Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Old Lamplighter

The Browns feat. Jim Edward Brown

Entered Mar 14, 1960 · peaked at #5 on May 2, 1960 · 15 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 20, 1960

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Record Power
25.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
15
March 1960 – June 1960

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
The Brownsprimary70%18.2
Jim Edward Brownfeatured30%7.8

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 2, 1960 on the timeline →
  1. #1Stuck On YouElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
  2. #2GreenfieldsThe Brothers Four
  3. #3Sixteen ReasonsConnie Stevens
  4. #4Sink The BismarkJohnny Horton
  5. #5The Old LamplighterThe Browns feat. Jim Edward Brown
  6. #6NightJackie Wilson
  7. #7Cradle Of LoveJohnny Preston
  8. #8Let The Little Girl DanceBilly Bland
  9. #9The Theme From "A Summer PlacePercy Faith And His Orchestra
  10. #10Sweet Nothin'sBrenda Lee

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