Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)

Roy Orbison

Entered Feb 17, 1962 · peaked at #4 on Mar 31, 1962 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen May 5, 1962

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Record Power
20.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
February 1962 – May 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
Roy Orbisonprimary100%21.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 31, 1962 on the timeline →
  1. #1Don't Break The Heart That Loves YouConnie Francis
  2. #2Hey! BabyBruce Channel
  3. #3Johnny AngelShelley Fabares
  4. #4Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)Roy Orbison
  5. #5Midnight In MoscowKenny Ball and his Jazzmen
  6. #6Slow TwistinChubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp)
  7. #7What's Your NameDon & Juan
  8. #8Let Me InThe Sensations
  9. #9Good Luck CharmElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
  10. #10Twistin' The Night AwaySam Cooke

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Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) — Roy Orbison · ChartReign