Another Saturday Night

In 1974, Cat Stevens borrowed an old Sam Cooke song, "Another Saturday Night" (#10, 1963) and eclipsed the old hit going to #6 on the Hot 100 and scoring #1 in Canada on two occasions.  A great song, sadly forgotten today.
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Jolly Green Giant

I think everyone believes the American band The Kingsmen were a one-hit wonder with their #1 smash "Louie Louie" in 1963.  But the Kingsmen were frequent visitors to the charts in the 60's,  In all, the Kingsmen released 20 singles from '63 to '73, and half of them charted.  However, they only hit the top ten once more... in 1965 when the song "Jolly Green Giant" hit #4 on Billboard, #8 on Cashbox.  Purely a novelty song, it was even written using a commercial character as it's theme.  A true forgotten oldie, it's still fun to listen to occasionally.

We Gotta Get Outa This Place!

This song is one of my all-time favorite forgotten oldies, "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", #13 on the Hot 100 and #2 in Canada and the UK in 1965.  The song was immensely popular with GI's in Vietnam, and is still performed on a regular basis by Eric Burdon as well as many others... from Bruce Springsteen to Grand Funk to Alice Cooper to Katrina and the Waves.  Another forgotten oldie that seems to only be forgotten on the radio.
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Feelings

In 1974, a virtually unknown artist named Morris Albert dominated the charts with the song "Feelings".  The song hit #6 on the hot 100 and #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart.  It also gave prom planners another memorable theme song.  Very little is known about Morris Albert, a Brazilian singer whose real name is Mauricio Alberto Kaisermann, he had his one-hit wonder and disappeared.  Today it qualifies as a forgotten oldie, despite having been covered by dozens of artists.
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Bee Gees - Lonely Days

Early in the Bee Gees career, they struggled to gain a foothold in the USA.  They'd had some solid hits, but were still not considered a top group.  The 1970 song "Lonely Days" changed that giving the group their first top five hit in America (#1 Cashbox, #3 Billboard Hot 100).  It was also the first of a long string of chartbusters for the group, and really put the group on the map.  Today, sadly it's a forgotten oldie.

I Can Dance

Leo Sayer had two monster hits in 1976 and 1977, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" followed by "When I Need You", both songs went to #1.  Maybe that's why his first big hit is so forgotten... 1974's "Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)" which went to #9 on the Hot 100.  Not a bad debut for a British solo artist, yet today It's a forgotten oldie.
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A great movie song...

In 1970, a band that was formed by Pete Townsend of the Who hit the top 40 in the USA with the song "Something in the Air".  The band, Thunderclap Newman, had scored a #1 with the song in England the year before.  The song is probably more familiar to movie buffs, since it has been used in many movies over the years, like the Magic Christian, The Strawberry Statement, Kingpin, Almost Famous, and The Girl Next Door, just to name a few.  But on radio, it's a forgotten oldie...

The Day The Music Died...

Okay, here's the deal - the music didn't really die like Don McLean told us in the song "American Pie", but it was terribly tragic when Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash on February 3rd, 1959 in Iowa.  Of the three stars, Holly by far left the biggest legacy with many hit records... remember, Buddy was only 22 and already entering a second phase with his music.  Today's forgotten oldie is two songs from Buddy Holly... Peggy Sue and Every Day, a monster hit in 1957, even though they're the A and B sides of one 45rpm record.  Both songs were so good that many fans bought two copies to make it easier to listen.  I'm playing these as a forgotten oldie and a tribute to Buddy.  Actually, there's just no format for his music to be played on anymore... a terrible shame.