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Poetry Man

Phoebe Snow

Entered Jan 4, 1975 · 18 weeks on the chart, last seen May 3, 1975

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Record Power
26.3
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#5
1 week there · Apr 12, 1975
Top-ten weeks
4
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
18
January 1975 – May 1975

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
Phoebe Snowprimary100%26.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Apr 12, 1975 on the timeline →
  1. #1Philadelphia FreedomThe Elton John Band
  2. #2Lovin' YouMinnie Riperton
  3. #3No No Song/snookerooRingo Starr
  4. #4ExpressB.T. Express
  5. #5Poetry ManPhoebe Snow
  6. #6(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong SongB.J. Thomas
  7. #7Lady MarmaladeLabelle
  8. #8Chevy VanSammy Johns
  9. #9What Am I Gonna Do With YouBarry White
  10. #10Once You Get StartedRufus feat. Chaka Khan

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Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.

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