Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Sam Cooke

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Apr 30, 1966 · 278 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 278 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 82 wk (1 crown)

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Image credits

Photo: RCA Victor Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown Feb 1965
UK Singles Chart
1 crown
19581986
First crown Mar 1986

Billboard Hot 100 · 278 wk UK Singles Chart · 82 wk Global Music Power · 303 wk

Peak Power: 2.47%; week of Nov 7, 1960
Career Power: 350; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 74; March 1962 – March 1963
Peak Five Years: 293; May 1960 – May 1965
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 278; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.66%; week of Feb 27, 1965
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

34 records · 350 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
Chain GangApple Music	#2October 1960	16	August 1960 – November 1960	37.0	35.6
Twistin' The Night AwayApple Music	#9March 1962	15	February 1962 – May 1962	24.6	24.2
Wonderful WorldApple Music	#12June 1960	15	May 1960 – August 1960	22.0	21.2
ShakeApple Music	#7February 1965	11	January 1965 – March 1965	19.5	19.3
Another Saturday NightApple Music	#10May 1963	11	April 1963 – June 1963	18.3	18.1
Little Red RoosterApple Music	#11December 1963	10	October 1963 – December 1963	16.5	16.3
Nothing Can Change This LoveApple Music	#12November 1962	11	September 1962 – December 1962	16.1	15.8
Having A PartyApple Music	#17July 1962	15	May 1962 – September 1962	16.1	17.0
Good TimesApple Music	#11July 1964	10	June 1964 – August 1964	16.0	15.4
Good News	#11March 1964	10	January 1964 – March 1964	15.8	14.9
CupidApple Music	#17July 1961	12	June 1961 – August 1961	15.1	14.9
Frankie And JohnnyApple Music	#14September 1963	11	July 1963 – October 1963	14.3	14.1
Send Me Some LovinApple Music	#13February 1963	9	January 1963 – March 1963	14.2	14.0
Love You Most Of AllApple Music	#26December 1958	16	November 1958 – March 1959	13.4	13.1
Win Your Love For MeApple Music	#33October 1958	17	August 1958 – November 1958	11.4	11.3
Everybody Likes To Cha Cha ChaApple Music	#31April 1959	13	March 1959 – June 1959	10.7	10.3
Bring It On Home To MeApple Music	#13August 1962	11	June 1962 – September 1962	10.3	11.2
Only SixteenApple Music	#28July 1959	10	June 1959 – August 1959	7.9	7.6
Cousin Of MineApple Music	#31November 1964	12	September 1964 – February 1965	7.3	7.7
That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' OnApple Music	#31March 1961	8	March 1961 – April 1961	6.6	6.5
Sad MoodApple Music	#29December 1960	8	December 1960 – January 1961	6.5	6.4
Sugar DumplingApple Music	#32September 1965	9	July 1965 – September 1965	6.1	6.1
It's Got The Whole World ShakinApple Music	#41May 1965	7	April 1965 – May 1965	4.7	4.6
A Change Is Gonna ComeApple Music	#31March 1965	7	January 1965 – March 1965	4.3	6.6
Tennessee WaltzApple Music	#35July 1964	8	June 1964 – August 1964	4.3	6.4
Feel ItApple Music	#56October 1961	9	September 1961 – February 1966	3.0	2.9
Teenage SonataApple Music	#50April 1960	7	March 1960 – April 1960	2.3	2.3
When A Boy Falls In LoveApple Music	#52June 1965	5	June 1965 – July 1965	2.0	1.9
Baby, Baby, BabyApple Music	#66February 1963	7	February 1963 – March 1963	1.2	1.8
Somebody Have MercyApple Music	#70November 1962	6	October 1962 – December 1962	1.0	1.5
There, I've Said It AgainApple Music	#81November 1959	5	November 1959 – December 1959	0.9	0.9
That's Where It's AtApple Music	#93November 1964	3	October 1964 – November 1964	0.3	0.4
Let's Go Steady Again	#97April 1966	1	April 1966	0.1	0.1
It's All Right	#93September 1961	1	September 1961	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1962 in music →

Sam Cooke's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1962 to March 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.