Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Tony Orlando

Charting May 1, 1961 → Aug 11, 1979 · 95 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 95 wk, UK Singles Chart 63 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 95 wk UK Singles Chart · 63 wk Global Music Power · 113 wk

Peak Power: 1.00%; week of Oct 16, 1961
Career Power: 48; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 25; November 1972 – October 1973
Peak Five Years: 27; May 1969 – April 1974
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 95; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.21%; week of Oct 9, 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

11 records · 48 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
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Treefeatured credit · with DawnApple Music	#1April 1973	23	February 1973 – July 1973	14.5	48.2
Bless YouApple Music	#15October 1961	12	August 1961 – October 1961	13.2	13.0
Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rosefeatured credit · with DawnApple Music	#3September 1973	16	July 1973 – October 1973	9.5	31.6
Halfway To ParadiseApple Music	#39June 1961	8	May 1961 – June 1961	4.4	4.3
Sweets For My Sweet	#54August 1979	6	July 1979 – August 1979	2.4	2.4
What Are You Doing Sundayfeatured credit · with DawnApple Music	#39November 1971	9	October 1971 – November 1971	1.9	6.3
Happy Times (Are Here To Stay)Apple Music	#82December 1961	3	November 1961 – December 1961	0.6	0.6
You're A Ladyfeatured credit · with DawnApple Music	#70January 1973	8	November 1972 – January 1973	0.6	1.9
It Only Hurts When I Try To Smilefeatured credit · with DawnApple Music	#81April 1974	5	March 1974 – April 1974	0.3	0.9
Runaway/Happy Togetherfeatured credit · with DawnApple Music	#79February 1972	4	January 1972 – February 1972	0.2	0.7
Vaya Con Diosfeatured credit · with DawnApple Music	#95July 1972	3	June 1972 – July 1972	0.1	0.4

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At their peak

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Tony Orlando's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1972 to October 1973. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.