#top40

Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy (youtube.com)

The week ending August 13, 1988, 🇺🇸 singer/songwriter & conductor Bobby McFerrin earned US #OneHitWonder honors when his reggae-infused a cappella pop single “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #40. It spent 13 weeks on the chart, two at #1!

Verdelle Smith - Tar And Cement (youtu.be)

The week ending August 13, 1966, American singer Verdelle Smith earned US #OneHitWonder honors when her English-language pop-soul adaptation, “Tar and Cement,” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #39. The single peaked at #38 the next week before dropping off the chart.

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Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door (youtu.be)

The week ending August 12, 1978, former lead singer for Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass, earned US #OneHitWonder honors when his #1 R&B crossover “Close The Door” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #40. It spent 6 weeks on the chart, peaking at #25.

Buck Owens - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (youtu.be)

Remembering country music icon Buck Owens, #BOTD in 1929. Amazingly, the pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound & co-host of Hee Haw had only one US #Billboard #Top40 hit... The crossover classic “I've Got A Tiger By The Tail” spent 5 weeks on the chart in 1965, peaking at #25.