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.

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

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten
Singles from 1958
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	9	December 28	2

1958 peaks

List of *Billboard* Hot 100 top ten singles in 1959 which peaked in 1958
Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	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

List of *Billboard* Hot 100 top ten singles in 1959 which peaked in 1960
Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	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

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.