Dick Bartley Presents: One Hit Wonders of the '60s, Vol. 1

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Editorial reviews

Album Description
Nationally syndicated radio show host Dick Bartley has painstakingly compiled this priceless series featuring performers who only enjoyed 15 minutes-or, more accurately, 2:30-of fame on the pop charts during the '60s. Many tracks make their CD debut!

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Customer reviews

review by: nighthawk date: 2008-10-09 rating:
Not All One Hit Wonders
This is a nice collection of One Hit Wonder songs with the exception of the first song. The We Five had another Top 40 hit, thus this song does not belong in this collection.

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review by: zeeman date: 2008-06-04 rating:
One hit wonders
With this CD, you get two very hard to find songs. Last Kiss and More with the original artists. A couple of easy to find songs included on this CD make it a 4 star instead of a 5 star review.

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review by: date: 2008-05-15 rating:
snazzy one hit wonders that leave you wanting MORE !!!
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.

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review by: date: 2007-12-26 rating:
Rare Memories
Sometimes, you want a special song, and you buy a complation of this type. More often than not, that song just dosent sound right. That is NOT the case with "One Hit Wonders". You will NOT be disapointed. Every song sounded even better than I remembered. These Cuts are the ones that played on the radio. They are NOT, re-recorded, or different "takes". At least I believe that is the case. Either way you will enjoy these unique songs.
Dan White


review by: date: 2007-01-11 rating:
Dick Bartley Present: One Hit Wonders Vol. 1
It was a gift. The guy went crazy. It's awssome. I got Vol. 2 as well.

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