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Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The Jam - Part 1

Bobby Gregg and His Friends

Entered Mar 17, 1962 · 10 weeks on the chart, last seen May 19, 1962

Record Power
8.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#29
1 week there · Apr 21, 1962
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
10
March 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 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
Bobby Gregg and His Friendsprimary100%8.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 21, 1962 on the timeline →
  1. #1Good Luck CharmElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
  2. #2Johnny AngelShelley Fabares
  3. #3Mashed Potato TimeDee Dee Sharp
  4. #4Slow TwistinChubby Checker & Dee Dee Sharp
  5. #5Young WorldRicky Nelson
  6. #6Soldier BoyThe Shirelles
  7. #7Lover PleaseClyde McPhatter
  8. #8Love LettersKetty Lester
  9. #9Shout - Part IJoey Dee & the Starliters
  10. #10Stranger On The ShoreMr. Acker Bilk

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