Songs · Billboard Hot 100
The Answer To A Maiden's Prayer
Entered Mar 2, 1959 · 5 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 30, 1959
- Record Power
- 1.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #71
- 2 weeks there · first Mar 23, 1959
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 5
- March 1959 – 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| June Valli | primary | 100% | 1.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 23, 1959 on the timeline →- #1VenusFrankie Avalon
- #2Charlie BrownThe Coasters
- #3Alvin's HarmonicaDavid Seville And The Chipmunks
- #4It's Just A Matter Of TimeBrook Benton
- #5TragedyThomas Wayne & the Delons
- #6Come Softly To MeThe Fleetwoods
- #7I've Had ItThe Bell Notes
- #8Stagger LeeLloyd Price
- #9Never Be Anyone Else But YouRicky Nelson
- #10DonnaRitchie Valens
The #1 songs of 1959
1959 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.
- The Chipmunk Song · The Chipmunks & David Seville
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes · The Platters
- Stagger Lee · Lloyd Price
- Venus · Frankie Avalon
- Come Softly To Me · The Fleetwoods
- The Happy Organ · Dave "Baby" Cortez
- Kansas City · Wilbert Harrison
- The Battle Of New Orleans · Johnny Horton
- Lonely Boy · Paul Anka
- A Big Hunk O' Love · Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
- The Three Bells · The Browns
- Sleep Walk · Santo & Johnny
- Mack The Knife · Bobby Darin
- Mr. Blue · The Fleetwoods
- Heartaches By The Number · Guy Mitchell
- Why · Frankie Avalon
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