Artists · Billboard Hot 100
James Ray
Charting Nov 20, 1961 → Jun 9, 1962 · 24 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 24 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.91%
- week of Feb 10, 1962
- Career Power
- 18
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 18
- June 1961 – June 1962
- Peak Five Years
- 18
- August 1958 – July 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.73%
- week of Jan 27, 1962
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
2 records · 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If You Gotta Make A Fool Of SomebodyApple Music | #22 | 14 | 13.4 | ||
| Itty Bitty PiecesApple Music | #41 | 10 | 4.7 |
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At their peak
1961 in music →James Ray's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1961 to June 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Chubby Checker120
- 2Brenda Lee110
- 3Elvis Presley103
- 4Connie Francis98
- 5Dion93
- 6Bobby Vee84
- 7Ricky Nelson82
- 8Jimmy Dean79
- 9Roy Orbison79
- 10The Shirelles78
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.