List of 1960s One-hit Wonders in The United States

This is a list of musical artists whose one hit came out in the 1960s.

The list contains recording artists who reached the Top 40 of the U.S. pop chart (the Billboard Hot 100) with just one single.

Artists in italics have only one Top 40 hit, but either

  • had other songs chart on genre-specific charts
  • have had success and influence within their genre or the annals of popular music and/or
    • a long-lasting and devoted cult following
    • wider success in other fields of the music industry, e.g., songwriting, production, etc.
  • are a non-American act who have had wider success in their homeland

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