Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Frankie Avalon

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Apr 3, 1976 · 161 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 161 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 15 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Film studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Dec 1959 – Jan 1960) · First crown Dec 1959
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19581976
First crown Jan 1960

Billboard Hot 100 · 161 wk UK Singles Chart · 15 wk Global Music Power · 161 wk

Peak Power: 3.13%; week of Jul 27, 1959
Career Power: 234; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 139; March 1959 – February 1960
Peak Five Years: 230; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 20; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 161; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.43%; week of Jul 6, 1959
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

22 records · 234 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
VenusApple Music	#1March 1959	28	February 1959 – April 1976	45.7	44.7
WhyApple Music	#1December 1959	16	November 1959 – March 1960	36.6	35.9
Just Ask Your HeartApple Music	#7October 1959	16	August 1959 – December 1959	25.7	25.7
Bobby Sox To StockingsApple Music	#8July 1959	13	May 1959 – August 1959	21.4	22.1
I'll Wait For YouApple Music	#15December 1958	17	October 1958 – February 1959	20.0	19.4
Ginger BreadApple Music	#9September 1958	11	August 1958 – October 1958	19.2	18.8
A Boy Without A GirlApple Music	#10July 1959	14	May 1959 – August 1959	14.0	19.0
TogethernessApple Music	#26October 1960	13	September 1960 – December 1960	12.2	11.8
Don't Throw Away All Those TeardropsApple Music	#22April 1960	10	March 1960 – May 1960	11.3	11.0
You Are MineApple Music	#26May 1962	11	March 1962 – June 1962	8.3	8.2
Where Are YouApple Music	#32August 1960	12	June 1960 – August 1960	8.2	7.9
A Perfect LoveApple Music	#47January 1961	6	December 1960 – January 1961	2.9	2.9
Swingin' On A Rainbow	#39January 1960	6	December 1959 – January 1960	1.7	2.6
The Puppet Song	#56January 1961	7	December 1960 – January 1961	1.6	2.3
Two FoolsApple Music	#54October 1959	5	September 1959 – October 1959	1.2	1.8
A Miracle	#75August 1962	6	July 1962 – August 1962	1.2	1.2
All Of EverythingApple Music	#70March 1961	4	February 1961 – March 1961	1.1	1.0
What Little Girl	#79October 1958	2	October 1958 – October 1958	0.5	0.5
Who Else But YouApple Music	#82June 1961	2	May 1961 – June 1961	0.4	0.4
Tuxedo JunctionApple Music	#82June 1960	2	June 1960 – June 1960	0.3	0.4
True, True LoveApple Music	#90October 1961	2	September 1961 – October 1961	0.3	0.3
Don't Let Love Pass Me ByApple Music	#85October 1960	2	October 1960 – October 1960	0.2	0.3

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At their peak

1959 in music →

Frankie Avalon's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1959 to February 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s.