Peak
41
Weeks
14
Score
986
Chart Year
1955
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position41
Peak DateNov 19, 1955
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted14
Weeks in Top 400
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc60
Weekly Calc926
Total Score986
Rankings
Year Ranking#98
Decade Ranking#873
Billboard Year#79
Top 5000#13,370
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- Columbia Records
- Genre
- Traditional Pop
- Media Type
- 78
- Duration
- 3:12
- Composer(s)
- Jacques Prévert;Joseph Kosma;;Johnny Mercer
- Entered Chart
- Nov 12, 1955
- Peak Date
- Nov 19, 1955
- Released
- 21 Sep 1953
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Columbia 4-38971
- B-Side
- Under Paris Skies (Sous Le Ciel De Paris)
Music Video
Notes
"Autumn Leaves" is the English-language lyrical adaptation of the French song "Les Feuilles mortes" ("The Dead Leaves") composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945. The original lyrics were written by Jacques Prévert in French, and in 1950 Johnny Mercer wrote the English lyrics. An instrumental recording by pianist Roger Williams was a number one best-seller in the US Billboard charts of 1955. Since its introduction, "Autumn Leaves" has become a jazz standard, and it is one of the most recorded songs by jazz musicians. More than a thousand commercial recordings are known to have been released by mainstream jazz and pop musicians.
Instrumental
Chart History (14 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 12, 1955 | 64 | 62 |
| 2 | Nov 19, 1955 | 41 | 85 |
| 3 | Nov 26, 1955 | 55 | 71 |
| 4 | Dec 3, 1955 | 62 | 64 |
| 5 | Dec 10, 1955 | 50 | 76 |
| 6 | Dec 17, 1955 | 50 | 76 |
| 7 | Dec 24, 1955 | 70 | 56 |
| 8 | Dec 31, 1955 | 62 | 64 |
| 9 | Jan 7, 1956 | 49 | 77 |
| 10 | Jan 14, 1956 | 53 | 73 |
| 11 | Jan 21, 1956 | 62 | 64 |
| 12 | Jan 28, 1956 | 74 | 52 |
| 13 | Feb 4, 1956 | 67 | 59 |
| 14 | Feb 11, 1956 | 79 | 47 |