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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Billy Cotton and His Band

Charting May 1, 1953 → Jul 23, 1954 · 25 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 25 wk

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Peak Power
2.17%
week of Jul 23, 1954
Career Power
68
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
42
July 1953 – July 1954
Peak Five Years
68
November 1952 – November 1957
Top-five weeks
9
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
25
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.28%
week of May 21, 1954
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

3 records · 68 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
Friends and Neighbours#31235.0
In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)#31026.1
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus#1137.1

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At their peak

1953 in music →

Billy Cotton and His Band's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from July 1953 to July 1954. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Frankie Laine212
  2. 2Guy Mitchell140
  3. 3David Whitfield122
  4. 4Mantovani108
  5. 5Obernkirchen Children's Choir77
  6. 6Doris Day77
  7. 7Johnnie Ray73
  8. 8Eddie Calvert65
  9. 9Dean Martin55
  10. 10Frank Chacksfield49

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1950s.