List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1959

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

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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
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1958
December 15"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" The Platters 1January 1910
December 22"A Lover's Question" Clyde McPhatter 6January 197
December 29"Whole Lotta Lovin'" Fats Domino 6January 125
Singles from 1959
January 5"My Happiness" Connie Francis 2January 197
"Gotta Travel On" Billy Grammer 4January 127
January 19"Donna" Ritchie Valens 2February 2310
"16 Candles" The Crests 2February 98
"Stagger Lee" Lloyd Price 1February 910
January 26"Lonely Teardrops" Jackie Wilson 7February 95
"Goodbye Baby" Jack Scott 8February 164
February 2"The All American Boy" Bill Parsons 2February 25
February 9"Manhattan Spiritual" Reg Owen Orchestra 10February 92
February 23"Charlie Brown" The Coasters 2March 98
"I Cried a Tear" LaVern Baker 6February 233
"Tall Paul" Annette 7February 231
"Petite Fleur" Chris Barber 5March 23
"Peter Gunn" Ray Anthony 8March 23
March 2"Venus" Frankie Avalon 1March 910
"Alvin's Harmonica" The Chipmunks with David Seville 3March 166
March 9"I've Had It" The Bell Notes 6March 94
"It's Just a Matter of Time" Brook Benton 3April 67
March 16"Tragedy" Thomas Wayne 5March 236
"Never Be Anyone Else But You" Ricky Nelson 6April 66
March 23"Come Softly to Me" The Fleetwoods 1April 138
March 30"Pink Shoe Laces" Dodie Stevens 3April 138
"It's Late"Ricky Nelson9April 63
April 6"Guitar Boogie Shuffle" The Virtues 5April 276
April 13"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" Elvis Presley 2April 275
"I Need Your Love Tonight"Elvis Presley4April 205
April 27"The Happy Organ" Dave "Baby" Cortez 1May 117
"Tell Him No" Travis and Bob 8April 272
"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" The Impalas 2May 117
"Turn Me Loose" Fabian 9May 114
May 11"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" Edward Byrnes with Connie Stevens 4May 116
"Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison 1May 188
May 18"A Teenager in Love" Dion and the Belmonts 5May 187
"Dream Lover" Bobby Darin 2June 810
"The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton 1June 113
"Quiet Village" Martin Denny 4June 17
May 25"Personality"Lloyd Price2June 1510
"Only You (And You Alone)" Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles 9June 14
June 15"Tallahassee Lassie" Freddy Cannon 6June 296
"Lonely Boy" Paul Anka 1July 1310
June 22"Along Came Jones"The Coasters9June 222
"Lipstick on Your Collar"Connie Francis5June 296
July 6"Waterloo" Stonewall Jackson 4July 136
"Bobby Sox to Stockings" Frankie Avalon 8July 61
"Frankie"Connie Francis9July 61
"Tiger" Fabian 3July 206
July 13"My Heart Is an Open Book" Carl Dobkins Jr. 3August 37
"A Boy Without a Girl" Frankie Avalon 10July 131
July 20"A Big Hunk o' Love"Elvis Presley1August 107
July 27"There Goes My Baby" The Drifters 2August 176
"Forty Miles of Bad Road" Duane Eddy 9July 273
August 3"Lavender Blue" Sammy Turner 3August 246
"Sweeter Than You" Ricky Nelson 9August 31
August 10"What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" Dinah Washington 8August 103
"What'd I Say" Ray Charles 6August 175
August 17"The Three Bells" The Browns 1August 2410
"Just a Little Too Much" Ricky Nelson 9August 171
August 24"Sea of Love" Phil Phillips 2August 246
"Sleep Walk" Santo & Johnny 1September 219
"I Want to Walk You Home"Fats Domino8September 145
August 31"I'm Gonna Get Married"Lloyd Price3September 146
"Red River Rock" Johnny and the Hurricanes 5September 76
September 7"(Till) I Kissed You" The Everly Brothers 4September 217
"Broken Hearted Melody" Sarah Vaughan 7September 74
September 14"Mack the Knife"Bobby Darin1October 516
"Baby Talk" Jan and Dean 10September 141
September 21"Put Your Head on My Shoulder"Paul Anka2October 511
September 28"Teen Beat" Sandy Nelson 4October 198
October 5"Mr. Blue"The Fleetwoods1November 1611
"Poison Ivy"The Coasters7October 125
October 12"Just Ask Your Heart" Frankie Avalon 7October 264
"Lonely Street" Andy Williams 5November 96
October 26"Don't You Know?" Della Reese 2November 308
"Primrose Lane" Jerry Wallace 8October 265
"Deck of Cards" Wink Martindale 7November 25
November 9"Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat" Paul Evans 9November 92
"Heartaches by the Number" Guy Mitchell 1December 1410
November 16"So Many Ways"Brook Benton6November 235
November 23"In the Mood" Ernie Fields 4December 144
"We Got Love" Bobby Rydell 6December 75
November 30"Be My Guest"Fats Domino8December 72
December 7"Oh! Carol" Neil Sedaka 9December 71
"Danny Boy" Conway Twitty 10December 71
December 14"Why"Frankie Avalon1December 289
"It's Time to Cry"Paul Anka4December 285
"The Big Hurt" Miss Toni Fisher 3December 288
December 21"Among My Souvenirs"Connie Francis7December 285
"Hound Dog Man"Fabian9December 282

1958 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1959 which peaked in 1958
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
October 20"Tom Dooley" The Kingston Trio 1November 1712
November 10"To Know Him Is to Love Him" The Teddy Bears 1December 111
November 17"Lonesome Town"Ricky Nelson7December 18
November 24"One Night"Elvis Presley4December 158
December 1"Problems"The Everly Brothers2December 157
December 15"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"The Chipmunks with David Seville1December 226

1960 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1959 which peaked in 1960
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 21"El Paso" Marty Robbins 1January 49
"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" Freddy Cannon 3January 117
December 28"Pretty Blue Eyes" Steve Lawrence 9January 46

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This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

This is a list of songs that have reached number 10 or higher on the Billboard Hot 100. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

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