Peak
5
Weeks
26
Score
4,401
Chart Year
1958
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position5
Peak DateFeb 3, 1958
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted26
Weeks in Top 4018
Weeks in Top 108
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc1,896
Weekly Calc2,505
Total Score4,401
Rankings
Year Ranking#11
Decade Ranking#94
Billboard Year#12
Top 5000#1,511
Details
- Label
- Dot Records
- Genre
- Easy Listening
- Media Type
- 45
- Duration
- 2:07
- Composer(s)
- Harry Tobias;Percy Wenrich
- Entered Chart
- Dec 23, 1957
- Peak Date
- Feb 3, 1958
- Released
- October 1957
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Dot 45-15661
- B-Side
- Raunchy
Music Video
Notes
"Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon" is a song written by Harry Tobias and Percy Wenrich in 1937 and performed by Bing Crosby. It reached #4 on the U.S. pop chart in 1937. Outside of the US, the song peaked at #1 in Canada, Germany and Norway. Billy Vaughn released an instrumental version of the song which went to #5 on the U.S. pop chart in December 1957 and #1 in Germany and in Canada in 1957 The following year, the song went #1 in Norway and made #4 in Australia.[3] It ranked #6 on Billboard's Year-End top 50 singles of 1958
instrumental
Chart History (26 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 23, 1957 | 83 | 43 |
| 2 | Dec 30, 1957 | 60 | 66 |
| 3 | Jan 6, 1958 | 45 | 81 |
| 4 | Jan 13, 1958 | 33 | 93 |
| 5 | Jan 20, 1958 | 28 | 98 |
| 6 | Jan 27, 1958 | 16 | 110 |
| 7 | Feb 3, 1958 | 5 | 121 |
| 8 | Feb 10, 1958 | 5 | 121 |
| 9 | Feb 17, 1958 | 6 | 120 |
| 10 | Feb 24, 1958 | 6 | 120 |
| 11 | Mar 3, 1958 | 9 | 117 |
| 12 | Mar 10, 1958 | 11 | 115 |
| 13 | Mar 17, 1958 | 12 | 114 |
| 14 | Mar 24, 1958 | 9 | 117 |
| 15 | Mar 31, 1958 | 7 | 119 |
| 16 | Apr 7, 1958 | 9 | 117 |
| 17 | Apr 14, 1958 | 13 | 113 |
| 18 | Apr 21, 1958 | 20 | 106 |
| 19 | Apr 28, 1958 | 26 | 100 |
| 20 | May 5, 1958 | 26 | 100 |
Weeks 1–20 of 26
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