Songs · Billboard Hot 100
- Record Power
- 11.2
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #13
- 1 week there · Aug 25, 1962
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 11
- June 1962 – September 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Cooke | primary | 100% | 10.3 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 25, 1962 on the timeline →The #1 songs of 1962
1962 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962.
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight · The Tokens
- The Twist · Chubby Checker
- Peppermint Twist - Part I · Joey Dee & the Starliters
- Duke Of Earl · Gene Chandler
- Hey! Baby · Bruce Channel
- Don't Break The Heart That Loves You · Connie Francis
- Johnny Angel · Shelley Fabares
- Good Luck Charm · Elvis Presley
- Soldier Boy · The Shirelles
- Stranger On The Shore · Mr. Acker Bilk
- I Can't Stop Loving You · Ray Charles
- The Stripper · David Rose
- Roses Are Red (My Love) · Bobby Vinton
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do · Neil Sedaka
- The Loco-Motion · Little Eva
- Sheila · Tommy Roe
- Sherry · The Four Seasons
- Monster Mash · Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers
- He's A Rebel · The Crystals
- Big Girls Don't Cry · The Four Seasons
- Telstar · The Tornadoes
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