Songs · UK Singles Chart
Love Is Like a Violin
Entered Jul 7, 1960 · peaked at #8 on Aug 25, 1960 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 3, 1960
- Record Power
- 35.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 3
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 18
- July 1960 – November 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Dodd | primary | 100% | 35.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 25, 1960 on the timeline →- #1ApacheThe Shadows
- #2Please Don't TeaseCliff Richard
- #3A Mess of BluesElvis Presley
- #4When Will I Be LovedThe Everly Brothers
- #5Shakin' All OverJohnny Kidd and the Pirates
- #6Because They're YoungDuane Eddy
- #7If She Should Come to YouAnthony Newley
- #8Love Is Like a ViolinKen Dodd
- #9Good TiminJimmy Jones
- #10Tie Me Kangaroo Down, SportRolf Harris
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