Songs · Billboard Hot 100
My Dad
Entered Nov 17, 1962 · peaked at #6 on Jan 26, 1963 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 2, 1963
- Record Power
- 24.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 4
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 16
- November 1962 – March 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Petersen | primary | 100% | 24.8 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jan 26, 1963 on the timeline →- #1Walk Right InThe Rooftop Singers
- #2Hey PaulaPaul and Paula
- #3Go Away Little GirlSteve Lawrence
- #4Tell HimThe Exciters
- #5The Night Has A Thousand EyesBobby Vee
- #6My DadPaul Petersen
- #7Two LoversMary Wells
- #8TelstarThe Tornadoes
- #9It's Up To YouRick Nelson
- #10Limbo RockChubby Checker
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