70s One Hit Wonders Vol. 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Eddie Holman

Billboard number two, February 21, 1970. Born in Virginia, and raised in New York, Holman won an amateur night contest at the world famous Apollo Theater at age 10. He moved to Philadelphia in the 60s and began recording songs on his own in 1965. He did backup work for The Stylistics, and Delfonics, before scoring this hit on his own.

Answer: Janis Joplin

Billboard number one, March 20, 1971. I could write a book on Janis, but rather than take up all that space, I'd just say that her death was sad, and a waste of a talent who was loved more than she knew.

Answer: Apollo 100 (featuring Tom Parker)

Billboard number four, February 26, 1972. This was a British studio group, and "Joy" was inspired by composer Johann Sebastian Bach's "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring".

Answer: Vicki Lawrence

Billboard number one, April 7, 1973. Lawrence is a multi-talented lady, most notably know as an actress, and comedienne, spending 11 years on "The Carol Burnett Show", and then starring in "Mama's Family". She also was a frequent guest on many game shows in the 70s and 80s.

Answer: MFSB

Billboard number one, April 20, 1974. This was a group of about 30 studio musician put together by producers Kenny Gamble, and Leon Huff, who had produced some of Philadelphia's top groups of the 70s. MFSB had backed up such groups as the O'Jays, The Stylistics, The Spinners, and The Three Degrees among others, before recording this hit which was originally cut as the theme music for the widely successful television show "Soul Train".

Answer: Ace

Billboard number three, May 31, 1975. Ace was a British rock band formed in 1972, by members of some other groups at the time, and was originally called Ace Flash and The Dynamo". The name, and their career didn't last very long, with one notable exception. Vocalist and keyboard player Paul Carrack went on to play with Eric Clapton, Squeeze, and Mike + The Mechanics during the 80s.

Answer: Elvin Bishop

Billboard number three, May 22, 1976. Bishop is originally from California, and formed The Elvin Bishop Group in 1968. He actually played with The Allman Brothers band at the legendary Fillmore East, was a friend of Paul Butterfield, and played with his band early in his career, and toured with B.B. King in 1995.

This song was written about a love affair he had with Jenny Villarin, with whom he had a daughter, Selina, who was brutally murdered in 2000 along with Villarin and a friend, as part of an extortion plot gone awry.

Answer: Bill Conti

Billboard number one, July 2, 1977. Conti is an Italian American music conductor. He also composed the music for "Rocky II", "Rocky III", "Rocky V", and most recently "Rocky Balboa". He also wrote the music for the James Bond movie "For Your Eyes Only" as well as the score for "The Right Stuff" and "The Karate Kid".

As far as TV goes, he wrote the theme songs for "Dynasty", "Falcon Crest", and "Cagney and Lacey" among others. Pretty talented guy.

Answer: Odyssey

Billboard number 21, February 18, 1978. The group was a dance band based in New York, comprised of three sister from the Virgin Islands. Lillian, Carmen, and Louise Lopez were joined by a Filipino singer, Toni Reynolds, and Odyssey was formed. Although never attaining this measure of success in the U.S. again, they did have better success in the U.K. where they had five Top ten hits in the late 70s and early 80s.

Answer: Randy Van Warmer

Billboard number four, June 16, 1979. Van Warmer was born in Colorado in 1955, and lived there until age 15, when he and his mother moved to England. In 1979 he recorded a song called "Gotta Get Out Of Here", and the record company used "Just When I Needed You Most" as the B-Side. Well guess what? Who out there remembers "Gotta Get Out Of Here"? You don't? Didn't think you would.

The only sad note, is the Van Warmer died of leukemia in 2004, at age 48.