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One-hit wonder?

This group and the hit song is listed in the 1950's one hit wonder list in Wikipedia. Either this article or the listing must be in error.

Thanks for the heads-up. I believe that you're referring to 1950s One-hit wonders in the United States. Here's what George Povall writes on p.7 of the booklet for The complete Shep & the Limelites, a double-CD on the WestSide label (1998):

The huge success of "Daddy's Home" in 1961 was followed by six more entries on the national pop and R & B charts over the next three years. These hits and their peak positions, were "Ready For Your Love" (#42), "Three Steps From The Altar" (#58), "What Did Daddy Do" (#94), "Our Anniversary" (#7 R & B), "Remember Baby" (#91) and "Why, Why Won't You Believe Me" (#125).

This is slightly ambiguous but I suppose it means that the five "entries" listed here aside from "Our Anniversary" reached these positions in the pop list. We learn nothing about the fate of "Our Anniversary" in the pop list. Nothing here contradicts the assertion that Shep and the Limelites only got into the pop top 40 a single time. I happen to think that "one-hit wonder" is an exaggeration when applied to this group, but I suppose this is how the term is commonly used. -- Hoary 02:01, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

Name change

Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

While I couldn't figure out how to rename the article itself, to be consistent with names of album(s) and singles, I changed "and" to "&", and "the" to "The" within the article. Album covers of the time reflect the ampersand was part of the actual name. For Example: http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Shep-and-The-Limelites.html or a search at a CD store, such as Amazon, etc. Misty MH (talk) 03:08, 18 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

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