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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Johnny Kidd and the Pirates

Charting Feb 12, 1960Apr 30, 1964 · 54 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 54 wk

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Peak Power
2.31%
week of Sep 22, 1960
Career Power
107
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
58
November 1959 – November 1960
Peak Five Years
107
May 1959 – April 1964
Top-five weeks
7
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
54
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.58%
week of Aug 4, 1960
Comebacks
1
Aug 1963

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

8 records · 107 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
Shakin' All Over#11945.1
I'll Never Get Over You#41533.5
Hungry for Love#201013.6
Restless#2278.4
You Got What It Takes#2534.3
Always and Ever#4610.8
Linda Lu#4710.7
A Shot of Rhythm and Blues#4810.7

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At their peak

1959 in music

Johnny Kidd and the Pirates's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from November 1959 to November 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Adam Faith168
  2. 2The Everly Brothers134
  3. 3Anthony Newley118
  4. 4Emile Ford and the Checkmates111
  5. 5Cliff Richard And The Shadows110
  6. 6Connie Francis107
  7. 7Johnny And The Hurricanes100
  8. 8Jimmy Jones95
  9. 9Johnny Preston93
  10. 10Lonnie Donegan89

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.