Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Jay & The Americans

Charting Mar 17, 1962 → May 2, 1970 · 165 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 165 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 165 wk Global Music Power · 165 wk

Peak Power: 1.87%; week of Aug 14, 1965
Career Power: 186; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 77; October 1964 – October 1965
Peak Five Years: 143; December 1961 – December 1966
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 165; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.35%; week of Nov 28, 1964
Comebacks: 2; Nov 1964 · Feb 1969

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

18 records · 186 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
Come A Little Bit CloserApple Music	#3November 1964	15	September 1964 – December 1964	27.2	26.7
Cara, MiaApple Music	#4July 1965	13	June 1965 – August 1965	26.3	25.9
She CriedApple Music	#5May 1962	14	March 1962 – June 1962	25.5	25.2
This Magic MomentApple Music	#6March 1969	14	December 1968 – March 1969	24.3	24.1
Let's Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key)Apple Music	#11February 1965	10	December 1964 – February 1965	15.0	14.8
Some Enchanted EveningApple Music	#13October 1965	10	September 1965 – November 1965	14.6	14.3
Walkin' In The RainApple Music	#19February 1970	15	November 1969 – February 1970	13.6	13.5
Sunday And MeApple Music	#18December 1965	8	November 1965 – January 1966	10.5	10.5
Only In AmericaApple Music	#25September 1963	11	August 1963 – October 1963	9.3	9.2
CryingApple Music	#25June 1966	6	May 1966 – July 1966	6.4	6.3
Think Of The Good TimesApple Music	#57May 1965	8	March 1965 – May 1965	2.5	2.5
Capture The MomentApple Music	#57April 1970	6	March 1970 – May 1970	2.3	2.3
HushabyeApple Music	#62June 1969	7	May 1969 – July 1969	2.2	2.2
Come Dance With MeApple Music	#76December 1963	8	November 1963 – January 1964	1.8	1.8
Why Can't You Bring Me HomeApple Music	#63March 1966	6	February 1966 – March 1966	1.7	1.7
Livin' Above Your HeadApple Music	#76August 1966	5	July 1966 – August 1966	1.2	1.2
When You DanceApple Music	#70April 1969	5	April 1969 – May 1969	1.2	1.2
(He's) Raining In My SunshineApple Music	#90December 1966	4	November 1966 – December 1966	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

1964 in music →

Jay & The Americans's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1964 to October 1965. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.