Songs · Billboard Hot 100
The Alvin Twist
Entered Mar 3, 1962 · peaked at #40 on Mar 31, 1962 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 21, 1962
- Record Power
- 4.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 8
- March 1962 – April 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chipmunks | primary | 50% | 2.3 |
| David Seville | primary | 50% | 2.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 31, 1962 on the timeline →- #1Don't Break The Heart That Loves YouConnie Francis
- #2Hey! BabyBruce Channel
- #3Johnny AngelShelley Fabares
- #4Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)Roy Orbison
- #5Midnight In MoscowKenny Ball and his Jazzmen
- #6Slow TwistinChubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp)
- #7What's Your NameDon & Juan
- #8Let Me InThe Sensations
- #9Good Luck CharmElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
- #10Twistin' The Night AwaySam Cooke