Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Lonely Boy

Paul Anka

Entered Jun 1, 1959 · peaked at #1 on Jul 13, 1959 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 7, 1959

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UK Singles Chart · #3, 17 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #1, 15 wk
Record Power
40.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
4
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
10
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
June 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
Paul Ankaprimary100%41.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jul 13, 1959 on the timeline →
  1. #1Lonely BoyPaul Anka
  2. #2The Battle Of New OrleansJohnny Horton
  3. #3PersonalityLloyd Price and His Orchestra
  4. #4WaterlooStonewall Jackson
  5. #5Lipstick On Your CollarConnie Francis
  6. #6TigerFabian
  7. #7Dream LoverBobby Darin
  8. #8Tallahassee LassieFreddy Cannon
  9. #9My Heart Is An Open BookCarl Dobkins & Jr.
  10. #10A Boy Without A GirlFrankie Avalon

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