Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Gary U.S. Bonds portraitGary U.S. Bonds

Charting Jul 24, 1961Sep 25, 1982 · 85 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 3 marketsBillboard Hot 100 85 wk, UK Singles Chart 6 wk

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Peak Power
2.02%
week of May 19, 1962
Career Power
122
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
76
July 1961 – July 1962
Peak Five Years
77
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
1
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
85
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.09%
week of Sep 4, 1961
Comebacks
1
June 1981
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceSep 29, 1962Jun 13, 19819769692.02%1.04%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

9 records · 122 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

SongPeakWeeksPower
This Little Girl#111827.9
Dear Lady Twist#91627.1
School Is Out#51120.6
Twist, Twist Senora#91018.5
Out Of Work#211615.8
Seven Day Weekend#2776.1
School Is In#2854.7
Jolé Blon#6560.9
Copy Cat#9230.4

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