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The G-Clefs

Charting Sep 18, 1961Apr 7, 1962 · 21 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 21 wk, UK Singles Chart 12 wk

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Peak Power
1.44%
week of Dec 18, 1961
Career Power
24
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
24
April 1961 – April 1962
Peak Five Years
24
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
21
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.75%
week of Dec 4, 1961
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

2 records · 24 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
I Understand (Just How You Feel)#91622.7
A Girl Has To Know#8150.9

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At their peak

1961 in music

The G-Clefs's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1961 to April 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Chubby Checker128
  2. 2Brenda Lee112
  3. 3Connie Francis104
  4. 4Roy Orbison90
  5. 5Elvis Presley87
  6. 6Bobby Vee78
  7. 7Gene McDaniels77
  8. 8Dion76
  9. 9The Shirelles76
  10. 10Brook Benton75

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.