Songs · UK Singles Chart
Portuguese Washerwoman
Entered Jun 29, 1956 · 5 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 27, 1956
- Record Power
- 7.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #20
- 1 week there · Jul 6, 1956
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 5
- June 1956 – July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe 'Fingers' Carr | primary | 100% | 7.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 6, 1956 on the timeline →- #1I'll Be HomePat Boone
- #2Lost John/StewballLonnie Donegan
- #3Heartbreak HotelElvis Presley
- #4All Star Hit Parade (Ep)Various Artists
- #5The Saints Rock 'N' RollBill Haley And His Comets
- #6I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas/Bluebottle BluesGoons
- #7Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)Perry Como
- #8No Other LoveRonnie Hilton
- #9My September LoveDavid Whitfield
- #10Experiments with MiceJohnny Dankworth
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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