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Del Shannon

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

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 138 wk (3 at #1), UK Singles Chart 139 wk (1 at #1)

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

Peak Power: 2.55%; week of Aug 7, 1961
Career Power: 154; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 3; weeks as the top artist

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: 3.59%; week of May 1, 1961
Comebacks: 2; March 1963, January 1965

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Feb 10, 1962	Mar 2, 1963	55	20	2.55%	1.07%
After decline	May 11, 1963	Jan 9, 1965	87	28	2.55%	1.02%

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

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