My Favorite One Hit Wonders of the 60s: Medicine Man (#3)

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As I have a few minutes and it's tournament night I thought I'd better get the top ten lists entered. I don't expect to be out until midnight the way I was last night, but you never know! Here's another song from my list of ten favorite one-hit wonders of the 1960s, continuing a theme of discussions that @teamfreak16 and I have been running through the 80s and 70s. #3: Medicine Man - Buchanan Brothers First things first: the Buchanan Brothers weren't brothers. It was actually the production team of Terry Cashman (who later had the hit "Talkin' Baseball") and Tommy West, the duo who produced all of Jim Croce's records in his short but brilliant career. Teamed up with Gene Pistilli they wrote songs for Spanky and Our Gang ("Sunday Will Never Be the Same") and recorded a song that became a top 30 hit, 1969's "Medicine Man." There's really nothing to this song lyrically. It just has a great beat and harmonies. And maybe there's sentimentality that ranks this song so high: my brother had the 45 of it, and I remember him playing it a lot (with our mom's permission: she actually liked this song, too! Dad, not so much...). But whatever it is, this song's got the cure, it's for sure. Medicine Man (Part 1) Written by Terry Cashman, Gene Pistili, and Tommy West Recorded by the Buchanan Brothers Released as a single, 1969 Here's a very well-edited rendition of the song (beating the "fade-out" for part one and into part two, which was the B-side):