Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Dr. Hook

Also credited as Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show

Charting Apr 1, 1972 → Aug 14, 1982 · 262 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 262 wk, UK Singles Chart 100 wk (7 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Jay Phagan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
7 crowns
19721992
Longest reign 5 weeks (Jul–Aug 1976) · First crown Jul 1976

Billboard Hot 100 · 262 wk UK Singles Chart · 100 wk Global Music Power · 292 wk

Peak Power: 2.24%; week of May 31, 1980
Career Power: 292; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 92; June 1979 – June 1980
Peak Five Years: 220; January 1976 – January 1981
Top-five weeks: 7; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 262; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.10%; week of May 31, 1980
Comebacks: 2; Mar 1976 · Nov 1978

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 Billboard Hot 100

20 records · 292 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
Sharing The Night TogetherApple Music	#6January 1979	22	September 1978 – February 1979	37.2	37.1
When You're In Love With A Beautiful WomanApple Music	#6August 1979	25	April 1979 – September 1979	36.7	36.1
Sexy EyesApple Music	#5May 1980	21	February 1980 – July 1980	36.5	36.2
Only SixteenApple Music	#6April 1976	22	January 1976 – May 1976	31.6	31.5
A Little Bit MoreApple Music	#11October 1976	24	June 1976 – November 1976	29.2	29.1
Better Love Next TimeApple Music	#12January 1980	19	October 1979 – February 1980	27.5	27.2
The Cover Of "Rolling StoneApple Music	#6March 1973	20	December 1972 – April 1973	26.4	26.4
Sylvia's MotherApple Music	#5June 1972	15	April 1972 – July 1972	24.3	24.2
Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans TalkApple Music	#25April 1982	12	February 1982 – May 1982	11.3	11.2
Girls Can Get It	#34December 1980	14	November 1980 – January 1981	10.0	9.8
Walk Right InApple Music	#46August 1977	10	June 1977 – August 1977	4.6	4.6
If Not YouApple Music	#55December 1976	11	November 1976 – February 1977	3.2	3.2
Years From NowApple Music	#51August 1980	9	July 1980 – August 1980	3.2	3.1
Loveline	#60July 1982	10	June 1982 – August 1982	2.7	2.7
All The Time In The WorldApple Music	#54March 1979	7	February 1979 – March 1979	2.6	2.6
Life Ain't EasyApple Music	#68November 1973	7	September 1973 – November 1973	1.8	1.8
Carry Me, CarrieApple Music	#71September 1972	6	September 1972 – October 1972	1.5	1.5
That Didn't Hurt Too Bad	#69April 1981	4	April 1981 – May 1981	1.0	1.0
Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The GroupieApple Music	#83July 1973	4	July 1973 – July 1973	0.7	0.7
The MillionaireApple Music	#95September 1975	5	August 1975 – September 1975	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

1979 in music →

Dr. Hook's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1979 to June 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.