Artists · UK Singles Chart

Emile Ford and the Checkmates

Charting Oct 30, 1959 → Mar 8, 1962 · 74 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 74 wk (3 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
19591962
First crown Jan 1960

UK Singles Chart · 74 wk Global Music Power · 74 wk

Peak Power: 3.54%; week of Mar 10, 1960
Career Power: 163; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 115; October 1959 – October 1960
Peak Five Years: 163; March 1957 – March 1962
Top-five weeks: 19; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 74; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.84%; week of Feb 12, 1960
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

8 records · 163 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
What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?Apple Music	#1December 1959	25	October 1959 – April 1960	57.5	62.7
On a Slow Boat to ChinaApple Music	#3March 1960	15	February 1960 – May 1960	33.3	33.0
Counting TeardropsApple Music	#4January 1961	12	December 1960 – February 1961	28.1	27.5
Them There EyesApple Music	#18November 1960	16	September 1960 – December 1960	19.7	19.7
You'll Never Know What You're Missing	#12June 1960	9	May 1960 – July 1960	15.1	14.8
What Am I Gonna DoApple Music	#33March 1961	6	March 1961 – April 1961	5.4	5.3
Half of My HeartApple Music	#42June 1961	4	May 1961 – July 1961	3.2	3.1
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now	#43March 1962	1	March 1962	0.8	0.8

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At their peak

1959 in music →

Emile Ford and the Checkmates's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1959 to October 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.