A bit of a cheat.....

The only Top 40 hit for The Wonder Who peaked at #12 on Christmas day, 1965.....however, since the band was a pseudonym for The Four Seasons, should this count???

 

#25 on February 10, 1968 was "Skip A Rope" by Henson Cargill. This song was recorded by numerous country artists. It was Cargill's only Top 40 entry.

 

August 22, 1998 was the date that "Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger cracked the Top 40 at #38. That was it.

 

It is difficult to believe, but Ten Years After only cracked the Top 40 once, and it was at #40!

Here is "I'd Love To Change The World" from 1971

 

Only reaching #23 on April 23, 1960, Barrett Strongs incredible "Money" was his only Billboard Top 40 hit.

 

Thanks umpire , I listen to the 50's and 60's on the radio all the time.

 

Hi, David

 

February 16, 1974, the Natural Four hit their peak with the only Top 40 hit they ever produced, as 'Can This Be Real' reached #31.

 

Crabby Appleton had one Top 40 hit, reaching #36 on July 18, 1970.

Here is "Go Back"

 

Tony Clarke, with some songWRITING successes under his belt, tried his hand as a recording artist and only managed one Top 40 it: 'The Entertainer', which reached #31 on Mat 8, 1965

 

The El Dorados, with 'At My Front Door', reached #17 on November 12, 1955 on the Billboard Charts. They never again reached the Top 40.

 

On September 1, 1962, Claudine Clark's 'Party Lights' reached #5. Nothing more from Claudine came remotely close.

 

That makes 275 "One Hit Wonders".

 

Miguel Rios sang 'A Song Of Joy' (lyrics to Bach's Cantata BWV 147, 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring'), which apparently stunned people into thinking it was something new. Enough to bring the tune to #14 on the Billboard Singles Chart on July 18, 1970. Rios never successfully ripped off the classics again.

 

'Third Rate Romance'---Amazing Rhythm Aces

Their only hit from September, 1975 (reaching #14) is a Jimmy Buffett-esque story in the exact same style. While Buffett has never crawled back under his rock, the Rhythm Aces proved to be not so amazing.

 

Buckner & Garcia's 'Pac-Man Fever' is more evidence that trash can become a hit, but often trash only strikes once for stinko acts.

The number reached #9 on March 27, 1982

 

'Little Bitty Pretty One' (peaked on November 11, 1957) by Thurston Harris was a cover of a Bobby Day ('Rockin' Robin') single that had not made it. Harris' version soared to #6, but unfortunately it was his only venture into the Top 40.

 

Bob Kuban (with or without the In Men) only had one Top 40 hit.

It was 'The Cheater', which reached #12 on March 12, 1966.

 

Frigid Pink had one Top 40 hit with a remake of 'House Of The Rising Sun'. #7 on April 4, 1970.

 

The 60's was a great time