Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

Entered Apr 27, 1959 · peaked at #1 on Jun 1, 1959 · 21 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 14, 1959

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Record Power
52.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
6
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
13
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
21
April 1959 – September 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
Johnny Hortonprimary100%53.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jun 1, 1959 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Battle Of New OrleansJohnny Horton
  2. #2Kansas CityWilbert Harrison
  3. #3Dream LoverBobby Darin
  4. #4Quiet VillageThe Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny
  5. #5PersonalityLloyd Price and His Orchestra
  6. #6A Teenager In LoveDion & The Belmonts
  7. #7Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens
  8. #8Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)The Impalas
  9. #9Only YouFranck Pourcel's French Fiddles
  10. #10The Happy OrganDave "Baby" Cortez

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