Billboard chart challenge quiz

[Kit-Ginevra]

OK so here's a little challenge I knocked up for the music buffs amongst you.
Some chart-topping bands are very famous.Others...aren't so...

How dismal is that when your band succeeds-actually manage to get that covered No.1 spot on the charts and still no-one has a clue who are or what you've actually sung.

So please put these obscure bands out of their misery and see-hopefully without Googling- how many of their No.1 records(they only had one each) you can identify!
(and how many of them have you ever heard of?)

1.Essex
2.Heights
3.Surface
4.The Rooftop Singers
5.Nelson
6.Nine Stories
7.Paul Wall
8.Alan O'Day
9.Nick Gilder
10.Marilyn Martin
11.MIMS
12.Looking Glass
13.Honeycone
14.Next
15.Strawberrry Alarm Clock
16.Goonrock
17.Stories
18.Ready for the World
19.The Blue Swede
20.Odia Coates
21.Roger Troutman
22.Wild Cherry
23.The Big Apple Band
24.Migos
25.Baauer

[Ironclad Alibi]

OK so here's a little challenge I knocked up for the music buffs amongst you.
Some chart-topping bands are very famous.Others...aren't so...

How dismal is that when your band succeeds-actually manage to get that covered No.1 spot on the charts and still no-one has a clue who are or what you've actually sung.

So please put these obscure bands out of their misery and see-hopefully without Googling- how many of their No.1 records(they only had one each) you can identify!
(and how many of them have you ever heard of?)

Song titles have been whited out for those who are still playing.

I remember this one:
4.The Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In

Mrs. IA remembered this one.
9.Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City

I looked up the rest and only recognized two of them.

[MoonCat]

Man, am I getting old, I've only heard of three of these bands!

[csquared]

9.Nick Gilder
15.Strawberrry Alarm Clock
19.The Blue Swede
22.Wild Cherry

ETA:
Forgot Looking Glass.

And now after some Googleing, I am kicking myself for:
Alan O'Day
Stories
The Big Apple band.

[wolfie]

I only recognized one of the band names (Strawberry Alarm Clock), but when I saw IA's titles I recognized one of the song names. MoonCat, not recognizing them is not a sign of getting old - contemporaries of these (or at least the two I mentioned) would include the band some guy named Paul was in before Wings.

[Pixelated]

Strawberry Alarm Clock's the only one I recognized as well. And I couldn't tell you what any of their songs were (assuming they weren't a one-track wonder ...)

[dalesys]

Strawberry Alarm Clock's the only one I recognized as well. And I couldn't tell you what any of their songs were (assuming they weren't a one-track wonder ...)

Yep, one hit: Incest In Peckermitts...

[Pixelated]

Yep, one hit: Incest In Peckermitts...

Ah, yes ... I always liked this song

Video quality is beyond crappy but the audio seems to be OK.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

The only reason I know of Strawberry Alarm Clock is because they were in the Russ Meyer/Roger Ebert movie "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls". I have no idea what song they're famous for...

[Nunavut Pants]

I only recognized Wild Cherry and Strawberry Alarm Clock. (I think I may have a concert poster for the latter in my collection...)

[mjr]

Man, am I getting old, I've only heard of three of these bands!

Don't feel too bad, MoonCat. I turn 41 in October, and I haven't heard of any of them.