Talk:List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States

message: While it's fun to make lists of one-hit wonders, many people do not have the musical depth to accurately list them.
For instance, on this list of the 60's, Love is listed with "One and One Is", completely forgetting "My Little Red Book," their biggest hit, which would also disqualify them as a "one hit wonder."  Likewise, Spirit also had the hit "Nature's Way."  Big Brother had "Down on Me", and the Sufaris had "Surfer Joe."
Also, the Pixies Three were not one hit wonders, besides the listed "Birthday Party", they had an even larger hit with "442 Glenwood Avenue."  Also, the Seeds struck again with "Can't Get Enough of You Baby."
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Decided to go to Amazon and factcheck on these assertions using Joel Whitburn's book. If you click this link and then do searches for "love arthur lee", "spirit i got a line on you","surfaris wipeout","big brother piece of my heart","pixies three birthday party","seeds pushin' too hard" it should take you the entries for MOST of the artists. (Not all the pages of the text are searchable..) 
Surfaris appear to have had a charter with "Never Gonna Let you Down" which reached #28 airplay, #47 sales...not sure which one is the "definitive" number. (If you do search for "surfaris" and hover on the link, it expands enough to give me a little info on the song but not the full SURFARIS entry.) Couldn't find "Surfer Joe" listed in the song index, though, which would indicate it's not a hit for them. 
Spirit: Only 1 hit on the top 40. This list doesn't count anything #41-100.
Big Brother: Only 1 hit. "Down on Me" didn't chart top 40.
Pixies Three: Only 1 hit. Others didn't chart top 40.
Seeds: Can't see full entry..but it doesn't look they charted twice either. GBrady (talk) 17:24, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  One Hit Wonders should only have one hit. 

message: The Electric Prunes don't belong on this list, either. They had a second hit: "Get Me to the World On Time," which went to #27 on the Billboard charts in May of 1967.
I agree with the previous comments that a true "one-hit wonder" is an artist or group that only had one Top 40 hit on the Billboard charts. At least, this would be the definition for America. For Europe and other parts of the world, they'd have to define it according to local conventions.
BTW, to the above commentator, who insisted that The Seeds were not a one-hit wonder because of "Can't Get Enough of You Baby": they may have performed the latter song, but the only group to have a hit with it in America was ? & The Mysterians (aka "Question Mark & The Mysterians"), whose Cameo single went to #56 on the charts. The Seeds almost had a second Top 40 hit: "Can’t Seem to Make You Mine," which went to #41 in 1967. Close, but no cigar.
You forgot to put "96 Tears" by "? and the Mysterians" on your 1966 list  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.70.137.205 (talk) 05:45, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Error 

message: I tried to source some of the red-links. Yeah I was lazy and used All-Music, but I think for saying what charted it should be okay. The other thing is that calling Roy Clark, The Statler Brothers, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, and Jimmy Smith "one-hit wonders" seems a bit misleading to me. It's technically correct, using Billboard, but these musicians are in some cases major stars in their genre. In addition to that some are more known for songs that aren't "the hit" listed. A different example on that is Vince Guaraldi who is mostly known today for Linus and Lucy.--T. Anthony 04:45, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes I made and a question 

message: It appears that there may be need of some disambiguation.  The link for The Ramrods points to the 1970's punk group. Dan ad nauseam (talk) 04:39, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguations 

message: At least in Portland, Oregon, Witchi Tai To (written by Jim Pepper and performed by Everything is Everything, probably recorded in Apostolic Studios in 1969) got tons of airplay.   What counts as a one-hit wonder, anyway?   Is there an objective index anywhere?   Dexter Nextnumber (talk) 22:40, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Everything Is Everything is not an one-hit wonder. Their single "Witchi Tai To" peaked at #69 in 1969. TheSkinsAdded (talk) 05:13, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about Witchi Tai To? 

message: I've noticed that the Small Faces are not included here despite the fact that "Itchycoo Park" is there only Top 40 hit on the charts.  Bob3458 (talk) 17:36, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Small Faces 

message: If you're interested in the topic, your comments would be appreciated at Talk:List of 2010s one-hit wonders in the United States#Inclusion criteria 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)
thread_title:  One-hit wonder inclusion criteria 

message: On the Hot 100, "Wonderful Summer" peaked at #14 on 14-21 December 1963, not 16 November 1963.107.185.97.165 (talk) 15:47, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robin Ward