Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Crying
Entered Aug 14, 1961 · peaked at #2 on Oct 9, 1961 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 27, 1961
- Record Power
- 33.3
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 5
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 16
- August 1961 – November 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 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Orbison | primary | 100% | 33.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 9, 1961 on the timeline →- #1Hit The Road JackRay Charles and his Orchestra
- #2CryingRoy Orbison
- #3Take Good Care Of My BabyBobby Vee
- #4Runaround SueDion
- #5Bristol StompThe Dovells
- #6You Must Have Been A Beautiful BabyBobby Darin
- #7The Mountain's HighDick & DeeDee
- #8Little SisterElvis Presley
- #9Let's Get TogetherHayley Mills and Hayley Mills
- #10MexicoBob Moore and His Orch.
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