Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Jimmy Clanton

Also credited as Jimmy Clanton And His Rockets

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Nov 29, 1969 · 98 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 98 wk, UK Singles Chart 1 wk

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Image credits

Photo: William Morris Agency (management); photographer: James Kriegsmann, New York., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 98 wk UK Singles Chart · 1 wk Global Music Power · 98 wk

Peak Power: 2.04%; week of Oct 20, 1958
Career Power: 124; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 49; August 1958 – July 1959
Peak Five Years: 124; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 98; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.25%; week of Aug 25, 1958
Comebacks: 1; Oct 1962

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

12 records · 124 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
Just A DreamApple Music	#4August 1958	15	August 1958 – November 1958	35.3	34.8
Go, Jimmy, GoApple Music	#5February 1960	16	December 1959 – March 1960	26.7	26.3
Venus In Blue JeansApple Music	#7October 1962	13	August 1962 – November 1962	21.5	21.2
Another Sleepless NightApple Music	#22June 1960	13	April 1960 – July 1960	11.7	11.3
A Letter To An AngelApple Music	#25November 1958	12	October 1958 – January 1959	10.9	10.7
My Own True LoveApple Music	#33September 1959	12	August 1959 – October 1959	9.6	9.4
A Part Of MeApple Music	#38December 1958	7	November 1958 – December 1958	2.6	3.9
What Am I Gonna DoApple Music	#50January 1961	6	January 1961 – February 1961	2.2	2.2
Come BackApple Music	#63October 1960	8	August 1960 – October 1960	2.2	2.1
Darkest Street In TownApple Music	#77January 1963	4	January 1963 – January 1963	0.9	0.9
CurlyApple Music	#97November 1969	3	November 1969 – November 1969	0.4	0.4
WaitApple Music	#91October 1960	3	September 1960 – October 1960	0.3	0.4

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At their peak

1958 in music →

Jimmy Clanton's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1958 to July 1959. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.