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Bad Penny Blues

Humphrey Lyttelton Band

Entered Jul 13, 1956 · 6 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 17, 1956

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Record Power
9.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#19
1 week there · Jul 20, 1956
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
6
July 1956 – August 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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Humphrey Lyttelton Bandprimary100%9.8

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

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