Songs · UK Singles Chart
The Purple People Eater
Entered Jun 27, 1958 · peaked at #29 on Jun 27, 1958 · 1 week on the chart
- Record Power
- 1.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 1
- June 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Dennis | primary | 100% | 1.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 27, 1958 on the timeline →- #1On the Street Where You LiveVic Damone
- #2All I Have to Do Is Dream/ClaudetteThe Everly Brothers
- #3Who's Sorry NowConnie Francis
- #4Stairway of LoveMichael Holliday
- #5The Signature Tune of 'the Army GameMichael Medwin, Bernard Bresslaw, Alfie Bass & Leslie Fyson
- #6Tom HarkElias and His Zigzag Jive Flutes
- #6Witch DoctorDon Lang and His Frantic Five
- #8Tulips from Amsterdam/You Need HandsMax Bygraves
- #9Book of LoveMudlarks
- #10Big ManThe Four Preps