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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Ties That Bind

Brook Benton

Entered Apr 11, 1960 · 9 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 6, 1960

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Record Power
4.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#37
1 week there · May 9, 1960
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
9
April 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 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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Brook Bentonprimary100%4.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 9, 1960 on the timeline →
  1. #1Stuck On YouElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
  2. #2GreenfieldsThe Brothers Four
  3. #3Cathy's ClownThe Everly Brothers
  4. #4NightJackie Wilson
  5. #5Sixteen ReasonsConnie Stevens
  6. #6Sink The BismarkJohnny Horton
  7. #7The Old LamplighterThe Browns feat. Jim Edward Brown
  8. #8Cradle Of LoveJohnny Preston
  9. #9Stairway To HeavenNeil Sedaka
  10. #10Let The Little Girl DanceBilly Bland

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