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00:00Top 6 Cheesiest One-Hit Wonders of the 60s, 70s, 80s
00:05Number 6.
00:06Purple People Eater, Sheb Woolley
00:09Sheb Woolley's 1958 hit about a one-eyed, one-horned alien sold 3 million copies and
00:14topped Billboard for 6 weeks.
00:17Speeding up his vocals created the creature's voice, setting a template for sci-fi novelty
00:21songs.
00:22Number 5.
00:23Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear, Elvis Presley
00:26Elvis Presley's Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear topped the charts for 7 weeks in 1957, selling
00:322 million copies and featuring in Loving You.
00:36Backed by the Jordanaires and his band, the track was recorded in three takes, cementing
00:40Presley's star power.
00:42Number 4.
00:44Love Letters in the Sand, Pat Boone
00:47Pat Boone's 1957 rendition of a 1931 ballad topped Billboard for 7 weeks, selling 2 million
00:53copies.
00:55Created in Nashville with minimal accompaniment, the sentimental beach romance became his signature
00:59hit, enduring as a symbol of fleeting summer love.
01:03Number 3.
01:05Hot Diggity, Dog Ziggity Boom
01:07Perry Como
01:09Perry Como's 1956 hit Hot Diggity sold over a million copies, blending playful lyrics by Al
01:15Hoffman with Chabrier's Hispania Rhapsody and Mitchell Eyre's lively arrangement.
01:20The result?
01:21Sophisticated, childlike fun that topped Billboard.
01:25Number 2.
01:26Venus, Frankie Avalon
01:29In 1959, 19-year-old Frankie Avalon's Venus topped Billboard for 5 weeks, selling over a
01:35million copies.
01:37Backed by lush orchestration from Peter DeAngelis, the song transformed Avalon from trumpet-playing
01:42teen to teen idol, later cementing his fame through the Beach Party films with Annette Funicello.
01:48Number 1.
01:50The Rock and Roll Waltz
01:53In 1955, K-Star's The Rock and Roll Waltz became the first Billboard No. 1 song with
01:59rock and roll in the title.
02:01Blending Waltz timing with early rock elements, it sold 1.5 million copies and marked America's
02:07first encounter with the rock revolution.
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