Songs · UK Singles Chart
The Girl Can't Help It
Entered Mar 15, 1957 · peaked at #9 on Apr 12, 1957 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen May 24, 1957
- Record Power
- 24.6
- 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
- 11
- March 1957 – May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Richard | primary | 100% | 17.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 12, 1957 on the timeline →- #1Cumberland GapLonnie Donegan
- #2Young LoveTab Hunter
- #2The Banana Boat SongHarry Belafonte
- #4Long Tall SallyLittle Richard
- #5Don't Forbid MePat Boone
- #6Knee Deep in the BluesGuy Mitchell
- #7Don't You Rock Me Daddy-OLonnie Donegan
- #8Look Homeward, AngelJohnnie Ray
- #9The Girl Can't Help ItLittle Richard
- #10True LoveBing Crosby & Grace Kelly
- #10Cumberland GapVipers Skiffle Group