Lost Legends of the ’70s: One-Hit Wonders Who Deserved More

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00:00Lost Legends of the 70s

00:02One hit wonders who deserved more

00:04Number 9

00:06Silver Convention Disco Minimalists

00:09Silver Convention's Fly Robin Fly hit number 1 with 6 words

00:13Get Up and Boogie reached number 2

00:16Epitomizing minimalist, producer-driven disco

00:19Number 8

00:20Looking Glass Narrative Songcraft Masters

00:24Looking Glass topped 1972 with

00:27Brandy, a vivid barmaid tale

00:29Jimmy Loves Marianne reached number 33

00:33Shifting toward darker, urban desperation

00:35Number 7

00:37Player The Staying Power of Pop Rock

00:40Player's Baby Come Back captured the 1978 heartbreak

00:44This time I'm in it for love

00:47Hit number 10

00:48Marrying Soft Rock and Sincerity

00:50Number 6

00:51Maureen McGovern Disaster Theme Queen

00:54Maureen McGovern's The Morning After won an Oscar and topped charts

00:59Different Worlds hit number 18

01:01Showcasing her classically trained versatility

01:03Number 5

01:05The Knack Power Pop's Cautionary Tale

01:08The Knack's My Sharona exploded in 1979

01:11Good Girls Don't hit number 11

01:14Yet label hype overshadowed their sharp Power Pop craftsmanship

01:18Number 4

01:20Blue Oyster Cult Literary Hard Rock Pioneers

01:24Don't Fear the Reaper hit number 12 and birthed SNL's Cowbell

01:28Burning For You reached number 40, exemplifying literary-minded hard rock

01:33Number 3

01:35A Taste of Honey

01:36Cross-Cultural Innovators

01:38A Taste of Honey triumphed with Boogie Oogie Oogie

01:41Their 1981 Tsukiyaki hit number 3

01:45Showcasing cross-cultural fusion and female musicianship

01:48Number 2

01:50Andrew Gold Pop's Secret Weapon

01:52Andrew Gold's Lonely Boy hit number 7

01:56His Thank You for Being a Friend Achieved Immortality as the Golden Girls theme

02:01Number 1

02:03Steeler's Wheel Dysfunctional Folk Rock Brilliance

02:06Creative tension fueled Steeler's Wheel

02:09Stuck in the Middle hit number 6

02:11And later became iconic via Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs

02:15Star reached number 29

02:17And later became iconic via Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs

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