Artists · Billboard Hot 100

$Joe Tex portrait$ Joe Tex

Charting Dec 19, 1964 → Jul 30, 1977 · 193 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 193 wk, UK Singles Chart 11 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 193 wk UK Singles Chart · 11 wk Global Music Power · 193 wk

Peak Power: 2.47%; week of May 27, 1972
Career Power: 179; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 49; July 1971 – July 1972
Peak Five Years: 110; August 1964 – August 1969
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 193; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.41%; week of May 6, 1972
Comebacks: 3; Dec 1967 · Mar 1972 · Jun 1977, after 5 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

27 records · 179 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
I GotchaApple Music	#2May 1972	21	January 1972 – June 1972	44.2	44.0
Skinny Legs And AllApple Music	#10December 1967	15	October 1967 – February 1968	22.4	22.4
Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman)Apple Music	#12June 1977	18	April 1977 – July 1977	20.9	20.8
Hold What You've GotApple Music	#5January 1965	11	December 1964 – February 1965	19.7	19.5
I Want To (Do Everything For You)Apple Music	#23October 1965	13	August 1965 – November 1965	11.2	11.0
A Sweet Woman Like YouApple Music	#29January 1966	9	December 1965 – January 1966	7.6	7.5
Men Are Gettin' Scarce	#33March 1968	7	February 1968 – March 1968	5.5	5.5
Show MeApple Music	#35April 1967	8	March 1967 – April 1967	5.5	5.4
You Said A Bad Word	#41July 1972	8	May 1972 – July 1972	4.7	5.3
Buying A BookApple Music	#47May 1969	8	April 1969 – May 1969	4.3	4.3
S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)Apple Music	#39June 1966	7	May 1966 – June 1966	4.1	4.1
Papa Was TooApple Music	#44January 1967	7	December 1966 – January 1967	3.9	3.9
You Better Get ItApple Music	#46March 1965	7	February 1965 – April 1965	3.5	3.6
The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)Apple Music	#56April 1966	8	March 1966 – April 1966	3.0	3.0
Woman Like That, YeahApple Music	#54July 1967	7	June 1967 – July 1967	2.8	2.8
A Woman Can Change A Man	#56May 1965	7	April 1965 – May 1965	2.6	2.6
Keep The One You GotApple Music	#52August 1968	5	August 1968 – September 1968	2.3	2.3
I'll Never Do You WrongApple Music	#59June 1968	5	May 1968 – June 1968	2.1	2.0
A Woman's HandsApple Music	#63August 1967	5	August 1967 – September 1967	1.6	1.6
You Got What It TakesApple Music	#51April 1965	6	February 1965 – April 1965	1.6	2.5
I Believe I'm Gonna Make ItApple Music	#67August 1966	5	July 1966 – August 1966	1.5	1.5
I've Got To Do A Little Bit BetterApple Music	#64October 1966	5	October 1966 – November 1966	1.5	1.5
One Monkey Don't Stop No ShowApple Music	#65July 1965	4	June 1965 – July 1965	1.3	1.3
You Need Me, BabyApple Music	#81October 1968	3	October 1968 – October 1968	0.6	0.6
That's Your Baby	#88January 1969	3	January 1969 – February 1969	0.5	0.5
That's The Way	#94August 1969	3	July 1969 – August 1969	0.4	0.4
Don't Let Your Left Hand Know	#95April 1965	1	April 1965	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

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Joe Tex's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1971 to July 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.