List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1959 explained

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart published by Billboard magazine which ranks the best-performing singles in the United States. In 1959, it was compiled based on a combination of sales and airplay data sourced from surveys of retail outlets and playlists submitted by radio stations respectively, and 16 different singles spent time at number one.

In the issue of Billboard dated January 5, the Chipmunks with David Seville were at number one with "The Chipmunk Song", the single's third week in the top spot. The single remained at number one for a further week before being displaced by "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by the Platters in the issue dated January 19. Not until 2019 would another Christmas song top the Hot 100,[1] albeit for much of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s holiday-themed songs were excluded from the chart.

Every act to top the Hot 100 in 1959 did so for the first time since the chart was launched in August 1958. The Platters, Paul Anka, Elvis Presley, and Guy Mitchell had all achieved number ones on the separate sales, airplay, and jukebox play charts which Billboard had published prior to the creation of the consolidated Hot 100, as had Seville without the Chipmunks. The Fleetwoods and Frankie Avalon were the only acts to have two number ones in 1959, but neither act would top the Hot 100 again. Bobby Darin spent nine non-consecutive weeks at number one with "Mack the Knife", making it the year's longest-running number one and Darin the act with the most weeks in the top spot. At the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in November 1959, the song won the award for Record of the Year,[2] but it would prove to be Darin's only number one on the Hot 100. In the first of its two spells atop the chart, "Mack the Knife" spent six weeks at number one, tying with "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton for the year's longest unbroken run in the peak position.

Chart history

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Indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1959 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
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Issue dateTitleArtist(s)
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=28January 5"" with David Seville[3]
January 12[4]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=39January 19"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"[5]
January 26[6]
February 2[7]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=410February 9"Stagger Lee"[8]
February 16[9]
February 23[10]
March 2[11]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=511March 9"Venus"[12]
March 16[13]
March 23[14]
March 30[15]
April 6[16]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=412April 13"Come Softly to Me"[17]
April 20[18]
April 27[19]
May 4[20]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center13May 11""[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=214May 18"Kansas City"[22]
May 25[23]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=615June 1bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="6""" [24]
June 8[25]
June 15[26]
June 22[27]
June 29[28]
July 6[29]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=416July 13"Lonely Boy"[30]
July 20[31]
July 27[32]
August 3[33]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=217August 10""[34]
August 17[35]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=418August 24""[36]
August 31[37]
September 7[38]
September 14[39]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=219September 21"Sleep Walk"Santo & Johnny[40]
September 28[41]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=620October 5"Mack the Knife"[42]
October 12[43]
October 19[44]
October 26[45]
November 2[46]
November 9[47]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center21November 16"Mr. Blue"[48]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3reNovember 23"Mack the Knife"[49]
November 30[50]
December 7[51]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=222December 14"Heartaches by the Number"[52]
December 21[53]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center23December 28"Why"[54]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1
1Bobby Darin9
2Johnny Horton6
Frankie Avalon
4The Fleetwoods5
5Lloyd Price4
Paul Anka
The Browns
8The Platters3
9The Chipmunks with David Seville2
Wilbert Harrison
Elvis Presley
Santo & Johnny
Guy Mitchell
14Dave 'Baby' Cortez1

See also

References

Works cited

. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955 - 2002. Joel Whitburn. Record Research Incorporated. 2005. 978-0-89820-155-0.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ just now — yes, just now — hit No. 1. December 16, 2019. Elahe. Izadi. January 12, 2024. The Washington Post.
  2. Web site: The Strange Career of “Mack the Knife”. Smithsonian Magazine. Erin. Blakemore. March 24, 2016. January 14, 2024.
  3. Web site: Hot 100: January 5, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429183934/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-01-03/. live.
  4. Web site: Hot 100: January 12, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429183213/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-01-10/. live.
  5. Web site: Hot 100: January 19, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429234536/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-01-17/. live.
  6. Web site: Hot 100: January 26, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429060113/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-01-24/. live.
  7. Web site: Hot 100: February 2, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230430140555/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-01-31/. live.
  8. Web site: Hot 100: February 9, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429183210/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-02-07/. live.
  9. Web site: Hot 100: February 16, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. December 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231230234701/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-02-14/. live.
  10. Web site: Hot 100: February 23, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429183208/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-02-21/. live.
  11. Web site: Hot 100: March 2, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429060117/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-02-28/. live.
  12. Web site: Hot 100: March 9, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. August 28, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230828110214/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-03-07/. live.
  13. Web site: Hot 100: March 16, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501191032/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-03-14/. live.
  14. Web site: Hot 100: March 23, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429235558/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-03-21/. live.
  15. Web site: Hot 100: March 30, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501134327/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-03-28/. live.
  16. Web site: Hot 100: April 6, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429235600/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-04-04/. live.
  17. Web site: Hot 100: April 13, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429182426/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-04-11/. live.
  18. Web site: Hot 100: April 20, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501131553/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-04-18/. live.
  19. Web site: Hot 100: April 27, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. June 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230601013457/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-04-25/. live.
  20. Web site: Hot 100: May 4, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501193755/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-05-02/. live.
  21. Web site: Hot 100: May 11, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429183208/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-05-09/. live.
  22. Web site: Hot 100: May 18, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501191032/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-05-16/. live.
  23. Web site: Hot 100: May 25, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230430140556/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-05-23/. live.
  24. Web site: Hot 100: June 1, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. December 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231230234702/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-05-30/. live.
  25. Web site: Hot 100: June 8, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429183208/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-06-06/. live.
  26. Web site: Hot 100: June 15, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429183942/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-06-13/. live.
  27. Web site: Hot 100: June 22, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501134902/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-06-20/. live.
  28. Web site: Hot 100: June 29, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429055428/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-06-27/. live.
  29. Web site: Hot 100: July 6, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429183937/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-07-04/. live.
  30. Web site: Hot 100: July 13, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429184232/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-07-11/. live.
  31. Web site: Hot 100: July 20, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501191040/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-07-18/. live.
  32. Web site: Hot 100: July 27, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429054711/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-07-25/. live.
  33. Web site: Hot 100: August 3, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429060123/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-08-01/. live.
  34. Web site: Hot 100: August 10, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429060411/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-08-08/. live.
  35. Web site: Hot 100: August 17, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. July 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728213220/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-08-15. live.
  36. Web site: Hot 100: August 24, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429060408/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-08-22/. live.
  37. Web site: Hot 100: August 31, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501131602/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-08-29/. live.
  38. Web site: Hot 100: September 7, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429234050/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-09-05/. live.
  39. Web site: Hot 100: September 14, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429054716/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-09-12/. live.
  40. Web site: Hot 100: September 21, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501191040/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-09-19/. live.
  41. Web site: Hot 100: September 28, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230415170626/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-09-26/. live.
  42. Web site: Hot 100: October 5, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230415170626/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-10-03/. live.
  43. Web site: Hot 100: October 12, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230521012535/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-10-10/. live.
  44. Web site: Hot 100: October 19, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429060408/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-10-17/. live.
  45. Web site: Hot 100: October 26, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429060408/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-10-24/. live.
  46. Web site: Hot 100: November 2, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429183942/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-10-31/. live.
  47. Web site: Hot 100: November 9, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429060410/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-11-07/. live.
  48. Web site: Hot 100: November 16, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501134343/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-11-14/. live.
  49. Web site: Hot 100: November 23, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429235604/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-11-21/. live.
  50. Web site: Hot 100: November 30, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 22, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230422145021/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-11-28/. live.
  51. Web site: Hot 100: December 7, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501131604/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-12-05/. live.
  52. Web site: Hot 100: December 14, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429060408/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-12-12/. live.
  53. Web site: Hot 100: December 21, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. April 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230430140611/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-12-19/. live.
  54. Web site: Hot 100: December 28, 1959. Billboard. January 11, 2024. May 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230501194315/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1959-12-26/. live.

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