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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Jive Five

Charting Jul 3, 1961Oct 2, 1965 · 38 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 38 wk

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Peak Power
0.81%
week of Oct 2, 1961
Career Power
21
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
15
December 1960 – December 1961
Peak Five Years
21
October 1960 – October 1965
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
38
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.67%
week of Sep 18, 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

4 records · 21 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
My True Storywith Joe Rene And Orchestra#31914.2
I'm A Happy Man#3685.5
What Time Is It?with Eugene Pitts#6750.7
Never, Neverwith Joe Rene And Orchestra#7460.6

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At their peak

1960 in music

The Jive Five's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1960 to December 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Chubby Checker111
  2. 2Brenda Lee111
  3. 3Connie Francis108
  4. 4Elvis Presley107
  5. 5The Shirelles105
  6. 6Ricky Nelson89
  7. 7Roy Orbison80
  8. 8Bobby Vee75
  9. 9Del Shannon74
  10. 10Brook Benton74

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.