Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Drifters

Charting Jan 8, 1960 → Apr 15, 1979 · 171 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 255 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 171 wk

Compare with other artists →

Image credits

Photo: Atlantic Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 255 wk UK Singles Chart · 171 wk Global Music Power · 382 wk

Peak Power: 2.40%; week of Jan 26, 1961
Career Power: 303; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 59; April 1975 – April 1976
Peak Five Years: 221; March 1972 – February 1977
Top-five weeks: 20; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 171; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.50%; week of Dec 8, 1960
Comebacks: 1; May 1972

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jun 15, 1961	May 21, 1972	570	266	2.40%	1.15%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

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

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

21 records · 303 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Save The Last Dance For MeApple Music	#2December 1960	18	November 1960 – March 1961	46.0	44.9
At the Club/Saturday Night at the Movies {1972}Apple Music	#3May 1972	20	March 1972 – August 1972	37.0	36.9
Kissin' in the Back Row	#2June 1974	13	June 1974 – September 1974	29.8	29.7
There Goes My First LoveApple Music	#3September 1975	12	August 1975 – November 1975	28.6	28.6
You're More Than a Number in My Little Red BookApple Music	#5January 1977	12	December 1976 – February 1977	23.0	22.9
Like Sister and BrotherApple Music	#7August 1973	12	July 1973 – October 1973	21.9	21.7
Come on Over to My Place {1972}	#9September 1972	11	August 1972 – October 1972	19.5	19.4
Down on the Beach TonightApple Music	#7November 1974	9	October 1974 – December 1974	17.6	17.5
Can I Take You Home Little Girl	#10January 1976	9	November 1975 – January 1976	16.3	16.2
Hello HappinessApple Music	#12March 1976	8	March 1976 – April 1976	14.2	13.8
Dance With MeApple Music	#17January 1960	5	January 1960 – March 1960	8.2	8.0
Every Nite's a Saturday Night with You	#29October 1976	7	September 1976 – October 1976	7.0	6.9
I Count The TearsApple Music	#28March 1961	6	March 1961 – April 1961	6.4	6.3
Love Games	#33February 1975	6	February 1975 – March 1975	6.1	6.1
At the Club/Saturday Night at the Movies	#35April 1965	7	April 1965 – May 1965	5.4	5.9
I'll Take You HomeApple Music	#37October 1963	5	October 1963 – November 1963	4.7	4.7
Come On Over To My Place	#40April 1965	5	April 1965 – May 1965	3.8	4.2
When My Little Girl Is SmilingApple Music	#31April 1962	3	April 1962 – April 1962	3.4	3.4
Under The BoardwalkApple Music	#45October 1964	4	September 1964 – October 1964	2.9	2.9
Baby What I Mean	#49February 1967	1	February 1967	0.7	0.7
Save the Last Dance for Me {1979}/When My Little Girl Is Smiling {1979}	#69April 1979	2	April 1979 – April 1979	0.7	0.7

30-second previews and store links from Apple Music.