Artists · UK Singles Chart
Billy May
Charting Apr 27, 1956 → Jun 29, 1956 · 10 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 10 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.41%
- week of Jun 29, 1956
- Career Power
- 22
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 22
- July 1955 – June 1956
- Peak Five Years
- 22
- November 1952 – November 1957
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 10
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.73%
- week of May 18, 1956
- 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
1 song · 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Title Theme from 'Man with the Golden Arm | #9 | 10 | 21.7 |
At their peak
1955 in music →Billy May's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from July 1955 to June 1956. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1David Whitfield127
- 2Bill Haley And His Comets121
- 3Frank Sinatra98
- 4Slim Whitman98
- 5Jimmy Young96
- 6Frankie Laine86
- 7Winifred Atwell81
- 8Lonnie Donegan75
- 9Alma Cogan74
- 10Ruby Murray64
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1950s.