Usually on Wednesday Nights, for a while at least, I’ve featured songs by artists that only had a single really big hit — defined as a Billboard Top 40 hit. That sometimes gives the impression these artists are “One Hit Wonders.” And many times they are, but sometimes, it’s an artist that is in no way whatsoever what one could seriously call a “one hit wonder.”

Part of the reason is my criteria is a Billboard Top 40 hit. Some artists are known for songs that either weren’t released as singles, or if they were, didn’t achieve singles chart success, despite their talents. Or, were successful on other charts, either in the U.S. or in other countries.

This is an odd one of sorts. The artist had exactly three songs chart. They also had exactly two singles chart. Told you it was odd.

This song was a huge hit (3 weeks at number 1) in the late Fall of 1958, but the next song to chart only hit the Hot 100 for a single week at number 98 in February 1959. The next month, the flip side of the second single charted for a one week, at number 91. So, two singles, three songs on the chart.

But the other thing odd about this is the artist, The Teddy Bears, didn’t have a long career. But the individual members? They did okay, for the most part.

The lead singer, Annette Kleinbard, changed her name to Carol Conners and had some songwriting success, co-writing “Theme To Rocky” (and got an Oscar nomination), “Hey Little Cobra,” “With You I’m Born Again,” and more. And she’s raised money for Wounded Warrior Project. She’s done okay.

Marshall Leib became a music producer and had some success with that, including being music coordinator on a few films in the 1970s and 80s. He did okay.

The other guy? That was Phil Spector, who has done alright by himself. Well, if you ignore the whole murder conviction thing. And his being a major asshole. But career-wise, he’s done alright.

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