Songs · UK Singles Chart
When Mexico Gave Up the Rhumba
Entered Sep 28, 1956 · peaked at #6 on Nov 23, 1956 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 1, 1957
- Record Power
- 39.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 2
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 18
- September 1956 – February 1957
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Torok | primary | 100% | 42.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Nov 23, 1956 on the timeline →- #1Just Walkin' in the RainJohnnie Ray
- #2A Woman in LoveFrankie Laine
- #3Hound DogElvis Presley
- #4MoreJimmy Young
- #4The Green DoorFrankie Vaughan
- #6When Mexico Gave Up the RhumbaMitchell Torok
- #6My PrayerThe Platters
- #8Rip It UpBill Haley And His Comets
- #9Blue MoonElvis Presley
- #10St. Therese of the RosesMalcolm Vaughan
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