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TV & Movie One Hit Wonders
- Artist
- Wilton Place Street Band
- Year
- 1977
- Song
- Disco Lucy (I Love Lucy Theme)
- Chart
- 24
'I Love Lucy' was a popular American sitcom originally ran in the 1950s. In 1977, an American disco group called Wilton Place Street Band recorded a disco version of the theme - dubbed "Disco Lucy". It landed at no.24 on US chart. They recorded a few more non-hit singles before disappeared from the music scene.
- Artist
- Bill Conti
- Year
- 1977
- Song
- Gonna Fly Now
- Chart
- 1
An Italian American composer Bill Conti is a high profile composer who is famous for his film score works. His big break came in 1976 when his music for a film 'Rocky', starred Syvester Stallone, became a big hit. "Gonna Fly Now" topped the chart in 1977. That was the only Top40 hit in his long career.
- Artist
- Maynard Ferguson
- Year
- 1977
- Song
- Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky")
- Chart
- 28
Maynard Ferguson was an Canadian trumpeter who had produced jazz music since 1950s. Despite his body of works, he broke into mainstream music only once, when his rendition of theme from Rocky "Gonna Fly Now" became a no.28 hit on Billboard chart in 1977. It was his only commercial success in his long career until he died in 2006.
- Artist
- Piero Umiliani
- Year
- 1977
- Song
- Mah Nà Mah Nà
- Chart
- UK 8
'Sweden: Heaven and Hell' (Svezia, inferno e paradiso) was a mondo film directed by an Italian director Luigi Scattini in 1968. This documentary created an uproar for its exhibition of various sexuality aspects in Sweden. The film also unexpectedly gave birth to a hit song. The mumbling "Mah Nà Mah Nà" gained an internationally fame and became Top10 hit in UK a decade later. It was Umiliani's only hit.
- Artist
- Debby Boone
- Year
- 1977
- Song
- You Light Up My Life
- Chart
- 1
Although many people may not familiar with 1977 film 'You Light Up My Life', but most 70s people will sure remember its title soundtrack. Sang by an American singer/actress Debby Boone, the song was one of the biggest hit of the 70s and won Academy Award for Best Original Song. However, Boone could not follow the success of this one hit and turned to country music and broadway instead.
- Artist
- Stargard
- Year
- 1978
- Song
- Theme Song from "Which Way Is Up"
- Chart
- 21
This 1977 comedy film, starring Richard Pryor, was actually a remake of an Italian film 'The Seduction of Mimi' from 1972. While the film was not a successful one, it did yield one small success. Its openning theme by an R&B female vocal group Stargard became a no.21 hit on Billboard Pop chart the same year. It was their only chart hit till their disband in 1983.
- Artist
- Giorgio Moroder
- Year
- 1979
- Song
- Chase
- Chart
- 33
The Italian record producer and songwriter Giorgio Moroder is a well-known through his works with several famous artists during 70s and 80s. However, he rarely released records under his own name. In fact, he appeared on Billboard chart only once in 1979, with a theme music "Chase" from suspense film 'Midnight Express'. He never landed anything in Top40 again.
- Artist
- David Naughton
- Year
- 1979
- Song
- Makin' it
- Chart
- 5
With only nine episodes long, this 1979 disco sitcom did not give an actor David Naughton much success. However, its catchy openning song, sung by Naughton himself, was so popular that it later became a smash Top5 hit the same year - nearly two months after the show was canceled. It was Naughton's only music success in his career.
- Artist
- Thom Pace
- Year
- 1979
- Song
- Maybe
- Chart
- UK 14
Thom Pace was an British singer & songwriter who found his success during the 1970s. His one-time moment came when his song "Maybe" was used as a theme song for the 1974 movie 'The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams'. The theme became Top20 hit in UK and no.1 hit in Germany for 9 weeks. It also won the Glodene Europa Award in 1979.
- Artist
- Kermit the Frog
- Year
- 1979
- Song
- Rainbow Connection
- Chart
- 25
The Muppet Show was a popular kids show from the 70s. Just like its sister shows, Sesame Street, it consisted entirely of puppet characters by Jim Hanson. Its first full-length musical film 'The Muppet Movie' was released in 1979. It became a runaway smash and the opening song "Rainbow Connection", sung by Kermit himself, became a big hit that year. It was the only hit by any of the Muppets.
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