Songs · UK Singles Chart

The River

Ken Dodd

Entered Nov 18, 1965 · peaked at #3 on Dec 23, 1965 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 17, 1966

Record Power
34.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
November 1965 – February 1966

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
Ken Doddprimary100%32.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 23, 1965 on the timeline →
  1. #1Day Tripper/We Can Work It OutThe Beatles
  2. #2Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)Cliff Richard
  3. #3The RiverKen Dodd
  4. #4The Carnival Is OverThe Seekers
  5. #5TearsKen Dodd
  6. #6My Ship Is Coming InWalker Brothers
  7. #7My GenerationThe Who
  8. #81-2-3Len Barry
  9. #9A Lover's ConcertoThe Toys
  10. #10Let's Hang OnThe Four Seasons