POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 3, 1959
1

Lonely Boy

Paul Anka

—

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 1

2

A Big Hunk O' Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 5

3

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 6

4

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 2

5

Tiger

Fabian

↓ 2

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 3

6

There Goes My Baby

The Drifters

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 7

7

Waterloo

Stonewall Jackson

↓ 3

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 4

8

Lavender-Blue

Sammy Turner

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

9

Sweeter Than You

Ricky Nelson

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 15

10

Forty Miles Of Bad Road

Duane Eddy And The Rebels

↓ 1

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 9

11

Lipstick On Your Collar

Connie Francis

↓ 3

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 8

12

Just A Little Too Much

Ricky Nelson

↓ 1

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 11

13

What A Diff'rence A Day Makes

Dinah Washington

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 14

14

My Wish Came True

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 8

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 22

15

What'd I Say (Part I & II)

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↑ 11

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 26

16

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

David Seville And The Chipmunks

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 9 wks • Prev: 18

17

I Only Have Eyes For You

The Flamingos

↓ 4

Peak: 11 • 13 wks • Prev: 13

18

Here Comes Summer

Jerry Keller

↑ 10

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

19

Personality

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↓ 9

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 10

20

I'll Be Satisfied

Jackie Wilson

↑ 5

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 25

21

Sea Of Love

Phil Phillips With The Twilights

↑ 14

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 35

22

It Was I

Skip And Flip

↑ 11

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

23

Bobby Sox To Stockings

Frankie Avalon

↓ 7

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 16

24

A Boy Without A Girl

Frankie Avalon

↓ 7

Peak: 10 • 14 wks • Prev: 17

25

What Is Love?

The Playmates

↑ 6

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

26

Small World

Johnny Mathis

↑ 4

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 30

27

Frankie

Connie Francis

↓ 3

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

28

Thank You Pretty Baby

Brook Benton

↑ 19

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 47

29

You're So Fine

The Falcons

↓ 8

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 21

30

M.T.A.

The Kingston Trio

↓ 11

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 19

31

Robbin' The Cradle

Tony Bellus

↑ 3

Peak: 25 • 26 wks • Prev: 34

32

The Three Bells

The Browns

↑ 31

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 63

33

Till There Was You

Anita Bryant

↑ 3

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

34

Ciao, Ciao Bambina

Jacky Noguez And His Musette Orchestra

↓ 2

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 32

35

Twixt Twelve And Twenty

Pat Boone

↓ 15

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 20

36

Hushabye

The Mystics

↓ 13

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 23

37

The Way I Walk

Jack Scott

↑ 8

Peak: 35 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

38

Since You've Been Gone

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 4

Peak: 38 • 13 wks • Prev: 42

39

Makin' Love

Floyd Robinson

↑ 27

Peak: 20 • 18 wks • Prev: 66

40

This I Swear

The Skyliners

↑ 1

Peak: 26 • 12 wks • Prev: 41

41

Tallahassee Lassie

Freddy Cannon

↓ 14

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 27

42

See You In September

The Tempos

↑ 15

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 57

43

Ten Thousand Drums

Carl Smith

↑ 6

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 49

44

The Wonder Of You

Ray Peterson

↓ 6

Peak: 25 • 19 wks • Prev: 38

45

Remember When

The Platters

↓ 1

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 44

46

Dream Lover

Bobby Darin

↓ 17

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

47

Mona Lisa

Carl Mann

↓ 8

Peak: 25 • 16 wks • Prev: 39

48

Only Sixteen

Sam Cooke

↓ 8

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 40

49

Kissin' Time

Bobby Rydell

↑ 10

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 59

50

Bongo Rock

Preston Epps

↓ 13

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

51

The Quiet Three

Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels

↓ 5

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

52

I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day

Fats Domino

↑ 15

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 67

53

Just Keep It Up

Dee Clark

↓ 10

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 43

54

Broken-Hearted Melody

Sarah Vaughan

↑ 16

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 70

55

To A Soldier Boy

The Tassels

↑ 5

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 60

56

There Is Something On Your Mind

Big Jay McNeely And Band

↓ 4

Peak: 44 • 16 wks • Prev: 52

57

Lonely Guitar

Annette

↓ 7

Peak: 50 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

58

High Hopes

Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids"

↓ 10

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 48

59

On An Evening In Roma

Dean Martin

↑ 15

Peak: 59 • 13 wks • Prev: 74

60

Cry

The Knightsbridge Strings

↑ 16

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 76

61

Like Young

Andre Previn With David Rose

↓ 7

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

62

Back In The U.S.A.

Chuck Berry

↓ 9

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 53

63

I Still Get Jealous

Joni James

↑ 2

Peak: 63 • 6 wks • Prev: 65

64

Beach Time

Roger Smith

↑ 11

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

65

Baby Talk

Jan & Dean

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 12 wks

66

Red River Rock

Johnny And The Hurricanes

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 17 wks

67

Tennessee Stud

Eddy Arnold

↑ 6

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 73

68

With Open Arms

Jane Morgan

↑ 29

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 97

69

Katy Too

Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two

↑ 12

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 81

70

Leave My Kitten Alone

Little Willie John

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 15 wks

71

Mona Lisa

Conway Twitty

↑ 8

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 79

72

So High So Low

LaVern Baker

↑ 24

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 96

73

Caribbean

Mitchell Torok

★ NEW

Peak: 27 • 14 wks

74

Tall Cool One

The Wailers

↓ 16

Peak: 36 • 23 wks • Prev: 58

75

Angel Face

Jimmy Darren

★ NEW

Peak: 47 • 8 wks

76

My Own True Love

Jimmy Clanton

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 12 wks

77

Sleep Walk

Santo & Johnny

↑ 18

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 95

79

Along Came Jones

The Coasters

↓ 28

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 51

80

A Girl Like You

Gary Stites

↑ 6

Peak: 80 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

81

Danny Boy

Sil Austin

↓ 12

Peak: 59 • 12 wks • Prev: 69

82

I'm Coming Home

Marv Johnson

↑ 3

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 85

83

Dedicated To The One I Love

The Shirelles

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 87

84

I Know

Perry Como

↓ 28

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 56

85

Half-Breed

Marvin Rainwater

↑ 13

Peak: 66 • 7 wks • Prev: 98

86

Linda Lu

Ray Sharpe

↑ 4

Peak: 46 • 13 wks • Prev: 90

87

Sweet Someone

Eddie and Betty

↑ 2

Peak: 87 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

88

Bells, Bells, Bells (The Bell Song)

Billy & Lillie

↑ 3

Peak: 88 • 6 wks • Prev: 91

89

Time Marches On

Roy Hamilton

★ NEW

Peak: 84 • 3 wks

90

Crackin Up

Bo Diddley

↓ 28

Peak: 62 • 5 wks • Prev: 62

91

I Loves You, Porgy

Nina Simone

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 15 wks

92

Soldier's Joy

Hawkshaw Hawkins

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 2 wks

93

You Don't Know Girls

Kathy Linden

↑ 6

Peak: 92 • 3 wks • Prev: 99

94

Midnight Flyer

Nat King Cole

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 12 wks

95

I Got Stripes

Johnny Cash

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 11 wks

96

Miami

Eugene Church

★ NEW

Peak: 67 • 5 wks

97

Sugaree

Rusty York

↓ 20

Peak: 77 • 3 wks • Prev: 77

98

Who Shot Sam

George Jones

↑ 2

Peak: 93 • 3 wks • Prev: 100

99

Gee

George Hamilton IV

★ NEW

Peak: 73 • 7 wks

100

Alimony

Frankie Ford

★ NEW

Peak: 97 • 2 wks

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