Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Peter, Paul & Mary

Charting May 5, 1962 → Feb 14, 1970 · 144 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 144 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 38 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 144 wk UK Singles Chart · 38 wk Global Music Power · 162 wk

Peak Power: 2.35%; week of Feb 7, 1970
Career Power: 196; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 84; January 1963 – January 1964
Peak Five Years: 123; October 1961 – September 1966
Top-five weeks: 14; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 144; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Dec 20, 1969
Comebacks: 2; October 1967, December 1969

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Feb 29, 1964	Oct 7, 1967	188	46	2.32%	1.13%
After decline	Jan 27, 1968	Dec 6, 1969	97	65	2.32%	1.16%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

19 records · 196 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Leaving On A Jet PlaneApple Music	#1December 1969	17	October 1969 – February 1970	41.1
Puff (The Magic Dragon)Apple Music	#2May 1963	14	March 1963 – June 1963	31.5
Blowin' In The WindApple Music	#2August 1963	15	June 1963 – October 1963	29.5
If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)Apple Music	#10October 1962	12	August 1962 – November 1962	17.4
I Dig Rock And Roll MusicApple Music	#9September 1967	11	August 1967 – October 1967	17.2
Don't Think Twice, It's All RightApple Music	#9October 1963	10	September 1963 – November 1963	15.6
Day Is DoneApple Music	#21June 1969	10	April 1969 – June 1969	10.7
For Lovin' Me	#30February 1965	7	January 1965 – March 1965	6.3
Tell It On The Mountain	#33April 1964	7	March 1964 – April 1964	6.2
Stewball	#35December 1963	7	November 1963 – January 1964	5.1
Lemon Tree	#35June 1962	8	May 1962 – June 1962	4.6
Too Much Of Nothing	#35December 1967	7	November 1967 – January 1968	4.6
Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)	#56February 1963	6	January 1963 – February 1963	2.5
The Cruel War	#52May 1966	5	April 1966 – May 1966	2.1
When The Ship Comes In	#91May 1965	3	May 1965 – May 1965	0.4
Oh, Rock My Soul (Part I)	#93July 1964	3	June 1964 – July 1964	0.4
Early Morning Rain	#91October 1965	3	October 1965 – October 1965	0.4
Big Boat	#93January 1963	2	December 1962 – January 1963	0.3
The Other Side Of This Life	#100September 1966	1	September 1966	0.1

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