Talk:List of 1950s one-hit wonders in the United States

Accuracy
Click on "Russ Hamilton" should go to "Russ Hamilton (singer)" site and not the poker player Russ Hamilton who is a totally different person with same name. This inaccuracy also found in the "List of British Pop musicians of the 50s" and also "List of British Pop musicians of the 60s". Hope this gross error will be corrected.

Someone should adjust the intro to this to reflect the true criteria, or amend the list to reflect the stated criteria. It currently claims to be songs that reached the Billboard Hot 100, yet it includes many songs that predate the chart's inception. GassyGuy 07:37, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Two more faulty links -- The Priscilla Wright who sang "The Man in the Raincoat" is not the Playboy model from California shown as a wikipedia link on the page, but rather a singer from London, Ontario (Canada), whose web site is http://www.priscillawright.com/. Similarly, her father was Don Wright, a broadcaster in London, and not the Florida cartoonist shown in the link.

This must be in error otherwise he would have only been 11 or 12 years old when singing the song "All-American Boy" in 1959 and anyone who has heard the song knows that this is not the voice of a twelve year old boy. There is a reference to the recording of this song at http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/bill_parsons.htm :Apparently the real singer of the record was Bobby Bare.

KavJack (talk) 22:35, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Lena Horne and Tommy Dorsey
Lena Horne had only one hit single, but she had several of her albums reached the top 40. In addition to that Lena Horne, and Tommy Dorsey, both clearly had hits before the Billboard 100. That's why I removed these two.--T. Anthony 08:18, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Four Freshmen
I don't have the resources on hand to check it (so I didn't remove it), but if I remember right, their "It's a Blue World" sold pretty well, too, as well as several of their albums. Anyone check? Rlongman
 * I'll look into if some need removed. (Yeah I said I left, but I tend not to stick with that)--T. Anthony 04:47, 15 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmm I couldn't find any other top-40 single by them, but I put them in non-archetypical.--T. Anthony 05:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Which chart(s) for 1950-1956?
The Hot 100 replaced the Top 100 in 1956 ("Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson was its first #1). The introduction should also mention which Billboard charts are being cited for 1950 to 1956 (Top 100? Best Seller? Jukebox?). Until this is determined, the accuracy will always be in question. B.Wind 16:46, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Disputed
I have reapplied the tag because I am fairly certain that several of the artists listed are not one hit wonders. I say this because, since you're using pre-Hot 100 charts, you also must keep in mind that several of these artists were charting pre-1955. Somebody really needs to go through and check these entries, because this (and its companions) have proven so error-riddled as to be nearly useless. GassyGuy 10:28, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Andy Griffith, for example, had a hit in 1953 with "What it Was, Was Football." Dan ad nauseam (talk) 05:40, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

J
Some of the chart entries are marked "J"; anyone know why? It doesn't seem to say on the page. Chubbles (talk) 19:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

That could be due to the poster using a Billboard jukebox favorites chart,which existed until 1959. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.158.184.192 (talk) 18:05, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Likewise, there is an astrisk next to many dates in the Peak column, but no explanation. GaryZ45RPM (talk) 19:06, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

As of my visit today, the explanation for the "J" is the Jockeys Chart. I would assume (keeping in mind the definition of that word) that BB ran a chart based on perhaps the first system of airplay reporting from DJs. This later became the basis for the charts found in subsequent radio/music publications such as Radio & Records and many Trade/Tip Sheeets (Gavin, FMQB etc.). user: cpmgrp (source: former jock, MD, PD in radio and R&R 3/17/2013). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cpmgrp (talk • contribs) 23:42, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Will Glahe
Has been removed - his "Beer Barrel Polka" went to #1 on Your Hit Parade in 1939. Chubbles (talk) 15:18, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * He's been restored, but I maintain that it makes no sense for him to be here, as he was not a one-hit wonder by any means; his last hit simply came after the invention of this particular chart. Chubbles (talk) 16:58, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Webb Pierce
{"I Ain't Never" may have been Webb Piece's biggest hit on the billboard pop charts, but he is one of the all time country music greats, with many hits, some of them crossovers, during the 1940s, 50s & 60s. "Alla My Love" and "Take Time" recieved significant radio play on pop Top 40 stations; and othr Pierce songs, such as "More and More" and "There Stands the Glass" were covered by artists from other genres, including Jerry Lee Lewis.

Disambiguation Needed
The links for The Techniques and The Pastels need to be disambiguated. The Techniques currently points to the Jamaican group of the 1960's, and The Pastels to the Scottish group of the 1980's. Dan ad nauseam (talk) 03:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Gisele Mackenzie
Gisele Mackenzie is I believe another artist who just happened to have her last top 40 hit in 1955. She had at least 3 top 40 hits earlier in the decade - see her MusicVF entry. I am going to remove her from the list.Brianyoumans (talk) 04:00, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

You're a * Baby
I see a lot of the dates are marked with an asterisk, which is never attached to any definition... What's it for? TREKphiler  any time you're ready, Uhura  20:17, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

One-hit wonder inclusion criteria
If you're interested in the topic, your comments would be appreciated at Talk:List of 2010s one-hit wonders in the United States where there is a discussion with sweeping ramifications about whether the "one-hit wonder" articles will be based on charting songs or on artists described in sources. Binksternet (talk) 15:26, 18 October 2017 (UTC)