Songs · UK Singles Chart
Sixteen Tons
Entered Jan 20, 1956 · peaked at #10 on Jan 27, 1956 · 3 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 3, 1956
- Record Power
- 7.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 1
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 3
- January 1956 – February 1956
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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Laine | primary | 50% | 3.8 |
| the Mellomen | primary | 50% | 3.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 27, 1956 on the timeline →- #1Sixteen TonsTennessee Ernie Ford
- #2The Ballad of Davy CrockettBill Hayes
- #3The Ballad of Davy CrockettTennessee Ernie Ford
- #4Love and MarriageFrank Sinatra
- #5Love Is a Many Splendored ThingThe Four Aces
- #6(Love Is) the Tender TrapFrank Sinatra
- #7Rock-A-Beatin' BoogieBill Haley And His Comets
- #8Rock Around The ClockBill Haley And His Comets
- #9Rock Island LineLonnie Donegan
- #10Sixteen TonsFrankie Laine & the Mellomen
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