Songs · UK Singles Chart

Tell Me a Story

Jimmy Boyd & Frankie Laine

Entered May 8, 1953 · peaked at #5 on May 15, 1953 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 11, 1953

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Record Power
42.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
May 1953 – September 1953

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Jimmy Boydprimary50%21.2
Frankie Laineprimary50%13.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 15, 1953 on the timeline →
  1. #1I BelieveFrankie Laine
  2. #2PretendNat King Cole
  3. #3Pretty Little Black Eyed SusieGuy Mitchell
  4. #4DownheartedEddie Fisher
  5. #5Tell Me a StoryJimmy Boyd & Frankie Laine
  6. #6Oh Happy DayJohnston Brothers
  7. #7She Wears Red FeathersGuy Mitchell
  8. #7(How Much Is) That Doggie in the WindowLita Roza
  9. #8Side by SideKay Starr
  10. #9In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)Billy Cotton and His Band
  11. #10Somebody Stole My GalJohnnie Ray

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