Songs · UK Singles Chart

The Grand Coolie Dam

Lonnie Donegan

Entered Apr 11, 1958 · peaked at #6 on May 30, 1958 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 18, 1958

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Record Power
33.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
April 1958 – July 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
Lonnie Doneganprimary100%33.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 30, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1Who's Sorry NowConnie Francis
  2. #2Tom HarkElias and His Zigzag Jive Flutes
  3. #2LollipopMudlarks
  4. #4Wear My Ring Around Your NeckElvis Presley
  5. #5A Wonderful Time Up TherePat Boone
  6. #6The Grand Coolie DamLonnie Donegan
  7. #7Whole Lotta WomanMarvin Rainwater
  8. #8On the Street Where You LiveVic Damone
  9. #9Kewpie DollPerry Como
  10. #10Tulips from Amsterdam/You Need HandsMax Bygraves

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