Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ray Stevens

Charting Aug 21, 1961 → May 12, 1979 · 183 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 183 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 64 wk (1 crown)

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Image credits

Photo: Gene Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (May–Jun 1974) · First crown May 1974
UK Singles Chart
1 crown
First crown Jun 1974
Global Music Power
9 crowns
19611979
Longest reign 6 weeks (May–Jun 1974) · First crown May 1970

Billboard Hot 100 · 183 wk UK Singles Chart · 64 wk Global Music Power · 207 wk

Peak Power: 2.14%; week of Jun 29, 1974
Career Power: 188; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 42; February 1970 – February 1971
Peak Five Years: 86; July 1969 – July 1974
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 183; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of May 30, 1970
Comebacks: 2; May 1969, after 6 quiet years · May 1974

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

26 records · 188 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
The StreakApple Music	#1May 1974	17	April 1974 – August 1974	36.5	36.4
Everything Is BeautifulApple Music	#1May 1970	15	April 1970 – July 1970	32.5	32.3
Ahab, The ArabApple Music	#5August 1962	11	June 1962 – September 1962	23.5	23.2
GitarzanApple Music	#8May 1969	13	April 1969 – June 1969	22.7	22.6
MistyApple Music	#14July 1975	16	April 1975 – August 1975	18.6	18.6
Harry The Hairy ApeApple Music	#17July 1963	9	June 1963 – August 1963	11.4	11.2
Along Came JonesApple Music	#27August 1969	8	June 1969 – August 1969	6.9	6.9
Mr. BusinessmanApple Music	#28September 1968	7	August 1968 – September 1968	5.2	5.1
Bridget The Midget (The Queen Of The Blues)Apple Music	#50January 1971	10	December 1970 – February 1971	4.6	4.5
America, Communicate With MeApple Music	#45August 1970	6	July 1970 – August 1970	3.7	3.7
UnwindApple Music	#52June 1968	9	April 1968 – June 1968	3.4	3.4
Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant T	#35September 1961	6	August 1961 – September 1961	3.4	3.3
I Need Your Help Barry Manilow	#49April 1979	8	March 1979 – May 1979	3.1	3.1
Turn Your Radio OnApple Music	#63December 1971	7	November 1971 – January 1972	2.0	2.0
Santa Claus Is Watching YouApple Music	#45December 1962	3	December 1962 – December 1962	1.6	1.6
All My TrialsApple Music	#70September 1971	6	August 1971 – October 1971	1.5	1.5
Moonlight SpecialApple Music	#73August 1974	7	July 1974 – September 1974	1.4	1.5
Indian Love CallApple Music	#68November 1975	5	October 1975 – November 1975	1.2	1.2
Speed Ball	#59October 1963	3	October 1963 – October 1963	1.1	1.1
Sunset StripApple Music	#81November 1970	4	November 1970 – November 1970	0.8	0.8
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down	#81November 1969	3	October 1969 – November 1969	0.6	0.6
A Mama And A PapaApple Music	#82May 1971	3	May 1971 – May 1971	0.6	0.6
Funny ManApple Music	#81April 1963	3	March 1963 – April 1963	0.6	0.6
Further More	#91October 1962	3	October 1962 – October 1962	0.5	0.4
Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band)Apple Music	#91July 1966	2	July 1966 – July 1966	0.3	0.3
Young LoveApple Music	#93January 1976	2	January 1976 – January 1976	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1970 in music →

Ray Stevens's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1970 to February 1971. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.