One Hit Wonders: 60's 1

Various Artists - Rock - Vintage Rock & Roll, Dick Bartley's One Hit Wonders | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 15, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032TV
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,628 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Were on My Mind

2. I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight

3. Last Kiss

4. The Stripper

5. Do It Again a Little Bit Slower

6. Walk Right In

7. Cast Your Fate to the Wind

8. If You Wanna Be Happy

9. The Girl from Ipanema

10. Midnight Mary

11. The Cheater

12. More

Editorial Reviews

The one-hits just keep on comin' with this second collection of AM radio classics by the original artists. This volume includes "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'," "Everlasting Love," "Morning Girl," "Expressway to Your Heart" and "Hang on Sloopy."
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Media Type: CD
Artist: ONE HIT WONDERS
Title: VOL. 1-60'S ONE HIT WONDERS
Street Release Date: 08/01/1992
Domestic
Genre: OLDIES COLLECTIONS

Customer Reviews

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Hit Wonder'ful', August 11, 2002

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Gary L. Stanley (Silver Spring, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Hit Wonders: 60's 1 (Audio CD)

I've sometimes purchased CDs just to get one cut. In this case, two of the entries made the price of the disc worth the cost. I had not heard 'Do it Again, Just a Little Bit Slower' by Jon and Robin since it was on the top 40 radio station WHLO in Cleveland when I was a teen, so I was surprised to see it available on CD. It's one of those songs that you can listen to over and over again without tiring of it. Also, 'Midnight Mary' was one of my favorites back then, though I thought the full title was 'Meet Me at Midnight Mary', which is probably why I hadn't found it before. The mastering job done by Rhino is commendable. Most of the cuts are in true stereo. A very worthwhile purchase.

43 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful collection of "Hard to Find" tunes!, June 17, 2000

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John A. Kuczma "RogueUlfric" (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Hit Wonders: 60's 1 (Audio CD)

The Dick Bartley "One Hit Wonders" series has a lot more than one thing going for it. These discs feature a wide variety of music that placed on the Top 100 Charts during the 1960s. Volume One features classic vocals like the Wee Five's "You Were On My Mind", the lesser known but much better Barry & the Tamerlanes "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" (as opposed to the Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart single of the same name), and Joey Powers' "Meet Me At Midnight, Mary." There are also popular instrumentals like David Rose's "The Stripper", Kai Winding's "More" and the beautiful "Cast Your Fate to the Wind."

As with any Rhino collection, the mastering is superb and the sound magnificent. Yes, I only gave it five stars, but this disc (and the one's that followed in the series) rates enough stars to fill a small galaxy. Don't miss it!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars snazzy one hit wonders that leave you wanting MORE !!!, May 15, 2008

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Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Hit Wonders: 60's 1 (Audio CD)

Dick Bartley Presents: One Hit Wonders of the '60s, Vol. 1 has some pretty incredible hits that truly were "one hit wonders" by talented recording artists that for some reason just never had another one of their songs hit the number one spot on the charts. The quality of the sound is excellent and the artwork is very well done. Great!

The CD begins with We Five performing their awesome hit entitled "You Were On My Mind;" this has a soft `60s pop rock flavor to it and it sounds great even today. We Five harmonize very well and all the stars were in exactly the right places when We Five recorded this terrific song. "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" by Barry & The Tamerlanes is a strong number even if it's not exactly my favorite on this album; the percussion marks the beat well and Barry & The Tamerlanes give this one their all.

Then there's THAT number. David Rose's "The Stripper" is a very well known tune even though most people probably don't know that David Rose and His Orchestra performed this. David was a very talented artist and musician and "The Stripper" is a huge highlight of this album. Hooray for David Rose!

"Walk Right In" by The Rooftop Singers is a huge hit that still gets airplay today; they sound something like The Mamas & The Papas crossed with Peter, Paul & Mary but they still hold their own rather well. I really like "Walk Right In" and I'm sure that if you like this type of 1960s folk rock music you're going to like this, too. In addition, listen for "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" by Sounds Orchestral. This tune has a bossa nova flavor to it that makes it sound rather elegant and that's very special. Sounds Orchestral really had it all together when they recorded this hit.

"If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul always makes me laugh; I really love this tune and I never tire of hearing it! Jimmy's perspective on choosing a mate for marriage is really rather candid! There's also a very special number on this album entitled "The Girl From Ipanema" which is performed here by Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto. Astrud sang flat but for some reason I can't quite verbalize it actually enhanced the beauty of this number.

"The Cheater" by Bob Kuban & The In-Men has some great singing and the percussion works well along with the electric guitars; and then the album ends nicely with Kai Winding performing "More." "More" is a sublime instrumental number and it was covered by many artists especially back in the 1960s and early 1970s.

This album is a great first installment in this CD series of one hit wonders of the 1960s compiled by Dick Bartley. I highly recommend this CD for people who enjoy music from this era.