Songs · UK Singles Chart

Reet Petite (the Sweetest Girl in Town)

Jackie Wilson

Entered Nov 15, 1957 · peaked at #6 on Jan 3, 1958 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 14, 1958

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Record Power
32.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
November 1957 – February 1958

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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Jackie Wilsonprimary100%33.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 3, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte
  2. #2Wake Up Little SusieThe Everly Brothers
  3. #3My Special AngelMalcolm Vaughan
  4. #4Ma He's Making Eyes at MeJohnny Otis and His Orchestra & Marie Adams
  5. #5Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis
  6. #6Reet Petite (the Sweetest Girl in Town)Jackie Wilson
  7. #7I Love You BabyPaul Anka
  8. #8All the Way/ChicagoFrank Sinatra
  9. #9AlonePetula Clark
  10. #10DianaPaul Anka

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Reet Petite (the Sweetest Girl in Town) — Jackie Wilson · ChartReign