Actors with One Hit Wonder Songs

So at lunch a week or so I ask the young kids I am eating with if they can name any actors who have had a hit song. Blank looks followed.

Kids today.

Anyway, this list contains many names that only those over 45 will know. It omits John Travolta "Let her In" & several from Grease), Shelley Fabares (Johnny Angel"), Clint Eastwood ("Bar Room Buddies"), Sondra Locke, John Belushi and Dan Akroyd (as the Blues Brothers), Robert Mitchum ("Thunder Road").

I took the liberty of omitting David Hasselhoff from this list on general principles.





Artist Andy Griffith Year 1955
Song Make Yourself Comfortable Chart 26

Artist Jerry Lewis Year 1956
Song Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody Chart 10


Artist The Tarriers (Alan Arkin) Year 1957
Song The Banana Boat Song Chart 24



Artist Anthony Perkins Year 1955
Song Moon-Light Swim Chart 26


Artist Jim Backus & Friends Year 1958
Song Delicious! Chart 40

Artist Sheb Wooley Year 1958
Song The Purple People Eater Chart 1


Artist Connie Stevens Year 1960
Song Sixteen Reasons Chart 3

Artist Bill Dana (as José Jiménez) Year 1961
Song The Astronaut Chart 19

Artist George Maharis Year 1962
Song Teach Me Tonight Chart 25

Artist Lorne Greene Year 1964
Song Ringo Chart 1

Artist Bill Cosby Year 1967
Song Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright) Chart 4

Artist Richard Harris Year 1968
Song MacArthur Park Chart 2


Artist Ernie (from Sesame Street) Year 1970
Song Rubber Duckie Chart 16

Artist Benny Hill Year 1971
Song Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) Chart 1 UK

Artist Joey Heatherton Year 1972
Song Gone Chart 24

Artist Vicki Lawrence Year 1973
Song The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia Chart 1


Artist Telly Savalas Year 1975
Song If Chart 1 UK

Artist Keith Carradine Year 1976
Song I'm Easy Chart 17


Artist David Soul Year 1977
Song Don't Give Up On Us Chart 1

Artist Steve Martin & the Toot Uncommons Year 1978
Song King Tut Chart 17

Artist Cheryl Ladd Year 1978
Song Think It Over Chart 34

Artist David Naughton Year 1979
Song Makin' it Chart 5

Artist Kermit the Frog Year 1979
Song Rainbow Connection Chart 25


Artist Bernadette Peters Year 1980
Song Gee Whiz Chart 13

Artist John Schneider Year 1981
Song It's Now or Never Chart 14

Artist Bob & Doug McKenzie Year 1980
Song Take Off Chart 13

Artist Frank Stallone Year 1983
Song Far From Over Chart 10

Artist Jack Wagner Year 1984
Song All I Need Chart 2

Artist Tracey Ullman Year 1984
Song They Don't Know Chart 8

Artist Eddie Murphy Year 1985
Song Party All The Time Chart 2


Artist Don Johnson Year 1986
Song Heartbeat Chart 5

Artist Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom Year 1986
Song Paranoimia Chart 34

Artist Billy Crystal Year 1986
Song You Look Marvelous! Chart 58



Artist Bruce Willis Year 1987
Song Respect Yourself Chart 5



Artist Patrick Swayze Year 1988
Song She's Like The Wind Chart 3


Artist The Simpsons Year 1990
Song Do The Bartman Chart


Artist Jasmine Guy Year 1991
Song Just Want to Hold You Chart 34

Artist Joey Lawrence Year 1993
Song Nothin' My Love Can't Fix Chart 19

Artist Jamie Walters Year 1995
Song Hold On Chart 16


Artist Chef (from South Park) Year 1998
Song Chocolate Salty Balls (PS I Love You) Chart 1 UK

Artist Tatyana Ali Year 1998
Song Daydreamin' Chart 6