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TV & Movie One Hit Wonders
- Artist
- Keith West
- Year
- 1967
- Song
- Excerpt From A Teenage Opera
- Chart
- UK 2
Mark Wirtz's 1967 'A Teenage Opera' was a rock opera motion picture consisted of stories about various characters who live in a fictional fantasy village. The first song of the film, titled as "Grocer Jack" or "Excerpt from A Teenage Opera", sung by Tomorrow's Keith West, became an instant hit. It landed at no.2 on UK chart. It was West's only national success.
- Artist
- Hugo Montenegro
- Year
- 1968
- Song
- The Good The Bad And The Ugly
- Chart
- 2
The cowboy epic 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' was regarded as Clint Eastwood's finest moment. Its popularity also gave its soundtrack an enormous notority. The title theme was later adapted into singles by an American orchestra composer Hugo Montenegro. It landed at no.2 spot on Billboard chart in 1968 and became Montenegro's lone hit.
- Artist
- Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
- Year
- 1969
- Song
- Quentin's Theme
- Chart
- 13
'Dark Shadows' was a famous supernatural soap opera from the late 1960s. One of its music score, called "Quentin's Theme", was a spoken-word instrumental song which reveived a Grammy nomination. An American composer Charles Randolph Grean Sounde turned it into singles in 1969. It peaked at no.13 on Billboard chart and became Grean's only national success in his entire carreer.
- Artist
- Vincent Bell
- Year
- 1970
- Song
- Airport Love Theme (Gwen and Vern)
- Chart
- 31
Vincent Bell was an American guitarist and a pioneer of electronic effect in pop music. He made a name for himself only once with love theme from 1970 disaster film 'The Airport'. The song which featured the sound of his own invention, an electric sitar, became his only Top40 hit and won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition the following year.
- Artist
- Michael Parks
- Year
- 1970
- Song
- Long Lonesome Highway
- Chart
- 20
Michael Parks was a lead actor in NBC's drama series 'Then Came Bronson'. Although the series was short, the series' ending theme "Long Lonesome Highway", sung by Parks himself became top20 on Billboard chart in 1970. It was Parks' only music appearance.
- Artist
- Coven
- Year
- 1971
- Song
- One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)
- Chart
- 26
'Billy Jack' is the second installment in the film series by Tom Laughlin. In 1971, Laughlin asked a psychedelic rock band Coven to record anti-war song "One Tin Soldier" for the film soundtrack. The band also released the song as singles in 1971 and became a surprise hit for the band. They tried to follow the success of this singles, but so far they still could not come up with another hit.
- Artist
- Francis Lai
- Year
- 1971
- Song
- Theme from Love Story
- Chart
- 31
Many people may not familiar with the 1970 romantic drama film "Love Story", but most music listeners sure do remember its theme. The song, composed by French composer Francis Lai, won the Academy Award and Gloden Globe Award for Best Original Score. It also hit at no.31 on Billboard chart in 1971. It was Lai's only big success.
- Artist
- Peter Nero
- Year
- 1971
- Song
- Theme from "Summer of '42"
- Chart
- 21
Peter Nero was an American classical/jazz pianist from New York since the 1960s. He left his name on the national chart once when his instrumental piece was used as soundtrack for the 1971 drama film 'Summer of '42'. The theme became a million-selling singles and landed at no.32 on Billboard chart. It was Nero's only mainstream hit.
- Artist
- Hillside Singers
- Year
- 1972
- Song
- I'd Like To Teach The World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
- Chart
- 13
The actual singing group behind one of the most successful TV commercial of all time. Assembled by McCann Erickson, to record the jingle for the Coca-Cola's 1971 hill-top commercial. The commercial was so successful that producer Al Ham decided to write a full, non-commericalized, version of the song. The group recorded and released it as singles in Winter 1971 and became Top20 hit the following year. They didn't pursue the success the of their one singles.
- Artist
- Deodato
- Year
- 1973
- Song
- Also Sprach Zarathurstra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
- Chart
- 2
The space advanture epic '2001: A Space Odyssey' left behind many memorable things after its release in 1968. One of them was the iconic openning music by Richard Strauss called "Also sprach Zarathustra". In 1973, a Brazilian musician Deodato released his own version of the song. It won the 1974 Grammy Award and almost topped the pop chart. It was his only big hit to date.
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