Label |
Point Total 1958 |
Top Twenty 1958 |
Number Ones 1958 |
RCA Victor |
1412 |
13 |
4 |
Capitol |
1250 |
14 |
2 |
MGM |
1025 |
8 |
3 |
Cadence |
956 |
10 |
2 |
Decca |
772 |
7 |
1 |
Imperial |
660 |
10 |
1 |
Dot |
635 |
7 |
1 |
Mercury |
615 |
7 |
1 |
Atco |
446 |
3 |
1 |
ABC-Paramount |
435 |
6 |
1 |
Liberty |
433 |
3 |
2 |
Roulette |
430 |
6 |
0 |
Coral |
343 |
2 |
1 |
Challenge |
303 |
2 |
1 |
Chess |
289 |
4 |
0 |
APT |
249 |
1 |
1 |
Sun |
244 |
4 |
0 |
Ace |
240 |
2 |
0 |
Class |
224 |
1 |
0 |
Dore |
222 |
1 |
1 |
ember |
199 |
1 |
1 |
Love |
191 |
1 |
0 |
end |
184 |
2 |
0 |
Jamie |
149 |
2 |
0 |
Carlton |
145 |
1 |
0 |
POWER |
133 |
1 |
0 |
Josie |
128 |
1 |
0 |
NASCO |
126 |
1 |
0 |
Chancellor |
122 |
3 |
0 |
Cameo |
102 |
3 |
0 |
arwin |
75 |
1 |
0 |
Phillips |
74 |
1 |
0 |
Atlantic |
72 |
3 |
0 |
Kapp |
70 |
1 |
0 |
Keen |
64 |
1 |
0 |
Brunswick |
58 |
3 |
0 |
Checker |
52 |
1 |
0 |
ERA |
50 |
1 |
0 |
Columbia |
40 |
4 |
0 |
Falcon |
37 |
1 |
0 |
Specialty |
30 |
2 |
0 |
Felsted |
28 |
1 |
0 |
tender |
21 |
1 |
0 |
ebb |
20 |
1 |
0 |
Monument |
18 |
1 |
0 |
EPIC |
18 |
1 |
0 |
Jubilee |
4 |
1 |
0 |
Del-fi |
3 |
1 |
0 |
King |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Red Top |
1 |
1 |
0 |
London |
0 |
1 |
0 |
*The Power Points are based on how the record did in the weekly Billboard top twenty. For each week a record was in the top twenty it is awarded one point for each ranking slot -- the 20th ranked record would receive one point, while the top record would receive 20 points for that week. If a record is in the top ten, it received 5 bonus points and if a record was ranked #1, it received 5 bonus points. The power points for a label is the total of all the points earned by records from that label that made the top twenty for at least one week. The top twenty for 1956, 1957, and 1958 through July 28th are taken from the Top 100 chart which had been in use since 1955 in an effort to combine the Best Seller, Most Played by Jockeys, and Most Played by Jukeboxes charts. With the publication of the Hot 100, the Best Seller, the other charts were soon all abandoned and all top twenty listings from August 4th, 1958 through 1963 (end of the Elvis Era), are taken from the Billboard Hot 100.
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Click on the appropriate button above to view an historical acccount of the record labels for the year, a chart ranking the popularity of the labels in the Billboard top twenty for the year, or a list of the labels that had records in the top twenty for the year. |
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While Elvis Presley's string of hits continued to make RCA the most popular label, traditional crooner Perry Como also contributed a #1 record with "Catch a Falling Star." |
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Capitol had the most records in the top twenty in 1958 with the British import, "He's Got the whole World in His Hands" as one of its two #1 songs. |
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While Connie Francis led the way for MGM records with three top twenty entries, Tommy Edwards' "It's All In The Game" was one of three number ones for the label.
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Andy Williams continued to contribute to the Cadence label success with "Are You Sincere" reaching #3. |
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