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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Percy Faith And His Orchestra

Charting Jan 11, 1960Jul 11, 1960 · 27 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itBillboard Hot 100 27 wk (2 crowns)

Part of the extended career Percy Faith (extended) × 1 — this page stays artist-only.

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Honours

  • Billboard Hot 100

    Artist of the Week
    2 crownsLongest reign 2 weeks: Feb 22, 1960 Feb 29, 1960First crown: Feb 22, 1960
Peak Power
2.71%
week of May 2, 1960
Career Power
57
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
57
July 1959 – July 1960
Peak Five Years
57
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
10
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
27
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.61%
week of Apr 18, 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

2 records · 57 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
The Theme From "A Summer Place#12151.9
Theme For Young Lovers#35105.5

At their peak

1959 in music

Percy Faith And His Orchestra's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1959 to July 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Paul Anka139
  2. 2Bobby Rydell128
  3. 3Connie Francis117
  4. 4Bobby Darin116
  5. 5The Everly Brothers104
  6. 6Frankie Avalon91
  7. 7Lloyd Price84
  8. 8The Browns79
  9. 9Brook Benton77
  10. 10Fats Domino76

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.