Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Shirley Ellis

Charting Nov 16, 1963 → Apr 1, 1967 · 54 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 54 wk, UK Singles Chart 17 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 54 wk UK Singles Chart · 17 wk Global Music Power · 64 wk

Peak Power: 1.87%; week of May 8, 1965
Career Power: 67; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 42; July 1964 – June 1965
Peak Five Years: 67; April 1962 – April 1967
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 54; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.31%; week of Feb 6, 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

6 records · 67 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 Name GameApple Music	#3January 1965	14	December 1964 – March 1965	26.0	25.7
The Nitty GrittyApple Music	#8January 1964	14	November 1963 – February 1964	21.3	21.1
The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)Apple Music	#8April 1965	9	March 1965 – May 1965	15.4	15.0
Soul TimeApple Music	#67March 1967	6	February 1967 – April 1967	1.7	1.7
(That's) What The Nitty Gritty IsApple Music	#72March 1964	6	February 1964 – March 1964	1.6	1.5
The Puzzle Song (A Puzzle In Song)Apple Music	#78June 1965	5	May 1965 – June 1965	1.1	1.1

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At their peak

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Shirley Ellis's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1964 to June 1965. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.