Peak
26
Weeks
9
Score
987
Chart Year
1961
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position26
Peak DateJul 10, 1961
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted9
Weeks in Top 404
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc315
Weekly Calc672
Total Score987
Rankings
Year Ranking#222
Decade Ranking#2,296
Billboard Year#228
Top 5000#13,330
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- Monument Records
- Genre
- Doo-Wop
- Duration
- 4:00
- Composer(s)
- Virgil Johnson
- Entered Chart
- May 29, 1961
- Peak Date
- Jul 10, 1961
- Released
- Unknown
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Monument 45-441
- B-Side
- Spring Fever
Music Video
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Notes
The Velvets were a five-man Doo Wop group formed in 1958 by Virgil Johnson. Virgil taught English in Odessa and Lubbock Texas, and eventually became a high school principal in Lubbock. For many years, he DJ'd part-time at the Lubbock rock station KDAV. This was included on their first album, which they recorded in Nashville at the invitation of Roy Orbison. The group also had a hit with "Lana," which was written by Orbison and reached #1 on the Japanese charts. >>
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Chart History (9 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 29, 1961 | 96 | 30 |
| 2 | Jun 5, 1961 | 89 | 37 |
| 3 | Jun 12, 1961 | 67 | 59 |
| 4 | Jun 19, 1961 | 57 | 69 |
| 5 | Jun 26, 1961 | 30 | 96 |
| 6 | Jul 3, 1961 | 28 | 98 |
| 7 | Jul 10, 1961 | 26 | 100 |
| 8 | Jul 17, 1961 | 26 | 100 |
| 9 | Jul 24, 1961 | 43 | 83 |