Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Telstar

The Tornadoes

Entered Nov 3, 1962 · peaked at #1 on Dec 22, 1962 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 16, 1963

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Record Power
35.5
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
3
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
November 1962 – February 1963

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
The Tornadoesprimary100%35.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 22, 1962 on the timeline →
  1. #1TelstarThe Tornadoes
  2. #2Limbo RockChubby Checker
  3. #3Return To SenderElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
  4. #4Bobby's GirlMarcie Blane
  5. #5Big Girls Don't CryThe 4 Seasons
  6. #6Don't Hang UpThe Orlons
  7. #7Go Away Little GirlSteve Lawrence
  8. #8Release MeEsther Phillips "Little Esther
  9. #9You Are My SunshineRay Charles
  10. #10Love Came To MeDion

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