Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Peppermint Twist - Part I

Joey Dee & the Starliters

Entered Nov 20, 1961 · peaked at #1 on Jan 27, 1962 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 24, 1962

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Record Power
42.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
11
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
18
November 1961 – March 1962

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
Joey Dee & the Starlitersprimary100%43.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 27, 1962 on the timeline →
  1. #1Peppermint Twist - Part IJoey Dee & the Starliters
  2. #2The TwistChubby Checker
  3. #3I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)Barbara George
  4. #4Can't Help Falling In LoveElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
  5. #5NormanSue Thompson
  6. #6The Lion Sleeps TonightThe Tokens
  7. #7When I Fall In LoveThe Lettermen
  8. #8The WandererDion
  9. #9Baby It's YouThe Shirelles
  10. #10Walk On ByLeroy Van Dyke

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