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Gene Pitney

Entered Apr 23, 1966 · 8 weeks on the chart, last seen Jun 11, 1966

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UK Singles Chart · #4, 10 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #25, 8 wk
Record Power
7.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#25
1 week there · May 28, 1966
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
8
April 1966 – June 1966

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.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Gene Pitneyprimary100%7.4

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 28, 1966 on the timeline →
  1. #1When A Man Loves A WomanPercy Sledge
  2. #2A Groovy Kind Of LoveThe Mindbenders
  3. #3Monday, MondayThe Mamas & The Papas
  4. #4Paint It, BlackThe Rolling Stones
  5. #5Rainy Day Women #12 & 35Bob Dylan
  6. #6I Am A RockSimon & Garfunkel
  7. #7Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?The Lovin' Spoonful
  8. #8Good LovinThe Young Rascals
  9. #9Love Is Like An Itching In My HeartThe Supremes
  10. #10It's A Man's Man's Man's WorldJames Brown And The Famous Flames

The #1 songs of 1966

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Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966.

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