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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs

Charting Jul 9, 1972Jan 28, 1973 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 16 wk

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Peak Power
1.79%
week of Sep 3, 1972
Career Power
31
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
31
February 1972 – January 1973
Peak Five Years
31
February 1968 – January 1973
Top-five weeks
5
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
16
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.41%
week of Aug 13, 1972
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 UK Singles Chart

2 records · 31 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Sea Side Shuffle#21227.8
On a Saturday Night#4542.9

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At their peak

1972 in music

Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1972 to January 1973. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Slade107
  2. 2T. Rex101
  3. 3Michael Jackson97
  4. 4Donny Osmond97
  5. 5The New Seekers90
  6. 6The Sweet85
  7. 7Gilbert O'Sullivan84
  8. 8Elvis Presley83
  9. 9David Cassidy76
  10. 10Elton John69

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.