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Desmond Dekker portraitDesmond Dekker

Charting Aug 16, 1970Oct 5, 1975 · 31 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 31 wk

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Peak Power
1.91%
week of Oct 25, 1970
Career Power
59
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
32
November 1969 – November 1970
Peak Five Years
48
July 1970 – June 1975
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
31
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.41%
week of Sep 27, 1970
Comebacks
1
Jun 1975

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

3 records · 59 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
You Can Get It If You Really Want#21532.4
The Israelites#10915.6
Sing a Little Song#16711.3

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At their peak

1969 in music

Desmond Dekker's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from November 1969 to November 1970. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Elvis Presley124
  2. 2Creedence Clearwater Revival80
  3. 3Four Tops68
  4. 4Roger Whittaker68
  5. 5Jackson 567
  6. 6Jimmy Ruffin66
  7. 7Kenny Rogers & The First Edition65
  8. 8Stevie Wonder64
  9. 9Tom Jones62
  10. 10Andy Williams61

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.