Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The String-A-Longs
Charting Jan 9, 1961 → Aug 7, 1961 · 27 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 27 wk, UK Singles Chart 16 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.99%
- week of Apr 17, 1961
- Career Power
- 40
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 40
- August 1960 – August 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 40
- August 1958 – July 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 27
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.38%
- week of Mar 6, 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 →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
3 records · 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WheelsApple Music | #3 | 16 | 31.3 | ||
| Should IApple Music | #42 | 9 | 5.1 | ||
| Brass ButtonsApple Music | #35 | 7 | 3.4 |
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At their peak
1960 in music →The String-A-Longs's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1960 to August 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Connie Francis141
- 2Brenda Lee128
- 3Elvis Presley123
- 4Chubby Checker121
- 5Brook Benton104
- 6The Shirelles103
- 7Floyd Cramer91
- 8The Everly Brothers90
- 9Fats Domino89
- 10Jackie Wilson85
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.