Artists · Billboard Hot 100
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Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Oct 5, 1959 · 11 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 11 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.18%
- week of Sep 28, 1959
- Career Power
- 3
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 2
- October 1958 – October 1959
- Peak Five Years
- 3
- August 1958 – July 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 11
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.43%
- week of Aug 31, 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 →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
2 records · 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Like I Love Youwith Edd ByrnesApple Music | #42 | 9 | 2.4 | ||
| Delicious!with Jim Backus | #66 | 2 | 0.3 |
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At their peak
1958 in music →Friend's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1958 to October 1959. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Ricky Nelson135
- 2Lloyd Price113
- 3Frankie Avalon107
- 4Connie Francis107
- 5Elvis Presley101
- 6The Everly Brothers97
- 7Bobby Darin90
- 8The Kingston Trio88
- 9Tommy Edwards85
- 10Paul Anka82
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1950s.