U.K. One Hit Wonders Of The 1960's
"98.6" by Keith
"A Walk in the Black Forest" by Horst Jankowski.
"All I Want For Christmas Is a Beatle" by Dora Bryan
"All The Love In The World" by Consortium
"Angela Jones" by Michael Cox
"At The Palace" by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett
"Baby Sittin'" Bobby Angelo and the Tuxedos
"Baby Sittin' Boogie" by Buzz Clifford
"Bend Me Shape Me" by American Breed
"Big Time Operator" by Zoot Money and The Big Roll Band
"Billy Boy" by Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents
"The Birds and the Bees" by Jewel Akens
"Blue Girl" by The Bruisers
"Blue Moon" by The Marcels
"Dominique" by The Singing Nun
"Can't You Hear My Heart" by Danny Rivers
"Can't You Hear My Heart Beat?" by Goldie & the Gingerbreads
"Concrete And Clay" by Unit Four Plus Two
"The Deal" by Pat Campbell
"Don't Be Cruel" by Bill Black's Combo
"Don't Jump Of The Roof Dad" by Tommy Cooper
"Down in the Boondocks" by Billy Joe Royal
"Elusive Butterfly" by Bob Lind
"Everything I Am" by Plastic Penny
"Fire" by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown - In this song, Brown acts as "The God
of Hell Fire", who seems to be explaining to a new resident of hell what lies
ahead.
"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" by Crazy Elephant
"Goodbye-ee" by (Peter Cook and) Dudley Moore (Cook is not a one-hit wonder)
"Green Tambourine" by Lemon Pipers
"Greenfields" by Brothers Four
"Harlem Shuffle" by Bob and Earl
"I Love How You Love Me" by Jimmy Crawford
"I'm Just a Baby" by Louise Cordet
"I'm the Urban Spaceman" by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
"Il Silenzio" by Nini Rosso
"In the Mood" by Ernie Fields' Orchestra
"In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" by Zager and Evans
"I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" by Whistling Jack Smith
"Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - This song
courted controversy. Originally a duet between Serge Gainsbourg and French film
star Brigitte Bardot, it was re-recorded as a duet with Jane Birkin when Bardot
pleaded with Serge not to release their version of it. The saucy delivery of
even saucier lyrics resulted in an airplay ban in many countries, and the song
was even publicly denounced by The Pope.
"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" by John Fred and the Playboy Band
"Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" by Edward Byrnes
(and Connie Stevens, who is not a one-hit wonder)
"Let the Little Girl Dance" by Billy Bland
"Let's Go" by The Routers
"Little White Berry" by Roy Castle
"Lonely Man's Theme" by Cliff Adams
"Loo-Be-Loo" by The Chucks
"The Magnificent Seven" by Al Caiola
"Make The World Go Away" by Eddy Arnold
"Michelle" by The Overlanders
"Mother-in-Law" by Ernie K-Doe
"Mr. Bass Man" by Johnny Cymbal
"Mustapha" by Bob Azzam
"Never On Sunday" by Don Costa
"Never On Sunday" by Lynn Cornell
"Nut Rocker" by B. Bumble and the Stingers
"Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" by Bedrocks
"Old Rivers" by Walter Brennan
"Only the Hearteaches" by Houston Wells
"Painter Man" by The Creation
"Paper Roses" by Anita Bryant
"Peppermint Twist" by Danny Peppermint and The Jumping Jacks
"Peter and the Wolf" by Clyde Valley Stompers
"Pipeline" by The Chantays
"Please Stay" by The Cryin' Shames
"Private Number" by Judy Clay (and William Bell, who is not a one-hit wonder)
"Proud Mary" by The Checkmates Ltd.
"Rain and Tears" by Aphrodite's Child
"Rhythm of the Rain" by The Cascades
"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair" by Scott McKenzie
"Saturday Nite At The Duck Pond" by The Cougars
"Seven Daffodils" by The Cherokees
"Shotgun Wedding" by Roy C
"So Much Love" by Tony Blackburn
"Something Here In My Heart (Keeps A-Tellin' Me No)" by Paper Dolls
"Something in the Air" by Thunderclap Newman
"Soul Finger" by Bar-Kays
"Sugar Sugar" by The Archies
"Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto
"Supergirl" by Graham Bonney
"Sweet Soul Music" by Arthur Conley
"Swing That Hammer" by Mike Cotton's Jazzmen
"Tall Dark Stranger" by Rose Brennan
"Tease Me" by Keith Kelly
"Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance - This tragic story of a teenage boy
who is killed in an attempt to win the girl of his dreams also contains an
element of mystery. No-one knows why his car was overturned and burst into
flames.
"That's Nice" by Neil Christian
"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" by The Casinos
"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Haa!" by Napoleon XIV
"Time For Living" by The Association
"Tom Pillibi" by Jacqueline Boyer - The winner of the 1960 Eurovision Song
Contest. Boyer's song seems to have been about an imaginary boyfriend.
Ironically, her father had also participated in the contest and finished last.
"Tribute To Jim Reeves" by Larry Cunningham and the Mighty Avons
"Walk With Me My Angel" by Don Charles
"With a Little Help from My Friends" by the Young Idea
"Younger Girl" by The Critters
"You Don't Have To Be a Baby To Cry" by The Caravelles
"You Don't Know What You've Got" by Ral Donner
"Zorba's Dance" by Marcello Minerbi