Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Searchers

Charting Mar 7, 1964 → Sep 11, 1971 · 77 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 77 wk, UK Singles Chart 123 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
19631971
Longest reign 2 weeks (Aug 1963) · First crown Aug 1963

Billboard Hot 100 · 77 wk UK Singles Chart · 123 wk Global Music Power · 138 wk

Peak Power: 2.25%; week of Feb 20, 1965
Career Power: 96; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 81; March 1964 – March 1965
Peak Five Years: 95; December 1961 – December 1966
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 77; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.39%; week of Jan 30, 1965
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

14 records · 96 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
Love Potion Number NineApple Music	#3January 1965	14	November 1964 – February 1965	28.9	29.0
Needles And PinsApple Music	#13April 1964	10	March 1964 – May 1964	18.2	16.1
Don't Throw Your Love AwayApple Music	#16July 1964	11	May 1964 – August 1964	15.1	14.8
Bumble BeeApple Music	#21April 1965	8	March 1965 – May 1965	8.5	8.3
Some Day We're Gonna Love Again	#34September 1964	8	August 1964 – October 1964	5.9	5.7
What Have They Done To The RainApple Music	#29February 1965	7	January 1965 – March 1965	5.0	5.9
When You Walk In The RoomApple Music	#35November 1964	7	October 1964 – November 1964	4.6	4.5
Sugar And SpiceApple Music	#44June 1964	8	May 1964 – June 1964	3.1	3.7
Goodbye My Lover Goodbye	#52May 1965	7	April 1965 – May 1965	2.1	2.8
Ain't That Just Like MeApple Music	#61May 1964	6	April 1964 – May 1964	1.5	1.9
Take Me For What I'm WorthApple Music	#76March 1966	7	January 1966 – March 1966	1.5	1.5
He's Got No LoveApple Music	#79August 1965	3	July 1965 – August 1965	0.6	0.6
Have You Ever Loved SomebodyApple Music	#94December 1966	3	November 1966 – December 1966	0.4	0.4
DesdemonaApple Music	#94September 1971	2	September 1971 – September 1971	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1964 in music →

The Searchers's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1964 to March 1965. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.