Artists · UK Singles Chart
Goons
Charting Jun 29, 1956 → Sep 16, 1973 · 30 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 30 wk
- Peak Power
- 2.35%
- week of Nov 2, 1956
- Career Power
- 69
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 52
- November 1955 – November 1956
- Peak Five Years
- 52
- November 1952 – November 1957
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 30
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.68%
- week of Sep 28, 1956
- Comebacks
- 1
- Aug 1973, after 17 quiet years
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
3 records · 69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ying Tong Song/Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll CallApple Music | #3 | 10 | 27.4 | ||
| I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas/Bluebottle BluesApple Music | #4 | 10 | 24.4 | ||
| Ying Tong SongApple Music | #9 | 10 | 16.9 |
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At their peak
1955 in music →Goons's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from November 1955 to November 1956. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Bill Haley And His Comets206
- 2Lonnie Donegan121
- 3Elvis Presley120
- 4Pat Boone102
- 5Winifred Atwell96
- 6Teresa Brewer82
- 7David Whitfield79
- 8Ronnie Hilton78
- 9Perry Como72
- 10Nat King Cole68
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.