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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Birth Of The Beat

Sandy Nelson

Entered Feb 24, 1962 · 1 week on the chart

Record Power
0.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#75
1 week there · Feb 24, 1962
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
1
February 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 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
Sandy Nelsonprimary100%0.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Feb 24, 1962 on the timeline →
  1. #1Duke Of EarlGene Chandler
  2. #2The WandererDion
  3. #3NormanSue Thompson
  4. #4The TwistChubby Checker
  5. #5Hey! BabyBruce Channel
  6. #6Break It To Me GentlyBrenda Lee
  7. #7Peppermint Twist - Part IJoey Dee & the Starliters
  8. #8Crying In The RainThe Everly Brothers
  9. #9Dear Lady TwistGary U.S. Bonds
  10. #10A Little Bitty TearBurl Ives

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