The 1960s were a kaleidoscope of sound and style — a decade when rock, pop, soul, and psychedelia collided to create an explosion of musical creativity. Yet amid the era’s giants, a fascinating group of artists flashed brilliantly across the charts and then vanished from the spotlight: the one-hit wonders.
From the fuzzed-out frenzy of “96 Tears” to the wistful charm of “Rhythm of the Rain,” these songs captured a moment in time that was sometimes quirky, sometimes profound, always unforgettable. Whether it was the hypnotic groove of “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” the haunting beauty of “Angel of the Morning,” or the carefree jangle of “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye,” each of these hits reminds us how even a single tune can leave a lasting echo in pop culture.
96 Tears – Question Mark/ Mysterians
A Little Bit of Soap – Jarmels
A Million To One – Jimmy Charles
Al Di La’ – Emilio Pericoli
Alley Cat – Bent Fabric
An Open Letter To My Teenage Son – Victor Lundberg
Angel Of The Morning – Merrilee Rush
Apache – Jorgen Ingmann
Asia Minor – Kokomo
Baby Come Back – Equals
Baby It’s You – Smith
Baby Sittin’ Boogie – Buzz Clifford
Baby Take Me In Your Arms – Jefferson
BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL – Glen Yarbrough
Baby You Keep Rolling ‘Cross My Mind – Peppermint Trolley Company
Barefootin’ Robert Parker
Bend Me, Shape Me – American Breed
Black Is Black – Los Bravos
Black Pearl – Checkmates
Bobby’s Girl – Marcie Blane
But It’s Alright – J.J. Jackson
California Sun – The Rivieras
Cast Your Fate To The Wind – Sounds Orchestral 0
Cinnamon – Derek
Classical Gass – Mason Williams
Color Him Father – The Winstons
Come On Down To My Boat – Every Mother’s Son
Concrete & Clay – Unit 2 + 4
Cool Jerk – The Capitols
Daddy’s Home – Shep & The Limelites
Denise – Randy & The Rainbows
Different Drum – Stone Poneys
DING DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD – Fifth Estate
Dirty Water – Standells
Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) Song by The Swingin’ Medallions
Elusive Butterfly – Bob Lind
Eve Of Destruction – Barry McGuire
Everlasting Love – Robert Knight
Excerpt From ‘A Teenage Opera’ – Keith West
Expressway To Your Heart – Soul Survivors
Fire – The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Flowers In The Rain – Move
For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
Friday On My Mind – Easybeats
From A Jack To A King – Ned Miller
Get Together – The Youngbloods
Girl Watcher – The O’Kaysions
Gloria – Shadows of Knight
Grazing In The Grass – Hugh Masekela
Green Tambourine – The Lemon Pipers
Harper Valley PTA – Jeanie C. Rily
Haunted House – Jumpin’ Gene Simmons
Have I The Right? – The Honeycombs
He’ll Have To Stay – Jeanne Black
Heaven Must Have Sent You – Elgins
Hello, Hello – Sopwith Camel
Here Comes The Judge – Shorty Long
Hey Joe – The Leaves
Hey Little Cobra – Rip Chords
Hey! Baby – Bruce Channel
Hold Me. Thrill Me, Kiss Me – Mel Carter
I Do – Marvelows
I Fought The Law – Bobby Fuller Four
I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More) – Barbara George
I Like It Like That, Part 1 – Chris Kenner
I Live For The Sun – Sunrays
I Need Your Lovin’ – Don Gardner / Dee Dee Ford
I Remember You – Frank Ifield
I Understand (Just How You Feel) – The G-Clefs
I Wanna Love Him So Bad – Jelly Beans
I Want Candy – Strangeloves
I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman – Whistling Jack
I Will Follow Him – Peggy March
I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight – Barry & the Tamerlanes
I’m A Nut – Leroy Pullins
I’m Leaving It (All Up To You) Dale & Grace 0.24%
Image Of A Girl – The Safaris
In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) – Zager & Evans
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida- Iron Butterfly
Incense and Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock
Israelites – Desmond Dekker & The Aces
Johnny Angel – Shelley Fabares
Johnny Get Angry – Joanie Sommers
Jon & Robin & The In Crowd – DO IT AGAIN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER
Journey to the Center of the Mind – The Amboy Dukes
Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) – John Fred & His Playboy Band
Just Like) Romeo & Juliet – The Reflections
Just One Look – Doris Troy
Keem-O-Sabe – Electric Indian
Keep On Dancing – The Gentrys
Killer Joe – The Rocky Fellers
Land Of A Thousand Dances – Cannibal and Head Hunters
Last Kiss – J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers 1.00%
Last Night – The Mar-Keys
Laugh At Me – Sonny Bono
Leader Of The Laundromat – Detergents
Let It All Hang Out – Hombres
Let Me In – The Sensations
Let The Little Girl Dance – Billy Bland
Let’s Think About Living – Bob Luman
Liar, Liar – Castaways
Little Arrows – Leapy Lee
Little Bit O’ Soul – The Music Explosion
Little Girl – Syndicate Of Sound
Little Honda – The Hondells
Loop De Loop – Johnny Thunder
Love (Can Make You Happy) – Mercy
Love Is Blue (L’Amour Est Bleu) – Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra
Love Letters – Ketty Lester
Love Makes The World Go Round – Deon Jackson
Love You So – Ron Holden
Loving You Has Made Me Bananas Song – Guy Marks
MacArthur Park – Richard Harris
Make Believe – Wind
Mama Didn’t Lie – Jan Bradley
Maria Elena – Los Indios Tabajaras
Martian Hop – Ran-Dells
Master Jack – Four Jacks and A Jill
Mexico – Bob Moore & His Orchestra
Midnight In Moscow – Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Midnight Mary – Joey Powers
Mockingbird – Inez Foxx/Charlie Foxx
Money (That’s What I Want) – Barrett Strong
More Today Than Yesterday – Spiral Starecase
More – Kai Winding
Morning Girl – Neon Philharmonic
Mother-In-Law – Ernie K-Doe
Mr. Custer – Larry Verne
Music To Watch Girls By – Bob Crewe Generation
My Pledge Of Love – Joe Jeffrey Group
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam
New York’s a Lonely Town Song – The Trade Winds
Next Plane To London – Rose Garden
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In) – The T-Bones
Nobody But Me – Human Beinz
Nothing But A Heartache – Flirtations
Ode To Billy Joe – Bobbie Gentry
Oh How Happy – Shades
One Has My Name – Barry Young
One Tin Soldier – Original Cast
Open The Door To Your Heart – Darrell Banks
Our Winter Love – Bill Pursell
Pata Pata – Miriam Makeba
Percolator (Twist) – Billy Joe & The Checkmates
Pictures Of Match Stick Men – Status Quo
Pied Piper – Crispian St. Peters
Pipeline – The Chantays
PLAYBOY – Gene and Debbe
Polk Salad Annie – Tony Joe White
Popsicles And Icicles – The Murmaids
Pretty Little Angel Eyes – Curtis Lee
Psychotic Reaction – Count Five
Reach Out Of The Darkness – Friend & Lover 0.76%
Rescue Me – Fontella Bass
Rhythm Of The Rain – Cascades
Ringo – Lorne Green
Road Runner – Gants
Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) – Lolita
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) – Scott McKenzie
Shame, Shame – Magic Lanterns
Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) – Ernie Maresca
Since I Fell For You – Lenny Welch
Smile A Little Smile For Me – Flying Machine
Snap Your Fingers – Joe Henderson
Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman
Somewhere, My Love – The Ray Conniff Singers
Soul Finger – Bar-Kays
Soulful Strut – Young-Holt Unlimited
Stand By Me – Spyder Turner
Stay – Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
Still – Bill Anderson
Stranger On The Shore – Mr. Acker Bilk
Sukiyaki – Kyu Sakamoto
Summer Samba – Walter Wanderley
Summertime Blues – Blue Cheer
Surfin’ Bird – Trashmen
Suspicion – Terry Stafford
Take A Letter Maria – R. B. Greaves
Talk Talk – Music Machine
Talk To Me – Sunny and The Sunliners
Teen Angel – Mark Dinning
Tell Him – The Exciters
Telstar – The Tornadoes
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Harpers Bizarre
The Birds And The Bees – Jewel Akens
The Boy From New York City – The Ad Libs
THE CHEATER – Bob Kuban & The In-Men
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly – Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra & Chorus
The Horse – Cliff Nobles & Company
The Jerk – The Larks
The Monster Mash – Bobby Boris Pickett
The Stripper – David Rose & His Orchestra
The Unicorn – Irish Rovers
The Wedding – Julie Rogers
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – The Casinos
There’s A Moon Out Tonight – The Capris
They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! – Napoleon XIV
This Time – Troy Shondell
Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) – Little Caesar & The Romans
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport – Rolf Harris
Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips – Tiny Tim
Tobacco Road – Nashville Teens
Tracy – Cuff Links
Treat Her Right – Roy Head
Walk Right In – Rooftop Singers
Washington Square – The Village Stompers
Watermelon Man – Monto Santamaria
(We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet – The Blues
We’ll Sing In The Sunshine – Gale Garnett
Western Union – Five Americans
What’s Your Name – Don & Juan
When We Get Married – The Dreamlovers
White On White – Danny Williams
Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) – Barry Mann
Wild Weekend – The Rebels
Will You Be Staying After Sunday – Peppermint Rainbow
Winchester Cathedral – The New Vaudeville Band
Wipe Out – Surfaris
Wolverton Mountain – Claude King
Wonderful Summer – Robin Ward
Yellow Balloon – Yellow Balloon
Yellow Bird – Arthur Lyman Group
Yogi – Ivy Three
You Don’t Have To Be A Baby To Cry – The Caravelles
You Talk Too Much – Joe Jones
You Turn Me On (Turn On Song) – Ian Whitcomb
You Were On My Mind – We Five
You’ll Lose A Good Thing – Barbara Lynn
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away – The Silkie
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