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Paul Petersen portraitPaul Petersen

Charting Mar 3, 1962Jan 11, 1964 · 52 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 52 wk

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Peak Power
1.61%
week of Feb 9, 1963
Career Power
45
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
42
March 1962 – March 1963
Peak Five Years
45
January 1959 – January 1964
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
52
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.98%
week of Jan 26, 1963
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

6 records · 45 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
My Dad#61624.8
She Can't Find Her Keys#191212.5
Lollipops And Roses#5472.8
Keep Your Love Locked (Deep In Your Heart)#5862.0
Amy#6541.4
The Cheer Leader#7871.3

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At their peak

1962 in music

Paul Petersen's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1962 to March 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Elvis Presley114
  2. 2Chubby Checker101
  3. 3Ray Charles94
  4. 4The Four Seasons93
  5. 5Brenda Lee91
  6. 6Dee Dee Sharp91
  7. 7Dion85
  8. 8Connie Francis74
  9. 9Sam Cooke74
  10. 10Gene Pitney70

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.