Artists · UK Singles Chart

Russ Conway

Charting Nov 29, 1957 → Jan 17, 1963 · 141 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 141 wk (23 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Year: 1959

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
23 crowns
19571963
Longest reign 18 weeks (May–Sep 1959) · First crown Apr 1959

UK Singles Chart · 141 wk Global Music Power · 141 wk

Peak Power: 4.69%; week of Sep 11, 1959
Career Power: 314; share-weeks
Crowns: 23; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 186; January 1959 – January 1960
Peak Five Years: 308; April 1957 – April 1962
Top-five weeks: 37; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 141; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.64%; week of Jun 19, 1959
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 UK Singles Chart

20 records · 314 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
Side SaddleApple Music	#1March 1959	30	February 1959 – September 1959	68.8	80.3
RouletteApple Music	#1June 1959	19	May 1959 – September 1959	49.7	52.9
China TeaApple Music	#5September 1959	13	August 1959 – November 1959	30.5	30.6
Toy BalloonsApple Music	#7December 1961	11	November 1961 – February 1962	19.1	18.8
Snow CoachApple Music	#7December 1959	9	November 1959 – January 1960	18.1	21.1
More and More Party PopsApple Music	#5December 1959	8	November 1959 – January 1960	14.1	17.0
PepeApple Music	#19February 1961	9	January 1961 – March 1961	13.8	13.5
More Party PopsApple Music	#10January 1959	7	November 1958 – January 1959	13.5	13.0
Lucky FiveApple Music	#14June 1960	9	May 1960 – July 1960	13.3	13.1
Royal EventApple Music	#15March 1960	9	March 1960 – April 1960	13.2	12.9
Passing BreezeApple Music	#16October 1960	10	September 1960 – December 1960	13.2	13.2
Even More Party PopsApple Music	#27December 1960	9	November 1960 – January 1961	9.6	10.0
Lesson OneApple Music	#21March 1962	7	February 1962 – April 1962	9.4	9.2
Party PopsApple Music	#24December 1957	5	November 1957 – December 1957	7.9	7.5
Always You and Me	#33December 1962	7	November 1962 – January 1963	6.2	6.1
Say It with Flowerswith Dorothy SquiresApple Music	#23September 1961	10	August 1961 – October 1961	5.9	11.5
The World OutsideApple Music	#24January 1959	4	January 1959 – March 1959	4.5	6.0
PabloApple Music	#45June 1961	2	May 1961 – June 1961	1.6	1.5
Got a Match	#30August 1958	1	August 1958	1.3	1.3
Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be	#47April 1960	1	April 1960	0.5	0.7

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At their peak

1959 in music →

Russ Conway's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from January 1959 to January 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.