Artists · UK Singles Chart

Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas

Charting May 2, 1963 → Jul 8, 1965 · 69 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 69 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
19631965
Longest reign 2 weeks (Aug 1963) · First crown Aug 1963

UK Singles Chart · 69 wk Global Music Power · 69 wk

Peak Power: 2.77%; week of Sep 19, 1963
Career Power: 158; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 124; May 1963 – April 1964
Peak Five Years: 158; July 1960 – July 1965
Top-five weeks: 18; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 69; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.63%; week of Mar 26, 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 UK Singles Chart

6 records · 158 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
Do You Want to Know a Secret?Apple Music	#2May 1963	15	May 1963 – August 1963	36.0	35.4
Little ChildrenApple Music	#1March 1964	13	February 1964 – May 1964	33.8	33.0
Bad to MeApple Music	#1August 1963	14	August 1963 – October 1963	33.2	33.4
I'll Keep You SatisfiedApple Music	#4November 1963	13	November 1963 – January 1964	26.5	26.1
From a WindowApple Music	#10August 1964	8	July 1964 – September 1964	14.7	14.5
Trains and Boats and PlanesApple Music	#12June 1965	8	May 1965 – July 1965	13.6	13.4

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At their peak

1963 in music →

Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1963 to April 1964. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.