Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Freddy Cannon

Also credited as Freddie Cannon

Charting May 11, 1959 → Mar 26, 1966 · 158 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 158 wk, UK Singles Chart 49 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Warner Brothers Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Global Music Power
3 crowns
19591966
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jan–Feb 1960) · First crown Jan 1960

Billboard Hot 100 · 158 wk UK Singles Chart · 49 wk Global Music Power · 164 wk

Peak Power: 2.04%; week of Feb 1, 1960
Career Power: 157; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 67; May 1959 – May 1960
Peak Five Years: 141; March 1959 – March 1964
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 158; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.35%; week of Jan 11, 1960
Comebacks: 1; Jun 1962

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 · 157 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
Palisades ParkApple Music	#3June 1962	15	May 1962 – August 1962	31.2	30.9
Way Down Yonder In New OrleansApple Music	#3January 1960	15	November 1959 – February 1960	30.8	30.3
Tallahassee LassieApple Music	#6June 1959	15	May 1959 – August 1959	27.3	26.6
Action	#13September 1965	9	August 1965 – October 1965	12.1	12.0
Abigail Beecher	#16March 1964	8	February 1964 – March 1964	11.2	10.7
Jump OverApple Music	#28June 1960	10	May 1960 – July 1960	7.6	7.4
Chattanooga Shoe Shine BoyApple Music	#34March 1960	7	February 1960 – April 1960	5.0	5.0
Transistor SisterApple Music	#35September 1961	8	July 1961 – September 1961	4.3	4.3
OkefenokeeApple Music	#43September 1959	9	August 1959 – October 1959	4.0	3.9
The Dedication Song	#41March 1966	6	February 1966 – March 1966	3.9	3.9
Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-ItApple Music	#51June 1961	8	May 1961 – June 1961	3.5	3.5
Everybody Monkey	#52September 1963	7	August 1963 – September 1963	3.1	3.1
Patty Baby	#65June 1963	7	May 1963 – June 1963	2.2	2.2
What's Gonna Happen When Summer's DoneApple Music	#45September 1962	4	September 1962 – September 1962	2.1	2.1
Muskrat Ramble	#54February 1961	6	January 1961 – February 1961	2.0	2.0
If You Were A Rock And Roll RecordApple Music	#67December 1962	5	November 1962 – December 1962	1.4	1.4
HumdingerApple Music	#59October 1960	4	October 1960 – October 1960	1.4	1.3
For Me And My GalApple Music	#71November 1961	6	October 1961 – November 1961	1.2	1.2
Happy Shades Of BlueApple Music	#83August 1960	5	July 1960 – August 1960	0.8	0.8
Twistin' All Night Longwith Danny & The JuniorsApple Music	#68January 1962	5	January 1962 – February 1962	0.6	1.3
The UrgeApple Music	#60May 1960	3	May 1960 – May 1960	0.6	0.8
Teen Queen Of The WeekApple Music	#92February 1962	2	February 1962 – March 1962	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1959 in music →

Freddy Cannon's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1959 to May 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.