Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Phil McLean
Charting Dec 4, 1961 → Feb 10, 1962 · 10 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 10 wk, UK Singles Chart 4 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.72%
- week of Feb 3, 1962
- Career Power
- 10
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 10
- February 1961 – February 1962
- Peak Five Years
- 10
- August 1958 – July 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 10
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.80%
- week of Jan 20, 1962
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
1 song · 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Sad Sam | #21 | 10 | 9.7 |
At their peak
1961 in music →Phil McLean's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1961 to February 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Chubby Checker134
- 2Brenda Lee108
- 3Elvis Presley107
- 4Connie Francis107
- 5The Shirelles97
- 6Brook Benton84
- 7Ricky Nelson81
- 8Del Shannon78
- 9Bobby Vee77
- 10Roy Orbison75
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.