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Billy J. Kramer portraitBilly J. Kramer

Charting Apr 18, 1964Aug 7, 1965 · 40 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 40 wk

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Peak Power
1.29%
week of Jul 18, 1964
Career Power
31
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
29
March 1964 – March 1965
Peak Five Years
31
August 1960 – August 1965
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
40
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.21%
week of Jun 27, 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

6 records · 31 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
Little Childrenwith The Dakotas#71513.0
Bad To Mewith The Dakotas#9107.9
From A Windowwith The Dakotas#23104.5
I'll Keep You Satisfiedwith The Dakotas#3072.7
Trains And Boats And Planeswith The Dakotas#4771.7
It's Gotta Last Foreverwith The Dakotas#6750.7

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At their peak

1964 in music

Billy J. Kramer's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1964 to March 1965. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Beatles239
  2. 2The Dave Clark Five136
  3. 3The Supremes108
  4. 4The Beach Boys102
  5. 5The Searchers81
  6. 6Bobby Vinton79
  7. 7Jan & Dean76
  8. 8Marvin Gaye74
  9. 9The Impressions73
  10. 10Gerry And The Pacemakers73

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.