Saturday Night at the Oldies: One Hit Wonders, 1963

Some, not all. The ones I like.

The Exciters, Tell Him An incredibly tight and energetic live version.

Vince Guaraldi Trio, Cast Your Fate to the Wind

Cascades, Rhythm of the Rain

Rebels, Wild Weekend. Garage band guitar work. Great period photos. Nostalgia city.

Jan Bradley, Mama Didn't Lie

Johnny Cymbal, Mr. Bassman

Ray Baretto, El Watusi

Kyu Sakamoto, Sukiyaki

Los Indios Tabajares, Maria Elena. A standard dating from 1932. YouTuber comment: intramontabile, magica, fantastica, semplicemente fantastica!

Doris Troy, Just One Look. Great tune, arrangement, and delivery.

Randy and the Rainbows, Denise. Great photos of Jack Kennedy.

Kai Winding, More

Jaynetts, Sally Go Round the Roses. This one goes out to Sally S. I'm thinking about you, Sal.

Barry and the Tamerlanes, I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight.  I know what she's doing tonight. She's in the living room watching TV while I drink Tequila and prowl the vasty deeps of YouTube in search of one-hit wonders from 1963.

Robin Ward, Wonderful Summer

Bill Pursell, Our Winter Love

The Singing Nun, Dominique