Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Gene Pitney

Charting Jan 30, 1961 → Jan 24, 1970 · 214 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 214 wk, UK Singles Chart 206 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 214 wk UK Singles Chart · 206 wk Global Music Power · 353 wk

Peak Power: 2.12%; week of Dec 26, 1964
Career Power: 248; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 82; May 1962 – May 1963
Peak Five Years: 226; June 1961 – June 1966
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 214; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.49%; week of Nov 3, 1962
Comebacks: 1; Jul 1968

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

23 records · 248 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
Only Love Can Break A HeartApple Music	#2November 1962	14	September 1962 – December 1962	28.3	27.8
It Hurts To Be In LoveApple Music	#7October 1964	16	July 1964 – October 1964	24.8	24.2
Town Without PityApple Music	#13January 1962	19	October 1961 – March 1962	22.6	22.0
(The Man Who Shot) Liberty ValanceApple Music	#4June 1962	13	April 1962 – July 1962	21.9	21.8
I'm Gonna Be StrongApple Music	#9December 1964	12	October 1964 – January 1965	20.8	20.8
Half Heaven - Half HeartacheApple Music	#12February 1963	12	December 1962 – March 1963	17.3	17.2
MeccaApple Music	#12May 1963	11	March 1963 – June 1963	16.4	16.2
She's A HeartbreakerApple Music	#16July 1968	13	May 1968 – August 1968	14.8	14.7
Last Chance To Turn AroundApple Music	#13June 1965	10	May 1965 – July 1965	14.1	13.8
Twenty Four Hours From TulsaApple Music	#17December 1963	11	October 1963 – December 1963	12.0	11.9
True Love Never Runs SmoothApple Music	#21August 1963	11	July 1963 – September 1963	11.3	11.2
BackstageApple Music	#25May 1966	8	April 1966 – June 1966	7.4	7.4
Looking Through The Eyes Of LoveApple Music	#28August 1965	8	July 1965 – September 1965	7.2	7.1
I Must Be Seeing ThingsApple Music	#31March 1965	7	February 1965 – April 1965	6.3	6.2
Princess In RagsApple Music	#37December 1965	8	November 1965 – January 1966	5.1	5.1
(I Wanna) Love My Life AwayApple Music	#39February 1961	8	January 1961 – March 1961	4.5	4.4
Every Breath I TakeApple Music	#42September 1961	8	August 1961 – September 1961	3.6	3.5
That Girl Belongs To YesterdayApple Music	#49February 1964	7	January 1964 – February 1964	3.4	3.3
Just One SmileApple Music	#64January 1967	6	December 1966 – January 1967	1.8	1.8
If I Didn't Have A Dime (To Play The Jukebox)Apple Music	#58October 1962	7	September 1962 – October 1962	1.7	2.4
Yesterday's HeroApple Music	#64May 1964	5	May 1964 – June 1964	1.5	1.4
She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)Apple Music	#89January 1970	5	December 1969 – January 1970	0.7	0.7
Billy You're My Friend	#92November 1968	3	November 1968 – November 1968	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1962 in music →

Gene Pitney's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1962 to May 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.