One-Hit Wonders ; the 70's continued ...

There were plenty of One-Hit wonders in the Seventies, competing with the Disco craze..... here are another four to peruse.....

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Cooksie said:

Love this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDZsNksbw2Q

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It was fate, really, that brought this one-hit wonder into existence. In the 1970s, rock band Wild Cherry—whose name was inspired by a box of cough drops—was performing at a club when someone in the audience screamed, "Play some funky music, white boy!" The rude request inspired frontman Rob Parissi to pen this song, which has allowed us to lay down that boogie ever since. Sure, it was the band's only big hit, but it was a massive one: It climbed all the way to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976.

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lilbopeep said:

I think this was a one hit wonder for these guys. I LOVE their version.


Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk

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Long before this song had new life courtesy of the Marvel hit Guardians of the Galaxy and even before it gained popularity in the '90s thanks to Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, '70s kids were walking around singing "ooga-chaka ooga-ooga" (whatever that means). Still, "Hooked on a Feeling," which itself was a cover of B.J. Thomas' 1968 original, is the only hit Swedish rock band Blue Swede ever had—in any decade.

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