It's National "One Hit Wonder" Day!

Many thanks to Elizabeth for posting the link to the comprehensive list of one-hit wonders.  Brings back a lot of memories.

Although I'm mostly a classical music listener, I enjoy listening to a lot of those listed from the late 1950s and the 1960s in my cars on the Fifties on Five and Sixties on Six channels on SiriusXM. 

I was surprised to see Bo Diddley listed as a one-hit wonder, and for "Say Man" rather than for "Bo Diddley."  But sure enough I see in the Wikipedia writeup on him that "Say Man" reached no. 20 on the pop charts, while "Bo Diddley" didn't hit the pop charts at all, although it reached no. 1 on the R&B chart. 

Anyway, while I like many of the vocal recordings on the list I'll single out for mention three oldies that are instrumentals:

"Midnight in Moscow" -- Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen.  (In addition to liking the music this sounds remarkably good on my main system, played from a commercial CD compilation of various instrumentals of the time).

"Harlem Nocturne" -- The Viscounts.

"Love is Blue" -- Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra.

Regards,
-- Al

I actually took a couple of guitar lessons from Dennis Zager in Lincoln Nebraska back in the 80s.  Zager & Evan's, in the year 2525.  Not sure I got the title right, but they had one hit

Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Hocus Pocus - Focus
Sukiyaki -Kya Sakamoto

Pretty sure that Sylvia was an even bigger hit than Hocus Pocus so definitely NOT a one hit wonder band were Focus I am afraid.

Oh Lordy, In the Year 2525 by Zager & Evans, I should NOT have forgotten that one as it was one of the very first singles I ever called my own!

"Spooky" Classics IV
"Magnet and Steel" Walter Egan
"Vehicle"  Ides of March"