Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Sandy Nelson

Charting Sep 7, 1959 → Nov 21, 1964 · 62 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 62 wk, UK Singles Chart 40 wk

Billboard Hot 100 · 62 wk UK Singles Chart · 40 wk Global Music Power · 73 wk

Peak Power: 2.02%; week of Nov 23, 1959
Career Power: 75; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 37; October 1961 – October 1962
Peak Five Years: 71; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 62; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.21%; week of Oct 19, 1959
Comebacks: 1; December 1961

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Feb 29, 1960	Dec 18, 1961	94	87	2.02%	1.06%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

9 records · 75 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Teen BeatApple Music	#4October 1959	16	September 1959 – December 1959	33.3
Let There Be DrumsApple Music	#7December 1961	16	October 1961 – February 1962	26.7
Drums Are My Beat	#29March 1962	7	February 1962 – March 1962	6.2
Teen Beat '65Apple Music	#44October 1964	10	September 1964 – November 1964	4.9
Drummin' Up A Storm	#67May 1962	8	April 1962 – June 1962	2.0
...And Then There Were Drums	#65October 1962	4	September 1962 – October 1962	1.2
All Night Long	#75July 1962	3	July 1962 – July 1962	0.7
Drum Stomp	#86May 1962	3	May 1962 – June 1962	0.3
The Birth Of The Beat	#75February 1962	1	February 1962	0.2

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