Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Hit The Road Jack

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

Entered Sep 11, 1961 · peaked at #1 on Oct 9, 1961 · 13 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 4, 1961

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Record Power
32.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
13
September 1961 – December 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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Ray Charles and his Orchestraprimary100%32.6

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 9, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1Hit The Road JackRay Charles and his Orchestra
  2. #2CryingRoy Orbison
  3. #3Take Good Care Of My BabyBobby Vee
  4. #4Runaround SueDion
  5. #5Bristol StompThe Dovells
  6. #6You Must Have Been A Beautiful BabyBobby Darin
  7. #7The Mountain's HighDick & DeeDee
  8. #8Little SisterElvis Presley
  9. #9Let's Get TogetherHayley Mills and Hayley Mills
  10. #10MexicoBob Moore and His Orch.

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