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Little Willie John portraitLittle Willie John

Charting Aug 11, 1958Sep 18, 1961 · 70 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 70 wk

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Peak Power
1.41%
week of Dec 5, 1960
Career Power
40
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
34
April 1960 – April 1961
Peak Five Years
40
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
70
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.39%
week of Nov 14, 1960
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 Billboard Hot 100

11 records · 40 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
Sleep#131620.7
Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me)#38125.2
Leave My Kitten Alone#60154.9
Walk Slow#4882.8
The Very Thought Of You#6161.7
A Cottage For Sale#6361.5
(I've Got) Spring Fever#7151.3
You're A Sweetheart#6640.9
Now You Know#9330.4
Take My Love (I Want To Give It All To You)#8710.2
Let Them Talk#10010.1

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At their peak

1960 in music

Little Willie John's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1960 to April 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Connie Francis161
  2. 2Brenda Lee145
  3. 3The Everly Brothers136
  4. 4Elvis Presley129
  5. 5Jackie Wilson119
  6. 6Bobby Rydell103
  7. 7Chubby Checker100
  8. 8Fats Domino96
  9. 9Brook Benton90
  10. 10Ferrante & Teicher84

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.