Meri Wilson, like many performers, discovered that having a hit record could be a two-edged sword. In 1977, she received a gold disc for "Telephone Man", but in the years that followed, the public was ...

Meri Wilson, singer who had a gold record in 1977 with the novelty song “Telephone Man,” died Dec. 28 in a car crash in Americus, Ga. She was 53. Youngest daughter of an Air Force officer, Wilson ...