10 One-Hit Wonders from the 60s You Should Play Again… And Again

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00:0010 One-Hit Wonders From The 60s You Should Play Again And Again

00:0410. California Sun, The Rivieras

00:09Midwestern Teens, The Rivieras bottled West Coast Sunshine, driving their 1963 cover to

00:15number 5 with energetic organ guitar.

00:199. San Francisco, Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair, Scott McKenzie

00:24Gentle Anthem of 1967's Summer of Love, Scott McKenzie's Invitation Hit No. 4 U.S. topped

00:32UK charts, selling 7 million.

00:358. Who Put The Bomp In The Bomp Bomp Bomp, Barry Man

00:39Barry Man's 1961 hit playfully celebrates doo-wop's nonsense hooks, reaching No. 7 with

00:45the halo's backing and witty self-references.

00:497. Angel Of The Morning, Merrily Rush

00:52Merrily Rush's 1968 hit, Candidly Addressed Female Agency, a Grammy-nominated performance

00:59that brought emotional sophistication to pop.

01:026. Sugar, Sugar The Archies

01:05Cartoon band The Archies scored 1969's Ultimate Bubblegum Earworm, topping U.S. and U.K. charts

01:12and selling over 6 million.

01:155. Ode To Billy Joe, Bobby Gentry

01:19Bobby Gentry's Southern Gothic Mystery topped Billboard four weeks.

01:24Self-produced, Grammy-winning storytelling that still intrigues with unanswered questions.

01:296. A Little Bit of Soul, Music Explosion

01:33Ohio's Music Explosion blasted to No. 2 in 1967, a gold-selling garage anthem with a defining

01:40bass organ riff.

01:417. Stay, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs

01:46This 1960 doo-wop classic runs 1 minute and 38 seconds, the shortest Billboard No. 1, packing

01:53urgent emotion into Maurice Williams' timeless plea.

01:572. Have I the Right? The Honeycombs

02:00The Honeycombs 1964 U.K. No. 1 features Honey Lantry's pioneering drumming and distinctive

02:07stomping percussion, capturing spirited early British invasion.

02:101. Keep on Dancing, The Gentry's High school band The Gentry's hit No. 4 in 1965, a persistent

02:20garage dance anthem that still energizes parties.

02:231. Sugar khi-weeper

02:312. Don't Hole Moon

02:34The Honeycos