POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 4, 1959
1

Come Softly To Me

The Fleetwoods

—

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

2

The Happy Organ

Dave "Baby" Cortez

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 6

3

Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)

The Impalas

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

4

Pink Shoe Laces

Dodie Stevens

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Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 4

5

Guitar Boogie Shuffle

The Virtues

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Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 5

6

(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 4

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 2

7

I Need Your Love Tonight

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

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Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

8

Tell Him No

Travis & Bob

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Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

9

Venus

Frankie Avalon

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 3

10

Turn Me Loose

Fabian

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Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

11

Three Stars

Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and the Teen-Aires

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 14

12

Enchanted

The Platters

↑ 1

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 13

13

That's Why (I Love You So)

Jackie Wilson

↑ 4

Peak: 13 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

14

Since I Don't Have You

The Skyliners

↓ 2

Peak: 12 • 19 wks • Prev: 12

15

The Tijuana Jail

The Kingston Trio

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Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 15

16

Kansas City

Wilbert Harrison

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 24

17

Take A Message To Mary

The Everly Brothers

↑ 5

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 22

18

Never Be Anyone Else But You

Ricky Nelson

↓ 7

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

19

Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)

Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens

↑ 6

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

20

A Teenager In Love

Dion & The Belmonts

↑ 14

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

21

Tragedy

Thomas Wayne With the Delons

↓ 5

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 16

22

Poor Jenny

The Everly Brothers

↑ 5

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 27

23

Sea Cruise

Frankie Ford

↓ 5

Peak: 14 • 17 wks • Prev: 18

24

Only You

Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 30

25

This Should Go On Forever

Rod Bernard

↓ 4

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 21

26

For A Penny

Pat Boone

↓ 3

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 23

27

Quiet Village

The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny

↑ 9

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 36

28

Six Nights A Week

The Crests

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Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

29

Dream Lover

Bobby Darin

↑ 24

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 53

30

It's Just A Matter Of Time

Brook Benton

↓ 11

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 19

31

Come To Me

Marv Johnson

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Peak: 30 • 15 wks • Prev: 31

32

Almost Grown

Chuck Berry

↑ 7

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 39

33

So Fine

The Fiestas

↑ 5

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 38

34

Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye

Kathy Linden

↓ 2

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 32

35

It's Late

Ricky Nelson

↓ 15

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

36

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

↑ 57

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 93

37

Guess Who

Jesse Belvin

↓ 2

Peak: 31 • 13 wks • Prev: 35

38

Endlessly

Brook Benton

↑ 16

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 54

39

It Doesn't Matter Anymore

Buddy Holly

↓ 10

Peak: 13 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

40

Someone

Johnny Mathis

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

41

I Miss You So

Paul Anka

↓ 8

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 33

42

Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha

Sam Cooke

↓ 5

Peak: 31 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

43

Charlie Brown

The Coasters

↓ 17

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 26

44

Please Mr. Sun

Tommy Edwards

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 13 wks • Prev: 47

45

Tell Him No

Dean & Marc

↓ 3

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 42

46

"Yep!"

Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels

↓ 6

Peak: 30 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

47

The Morning Side Of The Mountain

Tommy Edwards

↓ 1

Peak: 27 • 12 wks • Prev: 46

48

Personality

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↑ 17

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 65

49

Lovey Dovey

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 2

Peak: 49 • 8 wks • Prev: 51

50

I've Had It

The Bell Notes

↓ 7

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 43

51

I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You)

Joni James

↑ 7

Peak: 51 • 7 wks • Prev: 58

52

As Time Goes By

Johnny Nash

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Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

53

The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)

Andy Williams

↓ 4

Peak: 11 • 20 wks • Prev: 49

54

No Other Arms, No Other Lips

The Chordettes

↓ 6

Peak: 27 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

55

I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself

Buddy Knox

↑ 1

Peak: 55 • 6 wks • Prev: 56

56

I've Come Of Age

Billy Storm

↑ 5

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 61

57

If I Didn't Care

Connie Francis

↓ 12

Peak: 22 • 11 wks • Prev: 45

58

Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)?

Lloyd Price

↓ 17

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 41

59

You're So Fine

The Falcons

↑ 13

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 72

60

Bonaparte's Retreat

Billy Grammer

↓ 3

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

61

Lonely For You

Gary Stites

↓ 1

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 60

62

I Need Your Lovin'

Roy Hamilton

↑ 1

Peak: 62 • 5 wks • Prev: 63

63

Castin' My Spell

The Johnny Otis Show

↑ 17

Peak: 52 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

64

That's My Little Suzie

Ritchie Valens

↓ 9

Peak: 55 • 8 wks • Prev: 55

65

The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha)

Pat Boone

↓ 1

Peak: 62 • 4 wks • Prev: 64

66

Crossfire

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↑ 22

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 88

67

I'm Never Gonna Tell

Jimmie Rodgers

↓ 8

Peak: 36 • 11 wks • Prev: 59

68

There's No Fool Like A Young Fool

Tab Hunter

↑ 8

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 76

69

I Waited Too Long

LaVern Baker

↑ 25

Peak: 33 • 11 wks • Prev: 94

70

Gidget

Jimmy Darren

↑ 19

Peak: 41 • 12 wks • Prev: 89

71

Frankie's Man, Johnny

Johnny Cash

↑ 6

Peak: 57 • 7 wks • Prev: 77

72

The Beat

The Rockin R's

↑ 13

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 85

73

Kansas City

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

★ NEW

Peak: 72 • 7 wks

74

Heavenly Lover

Teresa Brewer

↓ 6

Peak: 40 • 8 wks • Prev: 68

75

Jo-Jo The Dog-Faced Boy

Annette

↓ 2

Peak: 73 • 4 wks • Prev: 73

76

I Told Myself A Lie

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 21

Peak: 70 • 5 wks • Prev: 97

77

Lonesome Old House

Don Gibson

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 3 wks

78

The Kissing Tree

Billy Grammer

↓ 12

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 66

79

Who's That Knocking

The Genies

↓ 8

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

80

A String Of Trumpets

The Trumpeteers

↑ 16

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 96

81

Just Keep It Up

Dee Clark

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 15 wks

82

Your Cheatin' Heart

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↑ 13

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 95

83

Robbin' The Cradle

Tony Bellus

↑ 4

Peak: 25 • 26 wks • Prev: 87

84

The Walls Have Ears

Patti Page

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 4 wks

85

Peace

The McGuire Sisters

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 3 wks

86

77 Sunset Strip

The Big Sound Of Don Ralke

↓ 17

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 69

87

You Made Me Love You

Nat King Cole

★ NEW

Peak: 45 • 9 wks

88

Summer Dreams

The McGuire Sisters

↑ 11

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 99

89

Young Ideas

Chico Holiday

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 6 wks

90

White Lightning

George Jones

★ NEW

Peak: 73 • 5 wks

91

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

↓ 8

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 83

92

The Fountain Of Youth

The Four Lads

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 2 wks

93

Little Queenie

Chuck Berry

↓ 12

Peak: 80 • 4 wks • Prev: 81

94

Alvin's Harmonica

David Seville And The Chipmunks

↓ 44

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 50

95

Old Spanish Town

The Bell Notes

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 7 wks

96

Separate Ways

Sarah Vaughan

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 1 wks

97

French Foreign Legion

Frank Sinatra

↓ 6

Peak: 61 • 7 wks • Prev: 91

98

Kansas City

Rocky Olson

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 4 wks

99

Three Stars

Ruby Wright

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 1 wks

100

Talk Of The School

Sonny James

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 5 wks

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