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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Doug Sheldon

Charting Nov 9, 1961Mar 14, 1963 · 15 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 15 wk

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Peak Power
0.63%
week of Feb 8, 1962
Career Power
15
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
9
February 1961 – February 1962
Peak Five Years
15
March 1958 – March 1963
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
15
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.36%
week of Jan 11, 1962
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

3 records · 15 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
Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night#2966.6
I Saw Linda Yesterday#3665.3
Runaround Sue#3632.8

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At their peak

1961 in music

Doug Sheldon'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 Presley178
  2. 2Cliff Richard146
  3. 3Helen Shapiro139
  4. 4The Shadows129
  5. 5Bobby Vee123
  6. 6Billy Fury115
  7. 7Del Shannon103
  8. 8Adam Faith102
  9. 9The Everly Brothers99
  10. 10Temperance Seven89

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.