One Hit Wonders

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Spirit in the Sky
producer:
Erik Jacobsen
part of:
Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 5) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 333)
recording of:
Spirit in the Sky (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
Norman Greenbaum
publisher:
Great Honesty Music Inc., Warner Chappell Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
Norman Greenbaum4.053:59
2Together We Are Beautiful
cover recording of:
Together We Are Beautiful (1977 song)
lyricist and composer:
Ken Leray (songwriter)
publisher:
Brampton Music Ltd. (publisher)
Fern Kinney4:09
3Something Here in My Heart
The Paper Dolls2:53
4Oh You Pretty Thing
Peter Noone3:06
5After the Goldrush
Prelude2:09
6Excerpt From a Teenage Opera
recording of:
Theme From “A Teenage Opera”
lyricist and composer:
Keith Hopkins and Mark Wirtz
Keith West4:42
7A Walk in the Park
producer:
Jeremy Paul (British producer, engineer & remixer Jeremy Paul Solomons)
recording of:
A Walk in the Park
lyricist and composer:
Nicholas Charles Bailey
Nick Straker Band3:50
8Couldn’t Get It Right
assistant engineer:
Colin Fairley
engineer:
Pete Henderson (engineer)
producer:
Mike Vernon
recording of:
Couldn’t Get It Right
writer:
Colin Cooper, John Cuffley, Pete Haycock, Derek Holt and Richard Jones (Climax Blues Band)
publisher:
AIR Music (London) Ltd., Bleu-Disque-Music Co. Inc., EMI Music Publishing Germany GmbH (2008–today) and Neue Welt Musikverlag
Climax Blues Band3.253:11
9Afternoon Delight
vocals:
Jon Carroll (of Starland Vocal Band, on vocals, keyboard, guitar), Margot Chapman, Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert
recording of:
Afternoon Delight
lyricist and composer:
Bill Danoff
Starland Vocal Band3.53:10
10Telephone Man
recording of:
Telephone Man
writer:
Meri Wilson
Meri Wilson42:01
11Angie Baby
recording of:
Angie Baby
lyricist and composer:
Alan O’Day
Helen Reddy53:28
12Venus
recording of:
Venus (Shocking Blue (I’m Your Venus)) (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
Robbie van Leeuwen
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd. and The International Music Network
is based on:
The Banjo Song
Shocking Blue4.353:03
13Pinball
recording of:
Pinball
lyricist and composer:
Brian Protheroe
Brian Protheroe3:04
14Classic
recording of:
Classic
lyricist and composer:
Adrian Gurvitz
publisher:
Finchley Music Corp.
Adrian Gurvitz33:40
15Gaye
recording of:
Gaye
lyricist and composer:
Clifford T. Ward
Clifford T. Ward3:35
16Hands to Heaven
recording of:
Hands to Heaven
writer:
David Glasper (Singer - Performer, author & lyricist) and Marcus Lillington
publisher:
Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (in 1988)
Breathe4:19
17Thinking of You
recording of:
Thinking of You
writer:
Terry Hall and Toby Lyons
The Colourfield23:30
18Words
producer:
Jean-Michel Gallois-Montbrun (Rolando Tambin) and Frédéric Leibovitz
arranger:
Daniel Darras, F.R. David and Frédéric Leibovitz
recording of:
Words
lyricist:
Martin Kupersmith and Louis Sandy Yagura
composer:
Elie Robert Fitoussi
translated version of:
Sen můj a Lízin
F.R. David4.653:24
19Bette Davis Eyes
recording engineer and producer:
Val Garay
electric guitar:
Waddy Wachtel
lead vocals:
Kim Carnes (in 1981-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1981) and EMI America Records, Inc. (holding - file NO releases here!) (in 1981)
recorded at:
Record One in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Bette Davis Eyes (in 1981-01)
writer:
Jackie DeShannon and Donna Weiss
publisher:
Donna Weiss Music Inc., Plain and Simple Music, Warner Brothers Inc. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Kim Carnes3.93:43
20Sad Eyes
recording of:
Sad Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Robert John (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Unichappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Careers, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Robert John3:30
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