POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 11, 1959
1

The Happy Organ

Dave "Baby" Cortez

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 2

2

Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)

The Impalas

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 3

3

Come Softly To Me

The Fleetwoods

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

4

Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)

Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens

↑ 15

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

5

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

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

6

Kansas City

Wilbert Harrison

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 16

7

Guitar Boogie Shuffle

The Virtues

↓ 2

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 5

8

Pink Shoe Laces

Dodie Stevens

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 4

9

Turn Me Loose

Fabian

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

10

I Need Your Love Tonight

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 3

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

11

Tell Him No

Travis & Bob

↓ 3

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

12

A Teenager In Love

Dion & The Belmonts

↑ 8

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

13

Three Stars

Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and the Teen-Aires

↓ 2

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 11

14

Venus

Frankie Avalon

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 9

15

Enchanted

The Platters

↓ 3

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

16

Dream Lover

Bobby Darin

↑ 13

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

17

That's Why (I Love You So)

Jackie Wilson

↓ 4

Peak: 13 • 13 wks • Prev: 13

18

Take A Message To Mary

The Everly Brothers

↓ 1

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

19

Quiet Village

The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny

↑ 8

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 27

20

Only You

Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles

↑ 4

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 24

21

The Tijuana Jail

The Kingston Trio

↓ 6

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 15

22

Since I Don't Have You

The Skyliners

↓ 8

Peak: 12 • 19 wks • Prev: 14

23

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

↑ 13

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 36

24

Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye

Kathy Linden

↑ 10

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 34

25

So Fine

The Fiestas

↑ 8

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

26

Never Be Anyone Else But You

Ricky Nelson

↓ 8

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 18

27

Poor Jenny

The Everly Brothers

↓ 5

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 22

28

Endlessly

Brook Benton

↑ 10

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 38

29

It's Late

Ricky Nelson

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 35

30

For A Penny

Pat Boone

↓ 4

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 26

31

This Should Go On Forever

Rod Bernard

↓ 6

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 25

32

Tragedy

Thomas Wayne With the Delons

↓ 11

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 21

33

Sea Cruise

Frankie Ford

↓ 10

Peak: 14 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

34

Six Nights A Week

The Crests

↓ 6

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

35

Guess Who

Jesse Belvin

↑ 2

Peak: 31 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

36

Almost Grown

Chuck Berry

↓ 4

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

37

Come To Me

Marv Johnson

↓ 6

Peak: 30 • 15 wks • Prev: 31

38

Personality

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↑ 10

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 48

39

It's Just A Matter Of Time

Brook Benton

↓ 9

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 30

40

I Miss You So

Paul Anka

↑ 1

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

41

Someone

Johnny Mathis

↓ 1

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 40

42

Tell Him No

Dean & Marc

↑ 3

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 45

43

I've Come Of Age

Billy Storm

↑ 13

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 56

44

It Doesn't Matter Anymore

Buddy Holly

↓ 5

Peak: 13 • 14 wks • Prev: 39

45

Gidget

Jimmy Darren

↑ 25

Peak: 41 • 12 wks • Prev: 70

46

Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha

Sam Cooke

↓ 4

Peak: 31 • 13 wks • Prev: 42

47

Crossfire

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↑ 19

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 66

48

Just Keep It Up

Dee Clark

↑ 33

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 81

49

Lonely For You

Gary Stites

↑ 12

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 61

50

Bonaparte's Retreat

Billy Grammer

↑ 10

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

51

As Time Goes By

Johnny Nash

↑ 1

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

52

"Yep!"

Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels

↓ 6

Peak: 30 • 9 wks • Prev: 46

53

I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You)

Joni James

↓ 2

Peak: 51 • 7 wks • Prev: 51

54

I Waited Too Long

LaVern Baker

↑ 15

Peak: 33 • 11 wks • Prev: 69

55

That's My Little Suzie

Ritchie Valens

↑ 9

Peak: 55 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

56

I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself

Buddy Knox

↓ 1

Peak: 55 • 6 wks • Prev: 55

57

Castin' My Spell

The Johnny Otis Show

↑ 6

Peak: 52 • 5 wks • Prev: 63

58

The Morning Side Of The Mountain

Tommy Edwards

↓ 11

Peak: 27 • 12 wks • Prev: 47

59

Lovey Dovey

Clyde McPhatter

↓ 10

Peak: 49 • 8 wks • Prev: 49

60

Kansas City

Rocky Olson

↑ 38

Peak: 60 • 4 wks • Prev: 98

61

No Other Arms, No Other Lips

The Chordettes

↓ 7

Peak: 27 • 11 wks • Prev: 54

62

Summer Dreams

The McGuire Sisters

↑ 26

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 88

63

Please Mr. Sun

Tommy Edwards

↓ 19

Peak: 11 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

64

You're So Fine

The Falcons

↓ 5

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 59

65

The Kissing Tree

Billy Grammer

↑ 13

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 78

66

Charlie Brown

The Coasters

↓ 23

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 43

67

I Need Your Lovin'

Roy Hamilton

↓ 5

Peak: 62 • 5 wks • Prev: 62

68

There's No Fool Like A Young Fool

Tab Hunter

—

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 68

69

Robbin' The Cradle

Tony Bellus

↑ 14

Peak: 25 • 26 wks • Prev: 83

70

I Told Myself A Lie

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 6

Peak: 70 • 5 wks • Prev: 76

71

Lonesome Old House

Don Gibson

↑ 6

Peak: 71 • 3 wks • Prev: 77

72

Kansas City

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

↑ 1

Peak: 72 • 7 wks • Prev: 73

73

White Lightning

George Jones

↑ 17

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 90

74

Frankie's Man, Johnny

Johnny Cash

↓ 3

Peak: 57 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

75

I'm Ready

Fats Domino

★ NEW

Peak: 16 • 11 wks

76

The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)

Andy Williams

↓ 23

Peak: 11 • 20 wks • Prev: 53

77

A String Of Trumpets

The Trumpeteers

↑ 3

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 80

78

Young Ideas

Chico Holiday

↑ 11

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

79

Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)?

Lloyd Price

↓ 21

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 58

80

Little Queenie

Chuck Berry

↑ 13

Peak: 80 • 4 wks • Prev: 93

81

You Made Me Love You

Nat King Cole

↑ 6

Peak: 45 • 9 wks • Prev: 87

82

I've Had It

The Bell Notes

↓ 32

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 50

83

French Foreign Legion

Frank Sinatra

↑ 14

Peak: 61 • 7 wks • Prev: 97

84

If I Didn't Care

Connie Francis

↓ 27

Peak: 22 • 11 wks • Prev: 57

85

Peace

The McGuire Sisters

—

Peak: 85 • 3 wks • Prev: 85

86

Rockin' Crickets

Hot-Toddys featuring Bill Pennell

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 11 wks

87

Margie

Fats Domino

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 8 wks

88

Talk Of The School

Sonny James

↑ 12

Peak: 85 • 5 wks • Prev: 100

89

Your Cheatin' Heart

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↓ 7

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 82

90

The Fountain Of Youth

The Four Lads

↑ 2

Peak: 90 • 2 wks • Prev: 92

91

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

—

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 91

92

Eternally

Thomas Wayne With the Delons

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 1 wks

93

Little Dipper

The Mickey Mozart Quintet

★ NEW

Peak: 30 • 10 wks

94

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

Pat Boone

↓ 29

Peak: 62 • 4 wks • Prev: 65

95

Old Spanish Town

The Bell Notes

—

Peak: 76 • 7 wks • Prev: 95

96

Tallahassee Lassie

Freddy Cannon

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 15 wks

97

Kansas City (Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey)

Little Richard

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 2 wks

98

The Walls Have Ears

Patti Page

↓ 14

Peak: 77 • 4 wks • Prev: 84

99

The Beat

The Rockin R's

↓ 27

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

100

Love Me In The Daytime

Doris Day

★ NEW

Peak: 100 • 1 wks

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