Artists · UK Singles Chart
The Velvets
Charting May 11, 1961 → Aug 17, 1961 · 2 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 10 wk, UK Singles Chart 2 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.09%
- week of Aug 17, 1961
- Career Power
- 1
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 1
- August 1960 – August 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 1
- August 1956 – August 1961
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 2
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.76%
- week of May 11, 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 UK Singles Chart
2 records · 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| That Lucky Old Sun | #46 | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| Tonight | #50 | 1 | 0.7 |
At their peak
1960 in music →The Velvets's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1960 to August 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Elvis Presley202
- 2Cliff Richard171
- 3The Shadows152
- 4The Everly Brothers142
- 5Connie Francis121
- 6Adam Faith115
- 7Duane Eddy113
- 8Roy Orbison104
- 9Shirley Bassey100
- 10Anthony Newley88
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.