70's Music Revisited » One Hit Wonder

Ocean – Put Your Hand in the Hand

70sMusicFan — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:17:57 +0000

Ocean was form in London, Ontario and had singer Janice Brown, singer-keyboardist Greg Brown, bassist Jeff Jones, guitarist Dave Tamblyn and drummer Chuck Slater as their members. Put Your Hand In the Hand was their Their first single, released in 1970 reaching the single charts in early 1971

The song was written by Gene McLellan.

It almost reached the Top spot on the Billboard Charts topping at Number 2.

This was the only single released by Ocean which charted in the US. They had 5 other singles in Canada with their last being 1973.

The song also appeared on Anne Murray’s third Album, Honey, Wheat and Laughter, released only in Canada in 1970.

R. B. Greaves – Take a Letter Maria

70sMusicFan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:37:41 +0000

The song about infidelity, first by the wife of the singer and then the singer himself towards his secretary Maria.

The song reached Number 2 on the Billboard charts towards the end of 1969 and really shouldn’t be classified as a song of the 1970s. But it was a favorite of this author’s and I always sat back to listen to it when it played on the radio. Still do.

It was Greaves only hit record. He had a couple of more low charting singles in the early 1970s including a remake of Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me” and Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale”.

Greaves was a nephew of the late great Sam Cooke.

Gary Glitter – Rock and Roll

70sMusicFan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:07:46 +0000

Part 2:

The song is best known as the “Hey Song” and has been played at countless sporting events since its recording in 1972. Part 2 is the best known part of the song. Part one is more of a vocal track, with actual lyrics, while the only words in part 2 is ‘Hey’.

The song was written by Glam Rocker Gary Glitter and Mike Leander. Both Part 1 and 2 charted in the UK reaching Number 2 while just Part 2 charted in the US reaching the Top 10 at Number 7.

On the album Glitter the song bookend the album with Part 1 opening the album and Part 2 closing it. In concert Gary Glitter combined the parts into one single song.

Gary Glitter may have been a One Hit Wonder in the US but between 1972 and 1995 he charted twenty-six hit singles which spent a total of 180 weeks in the UK Top 100.

Extra Bonus Part 1: