Artists · UK Singles Chart

Alma Cogan

Charting Mar 19, 1954 → May 25, 1961 · 110 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 110 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1955) · First crown Jul 1955
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19541961
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1955) · First crown Jul 1955

UK Singles Chart · 110 wk Global Music Power · 110 wk

Peak Power: 2.65%; week of Aug 26, 1955
Career Power: 225; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 90; May 1955 – May 1956
Peak Five Years: 208; February 1954 – January 1959
Top-five weeks: 9; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 110; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.58%; week of Jul 15, 1955
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 UK Singles Chart

21 records · 225 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
DreamboatApple Music	#1July 1955	16	May 1955 – September 1955	48.2	47.2
I Can't Tell a Waltz from a TangoApple Music	#6January 1955	11	December 1954 – February 1955	26.3	25.5
Bell Bottom BluesApple Music	#4April 1954	9	March 1954 – May 1954	24.4	25.1
SugartimeApple Music	#16March 1958	11	February 1958 – May 1958	18.1	17.4
Willie CanApple Music	#13April 1956	8	March 1956 – May 1956	16.6	16.4
Never Do a Tango with an EskimoApple Music	#6January 1956	5	December 1955 – January 1956	13.5	13.2
Little Things Mean a LotApple Music	#11August 1954	5	August 1954 – October 1954	11.2	10.6
You, Me and UsApple Music	#18January 1957	6	January 1957 – February 1957	11.2	10.2
Go on ByApple Music	#16October 1955	4	October 1955 – November 1955	7.7	7.6
In the Middle of the HouseApple Music	#20November 1956	4	November 1956 – December 1956	7.3	6.8
We Got LoveApple Music	#26January 1960	4	December 1959 – January 1960	5.7	5.6
The Birds and the BeesApple Music	#25July 1956	4	July 1956 – August 1956	5.6	5.5
Why Do Fools Fall in LoveApple Music	#22August 1956	3	August 1956 – August 1956	5.2	5.0
Cowboy Jimmy JoeApple Music	#37May 1961	6	April 1961 – May 1961	5.0	4.9
Train of Love	#27August 1960	5	August 1960 – September 1960	4.8	4.8
Whatever Lola WantsApple Music	#26March 1957	2	March 1957 – April 1957	3.3	3.0
The Story of My LifeApple Music	#25January 1958	2	January 1958 – February 1958	3.1	3.0
Last Night on the Back PorchApple Music	#27January 1959	2	January 1959 – January 1959	2.8	2.7
The Banjo's Back in TownApple Music	#17September 1955	1	September 1955	2.1	2.0
Twenty Tiny FingersApple Music	#17December 1955	1	December 1955	2.0	2.0
Dream Talk	#48May 1960	1	May 1960	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1955 in music →

Alma Cogan's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1955 to May 1956. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.