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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1959.
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1959.
# | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
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1 | Bobby Darin | Mack the Knife | 1959 | US | UK 1 – Sep 1959, US BB 1 – Sep 1959, US BB 1 of 1959, US CashBox 1 of 1959, Canada 1 – Aug 1959, Grammy in 1959, POP 1 of 1959, DDD 3 of 1959, Norway 9 – Nov 1959, South Africa 13 of 1959, RYM 15 of 1959, RIAA 15, Italy 38 of 1960, Europe 88 of the 1950s, Party 226 of 1999, Rolling Stone 251, Acclaimed 407, WXPN 518 |
2 | Johnny Horton | The Battle of New Orleans | 1959 | US | US BB 1 – May 1959, Canada 1 – May 1959, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Dec 1958, US CashBox 2 of 1959, Australia 9 of 1959, UK 16 – Jun 1959, South Africa 17 of 1959, RYM 19 of 1959, US BB 38 of 1959, POP 38 of 1959, DDD 47 of 1959, RIAA 333, Acclaimed 821 |
3 | Lloyd Price | Personality | 1959 | US | Australia 1 for 4 weeks Nov 1958, US BB 2 – May 1959, Canada 2 – May 1959, Australia 5 of 1959, US CashBox 6 of 1959, Norway 6 – Jul 1959, South Africa 12 of 1959, UK 25 – Aug 1959, US BB 33 of 1959, POP 33 of 1959, Europe 36 of the 1950s, DDD 56 of 1959, RYM 85 of 1959, Acclaimed 2027 |
4 | Lloyd Price | Stagger Lee | 1959 | US | US BB 1 – Jan 1959, Canada 3 – Dec 1958, South Africa 5 of 1959, UK 7 – Feb 1959, Norway 8 – Apr 1959, US CashBox 11 of 1959, DDD 23 of 1958, US BB 28 of 1959, POP 28 of 1959, RYM 31 of 1958, Europe 86 of the 1950s, Rolling Stone 456, Acclaimed 1013 |
5 | Frankie Avalon | Venus | 1959 | US | US BB 1 – Feb 1959, Canada 1 – Feb 1959, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Oct 1958, US CashBox 3 of 1959, RYM 4 of 1959, Italy 6 of 1959, South Africa 6 of 1959, Australia 15 of 1959, UK 16 – Apr 1959 |
Composer | Composition | Date | Location | Performers |
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Berio, Luciano | String Quartet No. 1 | 1959-05-12 | Vienna | Quartett Die Reihe [3] |
Lilburn, Douglas | Symphony No. 2 | 1959-06-?? | Wellington, New Zealand, Town Hall | New Zealand Symphony – Hopkins [4] |
Prokofiev, Sergei | Sonata for Solo Violin (1947) | 1959-07-10 | Moscow, Russia | Ricci [5] |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Refrain | 1959-10-02 | Berlin (Festwochen) | Tudor, Cardew, Rockstroh [6] |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz | Zyklus | 1959-08-25 | Darmstadt, Germany (Ferienkurse) | Caskel [7] |
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