Songs · UK Singles Chart

Why Do Fools Fall in Love ft Frankie Lymon

Teenagers feat. Frankie Lymon

Entered Jun 29, 1956 · peaked at #1 on Jul 20, 1956 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 12, 1956

Record Power
46.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
June 1956 – October 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
Teenagersprimary70%33.9
Frankie Lymonfeatured30%14.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 20, 1956 on the timeline →
  1. #1Why Do Fools Fall in Love ft Frankie LymonTeenagers feat. Frankie Lymon
  2. #2I'll Be HomePat Boone
  3. #3All Star Hit Parade (Ep)Various Artists
  4. #4Heartbreak HotelElvis Presley
  5. #5I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas/Bluebottle BluesGoons
  6. #6Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)Perry Como
  7. #7Experiments with MiceJohnny Dankworth
  8. #7Walk Hand in HandTony Martin
  9. #9The Wayward WindGogi Grant
  10. #10Lost John/StewballLonnie Donegan
  11. #10Who Are WeRonnie Hilton