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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Gene Vincent

Charting Jul 13, 1956Sep 21, 1961 · 48 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 48 wk

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Peak Power
1.30%
week of Nov 16, 1956
Career Power
72
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
32
August 1959 – August 1960
Peak Five Years
64
August 1956 – August 1961
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
48
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.58%
week of Mar 17, 1960
Comebacks
1
Jul 1960

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 UK Singles Chart

8 records · 72 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Pistol Packin' Mama#15915.3
She She Little Sheila#221113.1
Be Bop a Lula#16712.1
My Heart#16810.1
Blue Jean Bop#1659.1
Wild Cat#2166.7
I'm Going Home#3644.0
Race with the Devil#2811.5

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At their peak

1959 in music

Gene Vincent's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1959 to August 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Cliff Richard And The Shadows138
  2. 2Adam Faith136
  3. 3The Everly Brothers120
  4. 4Bobby Darin113
  5. 5Emile Ford and the Checkmates106
  6. 6Russ Conway102
  7. 7Anthony Newley101
  8. 8Johnny And The Hurricanes98
  9. 9Lonnie Donegan96
  10. 10Connie Francis96

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.