Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Lonesome Town
Entered Oct 20, 1958 · peaked at #7 on Dec 1, 1958 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 16, 1959
- Record Power
- 38.6
- 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
- 18
- October 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Nelson | primary | 100% | 38.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 1, 1958 on the timeline →- #1To Know Him, Is To Love HimThe Teddy Bears
- #2Tom DooleyThe Kingston Trio
- #3It's Only Make BelieveConway Twitty
- #4Beep BeepThe Playmates
- #5One NightElvis Presley
- #6Topsy IICozy Cole
- #7Lonesome TownRicky Nelson
- #8ProblemsThe Everly Brothers
- #9I Got StungElvis Presley
- #10It's All In The GameTommy Edwards
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