Songs · UK Singles Chart
The Shifting Whispering Sands
Entered Jan 20, 1956 · 3 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 3, 1956
- Record Power
- 5.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #18
- 1 week there · Feb 3, 1956
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- 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 it 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eamonn Andrews | primary | 100% | 5.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 3, 1956 on the timeline →- #1Sixteen TonsTennessee Ernie Ford
- #2The Ballad of Davy CrockettBill Hayes
- #3(Love Is) the Tender TrapFrank Sinatra
- #4Love and MarriageFrank Sinatra
- #5The Ballad of Davy CrockettTennessee Ernie Ford
- #6Rock-A-Beatin' BoogieBill Haley And His Comets
- #7Love Is a Many Splendored ThingThe Four Aces
- #8Rock Island LineLonnie Donegan
- #9Pickin' a ChickenEve Boswell
- #10Robin HoodGary Miller
The #1 songs of 1956
1956 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1956.
- Rock Around The Clock · Bill Haley And His Comets
- Sixteen Tons · Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Memories Are Made of This · Dean Martin
- It's Almost Tomorrow · Dreamweavers
- Rock and Roll Waltz · Kay Starr
- The Poor People of Paris · Winifred Atwell
- No Other Love · Ronnie Hilton
- I'll Be Home · Pat Boone
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love ft Frankie Lymon · Teenagers feat. Frankie Lymon
- Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera) · Doris Day
- Lay Down Your Arms · Anne Shelton
- A Woman in Love · Frankie Laine
- Just Walkin' in the Rain · Johnnie Ray
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