Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs

Charting Apr 3, 1965 → Jul 22, 1967 · 80 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 80 wk, UK Singles Chart 18 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 80 wk UK Singles Chart · 18 wk Global Music Power · 83 wk

Peak Power: 2.30%; week of Jul 17, 1965
Career Power: 104; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 54; March 1965 – March 1966
Peak Five Years: 104; August 1962 – July 1967
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 80; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.49%; week of Jun 12, 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

9 records · 104 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
Wooly BullyApple Music	#2June 1965	18	April 1965 – July 1965	39.9	39.0
Lil' Red Riding HoodApple Music	#2August 1966	14	June 1966 – September 1966	30.9	30.6
The Hair On My Chinny Chin ChinApple Music	#22October 1966	8	October 1966 – November 1966	8.8	8.7
How Do You Catch A GirlApple Music	#27January 1967	8	December 1966 – February 1967	6.9	6.8
Ju Ju HandApple Music	#26August 1965	7	July 1965 – September 1965	6.6	6.7
Ring Dang DooApple Music	#33November 1965	9	October 1965 – December 1965	6.3	6.3
Oh That's Good, No That's BadApple Music	#54April 1967	6	March 1967 – April 1967	2.5	2.5
Black SheepApple Music	#68July 1967	6	June 1967 – July 1967	1.6	1.6
Red HotApple Music	#82February 1966	5	February 1966 – March 1966	0.8	0.8

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At their peak

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Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1965 to March 1966. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.