Reclusive author, J.D. Salinger passed away in his New Hampshire home a couple of days ago at the age of 91. He was most famous as the author of The Catcher In The Rye, which has sold over 65 million copies since it was first published in 1951.
I put together a music playlist in Salinger’s honor.
One Hit Wonders Of The 60s, 70s, 80’s, 90’s, & Today
I compiled over 175 one-hit wonders spanning five decades from 60’s through the 2000’s. There are a few good, a few bad, and a few downright ugly songs on the list, but all of most of them will drag you kicking and screaming down memory lane. The list is by no means complete, and all the song titles are available below the player.
Enjoy!
All 175+ Tracks Available On The Playlist
- “8675309”
by Tommy Tutone - “99 Red Balloons (English)”
by Nena - “Absolutely (The Story of a Girl)”
by Nine Days - “After the Fire”
by Der Kommisar - “Another Dumb Blonde”
by Hoku - “Axel F”
by Harold Faltermeyer - “Baby Got Back”
by Sir Mixalot - “Bad Day (Album Version)”
by Daniel Powter - “Because I Got High”
by Afro Man - “Believe It Or Not (Greatest American Hero)”
by Joey Scarbury - “Better Off Alone”
by Alice DeeJay - “Birth, School, Work, Death”
by The Godfathers - “Bitch”
by Meredith Brooks - “Bittersweet Symphony”
by The Verve - “Black Betty”
by Ram Jam - “Black Is Black”
by Los Bravos - “Blue”
by Eiffel 65 - “Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room)”
by Paul Lekakis - “Born to Be Alive”
by Patrick Hernandez - “Brandy”
by Looking Glass - “Break My Stride”
by Matthew Wilder - “Break My Stride”
by Matthew Wilder - “Breakfast At Tiffanys”
by Deep Blue Something - “Breakin’ There’s No Stopping Us”
by Ollie & Jerry - “Brimful of Asha”
by Cornershop - “Butterfly (Album Version)”
by Crazy Town - “Cannonball”
by The Breeders - “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”
by Us3 - “Cars”
by Gary Numan - “Cars With the Boom”
by L’Trimm - “China”
by Red Rockers - “Closing Time”
by Semi Sonic - “Cmon & Ride It (The Train)”
by Quad City Djs - “Come On Eileen”
by Dexys Midnight Runners - “Convoy”
by C.W. McCall - “Connection”
by Elastica - “Crazy (Single Version)”
by Gnarls Barkley - “Cruel to Be Kind”
by Nick Lowe - “Curly Shuffle”
by Jump ‘n’ The Saddle Band - “Da’ Butt”
by E.U. - “Days Go By”
by Dirty Vegas - “Ditty”
by Paperboy - “Divine Thing”
by The Soup Dragons - “Do Anything”
by Natural Selection - “Don’t Worry Be Happy”
by Bobby McFerrin - “Don’t Close Your Eyes”
by Kix - “Don’t Give Up On Us”
by David Soul - “Don’t Make Me Over”
by Sybil - “Don’t Misunderstand Me”
by Rossington Collins Band - “Don’t Wanna Fall in Love”
by Jane Child - “Drive”
by Incubus - “Driver seat”
by Sniff ‘n’ the Tears - “Electric Avenue”
by Eddy Grant - “Epic”
by Faith No More - “Eye of the Tiger”
by Survivor - “Fade Into You”
by Mazzy Star - “Final Countdown”
by Europe - “Funky town”
by Lipps, Inc. - “Groove Is In The Heart (radio)”
by Deee-Lite - “Heart and Soul”
by T’Pau - “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)”
by Fuel - “Hit ‘Em Up Style [July 2001]”
by Blu Cantrell - “Hooked On A Feeling”
by Blue Swede - “Hot Child In The City”
by Nick Gilder - “Hot Hot Hot”
by Buster Poindexter - “Hot Rod Lincoln”
by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - “How Bizarre”
by OMC - “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
by The Proclaimers - “I’m an Adult Now”
by The Pursuit Of Happiness - “I Don’t Like Mondays”
by The Boomtown Rats - “I Got A Girl”
by Tripping Daisy - “I Got My Mind Made Up (You …”
by Instant Funk - “I Got a Man”
by Positive K - “I Know”
by Dionne Farris - “I Know What Boys Like”
by The Waitresses - “I Wanna Be a Cowboy”
by Boys Don’t Cry - “I Want Candy”
by Bow Wow Wow - “I Wish”
by Skee Lo - “I’m Too Sexy”
by Right Said Fred - “Ice Ice Baby”
by Vanilla Ice - “Id Like To Teach The World …”
by Hillside Singers - “In My House”
by The Mary Jane Girls - “In The Meantime”
by Space Hog - “In The Summertime”
by Mungo Jerry - “In a Big Country”
by Big Country - “Informer”
by Snow - “It Takes Two (With Soundbyt…”
by Rob Base And DJ EZ Rock - “It’s Raining Men”
by Weather Girls - “Jackie Blue”
by Ozark Mountain Dare Devils - “Jeopardy”
by Greg Kihn Band - “Judy in Disguise (With Glas…”
by John Fred & His Playboy Band - “Jump Around (LP Version)”
by House of Pain - “Just A Friend (1989)”
by Biz Markie - “Just Got Paid”
by Kemp, Johnny - “Key Largo”
by Bertie Higgins - “Kiss Them For Me”
by Siouxsie And The Banshees - “Kung Fu Fighting”
by Carl Douglas - “Laid”
by James - “Lean Back”
by Terror Squad - “Let the Music Play”
by Shannon - “Lips of an Angel (Album Ver…”
by Hinder - “Lovin You”
by Minnie Riperton - “MMM MMM MMM MMM”
by Crash Test Dummies - “Magnet And Steel”
by Walter Egan - “Major Tom”
by Peter Schilling - “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit o…”
by Lou Bega - “Maniac”
by Michael Sembello - “Melt With You”
by Modern English - “Mentirosa”
by Mellow Man Ace - “Mickey”
by Toni Basil - “Mississippi Queen”
by Mountain - “Move Your Feet”
by Junior Senior - “My Baby”
by Lil Romeo - “My Sharona”
by The Knack - “Naked Eye”
by Luscious Jackson - “Natural One”
by The Folk Implosion - “Never Leave You”
by Lumidee - “No Myth”
by Michael Penn - “O-o-h Child”
by The Five Stairsteps - “Our House”
by Madness - “Owww!”
by Chunky A - “Pac-Man Fever”
by Buckner & Garcia - “Party All The Time”
by Eddie Murphy - “Pass The Dutchie”
by Musical Youth - “People Are Still Having Sex”
by LaTour - “Pepper”
by Butthole Surfers - “Pop Muzik”
by M - “Popcorn”
by Hot Butter - “Popular”
by Nada Surf - “Pump Up The Volume”
by M A R R S - “Pure”
by The Lightning Seeds - “Radioactive”
by The Firm - “Rapper’s Delight (LP Version)”
by Sugar Hill Gang - “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like…”
by Digable Planets - “Relax”
by Frankie Goes to Hollywood - “Return of the Mack”
by Mark Morrison - “Ride Captain Ride”
by Blues Image - “Right Here, Right Now”
by Jesus Jones - “Rock Me Amadeus”
by Falco - “Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo”
by Rick Derringer - “Rumors”
by Timex Social Club - “Rump Shaker”
by Wreckx N Effect - “Seether”
by Veruca Salt - “She Blinded Me With Science”
by Thomas Dolby - “Song 2”
by Blur - “Standing Outside a Broken P…”
by Primitive Radio Gods - “Sugar Sugar”
by The Archies - “Supersonic”
by J.J. Fad - “Tainted Love”
by Soft Cell - “Take My Picture”
by Filter - “The Ballad of Jayne”
by L.A. Guns - “The Future’s So Bright, I G…”
by Timbuk 3 - “The Locomotion”
by Little Eva - “The Middle”
by Jimmy Eat World - “The Politics of Dancing”
by Re-Flex - “The Rapper”
by The Jaggerz - “Theme from “Miami Vice””
by Jan Hammer - “There She Goes”
by The La’s - “Tipsy (explicit)”
by J Kwon - “Too Shy”
by Kajagoogoo - “Tootsee Roll”
by 69 Boyz - “Trio
by Da Da Da”
by Various Artists (1980’s) - “Turn Up the Radio”
by Autograph - “Turning Japanese”
by The Vapors - “Two of Hearts”
by Stacey Q - “Unbelievable”
by Emf - “Under the Milky Way”
by The Church - “Video Killed the Radio Star”
by Buggles - “Walking In the Rain”
by Oran “Juice” Jones - “Walking On Sunshine”
by Katrina & The Waves - “What I Am”
by Edie Brickell & The New Boh… - “What’s On Your Mind (Pure E…”
by Information Society - “Whip It”
by Devo - “White Horse”
by Laid Back - “Whoa!”
by Black Rob - “Wiggle It”
by 2 In A Room - “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”
by Bachman Turner Overdrive - “You’re Beautiful”
by James Blunt - “Youth of the Nation”
by P.O.D.
What? No 2GB download of all the songs? Slacker.
2GB? Download? Senator, I served with Tankboy. I knew Tankboy. Tankboy was a friend of mine. Senator, I’m no Tankboy.
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Hey, you’re right. Some of these songs were pretty bad but there were also plenty of good ones, enjoyable to listen to thanks 🙂