Artists · UK Singles Chart

Ken Dodd

Charting Jul 7, 1960 → Dec 23, 1984 · 220 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 220 wk (12 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
12 crowns
19601984
Longest reign 11 weeks (Nov 1965 – Jan 1966) · First crown Oct 1965

UK Singles Chart · 220 wk Global Music Power · 219 wk

Peak Power: 4.01%; week of Jan 20, 1966
Career Power: 353; share-weeks
Crowns: 12; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 127; September 1965 – September 1966
Peak Five Years: 214; March 1962 – February 1967
Top-five weeks: 20; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 220; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.40%; week of Dec 23, 1965
Comebacks: 3; Mar 1962 · Apr 1964 · Sep 1965

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

20 records · 353 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
TearsApple Music	#1September 1965	24	September 1965 – February 1966	59.1	66.4
Love Is Like a ViolinApple Music	#8August 1960	18	July 1960 – November 1960	35.7	35.1
The River	#3December 1965	14	November 1965 – February 1966	32.7	34.0
Promises	#6June 1966	14	May 1966 – August 1966	26.7	27.2
Pianissimo	#21March 1962	15	February 1962 – May 1962	20.5	20.1
When Love Comes Round Again	#19September 1971	16	July 1971 – October 1971	19.4	19.3
Once in Every Lifetime	#28July 1961	18	June 1961 – October 1961	18.6	18.1
More Than Love	#14August 1966	11	August 1966 – October 1966	18.0	17.9
Broken Hearted	#15January 1971	10	November 1970 – February 1971	16.5	16.4
Eight by Ten	#22February 1964	11	February 1964 – April 1964	16.1	15.7
Let Me Cry on Your Shoulder	#11February 1967	10	January 1967 – March 1967	15.4	15.2
Tears Won't Wash Away These Heartaches	#22August 1969	11	July 1969 – October 1969	13.9	13.8
Happiness	#31August 1964	13	July 1964 – October 1964	13.9	13.7
Just Out of Reach (of My Two Empty Arms)	#29December 1972	11	November 1972 – January 1973	10.6	10.4
StillApple Music	#35October 1963	10	August 1963 – October 1963	9.4	9.3
(Think of Me) Wherever You Are	#21December 1975	7	November 1975 – January 1976	8.7	8.7
So Deep Is the NightApple Music	#31December 1964	7	November 1964 – January 1965	7.9	7.8
It's Love	#36December 1966	7	October 1966 – December 1966	6.5	6.4
Hold My Hand	#44January 1982	5	December 1981 – January 1982	2.9	2.9
Little Words	#81December 1984	3	December 1984 – December 1984	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1965 in music →

Ken Dodd's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1965 to September 1966. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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