"[2] In his definition of an "act", Jancik distinguishes between a solo performer and a group performance (thus, for example, Roger Daltrey's "Without Your Love" is counted despite Daltrey's numerous hits as frontman for the Who), and a number of musicians appear multiple times, either with multiple bands or as a member of a band and as a solo artist.
[5] On the other hand, some artists with long, successful careers have been identified as one-hit wonders by virtue of having reached the Top 40 of the Hot 100 only once.
Consequence of Sound editor Matt Melis lists Beck ("Loser") and the Grateful Dead ("Touch of Grey")[6] as "technically" being one-hit wonders despite their large bodies of work.
[7] Entertainment Weekly mentions prolific artist Frank Zappa as a one-hit wonder because his only Top 40 hit was "Valley Girl" in 1982.
Five years later, in 1969, Dante appeared in the group The Cuff Links who scored a top ten hit with "Tracy".
[16] Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer had a hit with the English band The Equals called "Baby, Come Back" (1968), and as a solo artist for his 1983 song "Electric Avenue".
[17][18] Norman Greenbaum, American singer and songwriter was a member of Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band who scored success in 1968 with the novelty song "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago".
[19] English musician Tony Burrows sang the lead vocal on five one-hit wonders: Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (February 1970); White Plains' "My Baby Loves Lovin'" (March 1970); the Pipkins' "Gimme Dat Ding" (April 1970); the First Class' "Beach Baby" (July 1974); and "United We Stand" (1970) by the first incarnation of the Brotherhood of Man.
In 1985, while Bad Company was on hiatus, Rodgers was the lead singer of the British band The Firm who achieved one-off success with "Radioactive".
While Smokie never had another hit in the United States, Norman performed "Stumblin' In" with Suzi Quatro a year later and again found chart success.
Nearly a decade later, Cochrane managed to score a hit as a solo artist with his 1992 song "Life Is a Highway".
[35][36] Jimmy Somerville, Scottish vocalist was the lead singer of two separate groups that are considered one-hit wonders.
After they disbanded, Somerville became part of the British duo The Communards who managed to score a Top 40 hit with their version of "Don't Leave Me This Way" in 1987.