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Eddie Calvert

Charting Dec 18, 1953Jun 27, 1958 · 71 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itUK Singles Chart 71 wk (6 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    6 crowns

    Longest reign 6 weeks (May–Jun 1955) · First crown May 1955

  • Global Music Power

    6 crowns

    19531958

    Longest reign 6 weeks (May–Jun 1955) · First crown May 1955

Peak Power
3.47%
week of Aug 26, 1955
Career Power
205
share-weeks
Crowns
6
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
100
April 1955 – March 1956
Peak Five Years
205
July 1953 – June 1958
Top-five weeks
29
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
71
weeks with chart power
Dominance
4.91%
week of May 27, 1955
Comebacks
1
Mar 1958

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

7 records · 205 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
Oh Mein Papa#12165.0
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White#12164.1
Mandy (la Panse)#91429.3
John and Julie#61124.8
Zambesi#13713.9
Stranger in Paradise#1445.3
Little Serenade#2822.8

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At their peak

1955 in music

Eddie Calvert's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from April 1955 to March 1956. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Jimmy Young112
  2. 2Ruby Murray107
  3. 3Eddie Calvert100
  4. 4Frank Sinatra98
  5. 5David Whitfield97
  6. 6Bill Haley And His Comets89
  7. 7Slim Whitman88
  8. 8Frankie Laine87
  9. 9Tennessee Ernie Ford85
  10. 10Alma Cogan75

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1950s.