Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Del Shannon

Charting Mar 6, 1961 → Feb 27, 1982 · 138 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 138 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 139 wk (1 crown)

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Image credits

Photo: Amy Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Apr–May 1961) · First crown Apr 1961
UK Singles Chart
1 crown
First crown Jul 1961
Global Music Power
5 crowns
19611982
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jul–Aug 1961) · First crown May 1961

Billboard Hot 100 · 138 wk UK Singles Chart · 139 wk Global Music Power · 187 wk

Peak Power: 2.54%; week of Aug 7, 1961
Career Power: 154; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 78; January 1961 – January 1962
Peak Five Years: 146; June 1960 – June 1965
Top-five weeks: 9; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 138; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.58%; week of May 1, 1961
Comebacks: 2; Mar 1963 · Jan 1965

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

17 records · 154 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
RunawayApple Music	#1April 1961	17	March 1961 – June 1961	37.9	37.8
Hats Off To LarryApple Music	#5July 1961	13	June 1961 – August 1961	25.7	25.6
Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)Apple Music	#9January 1965	14	November 1964 – February 1965	22.5	22.2
Little Town FlirtApple Music	#12February 1963	14	December 1962 – March 1963	15.8	15.7
Handy ManApple Music	#22August 1964	10	July 1964 – September 1964	11.4	11.0
So Long BabyApple Music	#28October 1961	10	September 1961 – November 1961	9.0	8.8
Sea Of LoveApple Music	#33February 1982	12	December 1981 – February 1982	7.8	7.7
Stranger In TownApple Music	#30March 1965	6	February 1965 – April 1965	5.6	5.5
Hey! Little GirlApple Music	#38January 1962	8	November 1961 – January 1962	5.0	4.9
Do You Want To DanceApple Music	#43October 1964	7	September 1964 – October 1964	4.1	4.0
Two Kind Of TeardropsApple Music	#50May 1963	9	April 1963 – June 1963	4.0	4.0
Sue's Gotta Be MineApple Music	#71November 1963	7	November 1963 – December 1963	1.7	1.7
The Swiss MaidApple Music	#64October 1962	5	September 1962 – October 1962	1.5	1.5
From Me To YouApple Music	#77July 1963	4	June 1963 – July 1963	0.8	0.8
Break UpApple Music	#95May 1965	3	May 1965 – June 1965	0.4	0.4
The Big HurtApple Music	#94May 1966	2	May 1966 – May 1966	0.3	0.3
Cry Myself To SleepApple Music	#99June 1962	1	June 1962	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1961 in music →

Del Shannon's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1961 to January 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.