MY favorite childhood "one hit wonders"

Sometimes when you are in a bad mood, (like I was when I was writing this) it serves you well to go back to a time when you were not.  Like before you really knew what life was going to have in store for you.  Maybe not back that far, but you understand the concept.

I am going back to the songs that made me happy when I was a little girl…and by little I mean between the ages of 2 and 13.

Back in the days of the 45’s and LP’s.  When music first started to enter my life and inspire me in ways I never knew it would.  In the days when I wanted to play the guitar and be a radio DJ.  I have glimpses of music that my mom and sister loved, but not my brother.  I think by the time he cared about music it was Quiet Riot and The Beastie Boys.

I didn’t want to make a list of my Top 10 and not give you a YouTube link so you can watch them yourselves.  That would be quite cruel.  So here they are.  What passed as a video back in the day or even just standard TV, cracks me up…anyway, here they are, perhaps they will also be some of your favorites!

Interestingly most all of these are one hit wonders…apparently I love one hit wonders.  VH1 loves them too, they have an entire show dedicated to them on their station.

Rhinestone Cowboy-Glen Campbell
I had a small guitar that I would strum along to with this song.  I am positive I played the lines right off of this record.    

http://youtu.be/8kAU3B9Pi_U

Forever In Blue Jeans-Neil Diamond
I thought that it was a viable option and I desperately wanted to live this life, forever in my blue jeans.
http://youtu.be/QQLWF_ItzYs

Shaddap You Face-Joe Dolce
My mother absolutely loved this song, played it constantly and danced around like the little Italian that she was.
http://youtu.be/sFacWGBJ_cs

Disco Duck-Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
I loved this song, who didn’t.
http://youtu.be/irgJPqkuakM

Blinded by the Light-Manfred Mann
This is a classic.  The controversy alone over what he says is worth its weight in gold.  I don’t know if we will ever truly know what he says…

http://youtu.be/lcWVL4B-4pI

  

Take The Long Way Home-Supertramp
This song is off the first album I ever owned.  It was on a cassette my Grandpa Charles bought me to go with my new cassette player.  There was one year when he bought us all our own Christmas presents and this is what I got.  I will never forget.
http://youtu.be/kamXwSM6Ta0

Don’t Give Up on Us-David Soul
This was the first “love” song I ever heard and of course I was a giant Starsky and Hutch fan so of course I was in love with him. 
http://youtu.be/YY8APrYU2Gs

The Things We Do For Love-10CC
I liked the part about walking in the rain and the snow when there’s nowhere to go…
http://youtu.be/SASnF0S6NpE

Afternoon Delight-Starland Vocal Band
This was one of Sisters favorite songs…I am sure she will never be able to tell us why…
http://youtu.be/SASnF0S6NpE

Send In The Clowns-Judy Collins and Different Drum-The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt
These songs will forever remind me of my mother…when she wanted to cry she listened to Send in the Clowns and Different Drum I have no idea why but it makes me think of her…She also was a big fan of Muskrat Love…if that tells you anything.
http://youtu.be/cIqx5_w-dnk
http://youtu.be/s3Nq48sHF8M