Another Blast From The Past

For some reason, some of the best one-hit wonders come from 1970. Just access any list of top 100 one-hit wonders and you'll notice several from this year. I think much of that comes from the period, status post late 60s psychedelic era; with the innovation that came our of that era, the pressure was on to commercialize it and thus, the race was to produce even newer avant garde sounds.

Here are a few of my favorites that caught my ear, during that year:

I always thought this tune was a contradiction of sorts. The song had a sad theme lyrically, but had an upbeat sound to the music and melody. The band was called the Looking Glass. The song was called, Brandy:



The next song was a Beatlesque tune. I think it did well, mainly because of the sadness that lingered after those four mop tops split up. Here is the Tee Set with Ma Belle Amie:



This next one was a little bubble-gummy, but it mixed well with the improved technology and got a lot of playing time. This one was from a band called Wadsworth Mansion, called Sweet Mary:



Finally, we have a song that I don't think did quite as well as the others. But nevertheless, it had a great early seventies edge that was a little psychedelic and a little bubble-gum, all rolled into one. The band was known as Crabby Appleton The song was, Go Back:



Enjoy.