Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Bobby Bland

Charting Jan 25, 1960 → Jan 4, 1975 · 178 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 178 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 178 wk Global Music Power · 178 wk

Peak Power: 1.19%; week of Mar 16, 1963
Career Power: 79; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 26; September 1962 – August 1963
Peak Five Years: 64; February 1961 – February 1966
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 178; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.22%; week of Feb 16, 1963
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

34 records · 79 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
Ain't Nothing You Can DoApple Music	#20April 1964	9	March 1964 – May 1964	11.9	10.4
Call On MeApple Music	#22February 1963	12	January 1963 – March 1963	9.7	10.3
Turn On Your Love LightApple Music	#28January 1962	10	December 1961 – February 1962	6.8	6.7
Stormy Monday BluesApple Music	#43October 1962	13	September 1962 – December 1962	5.9	6.0
That's The Way Love IsApple Music	#33March 1963	10	January 1963 – March 1963	5.6	7.3
Share Your Love With MeApple Music	#42July 1964	9	June 1964 – August 1964	4.8	4.6
Rockin' In The Same Old BoatApple Music	#58January 1969	10	November 1968 – January 1969	3.7	3.7
I Pity The FoolApple Music	#46March 1961	7	February 1961 – April 1961	3.3	3.2
Ain't Doing Too Bad (Part 1)	#49November 1964	6	October 1964 – November 1964	3.0	2.9
Sometimes You Gotta Cry A LittleApple Music	#56August 1963	6	July 1963 – August 1963	2.7	2.7
Yield Not To TemptationApple Music	#56September 1962	8	August 1962 – September 1962	2.4	2.5
These Hands (Small But Mighty)Apple Music	#63October 1965	8	August 1965 – October 1965	2.1	2.0
Chains Of LoveApple Music	#60October 1969	7	September 1969 – October 1969	2.1	2.1
I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)Apple Music	#62February 1966	6	January 1966 – February 1966	1.9	1.8
Do What You Set Out To DoApple Music	#64March 1972	5	February 1972 – March 1972	1.6	1.6
Don't Cry No MoreApple Music	#71August 1961	7	August 1961 – October 1961	1.6	1.6
Good Time CharlieApple Music	#75June 1966	6	May 1966 – June 1966	1.2	1.2
Cry Cry CryApple Music	#71November 1960	5	November 1960 – December 1960	1.1	1.1
PovertyApple Music	#65October 1966	5	September 1966 – October 1966	1.1	1.1
I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me)Apple Music	#88November 1974	7	November 1974 – January 1975	1.0	1.0
Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The CityApple Music	#91August 1974	7	August 1974 – September 1974	0.9	0.9
Who Will The Next Fool BeApple Music	#76April 1962	4	March 1962 – April 1962	0.9	0.9
Blind ManApple Music	#78January 1965	3	January 1965 – January 1965	0.7	0.7
Keep On Loving Me (You'll See The Change)	#89December 1970	3	December 1970 – December 1970	0.5	0.5
I'll Take Care Of YouApple Music	#89February 1960	3	January 1960 – February 1960	0.4	0.4
The Feeling Is GoneApple Music	#91January 1964	3	December 1963 – January 1964	0.4	0.4
Gotta Get To Know YouApple Music	#91June 1969	3	June 1969 – June 1969	0.4	0.4
Driftin' BluesApple Music	#96March 1968	3	March 1968 – March 1968	0.4	0.4
You're All I NeedApple Music	#88April 1967	2	April 1967 – April 1967	0.4	0.3
If You've Got A Heart	#96February 1970	2	February 1970 – February 1970	0.3	0.3
Ain't No Telling	#93April 1965	1	April 1965	0.2	0.1
I'm Sorry	#97June 1971	1	June 1971	0.1	0.1
Ain't That Loving You	#86March 1962	1	March 1962	0.1	0.2
Black Night	#99January 1965	1	January 1965	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1962 in music →

Bobby Bland's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1962 to August 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.