Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ramsey Lewis

Charting Jul 9, 1966 → Feb 14, 1976 · 68 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 68 wk, UK Singles Chart 8 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 68 wk UK Singles Chart · 8 wk Global Music Power · 76 wk

Peak Power: 0.87%; week of Sep 24, 1966
Career Power: 27; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 17; March 1966 – March 1967
Peak Five Years: 23; November 1964 – November 1969
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 68; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.91%; week of Sep 17, 1966
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 · 27 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
Wade In The WaterApple Music	#19September 1966	13	July 1966 – October 1966	12.1	12.0
Soul ManApple Music	#49December 1967	6	November 1967 – December 1967	3.0	3.0
Up TightApple Music	#49November 1966	5	October 1966 – November 1966	2.7	2.7
Sun Goddesswith Earth, Wind & FireApple Music	#44April 1975	7	March 1975 – May 1975	1.6	3.2
One, Two, ThreeApple Music	#67March 1967	6	February 1967 – March 1967	1.6	1.6
JuliaApple Music	#76November 1969	8	September 1969 – November 1969	1.6	1.6
Hot Dawgitwith Earth, Wind & FireApple Music	#50February 1975	6	January 1975 – February 1975	1.3	2.5
What's The Name Of This Funk (spider Man)Apple Music	#69February 1976	4	January 1976 – February 1976	1.2	1.2
Day TripperApple Music	#74January 1967	4	December 1966 – January 1967	1.0	1.0
Dancing In The StreetApple Music	#84October 1967	4	September 1967 – October 1967	0.7	0.7
Kufanya Mapenzi (Making Love)Apple Music	#93March 1973	3	March 1973 – March 1973	0.4	0.4
Since You've Been GoneApple Music	#98August 1968	2	August 1968 – September 1968	0.3	0.2

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At their peak

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Ramsey Lewis's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1966 to March 1967. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.