Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Bobby Rydell

Charting Jun 29, 1959 → Feb 13, 1965 · 205 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 205 wk (7 crowns), UK Singles Chart 60 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
7 crowns
Longest reign 7 weeks (Mar–Apr 1960) · First crown Mar 1960
Global Music Power
7 crowns
19591965
Longest reign 7 weeks (Mar–Apr 1960) · First crown Mar 1960

Billboard Hot 100 · 205 wk UK Singles Chart · 60 wk Global Music Power · 217 wk

Peak Power: 3.33%; week of Apr 18, 1960
Career Power: 326; share-weeks
Crowns: 7; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 138; October 1959 – October 1960
Peak Five Years: 326; June 1959 – June 1964
Top-five weeks: 17; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 205; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.72%; week of Mar 28, 1960
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

29 records · 326 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
Wild OneApple Music	#2March 1960	16	February 1960 – May 1960	36.0	35.6
We Got LoveApple Music	#6December 1959	17	October 1959 – February 1960	32.4	31.8
Forget HimApple Music	#4January 1964	16	November 1963 – February 1964	29.0	28.6
VolareApple Music	#4September 1960	15	July 1960 – October 1960	28.7	27.9
Swingin' SchoolApple Music	#5June 1960	12	May 1960 – July 1960	19.8	19.7
Kissin' TimeApple Music	#11September 1959	17	June 1959 – October 1959	19.4	19.1
The Cha-Cha-ChaApple Music	#10November 1962	11	October 1962 – December 1962	18.5	18.2
Good Time BabyApple Music	#11March 1961	11	January 1961 – April 1961	18.5	18.0
SwayApple Music	#14December 1960	11	November 1960 – January 1961	18.5	17.9
I'll Never Dance AgainApple Music	#14July 1962	12	June 1962 – August 1962	15.1	14.9
(I've Got) BonnieApple Music	#18April 1962	11	February 1962 – April 1962	12.4	12.2
Little Bitty GirlApple Music	#19March 1960	15	February 1960 – May 1960	11.0	16.7
Wildwood DaysApple Music	#17June 1963	9	May 1963 – July 1963	9.9	9.8
Ding-A-LingApple Music	#18May 1960	11	May 1960 – July 1960	9.9	14.1
Butterfly BabyApple Music	#23March 1963	9	February 1963 – April 1963	9.6	9.5
I Wanna Thank YouApple Music	#21November 1961	9	October 1961 – December 1961	9.5	9.2
That Old Black MagicApple Music	#21May 1961	8	May 1961 – June 1961	8.5	8.4
The Fish	#25July 1961	7	July 1961 – August 1961	7.5	7.4
Make Me ForgetApple Music	#43April 1964	6	March 1964 – May 1964	3.7	3.3
Jingle Bell Rockwith Chubby CheckerApple Music	#21January 1962	7	December 1961 – December 1962	3.1	6.2
I Dig GirlsApple Music	#46November 1959	6	October 1959 – November 1959	1.6	2.6
A World Without LoveApple Music	#80June 1964	6	May 1964 – June 1964	1.1	1.1
Cherié	#54February 1961	4	February 1961 – March 1961	1.1	1.7
Lose Her	#69March 1962	4	February 1962 – March 1962	0.6	1.0
Groovy Tonight	#70December 1960	2	December 1960 – December 1960	0.4	0.6
The Door To Paradise	#85October 1961	2	October 1961 – November 1961	0.3	0.3
Let's Make Love TonightApple Music	#98October 1963	2	September 1963 – October 1963	0.2	0.2
I Just Can't Say Goodbye	#94December 1964	1	December 1964	0.1	0.1
Diana	#98February 1965	1	February 1965	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1959 in music →

Bobby Rydell's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1959 to October 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.