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User:HazelAlbertSheriff

This user helped "Connie Francis" become a good article.
This user helped "The Very Best of Connie Francis – Connie's 15 Biggest Hits" become a good article.
This user helped "Where Is Love? (Jack Jones album)" become a good article.
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This user believes that the years 1957 to 1981 were the Best years in music.

Introduction

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Hello, I'm HazelAlbert from the great country of Lithuania! I started actively editing in May 2025, though I was lurking since November 2024. My main focus has been on music articles, particularly discographies, albums, singles, and singer articles. I started really editing when I wanted to expand the scope of Connie Francis' singles, starting with "I'm Me Again" (comeback song, 1981). Since May 2025, I have joined five Wikiprojects, and I'm a reviewer at AFC. I have done various projects on Wikipedia for the purpose of increasing the quality of articles in the traditional pop, easy listening, and vocal genres. I have nominated four articles for GA, Where Is Love?, The Very Best of Connie Francis – Connie's 15 Biggest Hits, Connie Francis, and Dear World. The first three were reviewed and are now GAs.

Focus

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In my opinion, the old, less popular singers of standards are really overlooked, and so have far less detailed articles. One of these cases was Eddie Fisher, whose page I've revamped, and I've also done several articles for his albums. Other such cases were Jack Jones, a more pop-styled singer, and Ed Ames, an MOR style type of singer. Ed Ames' catalogue was almost untouched on Wikipedia, so a lot of my work can be there now. Other artists I hope to work on more in the future are: Jimmy Roselli, Peggy Lee, Bobby Vinton, Jerry Vale (already made some improvements), and John Gary. Below is an article made more than a decade ago, which was Stub-class, but I've revamped it and made it more comprehensive, though it can always be better.

  • Catch a Rising Star (this shows how an empty page can be expanded into a better and more informative article, and have its Stub assessment changed).

I've also tried expanding other pages, like the songwriters' Eddie Snyder and Bobby Russell articles. But I'm most proud of the Jerry Vale main page, which shows how much information could be added to the short pages that we have now.

Chart goals

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Bold Goals

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Charting Albums

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The main bold goal I have is to note that an album charted. Either on the discography page, album article, or the singer's article. Now that includes all charting albums from 1945-1972, that charted on the Billboard Top LPs. This information will be from Whitburn's chart book. Also, sometimes I will add Cashbox chart data. These are references for later, and the ones I use a lot. Feel free to use them as well ([1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]).

This, of course, will take a long time, but I want to bring this data "back from the dead". The chart runs show the album's commercial lifespan, and the peak positions show the popularity. All of this is really important in my eyes.

As of June 11th, I completed 53/160 pages (about 33%). Also, a note, I will not add charting album info for bands/singers who don't have a Wikipedia page (since where would I add the info?) unless there is another way to add them, for example, a singer who was in a band, but the band doesn't have an article, so I'll add it to his page. A couple more things about how I'm doing this:

  • 1. If the charting album has an article. I'll add the chart info, reference, and table chart to its page.
  • 2. If the charting album does NOT have an article, the chart info and reference go to the discography article/singer's main article
  • 3. If a chart table exists but lacks a reference, I will add a proper citation. The same applies to discography pages.

Done or Not?

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Goal/Task Status Additions
(If Done)
(Big, Medium, Small)[a]
Assessing all discography articles[b]  Done Medium
All charting albums (1945-1972) (see above for the specifics) In progress Big
All charting country albums (1964-1999) (see above for the specifics) In progress Big

What Wikipedia articles have I made?

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I love making new Wikipedia articles for albums and songs, here's all of them:

Other

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Currently working on:

Other Articles/Templates

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Noteslist

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  1. ↑ Relative to the size of the goal
  2. ↑ Got rid of the entire backlog in September 2025, with hundreds of pages. <- That was the main goal, which I did, but I still check in on the unassessed pages from time to time, clearing 33 to clear the backlog in August 2026.

Resources I use

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  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1998). Joel Whitburn presents top R&B singles, 1942-1999. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 168. ISBN 0898201365. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 35. LCCN 74075179. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 266. ISBN 0898201179. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 244. ISBN 0898201551. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Joel Whitburn's Top pop singles, 1940-1955. The Archive of Contemporary Music. Menomonee Falls, Wis. : Record Research. pp. 20–21. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn presents Billboard top adult songs, 1961-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wis. : Record Research Inc. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8982-0047-8. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  8. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  9. ↑ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 120–121. ISBN 1-56308-316-7. Retrieved August 6, 2026.
  10. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1998). Joel Whitburn's top country singles 1944-1997. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 330. ISBN 0898201292. Retrieved August 6, 2026.

Service award progress

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Currently, this editor has earned the Experienced Editor service award.

To get to the next level, Veteran Editor, he needs to meet the time requirement.
Progress towards the next level (by time): [ 157.1 days / 182.6 days ]

86% completed

  

Other stuff

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Angela Lansbury dressed up for Dear World, 1969.

My favorite musical is Dear World, and always will be.

I do know and acknowledge that it was a critical and commercial failure, though. Still, made some minor hits with the songs "Dear World" and "Kiss Her Now", which are mighty fine.

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Wikipediholic test

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This user scored 803 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 1362437268).
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