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Artists · UK Singles Chart

George Formby

Charting Jul 21, 1960Aug 4, 1960 · 3 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 3 wk

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Peak Power
0.25%
week of Aug 4, 1960
Career Power
3
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
3
August 1959 – August 1960
Peak Five Years
3
August 1955 – August 1960
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
3
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.93%
week of Jul 28, 1960
Comebacks
0
none detected

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

1 song · 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Happy Go Lucky Me/Banjo Boy#4032.5

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At their peak

1959 in music

George Formby'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 Faith134
  3. 3The Everly Brothers118
  4. 4Bobby Darin117
  5. 5Russ Conway106
  6. 6Emile Ford and the Checkmates106
  7. 7Anthony Newley101
  8. 8Lonnie Donegan98
  9. 9Johnny And The Hurricanes97
  10. 10Connie Francis97

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.