Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Tom Dooley

The Kingston Trio

Entered Sep 29, 1958 · peaked at #1 on Nov 17, 1958 · 21 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 16, 1959

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 21 wkUK Singles Chart · #5, 14 wk
Record Power
49.7
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
1
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
21
September 1958 – February 1959

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
The Kingston Trioprimary100%51.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 17, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1Tom DooleyThe Kingston Trio
  2. #2It's Only Make BelieveConway Twitty
  3. #3Topsy IICozy Cole
  4. #4It's All In The GameTommy Edwards
  5. #5To Know Him, Is To Love HimThe Teddy Bears
  6. #6Beep BeepThe Playmates
  7. #7Chantilly LaceBig Bopper
  8. #8Lonesome TownRicky Nelson
  9. #9Queen Of The HopBobby Darin
  10. #10I Got A FeelingRicky Nelson

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