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John Fred And The Playboys portraitJohn Fred And The Playboys

Also credited as John Fred and the Playboy Band

Charting Jan 3, 1968Mar 20, 1968 · 12 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 24 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 12 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Jan 1968) · First crown Jan 1968

  • Global Music Power

    2 crowns

    19591968

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Feb 1968) · First crown Feb 1968

Peak Power
1.67%
week of Feb 28, 1968
Career Power
26
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
26
March 1967 – March 1968
Peak Five Years
26
April 1963 – March 1968
Top-five weeks
3
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
12
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.35%
week of Feb 7, 1968
Comebacks
0
none detected

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 UK Singles Chart

1 song · 26 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
Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)#31226.5

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At their peak

1967 in music

John Fred And The Playboys's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1967 to March 1968. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Engelbert Humperdinck191
  2. 2Tom Jones123
  3. 3The Monkees112
  4. 4The Beatles106
  5. 5Bee Gees102
  6. 6The Tremeloes93
  7. 7Cliff Richard80
  8. 8Traffic78
  9. 9Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich78
  10. 10Small Faces76

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.