Songs · UK Singles Chart
The Son of Mary
Entered Dec 12, 1958 · peaked at #18 on Dec 19, 1958 · 4 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 2, 1959
- Record Power
- 6.7
- 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
- 4
- December 1958 – January 1959
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Belafonte | primary | 100% | 4.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 19, 1958 on the timeline →- #1It's Only Make BelieveConway Twitty
- #2Hoots MonLord Rockingham's XI
- #3Tom DooleyLonnie Donegan
- #4Tea for Two Cha ChaThe Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington
- #5It's All In The GameTommy Edwards
- #6Tom DooleyThe Kingston Trio
- #7Love Makes The World Go 'roundPerry Como
- #8High Class BabyCliff Richard and The Drifters
- #9More Than Ever (Come Prima)Malcolm Vaughan & the Michael Sammes Singers
- #10Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte