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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ray Peterson

Charting May 18, 1959May 9, 1964 · 84 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 84 wk, UK Singles Chart 9 wk

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Peak Power
1.69%
week of Feb 6, 1961
Career Power
79
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
49
April 1960 – April 1961
Peak Five Years
79
May 1959 – May 1964
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
84
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.97%
week of Aug 1, 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

8 records · 79 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
Tell Laura I Love Her#71425.3
Corinna, Corinna#91524.0
The Wonder Of You#251914.5
Missing You#29159.8
I Could Have Loved You So Well#5782.4
Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)#6461.9
Give Us Your Blessing#7061.5
Sweet Little Kathy#10010.1

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At their peak

1960 in music

Ray Peterson's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1960 to April 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Connie Francis165
  2. 2Brenda Lee148
  3. 3The Everly Brothers131
  4. 4Jackie Wilson119
  5. 5Bobby Rydell110
  6. 6Chubby Checker95
  7. 7Fats Domino93
  8. 8Elvis Presley89
  9. 9The Jordanaires89
  10. 10Brook Benton88

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.