POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 12, 1959
1

The Chipmunk Song

The Chipmunks With David Seville

—

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 1

2

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

The Platters

—

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 2

3

My Happiness

Connie Francis

↑ 3

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 6

4

Gotta Travel On

Billy Grammer

↑ 5

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 9

5

To Know Him, Is To Love Him

The Teddy Bears

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 3

6

Whole Lotta Loving

Fats Domino

↑ 4

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 10

7

A Lover's Question

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 24 wks • Prev: 8

8

One Night

Elvis Presley

↓ 3

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 5

9

Problems

The Everly Brothers

↓ 5

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 4

10

Lonesome Town

Ricky Nelson

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 11

11

Tom Dooley

The Kingston Trio

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 7

12

16 Candles

The Crests

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 18

13

The Little Drummer Boy

The Harry Simeone Chorale

↑ 3

Peak: 13 • 28 wks • Prev: 16

14

Bimbombey

Jimmie Rodgers

↓ 1

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

15

Donna

Ritchie Valens

—

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 15

16

Beep Beep

The Playmates

↓ 4

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

17

Lonely Teardrops

Jackie Wilson

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 21 wks • Prev: 20

18

I Got Stung

Elvis Presley

↓ 4

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 14

19

Goodbye Baby

Jack Scott

↑ 4

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 23

20

Manhattan Spiritual

Reg Owen & His Orchestra

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

21

Stagger Lee

Lloyd Price

↑ 15

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 36

22

It's Only Make Believe

Conway Twitty

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 19

23

The Diary

Neil Sedaka

↓ 2

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

24

Lucky Ladybug

Billy & Lillie

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

25

(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings

Paul Anka

↑ 12

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 37

26

The All American Boy

Bill Parsons

↑ 7

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

27

Love You Most Of All

Sam Cooke

↑ 4

Peak: 26 • 16 wks • Prev: 31

28

I Cried A Tear

LaVern Baker

↑ 10

Peak: 6 • 21 wks • Prev: 38

29

Queen Of The Hop

Bobby Darin

↓ 12

Peak: 9 • 19 wks • Prev: 17

30

Love Is All We Need

Tommy Edwards

↓ 6

Peak: 15 • 16 wks • Prev: 24

31

Philadelphia U.S.A.

The Nu Tornados

↓ 3

Peak: 26 • 12 wks • Prev: 28

32

I'll Wait For You

Frankie Avalon

↓ 7

Peak: 15 • 17 wks • Prev: 25

33

Nobody But You

Dee Clark

↑ 21

Peak: 21 • 17 wks • Prev: 54

34

The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)

Andy Williams

↑ 14

Peak: 11 • 20 wks • Prev: 48

35

Cannonball

Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels

↓ 9

Peak: 15 • 12 wks • Prev: 26

36

Peek-A-Boo

The Cadillacs

↑ 5

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 41

37

Poor Boy

The Royaltones

↓ 5

Peak: 17 • 17 wks • Prev: 32

38

I Got A Feeling

Ricky Nelson

↓ 4

Peak: 10 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

39

The Teen Commandments

Paul Anka-Geo. Hamilton IV-Johnny Nash

↓ 10

Peak: 29 • 8 wks • Prev: 29

40

Rocka-Conga

The Applejacks

↑ 10

Peak: 38 • 10 wks • Prev: 50

41

Red River Rose

The Ames Brothers

↑ 19

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 60

42

C'mon Everybody

Eddie Cochran

↓ 7

Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 35

43

The Wedding

June Valli

↑ 3

Peak: 43 • 13 wks • Prev: 46

44

Peter Gunn

Ray Anthony and His Orchestra

↑ 34

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 78

45

That Old Black Magic

Louis Prima And Keely Smith

↓ 15

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

46

May You Always

The McGuire Sisters

↑ 38

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 84

47

It's Just About Time

Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two

↑ 4

Peak: 47 • 7 wks • Prev: 51

48

Try Me

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 9

Peak: 48 • 13 wks • Prev: 57

49

Blue Hawaii

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↑ 10

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 59

50

Teasin'

Quaker City Boys

↑ 8

Peak: 39 • 9 wks • Prev: 58

51

Don't Pity Me

Dion & The Belmonts

↓ 11

Peak: 40 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

52

Let's Love

Johnny Mathis

↑ 30

Peak: 44 • 9 wks • Prev: 82

53

Pledging My Love

Roy Hamilton

↑ 3

Peak: 45 • 12 wks • Prev: 56

54

La Bamba

Ritchie Valens

↑ 26

Peak: 22 • 15 wks • Prev: 80

55

Wiggle, Wiggle

The Accents

↑ 6

Peak: 51 • 12 wks • Prev: 61

56

Turvy II

Cozy Cole

↓ 12

Peak: 36 • 8 wks • Prev: 44

57

Big Bopper's Wedding

Big Bopper

↓ 5

Peak: 38 • 7 wks • Prev: 52

58

It's All In The Game

Tommy Edwards

↓ 15

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 43

59

Topsy II

Cozy Cole

↓ 17

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 42

60

Come Prima

Tony Dallara

↑ 10

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 70

61

The Little Space Girl

Jesse Lee Turner

↑ 25

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 86

62

You Are Beautiful

Johnny Mathis

↑ 11

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 73

63

Don't You Know Yockomo

Huey "piano" Smith With His Clowns

↑ 8

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

64

The Bluebird, The Buzzard & The Oriole

Bobby Day

↑ 5

Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 69

65

The World Outside

The Four Coins

↓ 26

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

66

The Girl On Page 44

The Four Lads

↑ 17

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 83

67

Chantilly Lace

Big Bopper

↓ 12

Peak: 6 • 25 wks • Prev: 55

68

The End

Earl Grant

↓ 19

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 49

69

The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Taddy Whack)

Cyril Stapleton And His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 13 • 14 wks

70

Jingle Bell Rock

Bobby Helms

↓ 25

Peak: 3 • 61 wks • Prev: 45

71

(I Wanna) Dance With The Teacher

The Olympics

↑ 6

Peak: 71 • 5 wks • Prev: 77

72

Tall Paul

Annette With The Afterbeats

↑ 26

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 98

73

The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)

Mitch Miller and his "Sing Along With Mitch" Chorus

★ NEW

Peak: 16 • 14 wks

74

Yellow Bird

The Mills Brothers

↑ 7

Peak: 70 • 5 wks • Prev: 81

75

The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)

Teresa Brewer

↑ 13

Peak: 75 • 5 wks • Prev: 88

76

Teach Me Tonight Cha Cha

The DeCastro Sisters

↑ 13

Peak: 76 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

77

Walking Along

The Diamonds

↓ 14

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 63

78

I Talk To The Trees

Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra

↑ 1

Peak: 77 • 4 wks • Prev: 79

79

I'm A Man

Fabian

★ NEW

Peak: 31 • 10 wks

80

Come Prima (Koma Preema)

Polly Bergen

↓ 4

Peak: 67 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

81

Funny

Jesse Belvin

↑ 12

Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 93

82

Pretty Girls Everywhere

Eugene Church and The Fellows

↑ 3

Peak: 36 • 15 wks • Prev: 85

83

Trust In Me

Patti Page

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 9 wks

84

The Fool And The Angel

Bobby Helms

↓ 9

Peak: 75 • 6 wks • Prev: 75

85

Dreamy Eyes

Johnny Tillotson

↓ 18

Peak: 35 • 23 wks • Prev: 67

86

Tea For Two Cha Cha

The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

↓ 18

Peak: 7 • 20 wks • Prev: 68

87

Heartbeat

Buddy Holly

↑ 9

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 96

88

That's Why I Cry

Buddy Knox

↑ 7

Peak: 88 • 2 wks • Prev: 95

89

Gazachstahagen

The Wild-Cats

↑ 11

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 100

90

Petite Fleur (Little Flower)

Chris Barber's Jazz Band

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 15 wks

91

The Worryin' Kind

Tommy Sands And The Raiders

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 9 wks

92

Good Rockin' Tonight

Pat Boone

★ NEW

Peak: 49 • 8 wks

93

Hideaway

The Four Esquires

↓ 31

Peak: 21 • 17 wks • Prev: 62

94

Need You

Donnie Owens

↓ 30

Peak: 25 • 15 wks • Prev: 64

95

O' Falling Star

The Four Knights

★ NEW

Peak: 83 • 3 wks

96

Nola

Billy Williams

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 12 wks

97

With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair

Pat Boone

★ NEW

Peak: 21 • 14 wks

98

Raspberries, Strawberries

The Kingston Trio

★ NEW

Peak: 70 • 8 wks

99

You Can't Get To Heaven On Roller Skates

Betty Johnson

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 1 wks

100

It's Only The Beginning

The Kalin Twins

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 10 wks

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