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James Darren portraitJames Darren

Charting Oct 16, 1961 → May 14, 1977 · 67 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 67 wk, UK Singles Chart 25 wk

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Peak Power
2.06%
week of Jan 13, 1962
Career Power
83
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
73
October 1961 – October 1962
Peak Five Years
75
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
3
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
67
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.39%
week of Dec 11, 1961
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 Billboard Hot 100

8 records · 83 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
Goodbye Cruel World#31734.3
Her Royal Majesty#61118.6
Conscience#111015.6
All#3584.8
Mary's Little Lamb#3984.3
You Take My Heart Away#5293.1
Pin A Medal On Joey#5462.1
Hail To The Conquering Hero#9710.1

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At their peak

1961 in music →

James Darren's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1961 to October 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Chubby Checker118
  2. 2Dion112
  3. 3Brenda Lee107
  4. 4Elvis Presley98
  5. 5Connie Francis92
  6. 6Jimmy Dean85
  7. 7The Shirelles83
  8. 8Joey Dee & the Starliters80
  9. 9The Marvelettes79
  10. 10Bobby Vee77

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.