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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Don Gibson portraitDon Gibson

Charting Aug 31, 1961Feb 15, 1962 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 72 wk, UK Singles Chart 16 wk

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Peak Power
1.25%
week of Nov 16, 1961
Career Power
23
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
23
February 1961 – February 1962
Peak Five Years
23
March 1957 – February 1962
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
16
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.33%
week of Oct 5, 1961
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

2 records · 23 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
Sea Of Heartbreak#141320.8
Lonesome No 1#4732.1

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At their peak

1961 in music

Don Gibson's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1961 to February 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Elvis Presley177
  2. 2Cliff Richard147
  3. 3Helen Shapiro140
  4. 4The Shadows125
  5. 5Bobby Vee123
  6. 6Billy Fury115
  7. 7Del Shannon104
  8. 8Adam Faith102
  9. 9The Everly Brothers98
  10. 10Temperance Seven89

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.