Songs · UK Singles Chart
Theme from the 'Threepenny Opera
Entered Mar 23, 1956 · 7 weeks on the chart, last seen May 4, 1956
- Record Power
- 13.9
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #12
- 2 weeks there · first Apr 6, 1956
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 7
- March 1956 – May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Vaughn | primary | 100% | 14.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 6, 1956 on the timeline →- #1It's Almost TomorrowDreamweavers
- #2The Poor People of ParisWinifred Atwell
- #3Rock and Roll WaltzKay Starr
- #4Only YouHilltoppers
- #5Memories Are Made of ThisDave King & the Keynotes
- #6ZambesiLou Busch
- #7See You Later AlligatorBill Haley And His Comets
- #8Memories Are Made of ThisDean Martin
- #9The Great PretenderJimmy Parkinson
- #10Chain GangJimmy Young
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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