POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 25, 1959
1

Kansas City

Wilbert Harrison

—

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

2

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 7

3

Dream Lover

Bobby Darin

↑ 3

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 6

4

Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)

The Impalas

↓ 2

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

5

Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)

Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens

↓ 1

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 4

6

The Happy Organ

Dave "Baby" Cortez

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 3

7

A Teenager In Love

Dion & The Belmonts

↓ 2

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

8

Quiet Village

The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny

—

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

9

Personality

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↑ 13

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 22

10

Only You

Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles

↑ 4

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 14

11

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

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

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Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 11

12

Turn Me Loose

Fabian

↓ 3

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 9

13

Endlessly

Brook Benton

↑ 5

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 18

14

So Fine

The Fiestas

↑ 7

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 21

15

Guitar Boogie Shuffle

The Virtues

↓ 3

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 12

16

Enchanted

The Platters

↓ 3

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 13

17

Pink Shoe Laces

Dodie Stevens

↓ 7

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 10

18

Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye

Kathy Linden

↑ 5

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

19

Take A Message To Mary

The Everly Brothers

↓ 3

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 16

20

I Need Your Love Tonight

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 3

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

21

Come Softly To Me

The Fleetwoods

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

22

Tell Him No

Travis & Bob

↓ 3

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

23

That's Why (I Love You So)

Jackie Wilson

↓ 3

Peak: 13 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

24

Three Stars

Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and the Teen-Aires

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Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

25

Since I Don't Have You

The Skyliners

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 19 wks • Prev: 27

26

Poor Jenny

The Everly Brothers

↑ 2

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 28

27

The Tijuana Jail

The Kingston Trio

↓ 2

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

28

Lonely For You

Gary Stites

↑ 12

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 40

29

I'm Ready

Fats Domino

↑ 17

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 46

30

Tallahassee Lassie

Freddy Cannon

↑ 23

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 53

31

Venus

Frankie Avalon

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 26

32

Six Nights A Week

The Crests

↓ 3

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 29

33

Guess Who

Jesse Belvin

↓ 2

Peak: 31 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

34

Just Keep It Up

Dee Clark

↑ 11

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 45

35

Someone

Johnny Mathis

↑ 1

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

36

I've Come Of Age

Billy Storm

↓ 2

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 34

37

Come To Me

Marv Johnson

↓ 7

Peak: 30 • 15 wks • Prev: 30

38

Almost Grown

Chuck Berry

↓ 6

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

39

Sea Cruise

Frankie Ford

—

Peak: 14 • 17 wks • Prev: 39

40

Never Be Anyone Else But You

Ricky Nelson

↓ 7

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

41

Lipstick On Your Collar

Connie Francis

↑ 16

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 57

42

For A Penny

Pat Boone

↓ 5

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 37

43

Frankie

Connie Francis

↑ 23

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 66

44

I Waited Too Long

LaVern Baker

↑ 4

Peak: 33 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

45

Gidget

Jimmy Darren

↓ 3

Peak: 41 • 12 wks • Prev: 42

46

You Made Me Love You

Nat King Cole

↑ 10

Peak: 45 • 9 wks • Prev: 56

47

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

↑ 14

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 61

48

Bongo Rock

Preston Epps

↑ 32

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 80

49

Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha

Sam Cooke

↓ 8

Peak: 31 • 13 wks • Prev: 41

50

This Should Go On Forever

Rod Bernard

↓ 12

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 38

51

Tall Cool One

The Wailers

↑ 23

Peak: 36 • 23 wks • Prev: 74

52

As Time Goes By

Johnny Nash

↓ 9

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 43

53

You're So Fine

The Falcons

↓ 3

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 50

54

Castin' My Spell

The Johnny Otis Show

↓ 2

Peak: 52 • 5 wks • Prev: 52

55

My Melancholy Baby

Tommy Edwards

↑ 9

Peak: 26 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

56

Crossfire

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↓ 2

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 54

57

Rockin' Crickets

Hot-Toddys featuring Bill Pennell

↑ 10

Peak: 57 • 11 wks • Prev: 67

58

Bonaparte's Retreat

Billy Grammer

↓ 7

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 51

59

So Close

Brook Benton

↑ 4

Peak: 38 • 7 wks • Prev: 63

60

Bobby Sox To Stockings

Frankie Avalon

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 13 wks

61

Along Came Jones

The Coasters

↑ 27

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 88

62

Summer Dreams

The McGuire Sisters

↓ 3

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 59

63

A Boy Without A Girl

Frankie Avalon

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 14 wks

64

It's Late

Ricky Nelson

↓ 29

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 35

65

It's Just A Matter Of Time

Brook Benton

↓ 16

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 49

66

Kansas City

Rocky Olson

↑ 9

Peak: 60 • 4 wks • Prev: 75

67

The Wonder Of You

Ray Peterson

↑ 27

Peak: 25 • 19 wks • Prev: 94

68

Tragedy

Thomas Wayne With the Delons

↓ 24

Peak: 5 • 19 wks • Prev: 44

69

Margie

Fats Domino

↓ 7

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 62

70

Frankie's Man, Johnny

Johnny Cash

↑ 9

Peak: 57 • 7 wks • Prev: 79

71

A String Of Trumpets

The Trumpeteers

—

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 71

72

Graduation's Here

The Fleetwoods

↑ 13

Peak: 39 • 8 wks • Prev: 85

73

There's No Fool Like A Young Fool

Tab Hunter

↓ 4

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 69

74

Young Ideas

Chico Holiday

↑ 4

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 78

75

I Must Be Dreaming

Nat King Cole

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 4 wks

76

The Class

Chubby Checker

↑ 14

Peak: 38 • 7 wks • Prev: 90

77

What A Diff'rence A Day Makes

Dinah Washington

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 20 wks

78

"Yep!"

Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels

↓ 23

Peak: 30 • 9 wks • Prev: 55

79

Robbin' The Cradle

Tony Bellus

↓ 11

Peak: 25 • 26 wks • Prev: 68

80

It Doesn't Matter Anymore

Buddy Holly

↓ 15

Peak: 13 • 14 wks • Prev: 65

81

Hushabye

The Mystics

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 15 wks

82

That's My Little Suzie

Ritchie Valens

↓ 12

Peak: 55 • 8 wks • Prev: 70

83

(I Don't Care) Only Love Me

Steve Lawrence

↑ 9

Peak: 62 • 4 wks • Prev: 92

84

Lovey Dovey

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 5

Peak: 49 • 8 wks • Prev: 89

85

Hallelujah, I Love Him So

Peggy Lee

↓ 8

Peak: 77 • 2 wks • Prev: 77

86

I Miss You So

Paul Anka

↓ 39

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 47

87

The Battle Of New Orleans

Vaughn Monroe

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 2 wks

88

White Lightning

George Jones

★ NEW

Peak: 73 • 5 wks

89

There Is Something On Your Mind

Big Jay McNeely And Band

★ NEW

Peak: 44 • 16 wks

90

Kansas City

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

↓ 14

Peak: 72 • 7 wks • Prev: 76

91

The Kissing Tree

Billy Grammer

↓ 31

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 60

92

Lonely Saturday Night

Don French

★ NEW

Peak: 72 • 3 wks

93

Someone To Come Home To

The Ames Brothers

↑ 5

Peak: 78 • 4 wks • Prev: 98

94

I Can't Get You Out Of My Heart

Al Martino

↑ 6

Peak: 44 • 11 wks • Prev: 100

95

Your Cheatin' Heart

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↓ 13

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 82

96

Straight Flush

The Frantics

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 3 wks

97

Russian Band Stand

Spencer & Spencer with the Sonia Pryor Choir

↓ 6

Peak: 91 • 2 wks • Prev: 91

98

Waterloo

Stonewall Jackson

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 16 wks

99

I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You)

Joni James

↓ 41

Peak: 51 • 7 wks • Prev: 58

100

Talk Of The School

Sonny James

↓ 1

Peak: 85 • 5 wks • Prev: 99

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