Songs · UK Singles Chart
Peppermint Twist
Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks
Entered Jan 18, 1962 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 8, 1962
- Record Power
- 8.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #26
- 1 week there · Feb 1, 1962
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 8
- January 1962 – March 1962
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks | primary | 100% | 8.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Feb 1, 1962 on the timeline →- #1The Young OnesCliff Richard
- #2Let's Twist AgainChubby Checker
- #3Happy Birthday, Sweet SixteenNeil Sedaka
- #4Forget Me NotEden Kane
- #5Stranger On The ShoreMr. Acker Bilk
- #6Walk On ByLeroy Van Dyke
- #7MultiplicationBobby Darin
- #8Let There Be DrumsSandy Nelson
- #9I'd Never Find Another YouBilly Fury
- #10Midnight In MoscowKenny Ball and his Jazzmen
The #1 songs of 1962
1962 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1962.
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- The Young Ones · Cliff Richard
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- Wonderful Land · The Shadows
- Nut Rocker · B. Bumble & The Stingers
- Good Luck Charm · Elvis Presley
- Come Outside · Mike Sarne & Wendy Richard
- I Can't Stop Loving You · Ray Charles
- I Remember You · Frank Ifield
- She's Not You · Elvis Presley
- Telstar · Tornados
- Lovesick Blues · Frank Ifield
- Return to Sender · Elvis Presley
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