One Hit Wonders of the UK

Chart lovers behold the oddity

Harmony Grass – Move In A Little Closer 02/1969

Neil MacArthur – She’s Not There 02/1969

Consortium – All The Love In The World 02/1969

Charlie Foxx with Inez Foxx – Mockingbird 02/1969

Noel Harrison – The Windmills Of Your Mind 03/1969

Dick Emery – If You Love Her 03/1969

Joe South – Games People Play 03/1969

Bob And Earl – Harlem Shuffle 03/1969

Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin – Sanctus 04/1969

Jefferson – Colour Of My Love 04/1969

Blood Sweat & Tears – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy 05/1969

Microbe – Groovy Baby 05/1969

Edwin Hawkins Singers – Oh Happy Day 05/1969

Crazy Elephant – Gimme, Gimme Good Loving 05/1969

Flamingos – Boogaloo Party 06/1969

Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 06/1969

Family Dogg – Way Of Life 06/1969

Max Romeo – Wet Dream 06/1969

Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild 06/1969

The Dells – I Can Sing A Rainbow 07/1969

Zager And Evans – In The Year 2525 08/1969

Fairport Convention – Si Tu Dois Partir 07/1969

Oliver – Good Morning Starshine 08/1969

Jane Birkin And Serge Gainsbourg – Je T’aime… Mon Non Plus 08/1969

Humble Pie – Natural Born Bugie 08/1969

Sounds Nice ft Tim Mycroft – Love At First Sight (Je T’aime… Mon Non Plus) 09/1969

Upsetters – Return Of Django 10/1969

Archies – Sugar, Sugar 10/1969

Harry J. All Stars – The Liquidator 10/1969

Neville Dickie – Robin’s Return 10/1969

Trash – Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight 10/1969

Pat Campbell – The Deal 11/1969

Checkmates Ltd – Proud Mary 11/1969

Delaney And Bonnie And Friends – Comin’ Home 12/1969 

Listen to: Bob And Earl – Harlem Shuffle

Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild

The Archies – Sugar, Sugar

Quite the mix this year; cool Soul music brought to us by Bob And Earl, an absolute rocking jam by Steppenwolf and the crème de la crème of Bubblegum Pop by the session musicians in the guise of The Archies. I prefer “Sugar, Sugar” over the previous years’ entry “Yummy, Yummy, Yummy” by Ohio Express, simply due to the performance and writing. Rounding out the decade, there’s naughtiness in “Je T’aime… Mon Non Plus”, terrible predictions as heard in “In The Year 2525” and an Academy Award Winner in “The Windmills Of Your Mind”.

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