Peak
2
Weeks
29
Score
5,595
Chart Year
1956
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position2
Peak DateOct 13, 1956
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted29
Weeks in Top 4022
Weeks in Top 1013
Weeks at #21
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc2,688
Weekly Calc2,907
Total Score5,595
Rankings
Year Ranking#7
Decade Ranking#41
Billboard Year#9
Top 5000#836
Details
- Label
- King Records
- Genre
- Easy Listening
- Media Type
- 45
- Duration
- 3:05
- Composer(s)
- Billy Butler;Bill Doggett;Clifford Scott;Shep Shephard
- Entered Chart
- Aug 18, 1956
- Peak Date
- Oct 13, 1956
- Released
- May 1952
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- King 45-4530
- B-Side
- "Honky Tonk (Part 2)"
Music Video
Notes
"Honky Tonk" is an instrumental written by Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, and Shep Shepherd. Doggett recorded it as a two-part single in 1956. It became Doggett's signature piece and a standard recorded by many other performers. The instrumental peaked at number two for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, and was the biggest R&B hit of the year, spending thirteen non-consecutive weeks at the top of the charts. It was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981)
instrumental
Chart History (29 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 18, 1956 | 54 | 72 |
| 2 | Aug 25, 1956 | 42 | 84 |
| 3 | Sep 1, 1956 | 29 | 97 |
| 4 | Sep 8, 1956 | 22 | 104 |
| 5 | Sep 15, 1956 | 16 | 110 |
| 6 | Sep 22, 1956 | 9 | 117 |
| 7 | Sep 29, 1956 | 7 | 119 |
| 8 | Oct 6, 1956 | 7 | 119 |
| 9 | Oct 13, 1956 | 2 | 124 |
| 10 | Oct 20, 1956 | 3 | 123 |
| 11 | Oct 27, 1956 | 4 | 122 |
| 12 | Nov 3, 1956 | 6 | 120 |
| 13 | Nov 10, 1956 | 5 | 121 |
| 14 | Nov 17, 1956 | 7 | 119 |
| 15 | Nov 24, 1956 | 9 | 117 |
| 16 | Dec 1, 1956 | 9 | 117 |
| 17 | Dec 8, 1956 | 11 | 115 |
| 18 | Dec 15, 1956 | 10 | 116 |
| 19 | Dec 22, 1956 | 10 | 116 |
| 20 | Dec 29, 1956 | 17 | 109 |
Weeks 1–20 of 29
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