70s One Hit Wonders Vol. 4 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tee Set

Billboard number five, March 14, 1970. Formed in the Netherlands in 1966, this group disappeared in 1971, after releasing one more song called "If You Do Believe In Love" which only charted at number 81.

Answer: Sammi Smith

Billboard number eight, March 27, 1971. This song was written by Kris Kristofferson. Sammi was born in California and moved to the Southwest as a child. She got married at age 15 and had four children. She then moved to Nashville in 1967, and was "discovered" by Johnny Cash. She continued to have country hits into the 1980s. She passed away in 2005.

Answer: Climax

Billboard number three, February 26, 1972. Sonny Geraci took the remnants of the 60's one hit wonder group The Outsiders ("Time Won't Let Me") and formed this group in 1970. This song was their only hit under this group name. One interesting note: keyboardist John Stevenson wrote a song that the group didn't record but instead sold to The Righteous Brothers.

The song? "Rock and Roll Heaven". Guess they wouldn't have been a "One Hit Wonder" if they recorded that one.

Answer: Lou Reed

Billboard number 16, April 28, 1973. Reed was a founding member of The Velvet Underground which was a controversial group during the late 60s and early 70s due to the subject matter they recorded. Bondage, S & M, and transvestites were the subject of some of their recordings.

Answer: Marvin Hamlisch

Billboard number three, May 18, 1974. Hamlisch was born in New York City in 1944, and is one of only two people in history to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, and Pulitzer Prize. He has done the musical score for over 50 movies, and has been nominated for an Academy Award 12 times, winning 3 of them. Pretty accomplished, don't you think?

Answer: Benny Bell

Billboard number 30, April 26, 1975. Born in 1906, in New York, Benny (Benjamin Samberg) was both a vaudeville performer and a recording artist, who reached the peak of his career in the 1940's. This song was originally recorded in 1946. Bell wrote many songs with double entendre titles such as "Take a Ship For Yourself", "Without Pants", "My Grandfather Has a Long One", etc. You get the picture, also the song were made in such a way that he never actually says the intended word.

This song was revived in 1975, on the "Dr. Demento" radio program, and Bell became a popular figure once again. Bell passed away in 1999.

Answer: Pratt and McClain

Billboard number five, June 5, 1976. Jerry McClain and Truett Pratt's claim to fame was singing on many television and commercial jingles in the 70s.

Answer: Alan O'Day

Billboard number one, July 9, 1977. He wrote and performed this song that year. He later moved on to television, where he actually wrote over 100 songs for the animated "Muppet Babies" cartoon series.

Answer: Patti Smith Group

Billboard number 13, June 24, 1978. Smith was influential in the beginnings of punk rock. This song was actually co-written by Bruce Springsteen. The song was covered by 10,000 Maniacs in 1993.

Answer: Anita Ward

Billboard number one, June 30, 1979. Anita is living off the one hit, performing in Times Square on New Year's Eve 2002, and in Memphis Tennessee, on New Year's Eve 2005. She also performed the song in Croatia in 2006. Sometimes one hit is enough.