A Guide, Gossip, a Glimpse of Glory : MIXED MEDIA: A SPECIAL BOOKS EDITION : <i> Rated on a scale of one star (poor) to five (a classic).</i> : “ONE-HIT WONDERS” By Wayne Jancik <i> Billboard Books ($19.95)</i>

What do Joan Weber (“Let Me Go Lover”), the El Dorados (“At My Front Door”), Laurie London (“He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”), Mark Dinning (“Teen Angel”), Bent Fabric (“Alley Cat”), Doris Troy (“Just One Look”), Merilee Rush (“Angel of the Morning”) and Carl Douglas (“Kung Fu Fighting”) have in common? They were just a few of the more than 500 artists who had one--and only one--Top 40 hit single. Where did these and the other 500 artists come from and where did they go? The answers make this collection entertaining reading. Tucked in among the hundreds of true one-hit wonders are such major artists as Jimi Hendrix, Carl Perkins and Lou Reed.