Artists · UK Singles Chart

Des O'Connor

Charting Nov 1, 1967 → Apr 3, 1988 · 109 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 109 wk (4 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
4 crowns
19671988
Longest reign 3 weeks (Dec 1968) · First crown Jul 1968

UK Singles Chart · 109 wk Global Music Power · 109 wk

Peak Power: 2.55%; week of Jan 8, 1969
Career Power: 182; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 90; February 1968 – January 1969
Peak Five Years: 175; January 1966 – December 1970
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 109; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.80%; week of Dec 11, 1968
Comebacks: 1; Nov 1970

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

10 records · 182 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
I PretendApple Music	#1July 1968	36	May 1968 – January 1969	60.5	62.6
Careless HandsApple Music	#6December 1967	17	November 1967 – February 1968	31.7	30.8
1-2-3 O'Leary	#4December 1968	11	November 1968 – January 1969	27.1	26.8
The Tip of My FingersApple Music	#15October 1970	15	September 1970 – December 1970	20.5	20.5
LonelinessApple Music	#18December 1969	10	November 1969 – February 1970	13.0	12.9
Dick-A-Dum-DumApple Music	#14May 1969	8	May 1969 – July 1969	11.9	11.9
The Skye Boat Songwith Roger WhittakerApple Music	#10November 1986	10	October 1986 – January 1987	7.4	14.7
I'll Go on HopingApple Music	#30March 1970	7	March 1970 – April 1970	6.9	6.8
Dick-A-Dum-Dum (King's Road)Apple Music	#24May 1969	2	May 1969 – May 1969	3.0	3.0
Neighbours	#100April 1988	1	April 1988	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1968 in music →

Des O'Connor's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1968 to January 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

1Tom Jones107
2Des O'Connor90
3Engelbert Humperdinck84
4The Union Gap74
5Herman's Hermits72
6The Beach Boys68
7The Beatles67
8Love Affair67
9Louis Armstrong65
10Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich65

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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