List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1959 explained

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

Frankie Avalon and Ricky Nelson each had five top-ten hits in 1959, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles

Singles from 1958
Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks in top ten
December 15	"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"	The Platters	1	January 19	10
December 22	"A Lover's Question"	Clyde McPhatter	6	January 19	7
December 29	"Whole Lotta Lovin'"	Fats Domino	6	January 12	5
Singles from 1959
January 5	"My Happiness"	Connie Francis	2	January 19	7
January 5	"Gotta Travel On"	Billy Grammer	4	January 12	7
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
January 26	"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
March 2	"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
March 9	"It's Just a Matter of Time"	Brook Benton	3	April 6	7
March 16	"Tragedy"	Thomas Wayne	5	March 23	6
March 16	"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
March 30	"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
April 13	"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
May 11	"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
May 25	"Only You (And You Alone)"	Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles	9	June 1	4
June 15	"Tallahassee Lassie"	Freddy Cannon	6	June 29	6
June 15	"Lonely Boy"	Paul Anka	1	July 13	10
June 22	"Along Came Jones"	The Coasters	9	June 22	2
June 22	"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
July 13	"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
July 27	"Forty Miles of Bad Road"	Duane Eddy	9	July 27	3
August 3	"Lavender Blue"	Sammy Turner	3	August 24	6
August 3	"Sweeter Than You"	Ricky Nelson	9	August 3	1
August 10	"What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"	Dinah Washington	8	August 10	3
August 10	"What'd I Say"	Ray Charles	6	August 17	5
August 17	"The Three Bells"	The Browns	1	August 24	10
August 17	"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
August 31	"Red River Rock"	Johnny and the Hurricanes	5	September 7	6
September 7	"(Till) I Kissed You"	The Everly Brothers	4	September 21	7
September 7	"Broken Hearted Melody"	Sarah Vaughan	7	September 7	4
September 14	"Mack the Knife"	Bobby Darin	1	October 5	16
September 14	"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
October 5	"Poison Ivy"	The Coasters	7	October 12	5
October 12	"Just Ask Your Heart"	Frankie Avalon	7	October 26	4
October 12	"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
November 9	"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
November 23	"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
December 7	"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	"Among My Souvenirs"	Connie Francis	7	December 28	5
December 21	"Hound Dog Man"	Fabian (entertainer)	Fabian	9	December 28	2

1958 peaks

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1958.

Weeks in
top ten
October 20	"Tom Dooley"	The Kingston Trio	1	November 17	12
November 10	"To Know Him Is to Love Him"	The Teddy Bears	1	December 1	11
November 17	"Lonesome Town"	Ricky Nelson	7	December 1	8
November 24	"One Night"	Elvis Presley	4	December 15	8
December 1	"Problems"	The Everly Brothers	2	December 15	7
December 15	"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"	The Chipmunks with David Seville	1	December 22	6

1960 peaks

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1960.

Weeks in
top ten
December 21	"El Paso"	Marty Robbins	1	January 4	9
December 21	"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"	Freddy Cannon	3	January 11	7
December 28	"Pretty Blue Eyes"	Steve Lawrence	9	January 4	6

References

General sources

Book: Whitburn. Joel. Joel Whitburn. Pop Annual, 1955–2011. 2012. Record Research Inc.. 0-89820-194-2. 8th.
Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Pop Charts, 1955–1959
Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.