Artists · UK Singles Chart
Sonny James
Charting Nov 30, 1956 → Mar 22, 1957 · 8 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 55 wk, UK Singles Chart 8 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.35%
- week of Mar 22, 1957
- Career Power
- 18
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 18
- March 1956 – March 1957
- Peak Five Years
- 18
- November 1952 – November 1957
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 8
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.72%
- week of Mar 8, 1957
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
2 records · 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young LoveApple Music | #11 | 7 | 16.7 | ||
| The Cat Came Back | #30 | 1 | 1.3 |
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At their peak
1956 in music →Sonny James's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1956 to March 1957. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Bill Haley And His Comets222
- 2Elvis Presley194
- 3Pat Boone149
- 4Lonnie Donegan129
- 5Ronnie Hilton96
- 6Winifred Atwell95
- 7Johnnie Ray91
- 8Frankie Laine87
- 9Teresa Brewer82
- 10David Whitfield81
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1950s.