Songs · UK Singles Chart
Little Drummer Boy
The Pipes & Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guard
Entered Nov 26, 1972 · peaked at #13 on Dec 17, 1972 · 9 weeks on the chart, last seen Jan 21, 1973
A holiday song: the “Without holiday songs” filter leaves it out.
- Record Power
- 14.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 9
- November 1972 – January 1973
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pipes | primary | 50% | 7.4 |
| Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guard | primary | 50% | 7.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 17, 1972 on the timeline →- #1Long Haired Lover from LiverpoolLittle Jimmy Osmond
- #2My Ding-A-LingChuck Berry
- #3Solid Gold Easy ActionT. Rex
- #4Happy Xmas (War Is Over)John, Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band & The Harlem Community Choir
- #5Crazy HorsesThe Osmonds
- #6Gudbuy T' JaneSlade
- #7Crocodile RockElton John
- #8BenMichael Jackson
- #9WhyDonny Osmond
- #10Nights In White SatinThe Moody Blues