Roach, Martin. The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles. Virgin Books (Nov. 2008). ISBN 0-7535-1537-7

One hit wonder? So far, yes. The Teletubbies have yet to release any more material, although we hear unconfirmed reports that Po is going solo and has “some deep experimental shit” lined up for the New Year. Members of the cast of the Disney movie Encanto, who were all credited on the first original song from a Disney animated film to top the UK Singles Chart. [90] Also credited on the song were Diane Guerrero, who charted with the song " What Else Can I Do?" from the same film, and Stephanie Beatriz who charted with both "What Else Can I Do?" and " The Family Madrigal", also from Encanto.A brilliant novelty single by The Master Singes, who were four schoolmasters who sung out mundane documents or announcements a cappella in, of all things, Anglican chant. Their only Top 40 hit, produced by George Martin, was of The Highway Code, which is exactly as I just described as they sing familiar advice and rules about how to keep safe and others safe on the road as if they were all a sacred psalm chant. A follow-up, "Weather Forecast", would reach number 45 in November. (More about what a cappella records I'm allowing in this list will become apparent later - not all of them basically, despite it being an unconventional format, but just the 'odd' ones even with that considered). A panache disco classic, YMCA may be a novelty record in the most conventional sense, but look a little deeper into the lyrics and you'll find a song that speaks to underground gay culture, in a time when the sexuality of queer people was especially fraught with prejudice and misunderstanding. 7. Summer Nights McAleer, Dave. The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles - Volume 2. Virgin Books (Nov. 2010). ISBN 978-0-7535-2245-5

Disclaimer: This is a list of the best-selling singles released from 1970-1979, compiled from Official Charts Company data representing pure, physical sales from 1970 - 2022. 10. Merry Xmas Everybody The song became a hit following airplay on John Peel's late night freeform programme on BBC Radio 1. Their follow-up "Puppy Dog Song" failed to chart. [39]One hit wonder? Sort of. The show had another bash at the charts with the Christmassy B-side release Santa Claus Is On The Dole/ First Atheist Tabernacle Choir, which just about scraped into the top 20. https://youtu.be/kSJ_k49ITUY Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Cheech & Chong Live 1978 – Sister Mary Elephant (https://youtu.be/kSJ_k49ITUY) One of the strangest Number Ones," writes UK No. 1s reviewer Tom Ewing, who describes The Temperance Seven on Popular as an art school band, and this song as "the first big meta-pop hit: deliberate, tongue-in-cheek commentary on pop via pop, the world of the dance orchestras pushed flippantly into the TV age." I have little to add to that except this pastiche of 1920s vocal jazz/dance band music is faithful, yes, but quite dull (follow-up 'Pasadena', #4 in June, is better). But it's in the line of 1920s parodies/tributes from the 60s that also saw the Vaudeville Band's 1966 hit Winchester Cathedral. Children’s music doesn’t exactly burn up the charts, although once in a while a song slips through – British teen Laurie London had a smash with “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” in 1958, and the same year David Seville and the Chipmunks had the only Christmas song to top the Hot 100 with “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late).”