List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1959

This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1959.

Top-ten singles
Issue date Title Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
January 5 "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"[lower-alpha 1] The Chipmunks with David Seville 1 December 22, 1958 6
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"[lower-alpha 1] The Platters 1 January 19 10
"To Know Him Is to Love Him"[lower-alpha 1] The Teddy Bears 1 December 1, 1958 11
"Problems"[lower-alpha 1] The Everly Brothers 2 December 15, 1958 7
"One Night"[lower-alpha 1] Elvis Presley 4 December 15, 1958 8
"My Happiness" Connie Francis 2 January 19 7
"Tom Dooley"[lower-alpha 1] The Kingston Trio 1 November 17, 1958 12
"A Lover's Question"[lower-alpha 1] Clyde McPhatter 6 January 19 7
"Gotta Travel On" Billy Grammer 4 January 12 7
"Whole Lotta Lovin'"[lower-alpha 1] Fats Domino 6 January 12 5
January 12 "Lonesome Town"[lower-alpha 1] Ricky Nelson 7 December 1, 1958 8
January 19 "Donna" Ritchie Valens 2 February 23 10
"16 Candles" The Crests 2 February 9 8
"Stagger Lee" Lloyd Price 1 February 9 10
January 26 "Lonely Teardrops" Jackie Wilson 7 February 9 5
"Goodbye Baby" Jack Scott 8 February 16 4
February 2 "The All American Boy" Bill Parsons 2 February 2 5
February 9 "Manhattan Spiritual" Reg Owen Orchestra 10 February 9 2
February 23 "Charlie Brown" The Coasters 2 March 9 8
"I Cried a Tear" LaVern Baker 6 February 23 3
"Tall Paul" Annette 7 February 23 1
"Petite Fleur" Chris Barber 5 March 2 3
"Peter Gunn" Ray Anthony 8 March 2 3
March 2 "Venus" Frankie Avalon 1 March 9 10
"Alvin's Harmonica" The Chipmunks with David Seville 3 March 16 6
March 9 "I've Had It" The Bell Notes 6 March 9 4
"It's Just a Matter of Time" Brook Benton 3 April 6 7
March 16 "Tragedy" Thomas Wayne 5 March 23 6
"Never Be Anyone Else But You" Ricky Nelson 6 April 6 6
March 23 "Come Softly to Me" The Fleetwoods 1 April 13 8
March 30 "Pink Shoe Laces" Dodie Stevens 3 April 13 8
"It's Late" Ricky Nelson 9 April 6 3
April 6 "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" The Virtues 5 April 27 6
April 13 "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" Elvis Presley 2 April 27 5
"I Need Your Love Tonight" Elvis Presley 4 April 20 5
April 27 "The Happy Organ" Dave "Baby" Cortez 1 May 11 7
"Tell Him No" Travis and Bob 8 April 27 2
"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" The Impalas 2 May 11 7
"Turn Me Loose" Fabian 9 May 11 4
May 11 "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" Edward Byrnes with Connie Stevens 4 May 11 6
"Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison 1 May 18 8
May 18 "A Teenager in Love" Dion and the Belmonts 5 May 18 7
"Dream Lover" Bobby Darin 2 June 8 10
"The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton 1 June 1 13
"Quiet Village" Martin Denny 4 June 1 7
May 25 "Personality" Lloyd Price 2 June 15 10
"Only You (And You Alone)" Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles 9 June 1 4
June 15 "Tallahassee Lassie" Freddy Cannon 6 June 29 6
"Lonely Boy" Paul Anka 1 July 13 10
June 22 "Along Came Jones" The Coasters 9 June 22 2
"Lipstick on Your Collar" Connie Francis 5 June 29 6
July 6 "Waterloo" Stonewall Jackson 4 July 13 6
"Bobby Sox to Stockings" Frankie Avalon 8 July 6 1
"Frankie" Connie Francis 9 July 6 1
"Tiger" Fabian 3 July 20 6
July 13 "My Heart Is an Open Book" Carl Dobkins Jr. 3 August 3 7
"A Boy Without a Girl" Frankie Avalon 10 July 13 1
July 20 "A Big Hunk o' Love" Elvis Presley 1 August 10 7
July 27 "There Goes My Baby" The Drifters 2 August 17 6
"Forty Miles of Bad Road" Duane Eddy 9 July 27 3
August 3 "Lavender Blue" Sammy Turner 3 August 24 6
"Sweeter Than You" Ricky Nelson 9 August 3 1
August 10 "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" Dinah Washington 8 August 10 3
"What'd I Say" Ray Charles 6 August 17 5
August 17 "The Three Bells" The Browns 1 August 24 10
"Just a Little Too Much" Ricky Nelson 9 August 17 1
August 24 "Sea of Love" Phil Phillips 2 August 24 6
"Sleep Walk" Santo & Johnny 1 September 21 9
"I Want to Walk You Home" Fats Domino 8 September 14 5
August 31 "I'm Gonna Get Married" Lloyd Price 3 September 14 6
"Red River Rock" Johnny and the Hurricanes 5 September 7 6
September 7 "(Till) I Kissed You" The Everly Brothers 4 September 21 7
"Broken Hearted Melody" Sarah Vaughan 7 September 7 4
September 14 "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin 1 October 5 16
"Baby Talk" Jan and Dean 10 September 14 1
September 21 "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" Paul Anka 2 October 5 11
September 28 "Teen Beat" Sandy Nelson 4 October 19 8
October 5 "Mr. Blue" The Fleetwoods 1 November 16 11
"Poison Ivy" The Coasters 7 October 12 5
October 12 "Just Ask Your Heart" Frankie Avalon 7 October 26 4
"Lonely Street" Andy Williams 5 November 9 6
October 26 "Don't You Know?" Della Reese 2 November 30 8
"Primrose Lane" Jerry Wallace 8 October 26 5
"Deck of Cards" Wink Martindale 7 November 2 5
November 9 "Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat" Paul Evans 9 November 9 2
"Heartaches by the Number" Guy Mitchell 1 December 14 10
November 16 "So Many Ways" Brook Benton 6 November 23 5
November 23 "In the Mood" Ernie Fields 4 December 14 4
"We Got Love" Bobby Rydell 6 December 7 5
November 30 "Be My Guest" Fats Domino 8 December 7 2
December 7 "Oh! Carol" Neil Sedaka 9 December 7 1
"Danny Boy" Conway Twitty 10 December 7 1
December 14 "Why" Frankie Avalon 1 December 28 9
"It's Time to Cry" Paul Anka 4 December 28 5
"The Big Hurt" Miss Toni Fisher 3 December 28 8
December 21 "El Paso" Marty Robbins 1 January 4, 1960 9
"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" Freddy Cannon 3 January 11, 1960 7
"Among My Souvenirs" Connie Francis 7 December 28 5
"Hound Dog Man" Fabian 9 December 28 2
December 28 "Pretty Blue Eyes" Steve Lawrence 9 January 4, 1960 6
  1. This title initially charted in the top ten prior to the start of the year. See List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1958.

See also

References

General sources
  • Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
  • Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Pop Charts, 1955–1959 (ISBN 0-89820-092-X)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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