Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Booker T. & The MG's
Charting Aug 11, 1962 → Jul 24, 1971 · 146 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 146 wk, UK Singles Chart 39 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.87%
- week of May 31, 1969
- Career Power
- 132
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 65
- July 1968 – July 1969
- Peak Five Years
- 96
- August 1966 – July 1971
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 146
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.32%
- week of Sep 29, 1962
- Comebacks
- 1
- October 1967
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Feb 16, 1963 | Oct 7, 1967 | 242 | 55 | 1.81% | 1.01% |
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
17 records · 132 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green OnionsApple Music | #3 | 16 | 29.8 | |
| Hang 'Em HighApple Music | #9 | 18 | 24.4 | |
| Time Is TightApple Music | #6 | 13 | 22.3 | |
| Soul-LimboApple Music | #17 | 10 | 14.2 | |
| GroovinApple Music | #21 | 12 | 13.3 | |
| Hip Hug-HerApple Music | #37 | 13 | 8.0 | |
| Melting PotApple Music | #45 | 16 | 5.5 | |
| Mrs. Robinson | #37 | 8 | 5.3 | |
| Boot-LegApple Music | #58 | 10 | 3.2 | |
| Chinese Checkers | #78 | 7 | 1.2 | |
| Slim Jenkin's Place | #70 | 5 | 1.1 | |
| My Sweet Potato | #85 | 5 | 0.9 | |
| Jellybread | #82 | 5 | 0.9 | |
| Something | #76 | 4 | 0.8 | |
| Slum Baby | #88 | 4 | 0.6 | |
| Mo-Onions | #97 | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Soul Dressing | #95 | 2 | 0.3 |
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