Here are three one-hit wonders from the early 1970s who topped the Billboard Hot 100 with songs that told dark or sad stories, including tunes by Vicki Lawrence and Stories.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This article contains references to sexual and child abuse. The 1970s were an amazing decade for music, with songs from that era standing the ...

Ah, the ‘70s—a decade of groovy style, bell bottoms, and some of the catchiest tunes ever to grace the airwaves. While many artists made their mark with multiple hits, some only managed to capture our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1976, a song reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart on May 8, 1976, stayed there for two weeks, and it spent a total of 20 weeks ...