One of my favourites was a 1978 track called Trojan Horse by the Dutch girl group Luv'.  In their native Netherlands, and several parts of Europe, they had a string of hits, but this one brought them their lone chart single in several countries outside of Europe including Australia (where it reached #50) and Canada (where it reached #95 in 1979).  The 45 of this song proudly sits in my record collection

Luv' - Trojan Horse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=759Rs8cHV-M

Hey... I DO remember that song. I had no idea who sang it though (or that they were Dutch). I had never seen the film clip before now. So... that is at least three Dutch bands that had hits over here...Luv, Golden Earing and Pussycat!

Here's an Aussie song (from 1974) that came to mind when I heard the LUV clip. It is The Moir Sisters ..."Good Morning How Are You". Not that much to the song ... but it gets inside your head! The film clip doesn't actually show the band. The song reached #8 ... but I don't think it was released overseas... :-\\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19oMMuDV8P0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tqZzCo2jZY

King Of Hearts - Something To Hide {1978}


King Of Hearts was produced by Richard Landis...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kynio4YZo6g

Richard Landis - Natural Causes {1972}


Richard Landis helped produced several artists including...

Reed Nielsen Mark Pearson  (If You should Sail)

Juice Newton (many hit songs)

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Richard+Landis?noanv=1





Dan

along a completely different line, who could forget the timeless hit "sinister minister" by "hard stuff"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmRHVV44BBw

i dug up a CD by the guys under the name "bullet," which they had to change because the name was apparently already taken by a US band (they're from the UK). they changed their name to "daemon" and then to "hard stuff." the best song on the bullet album is "fortunes told," in this humble reporter's opinion, but they apparently didn't re-record that one for the hard stuff album. it's kinda sabbath meets blues rock with a kinda satirical edge to it, like it's haunted house music. musically it's not genius but the guitar tone is great, the singer's good, and there are moments of great sound engineering and production. on the CD i swear i can hear the bass drum pedal squeak.

That be some good obscure '70s songs listed so far.
Is there any love out there for Sparks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMLCGWYco6M
Propaganda + At Home, At Work, At Play

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygzZKvcVqQA

Lick 'N' Stick - Mary Ann {1975} (Canadian)




Dan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygzZKvcVqQA

Lick 'N' Stick - Mary Ann {1975} (Canadian)




Dan


I know this one.  It peaked at #55 in Canada the week of September 25, 1976
Their only other chart single in Canada was called 'Under My Thumb' (not a cover of the Rolling Stones)

Here's an Aussie song (from 1974) that came to mind when I heard the LUV clip. It is The Moir Sisters ..."Good Morning How Are You". Not that much to the song ... but it gets inside your head! The film clip doesn't actually show the band. The song reached #8 ... but I don't think it was released overseas... :-\\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19oMMuDV8P0&feature=related



This one is kind of bland, but is somewhat a relaxing melody to it




Richard Landis helped produced several artists including...

Reed Nielsen Mark Pearson  (If You should Sail)


This alone makes it awesome.  Nielsen and Pearson were one of the greatest short-lived acts of the late 70s/early 80s

Here's another one from the Netherlands ...

From 1977, it's I Want You to Be Mine by Kayak.  In their country, they were by far obscure, but this track brought them their lone chart single in North America.  It peaked at #55 in the US and #63 in Canada during 1978

Kayak - I Want You to Be Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfKR9Ouz5oQ



Here's one from Greece by Demis Roussos.  He was originally the singer in the late 60s band Aphrodite's Child (a band that featured Vangelis on keyboards) who had several European hits including Rain and Tears which made them a one hit wonder in the UK.  Following their demise, Roussos went solo and from 1975 - 1977, hit the UK Top 40 with 6 singles.  North American success eluded him, so he hired an American producer, and in 1978, reached #47 in the US and #75 in Canada with the excellent ballad That Once In A Lifetime

Demis Roussos - That Once in a Lifetime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3_8Cy_OadY

Another great obscurity is by an American singer named Carolyne Mas.  Her 1979 single Stillsane reached #71 in the US and #53 in Canada.  A follow-up single Quote Goodbye Quote failed to chart in the US Hot 100, but did reach #60 in Canada and #71 in the UK.  A third single from her 1979 debut titled Never Two Without Three failed to chart altogether.

In this video are all three of those songs back to back.  Stillsane is in my Top 10 of greatest songs of the 70s. 

Carolyne Mas - Stillsane / Quote Goodbye Quote / Never Two Without Three
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg3sDnhAljQ

Digney Fignus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLVCdBPF8M8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8umHrFzE2H4

more from "hard stuff"! only this time they're called "bullet." the video has nothing to do with the song.

One of my favourites was a 1978 track called Trojan Horse by the Dutch girl group Luv'.  In their native Netherlands, and several parts of Europe, they had a string of hits, but this one brought them their lone chart single in several countries outside of Europe including Australia (where it reached #50) and Canada (where it reached #95 in 1979).  The 45 of this song proudly sits in my record collection

Luv' - Trojan Horse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=759Rs8cHV-M

Wow... I'll not recover from this for awhile! I can't believe I never knew about these talented armwaving young ladies! Thank you for posting this!

Maybe not obscure (in Australia). But this is a clip from a 70's Brisbane band. Lead singer (Carol Lloyd) had a great rock chick voice. Ugly as sin .... but sounded great!  ;D  This song was a hit  and featured the flute (which was different for that time ...until Men At Work came along).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-KCzJ2ZTro

^ The Flute in that song is reminiscent of 'Down Under' by Men at Work.  Dang, that lead singer is quite ugly though.  She reminds me of Tracey Ullman as that old hag witch in 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights'.  Not a bad song though.



Wow... I'll not recover from this for awhile! I can't believe I never knew about these talented armwaving young ladies! Thank you for posting this!


It's a shame that Luv' never made it big in North America.  Glad you like the song.  It really is catchy :)

Here's a real obscure one from Germany circa 1979 by a group called Dschinghis Khan (known as Genghis Khan in several other parts of the world).  Not sure where else this was a hit, but upon research, I see it was a #1 hit in Australia.  It is called Moscow

I found an old various artists LP from Australia that compiled big hits in that country circa 1979-1980 and it features this song, as well as Stillsane by Carolyne Mas as I posted above, which shows that Australia has some good taste in music.

The sound of Moscow by Genghis Khan kind of reminds me of Boney M.  I really enjoy this ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAKRw6mToA

Here's a real obscure one from Germany circa 1979 by a group called Dschinghis Khan (known as Genghis Khan in several other parts of the world).  Not sure where else this was a hit, but upon research, I see it was a #1 hit in Australia.  It is called Moscow

I found an old various artists LP from Australia that compiled big hits in that country circa 1979-1980 and it features this song, as well as Stillsane by Carolyne Mas as I posted above, which shows that Australia has some good taste in music.

The sound of Moscow by Genghis Khan kind of reminds me of Boney M.  I really enjoy this ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAKRw6mToA


I remember that one well.  Australia was pretty lucky back in the 70's and early 80's... we had all sorts of music  (whereas the U.S. seemed to shut out some really big overseas artists). Australian artists tended to stay within our country boundaries ... until artists like The Bee Gees, LRB, Air Supple and Olivia Newton John started breaking it big in the U.S.  We also had a great rock/pop music show here (Countdown) that showcased new music from here and abroad. That's why ABBA hit it so big over here (early in their career).

But I'm always surprised about some of the music that you (and Henk) have heard of from over here.

^ Australian artists did better in Canada during the 80s than the 70s.  Excluding Air Supply (they never charted here until 1980), the only other Aussie act apart from the ones you mentioned that I know reached the Canadian chart during the 1970s was the Tarney/Spencer Band, who had two some what obscure hits in 1978-1979 with It's Really You (#92 in Canada; #86 in the US) and No Time to Lose (#64 in Canada; #84 in the US)

In 1981, a few years after they broke up, No Time To Lose actually re-charted in the US at #74 due to the video getting heavy rotation on the then newly established channel known as MTV.  This is my favourite Australian song of the 70s ...

Tarney/Spencer Band - No Time To Lose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CovUcZEWruY


Alan Tarney became a well-known producer during the 80s.  He produced the first 3 albums by A-ha, as well as the 1987 release 'Always Guaranteed' by Cliff Richard, which at the time was Cliff's most successful album of all time

I don't know how obscure these would be considered to be, but here are my contribution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XofWamyCHI Toby Beau - Angel Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGFW9jCFml4 Dean Friedman - Ariel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bpOBAwrFVw  Into The Night by Benny Mardones

The the flip side of The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUFSOD7yHHE



Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bpOBAwrFVw  Into The Night by Benny Mardones


1980.  Still a good song nonetheless.

All three of those did reach the Top 40, but they are ones that are seldom heard which would make them obscure.  Excellent choices.  I listen to 'Ariel' all the time.

http://www.garylessard.com/copperpenny/copperpennysitting.jpg

http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-2227360-1271001850.jpeg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMD0kRTyq5s

Copperpenny - Sitting On A Poor Man's Throne {1973} (Canadian)

From the album 'Sitting On A Poor Man's Throne'

http://www.thefinalvinyl.com/copper2.htm

Note: The 45 record shows a different spelling for the artist 'Copper Penny'. The song title is sometimes spelled as 'Sittin' On A Poor Man's Throne'

This album is almost impossible to find for sale.


Dan

Subway Terror....Starz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwaWF5L3HzE&feature=related


Danger Money....U.K.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEKARbhoRbk


Magic Is A Child....Nektar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhF9XSeSFkc


This is a live version from 1969 but the song didn't make it to an album, A Brighter day, until 1974
Robin Head....Keith Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS0jbJQuFqU

This band is well known; this album, these songs, not so much.

Something's On The Move...Jethro Tull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V957wzfIIoU

North Sea Oil....Jethro Tull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZxaH8SQgs8&feature=related

http://www.garylessard.com/copperpenny/copperpennysitting.jpg

http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-2227360-1271001850.jpeg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMD0kRTyq5s

Copperpenny - Sitting On A Poor Man's Throne {1973} (Canadian)

From the album 'Sitting On A Poor Man's Throne'

http://www.thefinalvinyl.com/copper2.htm

Note: The 45 record shows a different spelling for the artist 'Copper Penny'. The song title is sometimes spelled as 'Sittin' On A Poor Man's Throne'

This album is almost impossible to find for sale.


Dan


I didn't know anyone outside of Canada knew of Copperpenny.  Poor Man's Throne was a great song, but my favourite from them was Disco Queen from 1975

Subway Terror....Starz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwaWF5L3HzE&feature=related


I know this one.  Starz were best known for 'Cherry Baby', but Subway Terror is also great!  Bret Michaels once said that Starz was one of his major influences.  Without Starz, there may not have been a Poison. 

I know this one.  Starz were best known for 'Cherry Baby', but Subway Terror is also great!  Bret Michaels once said that Starz was one of his major influences.  Without Starz, there may not have been a Poison. 


That is interesting, outside of the band themselves, a few of their friends and the six guys I hung with I didn't think anyone has heard of Starz.  ;D


I could probably post this whole album. I wore the grooves off of this record when I was 16, I could only imagine what my parents thought
hearing this stuff blaring from my room.

Steve Hackett...Please Don't Touch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7OzYGNPbmU

That is interesting, outside of the band themselves, a few of their friends and the six guys I hung with I didn't think anyone has heard of Starz.  ;D

i've heard of starz! you might like this guy...

http://www.youtube.com/user/therocker400

he's got a heck of a vinyl collection, and he's mighty generous with it. i found out about starz from his channel, as well as budgie, lightning, bullet/hard stuff, neil merriweather, tea, and a bunch of other great B-list bands from the 70s and 80s i'd never heard of.

for instance, here's some space rock!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uSrih0m3bA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWcfSQG2B40

Charlie - Johnny Hold Back {1977}


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nn0_KVy6VQ

Stillwater - Out On A Limb {1977}

Note: Stillwater's big hit song was 'Mindbender'



Dan

Steve Hackett...Please Don't Touch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7OzYGNPbmU


Oh, Steve Hackett.  The one member of Genesis who's never really mentioned much.  His solo stuff was great.  For me, his best non Genesis work was with GTR and the awesome When the Heart Rules the Mind


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWcfSQG2B40

Charlie - Johnny Hold Back {1977}


Charlie.  I keep forgetting they were in the 70s.  I am so used to their '83 offering with It's Inevitable

this thread is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr9MuI84hkk

Lake - On The Run {1976}


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swtFzfywtAI


Lake - Time Bomb {1976}




Dan

The the flip side of The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUFSOD7yHHE



Cat


aw man i crushed on vicky lawrence back in the day. i never knew this existed! i'm totally buying it.

^ Australian artists did better in Canada during the 80s than the 70s.  Excluding Air Supply (they never charted here until 1980), the only other Aussie act apart from the ones you mentioned that I know reached the Canadian chart during the 1970s was the Tarney/Spencer Band, who had two some what obscure hits in 1978-1979 with It's Really You (#92 in Canada; #86 in the US) and No Time to Lose (#64 in Canada; #84 in the US)

In 1981, a few years after they broke up, No Time To Lose actually re-charted in the US at #74 due to the video getting heavy rotation on the then newly established channel known as MTV.  This is my favourite Australian song of the 70s ...

Tarney/Spencer Band - No Time To Lose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CovUcZEWruY


Alan Tarney became a well-known producer during the 80s.  He produced the first 3 albums by A-ha, as well as the 1987 release 'Always Guaranteed' by Cliff Richard, which at the time was Cliff's most successful album of all time
yeah this is a nice tune. i love the clean guitar tones and the voice overdubs. this is nice stuff, sound engineers on the job.

aw man i crushed on vicky lawrence back in the day. i never knew this existed! i'm totally buying it.



I used to LOVE that song and sang it all the time. For many years, I thought that I was the only one who knew the song. One day, I found someone who knew it because they had the album. I love that I can now listen to it on YouTube (and still remember ALL the lyrics).



Cat

I used to LOVE that song and sang it all the time. For many years, I thought that I was the only one who knew the song. One day, I found someone who knew it because they had the album. I love that I can now listen to it on YouTube (and still remember ALL the lyrics).



Cat


Growing up, every kid had a secret record collection hidden in the closet somewhere. A collection that would never be seen by
visiting friends to avoid an almost certain pummeling. A collection that maybe a girlfriend would know about but it really belongs
to your mom, you just borrowed it. The Vicki Lawrence album is in my collection, and yes I still have it.

Growing up, every kid had a secret record collection hidden in the closet somewhere. A collection that would never be seen by
visiting friends to avoid an almost certain pummeling. A collection that maybe a girlfriend would know about but it really belongs
to your mom, you just borrowed it. The Vicki Lawrence album is in my collection, and yes I still have it.



;D ;D ;D ;D


Going off topic here for just a minute. Several years back, one of my best friends & I were in a supermarket at the checkout. I can't remember what started it but one of us would say, "I have a Jimmy Osmond album" to which the other one would reply, "Well, I have a Barry Manalow." That was followed by, "Well, I have the Bay City Rollers." Of course the reply was, "I have the Partridge Family."

We were going on like this-BRAGGING about our most cheesiest albums possible. We looked around and people were laughing. I don't know if they were laughing because we were actually admitting to have these cheesy albums or the fact that THEY ALSO had those same cheesy albums.  :D ;D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

Growing up, every kid had a secret record collection hidden in the closet somewhere. A collection that would never be seen by
visiting friends to avoid an almost certain pummeling. A collection that maybe a girlfriend would know about but it really belongs
to your mom, you just borrowed it. The Vicki Lawrence album is in my collection, and yes I still have it.
haha, yes, the gogos' "beauty and the beat" and a lot of joni mitchell was in my secret collection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml8pMCALnmo

another one from the rocker400's vaults that i quite like.

^with the exception of the bass solo, which is fairly disastrous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml8pMCALnmo

another one from the rocker400's vaults that i quite like.


Love that album cover.  Good song, though I see what you mean about that Bass solo.

Here's a oldie but a goodie from 1973 called This is Your Song by Don Goodwin

Don Goodwin was at the time an unknown American singer who was discovered at a Las Vegas audition by Paul Anka.  This is Your Song was written and produced by Anka and in 1974, it peaked at #68 in the US and #34 in Canada. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMls9gkSqg8

Love that album cover.  Good song, though I see what you mean about that Bass solo.
lightning had a couple good tunes. when you think about it, there's not a lot of good bass solos out there. i'm just not sure bass solos are generally a good idea.

i said it was like MC escher meets the freak brothers, that cover. it IS cool.

Bruce Haack: Mean Old Devil (recorded c. 1968; released c. 1978)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsa5bp8d4y0

ZNR: Le grande compositeur vu de dos (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5DodWieMvA

Mort Garson: Plantasia (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4nbfPZa9Ws&feature=related

Ruth White: The Ball (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPPgJHWC2QQ&feature=related

Arlo Guthrie: Guabi Guabi (1978)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXnn9ihSqes

Can: Bring Me Coffee or Tea (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilk-2tXzlvE

Meredith Monk: Lullaby (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTvsb_0-nCs

Peter Gordon: Star Jaws (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V85A9ivBPfY

8) 8) 8)

at the risk of looking like i'm buttering whitledog up, that "no time to lose" song really just gets better every time i listen to it. that dude was cheated that that wasn't a hit.

at the risk of looking like i'm buttering whitledog up, that "no time to lose" song really just gets better every time i listen to it. that dude was cheated that that wasn't a hit.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03wwiTz8fY

Part of the intro is cut off in the music video. Here's the album version.



Dan

lake is a really interesting name for a band. lake.

on the run! i like this too, the guitar is great, the combo amp rhythm and the big stack solo tone. they kinda pulled off a disco-hard rock hybrid, which, hats off, that's a tricky couple of genres to synthesize.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o-8iUDGhcs

Simms Brothers Band - Back To School {1979}

Note: This song sounds like Steely Dan



Dan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o-8iUDGhcs

Simms Brothers Band - Back To School {1979}

Note: This song sounds like Steely Dan



Dan
but with mccartney on lead vocals. (i like it anyway. my song by lightning there's a moment where they're plainly lifting off cream, bands ripped off each others' styles a lot back in those days, it was kinda de rigueur. rock bands today get around that by not having style. BUT I DIGRESS.)

and then, randomly, there's a hammond solo that weighs the song down like a lead balloon!

and then a pretty decent guitar solo! and then paul mccartney returns with 15-part backing harmonies!

this is good stuff. lots of decent vocals, fer shurr.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03wwiTz8fY

Part of the intro is cut off in the music video. Here's the album version.



Dan
i figured it out! it's like fleetwood mac meets triumph.

at the risk of looking like i'm buttering whitledog up, that "no time to lose" song really just gets better every time i listen to it. that dude was cheated that that wasn't a hit.


The fact that it charted twice in 2 different decades, makes it almost a Top 40 esque hit. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhfCv4cbNDg

Atlanta Rhythm Section - Conversation {1973}




Dan

A couple more that were blaring from my room as youth that probably had my parents wondering
what the hell I was on.

Death Walks Behind You...Atomic Rooster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26JgBMtOaYc


A Spoonful Of Bromide Helps The Pulse Rate Go Down...Atomic Rooster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soy4x-H4gI4&feature=related

ha, atomic rooster were the genesis of bullet/hard stuff/daemon, which is my current obsession.

Sad Café were a British band who had a small run of hits in their homeland from 1979-1983.  The single Run Home Girl sadly was not one of them, but despite that, it did reach #71 in the US and #72 in Canada during 1979.  Despite it's low chart placing, I still hear it often on classic radio stations.

Lead singer Paul M. Young fared better in North America as one of the lead singers of Mike + the Mechanics

Sad Café - Run Home Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm8C7wlW9NU

Gong: The Pot Head Pixies (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FisaVM93bdg

Egg: Fugue in D Minor (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT3q4iEaB6Q

Neu!: Seeland (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awNiwKoyoR8

Prism: Spaceship Superstar (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSyYqD9v_wo
(Though it was a minor hit in Canada)

Prism: Spaceship Superstar (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSyYqD9v_wo
(Though it was a minor hit in Canada)


Minor hit in the US as well.  With it's non Top 40 chart placing in Canada, it was a well loved radio favourite, still played alot on classic radio.  I actually heard it on the radio driving home from work today lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03wwiTz8fY

Part of the intro is cut off in the music video. Here's the album version.



Dan



That just sounds SOOOOO familiar but I just can't place where I have heard that before-but I know I have.



Cat

That just sounds SOOOOO familiar but I just can't place where I have heard that before-but I know I have.



Cat



Cat,

I don't know if you mean fairly recently or back in the late 70's. Are you a former member of the 80sxchange? if so, I posted the song over there in 2004.

http://www.80sxchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34259


Under One Hit Wonders of the 80s at the 80sxchange, 'No Time To Lose' has the highest views of any One Hit Wonder listed under that heading. It also has more views than most of the polls!

http://www.80sxchange.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=30&daysprune=-1&order=desc&sort=views



Dan

LOL I posted on that 80sxchange page :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AmfZXsAgJk

Corking, mid-ranging hit from a British duo who promised great things, but only really delivered this...

Obscure because it's never been re-issued in any way, shape, or form (George Harrison's estate owns the tapes, so I wouldn't think they'll be available any time yet...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AmfZXsAgJk

Corking, mid-ranging hit from a British duo who promised great things, but only really delivered this...

Obscure because it's never been re-issued in any way, shape, or form (George Harrison's estate owns the tapes, so I wouldn't think they'll be available any time yet...)


This one is very good.  It also reached #73 in Canada.  I may have to put this one on a 70s Mix CD

Cat,

I don't know if you mean fairly recently or back in the late 70's. Are you a former member of the 80sxchange? if so, I posted the song over there in 2004.

http://www.80sxchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34259


Under One Hit Wonders of the 80s at the 80sxchange, 'No Time To Lose' has the highest views of any One Hit Wonder listed under that heading. It also has more views than most of the polls!

http://www.80sxchange.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=30&daysprune=-1&order=desc&sort=views



Dan



I wasn't a member of that forum.

I think I might know (but I could be wrong). Way back in the dark ages (1978-'81), I LIVED by the radio. I had my radio on almost 24/7-used to sleep with it on many times, too. I would listen to WPDH out of Poughkeepsie, NY. I'm sure it was during that time that I heard it.



Cat

I wasn't a member of that forum.

I think I might know (but I could be wrong). Way back in the dark ages (1978-'81), I LIVED by the radio. I had my radio on almost 24/7-used to sleep with it on many times, too. I would listen to WPDH out of Poughkeepsie, NY. I'm sure it was during that time that I heard it.



Cat
i also wonder if you might be mixing it up with "the chain", the fleetwood mac song. they're pretty similar.

i also wonder if you might be mixing it up with "the chain", the fleetwood mac song. they're pretty similar.



No. I know "The Chain" very well (one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs). If anything, it sounds a bit like Triumph's "Magic Power". 



Cat

Sweet : The Six teens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EWNFpNgDcM

I wasn't a member of that forum.

I think I might know (but I could be wrong). Way back in the dark ages (1978-'81), I LIVED by the radio. I had my radio on almost 24/7-used to sleep with it on many times, too. I would listen to WPDH out of Poughkeepsie, NY. I'm sure it was during that time that I heard it.



Cat


Despite it's low chart placing, it was a radio favourite, most likely due to it's MTV push in 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwCT0RZv86s

REO Speedwagon - Back On The Road Again {1979}




Dan

Despite it's low chart placing, it was a radio favourite, most likely due to it's MTV push in 1981



Maybe it was on MTV that I heard it. Used to listen to MTV in the mornings when I was getting ready for work in 1982-3. But I KNOW I heard it somewhere.



Cat

A song that only hit the charts in Australia and The Netherlands... (which still surprises me):

Doug Ashdown - Winter In America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEjZmjYENOk

Ian Matthews - Gimme An Inch, Girl
from 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr2bPAYQTDg

Teaze - Sweet Misery
1978

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cgH0bujJ8k

And going way back to 1970 - >  Liz Damon's Orient Express - 1900 Yesterday


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu170INnh5o

Not too sure if this is obscure or not.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2kQe0PghU



Cat

Ian Matthews - Gimme An Inch, Girl
from 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr2bPAYQTDg


Cover of Robert Palmer's 'Give Me An Inch Girl' {1975}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izNmZwpuq4s


Remix (HQ sound)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WqDosQSxa8&feature=fvwrel





Dan

Not too sure if this is obscure or not.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2kQe0PghU



Cat

Very 1973. This song belongs on a k-tel album. First I've ever heard it, and I'm hitting that play button to listen one more time.

A song that only hit the charts in Australia and The Netherlands... (which still surprises me):

Doug Ashdown - Winter In America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEjZmjYENOk


This is one of my favourite songs from that era.  I also cannot believe it didn't chart more widely...  BTW ... good work The Netherlands!  ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvY-I9pNpI

Ian Thomas - Painted Ladies {1973}


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgxoWTjtuc

The Cate Brothers - Union Man {1975}




Dan

Very 1973. This song belongs on a k-tel album. First I've ever heard it, and I'm hitting that play button to listen one more time.



That's where I heard it-on one of my K-Tel records.  ;D ;D ;D



http://www.popcultmag.com/passingfancies/websiteoftheweek/ktel/fantastic.jpg



Cat

A song that only hit the charts in Australia and The Netherlands... (which still surprises me):

Doug Ashdown - Winter In America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEjZmjYENOk

It's beautiful. Reminds me of a combination of Dan Fogelberg and the Moody Blues.


That's where I heard it-on one of my K-Tel records.  ;D ;D ;D



http://www.popcultmag.com/passingfancies/websiteoftheweek/ktel/fantastic.jpg



Cat

Haha, my sister owned that one. K-Tel! (I bow in respect)

It's beautiful. Reminds me of a combination of Dan Fogelberg and the Moody Blues. Haha, my sister owned that one. K-Tel! (I bow in respect)


I was a big DF fan (RIP).  .... and that K-Tel album looks good to me... ;D

Richie Furay - I Still Have Dreams {1979}

http://mp3skull.com/mp3/i_still_have_dreams_richie_furay.html

Note: Member of Buffalo Springfield, Poco & Souther-Hillman-Furay Band


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWwps0YRKxc

Sniff 'N' The Tears - New Lines On Love {1978}




Dan

I was a big DF fan (RIP).   .... and that K-Tel album looks good to me... ;D


(imitates DJ voice) 22 original hits, 22 original stars. You can buy the album for $4.99, 8-track or cassette, $5.99

..or you can go to youtube for free.  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvY-I9pNpI

Ian Thomas - Painted Ladies {1973}

Dan

Ian Thomas, younger brother of Dave Thomas (SCTV)
http://www.gazillionmovies.com/Actor/D/Da/Pictures/dave-thomas.jpg

I'm not sure how "obscure" these are, but both were minor hits I believe...
and they're from 1972,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmTNKNcGOQU
Suavecito - Malo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3nNNpUmf3k
Sliced Tomatoes - Just Brothers

Teaze - Sweet Misery
1978

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cgH0bujJ8k


This is my favourite song of the 1970s.  Fantastic stuff!  This was the only hit for Teaze, yet oddly enough they had like 5 albums

This is my favourite song of the 1970s.  Fantastic stuff!  This was the only hit for Teaze, yet oddly enough they had like 5 albums

It is a really good song, whistledog. I do not understand how this did not become a bigger hit.
If you liked that one, maybe you like this one too. It's by a group called "Fludd". They had some success in the early 70s, in Canada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMIPzayDVTE

It is a really good song, whistledog. I do not understand how this did not become a bigger hit.


At the time, it was a BIG hit.  On the long since defunct CBC Charts in Canada, it was in the Top 40, but in the official Canadian RPM Top 100 charts, it barely scraped the Top 100


If you liked that one, maybe you like this one too. It's by a group called "Fludd". They had some success in the early 70s, in Canada.


Oh, I know Fludd quite well.  'Cousin Mary' was great, but my fave from them was 'Turned 21'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vXzz1ymDA

At the time, it was a BIG hit.  On the long since defunct CBC Charts in Canada, it was in the Top 40, but in the official Canadian RPM Top 100 charts, it barely scraped the Top 100

Oh, I know Fludd quite well.  'Cousin Mary' was great, but my fave from them was 'Turned 21'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vXzz1ymDA

My fave was "Brother and me". Fludd had some other hits, some "Harder rock" type hits, but I did not care for them as much as the ones already mentioned.

I'm not sure how "obscure" these are, but both were minor hits I believe...
and they're from 1972,

Suavecito - Malo


Hey, I've used that tune for one of my recent audio quizzes. 8)

Aussie songs I liked in the 70's (that probably din't go overseas).

1979 hit from  The Angels  These guys had a cult following ... I saw them a couple of times live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzGeOgAg_A&feature=related


1979  Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons - Hit and Run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YFrPdTw_ik

1975 Girls on the Avenue - Richard Clapton



1970 Psychedelic remake of Eleanor Rigby - by Zoot    This band had a young Rick Springfield on lead guitar with a young Beeb Birtles (of LRB fame) on bass. It's not a bad version...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3IUASoqfM