Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Watermelon Man
Entered Mar 16, 1963 · peaked at #10 on Apr 27, 1963 · 11 weeks on the chart, last seen May 25, 1963
- Record Power
- 14.5
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 2
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 11
- March 1963 – May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mongo Santamaria Band | primary | 100% | 14.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 27, 1963 on the timeline →- #1I Will Follow HimLittle Peggy March
- #2Can't Get Used To Losing YouAndy Williams
- #3He's So FineThe Chiffons
- #4Puff (The Magic Dragon)Peter, Paul & Mary
- #5Baby WorkoutJackie Wilson
- #6PipelineChantay's
- #7Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)The Cookies
- #8Young LoversPaul and Paula
- #9On BroadwayThe Drifters
- #10Watermelon ManMongo Santamaria Band
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