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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Dave Newman

Charting Apr 9, 1972 → May 21, 1972 · 6 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 6 wk

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Peak Power
0.41%
week of May 21, 1972
Career Power
5
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
5
May 1971 – May 1972
Peak Five Years
5
June 1967 – May 1972
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
6
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.12%
week of May 7, 1972
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

1 song · 5 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)#3464.9

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At their peak

1971 in music →

Dave Newman's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1971 to May 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Middle of the Road120
  2. 2The New Seekers115
  3. 3T. Rex108
  4. 4Elvis Presley96
  5. 5Slade80
  6. 6Gilbert O'Sullivan72
  7. 7Diana Ross63
  8. 8The Sweet62
  9. 9The Supremes56
  10. 10Tom Jones54

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.