The Top 100 Songs of 1959
1. |
Mack The Knife | Bobby Darin | ||
2. |
The Battle Of New Orleans | Johnny Horton | ||
3. |
Venus | Frankie Avalon | ||
4. |
Stagger Lee | Lloyd Price | ||
5. |
The Three Bells | Browns | ||
6. |
Come Softly To Me | Fleetwoods | ||
7. |
Lonely Boy | Paul Anka | ||
8. |
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Platters | ||
9. |
Heartaches By the Number | Guy Mitchell | ||
10. |
Sleep Walk | Santo & Johnny | ||
11. |
Kansas City | Wilbert Harrison | ||
12. |
A Big Hunk Of Love | Elvis Presley | ||
13. |
Mr. Blue | Fleetwoods | ||
14. |
The Happy Organ | Dave Baby Cortez | ||
15 |
Personality | Lloyd Price | ||
16. |
Put Your Head On My Shoulder | Paul Anka | ||
17. |
Charlie Brown | Coasters | ||
18. |
Donna | Ritchie Valens | ||
19. |
Sixteen Candles | Crests | ||
20. |
Sea Of Love | Phil Phillips | ||
21. |
Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) | Impalas | ||
22. |
My Happiness | Connie Francis | ||
23. |
There Goes My Baby | Drifters | ||
24. |
Don't You Know | Della Reese | ||
25. |
Dream Lover | Bobby Darin | ||
26. |
All American Boy | Bill Parsons (Bobby Bare) | ||
27. |
(Now & Then There's) A Fool Such As I | Elvis Presley | ||
28. |
My Heart Is An Open Book | Carl Dobkins Jr. | ||
29. |
Pink Shoe Laces | Dodie Stevens | ||
30. |
Lavender Blue | Sammy Turner | ||
31. |
It's Just A Matter Of Time | Brook Benton | ||
32. |
I'm Gonna Get Married | Lloyd Price | ||
33. |
Tiger | Fabian | ||
34. |
Alvin's Harmonica | David Seville & Chipmunks | ||
35. |
Gotta Travel On | Billy Grammer | ||
36. |
In The Mood | Ernie Fields | ||
37. |
Til I Kissed You | Everly Brothers | ||
38. |
Teen Beat | Sandy Nelson | ||
39. |
Quiet Village | Martin Denny | ||
40. |
Waterloo | Stonewall jackson | ||
41. |
Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb | Ed Byrnes & Connie Stevens | ||
42. |
I Need Your Love Tonight | Elvis Presley | ||
43. |
Tragedy | Thomas Wayne | ||
44. |
Red River Rock | Johnny & Hurricanes | ||
45. |
Lipstick On Your Collar | Connie Francis | ||
46. |
Lonely Street | Andy Williams | ||
47. |
Guitar Boogie Shuffle | Virtues | ||
48. |
A Teenager In Love | Dion & Belmonts | ||
49. |
Petite Fleur | Chris Barber | ||
50. |
A Lover's Question | Clyde McPhatter | ||
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51. |
I Cried A Tear | LaVern Baker | ||
52. |
We Got Love | Bobby Rydell | ||
53. |
So Many Ways | Brook Benton | ||
54. |
Never be Anyone Else But You | Ricky Nelson | ||
55. |
I've Had It | Bell Notes | ||
56. |
Tallahassee Lassie | Freddy Cannon | ||
57. |
Whole Lotta Loving | Fats Domino | ||
58. |
What'd I Say | Ray Charles | ||
59. |
Lonely Teardrops | Jackie Wilson | ||
60. |
Broken Hearted Melody | Sarah Vaughn | ||
61. |
Deck Of Cards | Wink Martindale | ||
62. |
Just Ask Your Heart | Frankie Avalon | ||
63. |
Poison Ivy | Coasters | ||
64. |
Tall Paul | Annette | ||
65. |
Primose Lane | Jerry Wallace | ||
66. |
What A Difference A Day Makes | Dinah Washington | ||
67. |
Peter Gunn | Ray Anthony | ||
68. |
Goodbye Baby | Jack Scott | ||
69. |
Be My Guest | Fats Domino | ||
70. |
Tell Him No | Travis & Bob | ||
71. |
I Want To Walk You Home | Fats Domino | ||
72. |
Bobby Sox To Stockings | Frankie Avalon | ||
73. |
Oh! Carol | Neil Sedaka | ||
74. |
7 Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat | Paul Evans | ||
75. |
Only You | Franck Pourcel | ||
76. |
Forty Miles Of Bad Road | Duane Eddy | ||
77. |
Hound Dog Man | Fabian | ||
78. |
Frankie | Connie Francis | ||
79. |
Just A Little Too Much | Ricky Nelson | ||
80. |
Turn Me Loose | Fabian | ||
81. |
It's Late | Ricky Nelson | ||
82. |
Along Came Jones | Coasters | ||
83. |
Sweeter Than You | Ricky Nelson | ||
84. |
Danny Boy | Conway Twitty | ||
85. |
Manhattan Spiritual | Reg Owens | ||
86. |
A Boy Without A Girl | Frankie Avalon | ||
87. |
Baby Talk | Jan & Dean | ||
88. |
The Hawaiian Wedding Song | Andy Williams | ||
89. |
Kissin' Time | Bobby Rydell | ||
90. |
It Was I | Skip & Flip | ||
91. |
So Fine | Fiestas | ||
92. |
May You Always | McGuire Sisters | ||
93. |
Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye | Kathy Linden | ||
94. |
I Only Have Eyes For You | Flamingos | ||
95. |
Please Mr. Sun | Tommy Edwards | ||
96. |
Three Stars | Tommy Dee | ||
97. |
Since I Don't Have You | Skyliners | ||
98. |
Misty | Johnny Mathis | ||
99. |
Enchanted | Platters | ||
100. |
This Friendly World | Fabian | ||
Some statistics from 1959
US GDP (1998 dollars): $507.2 billion
Federal spending: $92.10 billion
Federal debt: $287.5 billion
Consumer Price Index: 29.1
Unemployment: 6.8%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04Cuban President Batista resigns and flees (Jan. 1). Fidel Castro assumes power (Feb. 16).
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev tours the United States, meeting with Eisenhower at Camp David.
Alaska (Jan. 3) and Hawaii (Aug. 21) become the 49th and 50th states.
St. Lawrence Seaway opens, allowing ocean ships to reach Midwest (April 25).
World Series
LA Dodgers defeated Chicago White Sox (4-2)
NBA Championship
Boston defeated Minneapolis Lakers (4-0)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Tomy Lee
NCAA Basketball Championship
California defeated West Virginia (71-70)
NCAA Football Champions
Syracuse (11-0-0)The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences sponsors the first Grammy Award ceremony for music recorded in 1958.
Rumors of cheating on quiz shows erupt into a national scandal.
Best Picture: Gigi
Best Actor: David Niven, Separate Tables
Best Supporting Actor: Burl Ives, The Big Country
Best Actress:Susan Hayward, I Want to Live!
Best Supporting Actress: Wendy Hiller, Separate Tables
Best Director: Vincente Minnelli, Gigi
