Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Lou Rawls

Charting Jun 5, 1965 → Apr 30, 1983 · 150 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 150 wk, UK Singles Chart 14 wk

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Global Music Power
2 crowns
19651986
Longest reign 2 weeks (Sep 1976) · First crown Sep 1976

Billboard Hot 100 · 150 wk UK Singles Chart · 14 wk Global Music Power · 154 wk

Peak Power: 2.16%; week of Sep 25, 1976
Career Power: 130; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 38; November 1975 – November 1976
Peak Five Years: 56; May 1975 – May 1980
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 150; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.41%; week of Sep 11, 1976
Comebacks: 3; Oct 1969 · Dec 1971 · Aug 1976

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

18 records · 130 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
You'll Never Find Another Love Like MineApple Music	#2September 1976	21	June 1976 – October 1976	36.9	36.7
A Natural ManApple Music	#17December 1971	18	August 1971 – December 1971	18.9	18.9
Love Is A Hurtin' ThingApple Music	#13November 1966	14	September 1966 – December 1966	17.2	17.1
Your Good Thing (Is About To End)Apple Music	#18September 1969	14	July 1969 – October 1969	15.4	15.3
Lady LoveApple Music	#24April 1978	17	January 1978 – May 1978	15.2	14.8
Dead End Street Monologue/Dead End StreetApple Music	#29May 1967	11	March 1967 – June 1967	8.6	8.5
Show BusinessApple Music	#45July 1967	7	July 1967 – August 1967	4.1	4.1
You Can Bring Me All Your HeartachesApple Music	#55January 1967	8	November 1966 – January 1967	2.7	3.0
I Can't Make It AloneApple Music	#63November 1969	7	November 1969 – December 1969	2.0	2.0
See You When I Git ThereApple Music	#66August 1977	7	July 1977 – September 1977	1.9	1.9
Wind Beneath My WingsApple Music	#65April 1983	6	March 1983 – April 1983	1.8	1.7
Down Here On The GroundApple Music	#69September 1968	5	August 1968 – September 1968	1.5	1.4
Groovy PeopleApple Music	#64November 1976	5	October 1976 – November 1976	1.2	1.3
You're My BlessingApple Music	#77May 1980	3	April 1980 – May 1980	0.7	0.7
Bring It On HomeApple Music	#96August 1970	5	August 1970 – August 1970	0.6	0.6
Trouble Down Here BelowApple Music	#92February 1967	3	January 1967 – February 1967	0.4	0.4
You've Made Me So Very HappyApple Music	#95March 1970	3	March 1970 – March 1970	0.4	0.4
Three O'Clock In The Morning	#83June 1965	1	June 1965	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1975 in music →

Lou Rawls's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1975 to November 1976. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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