Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Book

David Whitfield

Entered Feb 19, 1954 · peaked at #5 on Mar 26, 1954 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 11, 1954

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Record Power
39.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
9
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
February 1954 – June 1954

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
David Whitfieldprimary100%36.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 26, 1954 on the timeline →
  1. #1I See the MoonStargazers
  2. #2The Happy WandererObernkirchen Children's Choir
  3. #3Oh Mein PapaEddie Calvert
  4. #4Don't Laugh at Me ('Cause I'm a Fool)Norman Wisdom
  5. #5The BookDavid Whitfield
  6. #6Bell Bottom BluesAlma Cogan
  7. #7Tennessee Wig WalkBonnie Lou
  8. #8Changing PartnersKay Starr
  9. #9Cloud Lucky SevenGuy Mitchell
  10. #10Skin DeepDuke Ellington
  11. #10GranadaFrankie Laine

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