Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Platters

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Dec 2, 1967 · 167 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 167 wk, UK Singles Chart 84 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Martha Robi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Global Music Power
4 crowns
19561967
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jan–Feb 1959) · First crown Jan 1959

Billboard Hot 100 · 167 wk UK Singles Chart · 84 wk Global Music Power · 216 wk

Peak Power: 2.56%; week of Feb 16, 1959
Career Power: 171; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 81; November 1958 – October 1959
Peak Five Years: 144; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 9; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 167; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.58%; week of Jan 19, 1959
Comebacks: 1; May 1967, after 6 quiet years

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

22 records · 171 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
Smoke Gets In Your EyesApple Music	#1January 1959	19	November 1958 – March 1959	47.1	46.1
Harbor LightsApple Music	#8March 1960	16	January 1960 – May 1960	26.2	25.7
EnchantedApple Music	#12May 1959	15	March 1959 – June 1959	22.9	22.3
With This RingApple Music	#14April 1967	12	February 1967 – May 1967	13.8	13.5
To Each His OwnApple Music	#21November 1960	11	October 1960 – December 1960	13.5	13.1
I Love You 1000 TimesApple Music	#31June 1966	14	April 1966 – July 1966	8.7	8.6
I'll Never Smile AgainApple Music	#25September 1961	8	July 1961 – September 1961	7.2	7.1
Remember WhenApple Music	#41July 1959	9	June 1959 – August 1959	5.3	5.2
If I Didn't CareApple Music	#30February 1961	8	January 1961 – February 1961	4.4	4.3
WhereApple Music	#44October 1959	9	September 1959 – November 1959	4.0	4.0
I WishApple Music	#42October 1958	10	September 1958 – November 1958	3.7	3.6
Red Sails In The Sunsetfeat. Tony WilliamsApple Music	#36August 1960	8	August 1960 – September 1960	3.3	4.5
Washed Ashore (On A Lonely Island In The Sea)Apple Music	#56August 1967	8	July 1967 – August 1967	2.7	2.6
Ebb Tidefeat. Tony WilliamsApple Music	#56May 1960	6	May 1960 – June 1960	1.7	2.4
Sweet, Sweet LovinApple Music	#70November 1967	7	October 1967 – December 1967	1.6	1.6
TreesApple Music	#62April 1961	4	April 1961 – April 1961	1.3	1.3
Wish It Were MeApple Music	#61October 1959	7	September 1959 – October 1959	1.1	1.6
You're Making A MistakeApple Music	#65August 1958	3	August 1958 – August 1958	0.9	0.9
Sleepy LagoonApple Music	#65February 1960	5	February 1960 – March 1960	0.8	1.2
It's MagicApple Music	#91February 1962	2	February 1962 – February 1962	0.3	0.3
I'll Be HomeApple Music	#97December 1966	2	December 1966 – December 1966	0.3	0.2
It's Raining OutsideApple Music	#93October 1958	2	October 1958 – November 1958	0.2	0.3

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At their peak

1958 in music →

The Platters's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1958 to October 1959. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.