Some I Missed Out

Because I didn’t start the one hit wonders segment until I was well into 1978, I realized that there were more songs from my youth which I had lingered in the “Saved” file of my mind only to come to the front when I made the previous post. So, I now present three more songs pre-1978, which were from artists who were either one hit wonders or I just never got around to exploring them more. I promise, this will be the last of pre-78.

Carl Douglas

Some say that I should look back on this and cringe at the fact that in 1975, “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas was my favourite song at the time. Well, I wasn’t the only one who sited it as their favourite. Most of my junior high school and beyond said the same thing, even if they won’t admit it now. I wonder that in today’s “woke” climate, if the lyrics of the song would now be considered racist.

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

Winter of 1977, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s big single “Blinded By the Light” was my favourite song at the time despite having stiff competition from Boston’s “More Than a Feeling.” As a very impressionable fifteen year old, I thought the guitars and keyboards on this song were just out of this world. Manfred Mann were in no way one hit wonders but I never really delved into them beyond their hits. “Mighty Quinn” is a brilliant song too.

I don’t know if I can call “Lonely Boy” from one hit wonder, Andrew Gold, (he was definitely one in the US), my favorite song in the summer of 1977, but it was definitely a prominent song at the time. Like with “Shannon” the year before, when the camp I worked at that summer went roller skating, this song got played each night. Not during the couples skate of course.

Those were three more songs from my youth and they all still linger in my memory.

Next post: Definitely will be One Hit Wonders From 1979-80.

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