One Hit Wonders of the UK

The Routers – Let’s Go 01/1963

The Orlons – Don’t Hang Up 01/1963

The Chucks – Loo-Be-Loo 01/1963

David Thorne – The Alley Cat Song 01/1963

The Rooftop Singers – Walk Right In 02/1963

Ned Miller – From A Jack To A King 02/1963

Steve Race – Pied Piper (The Beeje) 03/1963

The Cougars – Saturday Night At The Duck Pond 03/1963

Count Basie with Frank Sinatra – My Kind Of Girl 03/1963

The Cascades – Rhythm Of The Rain 03/1963

Johnny Cymbal – Mr. Bass Man 03/1963

Skeeter Davis – End Of The World 03/1963

Ruby And The Romantics – Our Day Will Come 04/1963

Don Spencer – Fireball 03/1963

The Chantays – Pipeline 04/1963

James Gilreath – Little Band Of Gold 05/1963

Mike Cotton’s Jazzmen – Swing That Hammer 06/1963

Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki 07/1963

Jimmy Soul – If You Wanna Be Happy 07/1963

Ken Thorne – Theme From ‘The Legions Last Patrol’ 07/1963

The Surfaris – Wipe Out 07/1963

Houston Wells – Only The Heartaches 08/1963

Miss X – Christine 08/1963

Allan Sherman – Hello Muddah! Hello Fadduh! 09/1963

Little Peggy March – Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love 09/1963

Dave Berry And The Cruisers – Memphis Tennessee 09/1963

Los Indios Tabajaras – Maria Elena 11/1963

Chad Stuart And Jeremy Clyde – Yesterday’s Gone 12/1963

The Singing Nun – Dominique 12/1963

Wilfred Brambell And Harry H Corbett – At The Palace (Parts 1 And 2) 12/1963

Big Dee Irwin – Swinging On A Star 11/1963

Dora Bryan – All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle 12/1963

Chris Sandford – Not Too Little – Not Too Much 12/1963 

Listen to: The Surfaris – Wipe Out

The Surfaris’ story is pretty wild and I think I’m going to save it for another day but aside from that, I love this song. When I picture the USA in the 60’s, this is what plays in my head. Simple, rhythmic; it doesn’t really go anywhere, just stays on that groove and rides it out, baby. Other entries of note: “Dominique” by The Singing Nun had it’s viral moment in 2021 and is truly bad to listen to all the way through, I’ve seen comparisons recently of The Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black” to The Chantay’s “Pipeline”, I don’t have the evidence but I’m suspect that “Sukiyaki” might be the first ever Asian inclusion on the charts and if it wasn’t for Dora Bryan, how else could you tell who was dominating the music scene at this time?