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Dr. John portraitDr. John

Charting Apr 15, 1972Jun 1, 1974 · 38 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 38 wk

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Peak Power
1.73%
week of Jul 21, 1973
Career Power
37
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
35
November 1972 – November 1973
Peak Five Years
37
June 1969 – June 1974
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
38
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.68%
week of Jul 7, 1973
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 Billboard Hot 100

4 records · 37 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
Right Place Wrong Time#92030.6
Such A Night#4294.7
Iko Iko#7151.2
(everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away#9240.6

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At their peak

1972 in music

Dr. John's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1972 to November 1973. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Stevie Wonder96
  2. 2Elton John93
  3. 3Wings87
  4. 4Helen Reddy85
  5. 5Gladys Knight And The Pips80
  6. 6Gilbert O'Sullivan77
  7. 7War73
  8. 8The Spinners72
  9. 9Al Green71
  10. 10Marvin Gaye71

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.