Songs · UK Singles Chart
If You Were the Only Boy in the World
Entered Dec 4, 1959 · 4 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 1, 1960
- Record Power
- 5.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #24
- 1 week there · Dec 25, 1959
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 4
- December 1959 – January 1960
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 it 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevie Marsh | primary | 100% | 5.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 25, 1959 on the timeline →- #1What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?Emile Ford and the Checkmates
- #2What Do You Want?Adam Faith
- #3Oh CarolNeil Sedaka
- #4Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back SeatAvons
- #5More and More Party PopsRuss Conway
- #6Staccato's ThemeElmer Bernstein
- #7Snow CoachRuss Conway
- #8Travellin' LightCliff Richard And The Shadows
- #9Red River RockJohnny And The Hurricanes
- #10Little White BullTommy Steele
The #1 songs of 1959
1959 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1959.
- It's Only Make Believe · Conway Twitty
- The Day The Rains Came · Jane Morgan
- One Night/I Got Stung · Elvis Presley
- As I Love You · Shirley Bassey
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes · The Platters
- Side Saddle · Russ Conway
- It Doesn't Matter Anymore · Buddy Holly
- A Fool Such as I/I Need Your Love Tonight · Elvis Presley
- Roulette · Russ Conway
- Dream Lover · Bobby Darin
- Living Doll · Cliff Richard and The Drifters
- Only Sixteen · Craig Douglas
- Here Comes Summer · Jerry Keller
- Mack The Knife · Bobby Darin
- Travellin' Light · Cliff Richard And The Shadows
- What Do You Want? · Adam Faith
- What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? · Emile Ford and the Checkmates
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