Songs · UK Singles Chart
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Entered Aug 2, 1957 · 9 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 18, 1957
- Record Power
- 13.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #22
- 1 week there · Aug 30, 1957
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 9
- August 1957 – October 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Williams | primary | 100% | 13.9 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 30, 1957 on the timeline →- #1DianaPaul Anka
- #2Love Letters in the SandPat Boone
- #3All Shook UpElvis Presley
- #4Island in the SunHarry Belafonte
- #5Last Train to San FernandoJohnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys
- #6Bye Bye LoveThe Everly Brothers
- #7(Let Me Be Your) Teddy BearElvis Presley
- #8FabulousCharlie Gracie
- #9With All My HeartPetula Clark
- #10We Will Make LoveRuss Hamilton
The #1 songs of 1957
1957 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1957.
- Singing the Blues · Guy Mitchell
- Singing the Blues · Tommy Steele and the Steelmen
- The Garden of Eden · Frankie Vaughan
- Young Love · Tab Hunter
- Cumberland Gap · Lonnie Donegan
- Rock-A-Billy · Guy Mitchell
- Butterfly · Andy Williams
- Yes Tonight Josephine · Johnnie Ray
- Gamblin' Man/Putting on the Style · Lonnie Donegan
- All Shook Up · Elvis Presley
- Diana · Paul Anka
- That'll Be the Day · The Crickets
- Mary's Boy Child · Harry Belafonte
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