Songs · Billboard Hot 100

First I Look At The Purse

The Contours

Entered Aug 14, 1965 · peaked at #57 on Sep 18, 1965 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Oct 2, 1965

Record Power
3.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
8
August 1965 – October 1965

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 Contoursprimary100%3.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Sep 18, 1965 on the timeline →
  1. #1Help!The Beatles
  2. #2Eve Of DestructionBarry McGuire
  3. #3Like A Rolling StoneBob Dylan
  4. #4You Were On My MindWe Five
  5. #5Catch Us If You CanThe Dave Clark Five
  6. #6The "In" CrowdRamsey Lewis Trio
  7. #7Hang On SloopyThe McCoys
  8. #8It Ain't Me BabeThe Turtles
  9. #9I Got You BabeSonny & Cher
  10. #10Heart Full Of SoulThe Yardbirds