70s Music Explosion: 70s One-Hit Wonders

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Part of "70s Music Explosion"

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1-2My Maria
B.W. Stevenson2:25
1-3One Toke Over the Line
Brewer & Shipley3:20
1-4Afternoon Delight
vocals:
Jon Carroll (of Starland Vocal Band, on vocals, keyboard, guitar), Margot Chapman (singer with Starland Vocal Band), Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc. (in 1976)
recording of:
Afternoon Delight
lyricist and composer:
Bill Danoff
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc. and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
Starland Vocal Band3.53:14
1-5Life Is a Rock (But the radio Rolled Me)
Reunion3:32
1-6I Can Help
recording of:
I Can Help (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Swan
publisher:
CBS Songs, Combine Music Corp., EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd. and EMI Songs Ltd.
Billy Swan52:57
1-7Magnet and Steel
Walter Egan3:25
1-8The Rapper
The Jaggerz2:44
1-9Beach Baby
First Class4:59
1-10O-O-H Child
part of:
Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 12) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 392)
recording of:
O‐o‐h Child
lyricist and composer:
Stan Vincent (1960s/70s pop songwriter)
publisher:
Flamingo Music, Kama Sutra Music Inc. (USA branch), Stan Vincent Music, フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Five Stairsteps3.83:15
1-11Precious and Few
recording of:
Precious and Few
lyricist and composer:
Walter Nims
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Climax42:47
1-12Brother Louie
performer:
Ian Lloyd (of Stories)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Kama Sutra (in 1973) and Kama Sutra Records (in 1973)
cover recording of:
Brother Louie
writer:
Errol Brown (British‐Jamaican singer and songwriter, in Hot Chocolate) and Tony Wilson (bassist/songwriter, member of Hot Chocolate)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (PRS‐affiliated), Finchley Music and RAK Publishing Ltd.
Stories4.353:55
1-13Playground in My Mind
Clint Holmes2:56
1-14Put Your Hand in the Hand
cover recording of:
Put Your Hand in the Hand
lyricist and composer:
Gene MacLellan
publisher:
Ardmore and Beechwood Ltd., Beechwood Music Canada and EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Ocean32:54
1-15Please Come to Boston
edit of:
Please Come to Boston by Dave Loggins
recording of:
Please Come to Boston
lyricist and composer:
Dave Loggins
Dave Loggins4:07
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part of:70s Music Explosion (Time Life Music) (order: 1)