Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

Charting Dec 22, 1958 → Dec 17, 1966 · 121 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 121 wk

Billboard Hot 100 · 121 wk Global Music Power · 121 wk

Peak Power: 2.25%; week of Jan 20, 1962
Career Power: 150; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 64; May 1961 – May 1962
Peak Five Years: 143; July 1959 – July 1964
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 121; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.59%; week of Oct 9, 1961
Comebacks: 2; October 1961, October 1963

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Feb 8, 1960	Oct 9, 1961	87	28	1.69%	1.06%
After decline	Jul 14, 1962	Oct 12, 1963	65	32	2.25%	1.04%

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 · 150 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
Hit The Road JackApple Music	#1October 1961	13	September 1961 – December 1961	32.6
Busted	#4October 1963	12	September 1963 – November 1963	27.0
What'd I Say (Part I & II)Apple Music	#6August 1959	15	July 1959 – October 1959	26.6
Unchain My Heart	#9January 1962	12	November 1961 – February 1962	20.6
Don't Set Me Free	#20March 1963	8	February 1963 – April 1963	7.8
Hide 'Nor Hair	#20May 1962	7	April 1962 – May 1962	7.5
I'm Movin' On	#40December 1959	10	November 1959 – January 1960	4.8
Baby, Don't You Cry (The New Swingova Rhythm)	#39March 1964	7	February 1964 – April 1964	4.4
Sticks And Stones	#40August 1960	8	June 1960 – August 1960	3.7
At The Club	#44May 1962	7	March 1962 – May 1962	3.2
Smack Dab In The Middle	#52October 1964	7	September 1964 – November 1964	3.0
My Baby Don't Dig Me	#51June 1964	6	May 1964 – July 1964	2.5
Them That Got	#58February 1961	6	January 1961 – February 1961	2.0
Please Say You're Fooling	#64December 1966	6	November 1966 – December 1966	1.9
I Don't Need No Doctor	#72December 1966	4	November 1966 – December 1966	0.7
I Gotta Woman (Part One)	#79May 1965	3	April 1965 – May 1965	0.6
But On The Other Hand Baby	#72January 1962	4	December 1961 – January 1962	0.5
Rockhouse (Part 2)	#79December 1958	2	December 1958 – December 1958	0.4
The Brightest Smile In Town	#92March 1963	2	March 1963 – March 1963	0.2

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