Songs · UK Singles Chart
Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl
Entered Jul 13, 1956 · peaked at #3 on Aug 17, 1956 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 19, 1956
- Record Power
- 39.8
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 9
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 15
- July 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa Brewer | primary | 100% | 40.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 17, 1956 on the timeline →- #1Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)Doris Day
- #2Why Do Fools Fall in Love ft Frankie LymonTeenagers feat. Frankie Lymon
- #3Sweet Old-Fashioned GirlTeresa Brewer
- #4Walk Hand in HandTony Martin
- #5Mountain GreeneryMel Torme
- #6I'll Be HomePat Boone
- #7Heartbreak HotelElvis Presley
- #8The Wayward WindTex Ritter
- #9Rockin' Through the RyeBill Haley And His Comets
- #10The Saints Rock 'N' RollBill Haley And His Comets