6 Forgotten One-Hit Wonders That Set 1964 on Fire

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00:006 Forgotten One-Hit Wonders That Set 1964 On Fire

00:05Number 6.

00:06Tobacco Road by The Nashville Teens A UK band turned John D. Loudermilk's song

00:12into a gritty hit by channeling American Southern hardship they hadn't lived, creating a raw,

00:17universal garage rock template.

00:20Number 5.

00:21Have I the Right by The Honeycombs Before Punk, Joe Meek's experimental flat studio

00:26produced a hit that broke sonic and gender barriers.

00:29Its brief success mirrors the forgotten legacy of many one-hit bands.

00:35Number 4.

00:36White on White by Danny Williams Williams' crooned ballad turned the agony of watching

00:40an ex's wedding into a chart-topping, operatic catharsis for shared heartbreak.

00:45Number 3.

00:47Ringo by Lorne Green Bonanza patriarch Lorne Green parlayed TV

00:51gravitas into a number one spoken Western, eulogizing gunslinger Ringo.

00:57Definitely not the Beatle of that era.

00:59Number 2.

01:00Will Sing In The Sunshine by Gail Garnett

01:04Garnett's Grammy-winning folk hit hit a radical, feminist take on no-strings romance beneath

01:08an easy-listening surface.

01:11Number 1.

01:12Hey Little Cobra by The Rip Chords

01:15Car culture lust peaked as The Rip Chords Roaring Ode hit number 4, featuring Terry Melcher,

01:20Bruce Johnston and Wrecking Crew Muscle.