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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Sixties One-Hit Wonders-- Part 1: "Alley-Oop'

From the April 17, 2022, Stacker/MSN  "The one-hit wonders every 60s kid remembers" by Nicole Johnson.

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1.  SUGAR, SUGAR--  Archies  (1969)

2.  YOU'RE MY WORLD--  Cilla Black   

3.   HEY! BABY--  Bruce Channel  (1961)

4.  PIPELINE--  Chantays  (1963)

5.  TEEN ANGEL--  Mark Dinning  (1960)

6.  SPIRIT IN THE SKY--  Norman Greenbaum   

7.  RINGO--  Lorne Greene

8.  NOBODY BUT ME--  Human Beinz (1968)  The most negative song ever written.  The word "no" is used over 100 times and "nobody" appears 46 times.

9.  ALLEY-OOP-- Hollywood Argyles  The comic strip was created back in 1932.  Dallas Frazier, who wrote it, just recently died.  (He also wrote the Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira.")

10.  IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA--  Iron Butterfly   (1968)  More than 17 minutes long.

11.  MOTHER-IN-LAW--  Ernie K. Doe  (1969)

12.  LIES--  Knickerbockers (1965)

Name That Tune (from the above songs):    "You Are My Candy Girl And You Got me Wanting You."  Answer below.   --RoadDog


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