Songs · UK Singles Chart

China Tea

Russ Conway

Entered Aug 21, 1959 · peaked at #5 on Sep 11, 1959 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 13, 1959

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Record Power
30.6
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
13
August 1959 – November 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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Russ Conwayprimary100%30.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 11, 1959 on the timeline →
  1. #1Only SixteenCraig Douglas
  2. #2Living DollCliff Richard and The Drifters
  3. #3Lonely BoyPaul Anka
  4. #4Here Comes SummerJerry Keller
  5. #5China TeaRuss Conway
  6. #6SomeoneJohnny Mathis
  7. #6Lipstick On Your CollarConnie Francis
  8. #8Battle of New OrleansLonnie Donegan
  9. #9Mona LisaConway Twitty
  10. #10The Heart of a ManFrankie Vaughan

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