Songs · UK Singles Chart
The Purple People Eater
Entered Jun 20, 1958 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Aug 8, 1958
- Record Power
- 16.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #12
- 1 week there · Jul 11, 1958
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 8
- June 1958 – August 1958
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheb Wooley | primary | 100% | 16.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jul 11, 1958 on the timeline →- #1All I Have to Do Is Dream/ClaudetteThe Everly Brothers
- #2On the Street Where You LiveVic Damone
- #3Twilight TimeThe Platters
- #4Tulips from Amsterdam/You Need HandsMax Bygraves
- #5Big ManThe Four Preps
- #6Who's Sorry NowConnie Francis
- #7Sugar MoonPat Boone
- #8Book of LoveMudlarks
- #9Stairway of LoveMichael Holliday
- #10Rave OnBuddy Holly
The #1 songs of 1958
1958 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1958.
- Mary's Boy Child · Harry Belafonte
- Great Balls of Fire · Jerry Lee Lewis
- Jailhouse Rock · Elvis Presley
- The Story of My Life · Michael Holliday
- Magic Moments · Perry Como
- Whole Lotta Woman · Marvin Rainwater
- Who's Sorry Now · Connie Francis
- On the Street Where You Live · Vic Damone
- All I Have to Do Is Dream/Claudette · The Everly Brothers
- When · Kalin Twins
- Stupid Cupid/Carolina Moon · Connie Francis
- It's All In The Game · Tommy Edwards
- Hoots Mon · Lord Rockingham's XI
- It's Only Make Believe · Conway Twitty
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