Today I was playing some compilation CDs of 60s hits and there were several groups that had beautiful songs but were never heard from again.
Some I heard or came up with were:Hedgehoppers Anonymous-Good News Week,The Flying Machine-Smile a Little Smile For Me Rosemarie, Marmalade-Reflections of my Life,Every Mother's Son-Come on Down to My Boat,Keith-98.6,? and the Mysterians-96 Tears,The Mojo Men-Sit Down I Think I Love You,Drafi-Marble Breaks and Iron Bends,Dave Dee,Dozy, Beaky,Mick and Titch-Bend It,The American Breed-Bend Me Shape Me. I'm sure there are many that I can't think of off the top of my head.Anyone Know of any more or where they are now?I know that Drafi was big in Germany until his death 3or4 yrs ago and that Question Mark is still gigging but as for the others,I don't know.Some of the groups mentioned had other hits in Britain other than North America such as Marmalade with I Have Seen The Rain and Cousin Norman.So how's everyone's musical memory?

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - The Game of Love.................. Mike

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

I always really liked "Traces" by The Classic IV

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You're only as strong as
the drinks you pour,
the tables you dance on,
and the friends you roll with.

"You Were On My Mind" the Wee Five

"Love Grows Where My Rosemarie Goes" by Edison Lighthouse

"When A Man Loves A Woman" Percy Sledge

"A Lover's Concerto" the Toys

"Those Were The Days My Friend" Mary Hopkins

"If You're Going To San Francisco" Scott McKenzie

Some of these may not qualify as true one-hit-wonders as the artists may have had other minor hits, but I can't name any other hits by any of them.

These songs came out of a favorite era of songs for me.

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The quintessential sound of 60/70's R&R:
Fender Tube Amps
Gibson Guitars

The Classics IV had several other big hits: "Stormy" and ""Spooky". I Loved all three!

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The quintessential sound of 60/70's R&R:
Fender Tube Amps
Gibson Guitars

Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go

Back in the mid sixties, 64/65 ish, a group played in our cellar club in Rochdale, they were called Dean Ford and the Gaylords and I recall they were very good. If I remember right, they had come down from Scotland. Later on they changed their name to Marmalade and had quite a few hits in the UK.

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1965 The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City ................... Mike

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

Sorry if I've doubled up on anybody...

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Steam
Pictures Of Matchstick Men Status Quo
Pushin' Too Hard The Seeds
Take A Letter Maria R.B. Greaves
Classical Gas Mason Williams
To Sir With Love Lulu
1-2-3 Len Barry
Green Tambourine Lemon Pipers

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Hey, Boy Blue is back!

Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air, about 1969 I think.

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Patrick Hernandez - Born to be Alive

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Steve

Fraternity Of Man......"Don't Bogart That Joint"

The Rainy Daze......"Acapulco Gold"



Arjay

Just to test the ole mind (no internet searches, I promise).

I believe you will find that Wayne Fontana was recorded on Fontana Records. His dad owned the company. The Mindbenders name come from a sci-fi movie. Something about a flying saucer that landed. There was a long drill used by the aliens to "bend" your mind.

The Classics IV reformed in the mid 70s with some added members and became The Atlanta Rythym Section and had a hit with a remake of Spooky and also had another hit in the late 70s with So Into You.Status Quo were a lot bigger in the UK than North America and had several hits there.Scott MacKenzie wrote several songs for The Mamas and Papas and joined them briefly in the 80s for a remake of the group with MacKenzie Phillipps taking the place of Cass Elliott,as a matter of fact I think that MacKenzie Phillipps is named after Scott.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

not to be a nitpicker- but didn't they also do "a groovy kind of love"?- i guess that makes them a 2-hit wonder

1962 Do You Love Me?-The Contours
Let's Dance -Chris Montez
I Need Your Lovin'-Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford
1963 Wipe Out-The Sufaris
Pipeline-The Chantays
Memphis-Lonnie Mack
1964 Surfin' Bird-The Trashmen
G.T.O. -Ronny and The Daytonas
High Heeled Sneakers-Tommy Tucker

While the 1962 list is "one and done", the songs from '63 and '64 have been covered a few times, but these were the first go 'round.

John.E