Songs · Billboard Hot 100

A Lover's Question

Clyde McPhatter

Entered Oct 6, 1958 · peaked at #6 on Jan 19, 1959 · 24 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 23, 1959

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Record Power
43.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
7
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
24
October 1958 – March 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
Clyde McPhatterprimary100%44.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 19, 1959 on the timeline →
  1. #1Smoke Gets In Your EyesThe Platters
  2. #2My HappinessConnie Francis
  3. #3The Chipmunk SongThe Chipmunks & David Seville
  4. #4DonnaRitchie Valens
  5. #516 CandlesThe Crests
  6. #6A Lover's QuestionClyde McPhatter
  7. #7Gotta Travel OnBilly Grammer
  8. #8Whole Lotta LovingFats Domino
  9. #9Stagger LeeLloyd Price
  10. #10To Know Him, Is To Love HimThe Teddy Bears

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