Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Happy Whistler

Cyril Stapleton Orchestra feat. Desmond Lane

Entered Jun 1, 1956 · peaked at #22 on Jun 15, 1956 · 4 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 22, 1956

Record Power
6.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
4
June 1956 – June 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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Cyril Stapleton Orchestraprimary70%4.5
Desmond Lanefeatured30%1.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 15, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1I'll Be HomePat Boone
  2. #2Lost John/StewballLonnie Donegan
  3. #3Heartbreak HotelElvis Presley
  4. #4No Other LoveRonnie Hilton
  5. #5Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)Perry Como
  6. #6The Saints Rock 'N' RollBill Haley And His Comets
  7. #7A Tear FellTeresa Brewer
  8. #8My September LoveDavid Whitfield
  9. #9Blue Suede ShoesElvis Presley
  10. #10Blue Suede ShoesCarl Perkins