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
- 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 →
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.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends and NeighboursApple Music | #3 | 12 | 35.0 | ||
| In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)Apple Music | #3 | 10 | 26.1 | ||
| I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | #11 | 3 | 7.1 |
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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:
- 1Frankie Laine212
- 2Guy Mitchell140
- 3David Whitfield122
- 4Mantovani108
- 5Obernkirchen Children's Choir77
- 6Doris Day77
- 7Johnnie Ray73
- 8Eddie Calvert65
- 9Dean Martin55
- 10Frank Chacksfield49
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1950s.