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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Dave Sampson

Charting May 19, 1960Jun 30, 1960 · 6 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 6 wk

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Peak Power
0.56%
week of Jun 30, 1960
Career Power
7
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
7
July 1959 – June 1960
Peak Five Years
7
July 1955 – June 1960
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
6
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.36%
week of Jun 30, 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 UK Singles Chart

1 song · 7 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
Sweet Dreams#2966.5

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At their peak

1959 in music

Dave Sampson's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from July 1959 to June 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Cliff Richard And The Shadows138
  2. 2Bobby Darin134
  3. 3Russ Conway127
  4. 4Adam Faith120
  5. 5The Everly Brothers115
  6. 6Anthony Newley115
  7. 7Craig Douglas108
  8. 8Lonnie Donegan103
  9. 9Emile Ford and the Checkmates102
  10. 10Connie Francis96

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.