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Al Hirt portraitAl Hirt

Also credited as Al (He's the King) Hirt

Charting Apr 11, 1964Jan 27, 1968 · 15 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 15 wk

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Peak Power
1.09%
week of Jun 13, 1964
Career Power
16
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
16
July 1963 – June 1964
Peak Five Years
16
February 1963 – January 1968
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
15
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.29%
week of May 30, 1964
Comebacks
0
none detected

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

3 records · 16 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Cotton Candy#151215.8
The Silence (Il Silenzio)#9620.3
Keep The Ball Rollin#10010.1

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At their peak

1963 in music

Al Hirt's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1963 to June 1964. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Beatles166
  2. 2Bobby Vinton112
  3. 3Lesley Gore105
  4. 4The Beach Boys105
  5. 5Jan & Dean93
  6. 6Major Lance74
  7. 7The Dave Clark Five67
  8. 8Roy Orbison67
  9. 9Mary Wells66
  10. 10The Impressions62

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.