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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

What Will I Tell My Heart

The Harptones

Entered May 8, 1961 · 2 weeks on the chart, last seen May 15, 1961

Record Power
0.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#96
1 week there · May 15, 1961
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
2
May 1961 – May 1961

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
The Harptonesprimary100%0.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 15, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1RunawayDel Shannon
  2. #2Mother-In-LawErnie K-Doe
  3. #3A Hundred Pounds Of ClayGene McDaniels
  4. #4I've Told Every Little StarLinda Scott
  5. #5Daddy's HomeShep And The Limelites
  6. #6You Can Depend On MeBrenda Lee
  7. #7Blue MoonThe Marcels
  8. #8Travelin' ManRicky Nelson
  9. #9Mama SaidThe Shirelles
  10. #10Take Good Care Of HerAdam Wade

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