Peak
1
Weeks
17
Score
3,983
Chart Year
1961
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position1
Peak DateFeb 13, 1961
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted17
Weeks in Top 4013
Weeks in Top 109
Weeks at #23
Weeks at #12
Scoring
Summary Calc2,187
Weekly Calc1,796
Total Score3,983
Rankings
Year Ranking#9
Decade Ranking#78
Billboard Year#10
Top 5000#1,980
Details
- Album
- Calcutta!
- Label
- Dot Records
- Genre
- Easy Listening
- Media Type
- 45
- Duration
- 2:13
- Composer(s)
- Heino Gazel;Hans Bradtke,;Lee Pockriss;Paul Vance
- Entered Chart
- Dec 12, 1960
- Peak Date
- Feb 13, 1961
- Released
- December 1960
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Dot 45-16161
- B-Side
- My Grandfather's Clock
Music Video
Notes
Calcutta" is a German pop song. The instrumental version by American bandleader and TV host Lawrence Welk on the 1961 Dot Records album Calcutta! was a number one song in the United States and the most successful hit of Welk's career
instrumental
Chart History (17 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 12, 1960 | 95 | 31 |
| 2 | Dec 19, 1960 | 65 | 61 |
| 3 | Dec 26, 1960 | 42 | 84 |
| 4 | Jan 2, 1961 | 22 | 104 |
| 5 | Jan 9, 1961 | 13 | 113 |
| 6 | Jan 16, 1961 | 5 | 121 |
| 7 | Jan 23, 1961 | 3 | 123 |
| 8 | Jan 30, 1961 | 2 | 124 |
| 9 | Feb 6, 1961 | 2 | 124 |
| 10 | Feb 13, 1961 | 1 | 125 |
| 11 | Feb 20, 1961 | 1 | 125 |
| 12 | Feb 27, 1961 | 2 | 124 |
| 13 | Mar 6, 1961 | 6 | 120 |
| 14 | Mar 13, 1961 | 8 | 118 |
| 15 | Mar 20, 1961 | 14 | 112 |
| 16 | Mar 27, 1961 | 23 | 103 |
| 17 | Apr 3, 1961 | 42 | 84 |