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Joe Cocker portraitJoe Cocker

Charting Nov 16, 1968Jun 23, 1990 · 174 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 174 wk, UK Singles Chart 102 wk (1 crown)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    19682013

    First crown Nov 1968

Peak Power
1.57%
week of Apr 12, 1975
Career Power
141
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
36
December 1969 – December 1970
Peak Five Years
75
May 1970 – April 1975
Top-five weeks
2
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
174
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.07%
week of Mar 29, 1975
Comebacks
3
Mar 1975 · Nov 1982, after 7 quiet years · Jan 1990, after 7 quiet years

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

17 records · 141 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
You Are So Beautiful/It's A Sin When You Love Somebody#51723.8
When The Night Comes#112022.6
Up Where We Belongwith Jennifer Warnes#12320.7
Cry Me A River#11915.1
High Time We Went/Black-Eyed Blues#221111.3
The Letterwith Leon Russell & The Shelter People#71210.9
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window#301210.0
Feeling Alright#33159.3
Put Out The Light#46124.6
Fun Time#4384.6
Pardon Me Sir#5183.3
Edge of a Dream#6971.7
With A Little Help From My Friends#6861.6
Delta Lady#6961.3
Shelter Me#9140.6
I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Todaywith The Crusaders#9730.2
What Are You Doing With A Fool Like Me#9610.1

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At their peak

1969 in music

Joe Cocker's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1969 to December 1970. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Jackson 5147
  2. 2Creedence Clearwater Revival101
  3. 3Neil Diamond90
  4. 4The Guess Who86
  5. 5Three Dog Night84
  6. 6The Beatles82
  7. 7Bobby Sherman80
  8. 8Simon & Garfunkel79
  9. 9Carpenters78
  10. 10Elvis Presley78

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.