Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Major Lance

Charting Jul 13, 1963 → Oct 3, 1970 · 90 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 90 wk, UK Singles Chart 2 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 90 wk UK Singles Chart · 2 wk Global Music Power · 90 wk

Peak Power: 2.17%; week of Mar 7, 1964
Career Power: 95; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 75; August 1963 – July 1964
Peak Five Years: 93; September 1960 – September 1965
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 90; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.14%; week of Feb 15, 1964
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

12 records · 95 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
Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, UmApple Music	#5February 1964	11	January 1964 – March 1964	25.1	24.5
The Monkey TimeApple Music	#8September 1963	15	July 1963 – October 1963	22.5	22.2
Hey Little GirlApple Music	#13November 1963	10	October 1963 – December 1963	14.4	14.3
The MatadorApple Music	#20May 1964	8	March 1964 – May 1964	11.3	10.0
RhythmApple Music	#24October 1964	10	August 1964 – October 1964	8.6	8.4
Come SeeApple Music	#40April 1965	7	March 1965 – April 1965	4.1	4.0
Sometimes I WonderApple Music	#64December 1964	8	December 1964 – January 1965	2.4	2.4
It Ain't No UseApple Music	#68July 1964	8	June 1964 – July 1964	2.0	2.1
Stay Away From Me (I Love You Too Much)	#67September 1970	7	August 1970 – October 1970	2.0	2.0
GirlsApple Music	#68July 1964	6	June 1964 – August 1964	1.3	1.7
Ain't It A ShameApple Music	#91June 1965	3	June 1965 – June 1965	0.5	0.5
Too Hot To HoldApple Music	#93September 1965	3	August 1965 – September 1965	0.4	0.4

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At their peak

1963 in music →

Major Lance's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1963 to July 1964. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.