12 R&B Soul One-Hit Wonders You NEED To Hear (Including The Artist Prince's Label Buried)

#RnB #SoulMusic #OneHitWonders From a baker who became a platinum artist overnight to a rock band that wrote a #1 disco hit in five minutes on a drink napkin — these 12 R&B and soul artists had massive chart-topping records, won Grammy nominations, and defined entire eras of music, then completely vanished from cultural memory. We're talking about artists who hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts, sold millions of records, and then never charted again. Every chart position, every story, and every fact is verified against Billboard's official archives. Which one surprised you most? Subscribe to [CHANNEL NAME] for deep-dive documentaries on forgotten music history, and hit the comments with your favorite one-hit wonder story. KEYWORDS R&B one hit wonders, soul one hit wonders, forgotten R&B artists, 1970s R&B hits, 1980s soul hits, Jean Knight Mr Big Stuff, Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music, Anita Ward Ring My Bell, Z.Z. Hill Down Home Blues, Carl Carlton She's a Bad Mama Jama, Lipps Inc Funkytown, Cheryl Lynn Got to Be Real, Thelma Houston Don't Leave Me This Way, George McCrae Rock Your Baby, Betty Wright Clean Up Woman, Morris Day The Time, Stacy Lattisaw Let Me Strut, R&B chart history, soul music documentary, one hit wonder stories, forgotten soul artists, music history countdown HASHTAGS #RnB #SoulMusic #OneHitWonders #ForgottenMusic #MusicHistory #ThrowbackMusic #RnBClassics #SoulClassics #80sMusic #70sMusic #MusicDocumentary #ChartTopping #BillboardHits #SoulArtists #MusicTrivia #DeepCuts CHAPTERS (Approximate — Adjust to Final Audio Timestamps) 00:00 — Cold Open & Hook 00:18 — Intro & Channel Intro 00:35 — #12 Jean Knight – "Mr. Big Stuff" (1971) 02:15 — #11 Wild Cherry – "Play That Funky Music" (1976) 04:00 — #10 Anita Ward – "Ring My Bell" (1979) 05:45 — #9 Z.Z. Hill – "Down Home Blues" (1982) 07:30 — #8 Carl Carlton – "She's a Bad Mama Jama" (1981) 09:15 — #7 Lipps Inc. – "Funkytown" (1980) 11:00 — #6 Cheryl Lynn – "Got to Be Real" (1978) 12:45 — #5 Thelma Houston – "Don't Leave Me This Way" (1976) 14:30 — #4 George McCrae – "Rock Your Baby" (1974) 16:15 — #3 Betty Wright – "Clean Up Woman" (1971) 18:00 — #2 Morris Day – "Oak Tree" (1985) 19:45 — #1 Stacy Lattisaw – "Let Me Strut" (1979) 21:30 — Outro & Call to Action