Night Owl Cards

If you know anything about pop music from 1978, you know it was the year of two major soundtracks, Saturday Night Fever and Grease. The songs from those two albums dominated the charts all year and it was all a radio-listener ever heard. But beneath that disco-coated surface were some real gems. The year '78 is one of my favorites for rock n' roll/new wave music, many familiar songs that never made the charts. And it's also the year for crazy one-hit wonders that actually, wow, really did make the charts. Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" made the top 30 (pop audiences could handle only "Zevon lite"). Randy Newman's "Short People" and Steve Martin's "King Tut" were huge hits. Johnny Paycheck sang "Take This Job and Shove It" and it became a Top 40 one-hit wonder. Add the still-booming disco scene and there were one-hit wonders from Samantha Sang (Emotion), Love & Kisses (Thank God It's Frid...