Night including Joe Simon and O.C. Smith. Gladys Knight & The Pips took the song into the top 20 in 1972. | |
Apr 1971 |
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One Toke Over The Line Brewer & Shipley |
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| One Toke Over The Line featured guest guitarist Jerry Garcia from Grateful Dead. Brewer & Shipley never had another top 20 song, but they received some airplay with other songs like the follow-up Tarkio Road. | |
May 1971 |
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Stay Awhile The Bells |
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| Stay Awhile was the only top 20 hit for The Bells. The follow-up, I Love You Lady Dawn, received moderate airplay. | |
May 1971 |
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Right On The Tip Of My Tongue Brenda & The Tabulations |
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| Brenday Payton, in her group Brenda & The Tabulations, was a popular soul star, but Right On The Tip Of My Tongue was her only top 20 entry. | |
May 1971 |
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I Love You For All Seasons The Fuzz |
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| The Fuzz was a moderately popular soul group. The Fuzz made the top 20 with only this song. This song was written by Sheila Young. | |
May 1971 |
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Timothy The Buoys |
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| Timothy featured Rupert Holmes on keyboards. The Buoys followed-up this song with Give Up Your Guns, and some other songs, which received minor radio airplay. Timothy was written by Rupert Holmes. | |
May 1971 |
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Put Your Hand In The Hand |
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| Put Your Hand In The Hand was the only top 20 hit for Ocean. Ocean followed-up with Deep Enough For Me, and other songs that received minor radio airplay. | |
May 1971 |
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Here Comes The Sun Richie Havens |
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| Richie Havens made the top 20 only once, with his pop version of Here Comes The Sun. The song was first made famous in a rock version by The Beatles in 1967. This song was written by George Harrison. | |
May 1971 |
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Toast And Marmalade For Tea |
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| Toast And Marmalade For Tea was produced by Maurice Gibb of Bee Gees. Toast And Marmalade For Tea was a top 20 one hit wonder for Tin Tin. Tin Tin member Steve Kipner also wrote songs like Physical and Hard Habit To Break. | |
May 1971 |
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Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) Daddy Dewdrop |
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| Daddy Dewdrop was actually Richard Monda, who was a songwriter for the TV cartoon series Sabrina And The Groovy Ghoulies. This song was written by Janis Lee Guinn and Linda Martin. | |
Jun 1971 |
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Cool Aid Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists |
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| Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists followed-up Cool Aid with Funky L.A., which received minor radio airplay. | |
| Make It With You was the only top 20 hit for Ralfi Pagan. The song was originally done in 1970 by Bread. | |
Jun 1971 |
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Funky Nassau-Part I The Beginning Of The End |
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| The Beginning Of The End was formed in Nassau, Bahamas. Funky Nassau-Part I was the only top 20 hit for the group. The group recorded one album, following-up this song with Monkey Tamarind, which received very little radio airplay. | |
| Jazz trumpet player Bill Chase made the top 20 only once, with Get It On. | |
| The greatest hit by Jean Knight was Mr. Big Stuff. Not until 1985 did she reach into the top 30 again to peak at number 28 with My Toot Toot. | |
Jul 1971 |
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Resurrection Shuffle |
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| Ashton, Gardner & Dyke was a rock group from the UK. Resurrection Shuffle was the greatest hit by the group, which received only slight rock radio airplay for other songs. | |
Jul 1971 |
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Double Barrel Dave And Ansil Collins |
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| Dave And Ansil Collins had only this one top 20 hit. | |
| Rings was the most popular song and only top 20 hit for Cymarron. The group followed-up with Valerie which received minor radio airplay. | |
Aug 1971 |
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Signs Five Man Electrical Band |
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| Canadian rock group Five Man Electrical Band made one top 20 hit with Signs. The follow up, Absolutely Right, was a top 20 near miss and a popular rock song. This song was written by Les Emmerson. | |
Aug 1971 |
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What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin And John Tom Clay |
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Sep 1971 |
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Smiling Faces, Sometimes |
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| Smiling Faces, Sometimes was a top 20 one hit wonder for The Undisputed Truth. The original version was by The Temptations, unreleased in 1971. The Undisputed Truth song Smiling Faces, Sometimes was from album Produced By Norman Whitfield. This song was written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield. | |
Sep 1971 |
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Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Mac & Katie Kissoon |
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| Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep was the only top 20 hit for siblings Mac & Katie Kissoon. A few years later, they received slight radio airplay with songs Sugar Candy Kisses and Don't Do It Baby. | |
Oct 1971 |
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Wedding Song (There Is Love) |
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| Paul Stookey's only solo top 20 entry was Wedding Song (There Is Love) Paul Stookey was a member of Peter, Paul & Mary. | |
Oct 1971 |
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Trapped By A Thing Called Love Denise La Salle |
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| Although Trapped By A Thing Called Love was the only top 20 hit for Denise LaSalle, she had a string of popular soul songs including Now Run And Tell That. | |
Oct 1971 |
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I've Found Someone Of My Own |
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| I've Found Someone Of My Own was the only top 20 hit for The Free Movement. The group received slight radio play on soul formats with other songs. The song was from album I've Found Someone Of My Own. | |
Nov 1971 |
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Easy Loving Freddie Hart |
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| Major country music star Freddie Hart received extensive pop music play with only Easy Loving. | |
Dec 1971 |
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Desiderata Les Crane |
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| Les Crane was a late-night TV talk show host. Desiderata was a 1906 Max Ehrmann poem set to music. It was believed that the poem was in the public domain, but the copyright was still valid. Royalties had to be paid to the Ehrmann family. | |
Dec 1971 |
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Don Charles Presents The Singing Dogs |
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| Jingle Bells came out in 1955, and made the top 20 in 1971. The novelty of dogs barking to the music produced some airplay for the other side of the single too, Oh Suzanna. | |
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