POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 10, 1959
1

A Big Hunk O' Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 2

2

Lonely Boy

Paul Anka

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 1

3

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

—

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 3

4

There Goes My Baby

The Drifters

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 6

5

Lavender-Blue

Sammy Turner

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 8

6

Tiger

Fabian

↓ 1

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 5

7

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 4

8

What A Diff'rence A Day Makes

Dinah Washington

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 13

9

What'd I Say (Part I & II)

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↑ 6

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

10

Waterloo

Stonewall Jackson

↓ 3

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 7

11

Forty Miles Of Bad Road

Duane Eddy And The Rebels

↓ 1

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 10

12

Sweeter Than You

Ricky Nelson

↓ 3

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 9

13

Just A Little Too Much

Ricky Nelson

↓ 1

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 12

14

My Wish Came True

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

—

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

15

Sea Of Love

Phil Phillips With The Twilights

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 21

16

The Three Bells

The Browns

↑ 16

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 32

17

It Was I

Skip And Flip

↑ 5

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

18

Here Comes Summer

Jerry Keller

—

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 18

19

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

David Seville And The Chipmunks

↓ 3

Peak: 16 • 9 wks • Prev: 16

20

Small World

Johnny Mathis

↑ 6

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 26

21

What Is Love?

The Playmates

↑ 4

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

22

I Only Have Eyes For You

The Flamingos

↓ 5

Peak: 11 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

23

Thank You Pretty Baby

Brook Benton

↑ 5

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 28

24

Ciao, Ciao Bambina

Jacky Noguez And His Musette Orchestra

↑ 10

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 34

25

Mona Lisa

Carl Mann

↑ 22

Peak: 25 • 16 wks • Prev: 47

26

Lipstick On Your Collar

Connie Francis

↓ 15

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 11

27

Personality

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↓ 8

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 19

28

Robbin' The Cradle

Tony Bellus

↑ 3

Peak: 25 • 26 wks • Prev: 31

29

You're So Fine

The Falcons

—

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 29

30

I'll Be Satisfied

Jackie Wilson

↓ 10

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 20

31

Till There Was You

Anita Bryant

↑ 2

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 33

32

Hushabye

The Mystics

↑ 4

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 36

33

A Boy Without A Girl

Frankie Avalon

↓ 9

Peak: 10 • 14 wks • Prev: 24

34

Frankie

Connie Francis

↓ 7

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 27

35

See You In September

The Tempos

↑ 7

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 42

36

The Way I Walk

Jack Scott

↑ 1

Peak: 35 • 14 wks • Prev: 37

37

Kissin' Time

Bobby Rydell

↑ 12

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 49

38

I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day

Fats Domino

↑ 14

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 52

39

Makin' Love

Floyd Robinson

—

Peak: 20 • 18 wks • Prev: 39

40

Baby Talk

Jan & Dean

↑ 25

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 65

41

M.T.A.

The Kingston Trio

↓ 11

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 30

42

My Own True Love

Jimmy Clanton

↑ 34

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 76

43

Twixt Twelve And Twenty

Pat Boone

↓ 8

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 35

44

Bobby Sox To Stockings

Frankie Avalon

↓ 21

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 23

45

Broken-Hearted Melody

Sarah Vaughan

↑ 9

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 54

46

I Want To Walk You Home

Fats Domino

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 13 wks

47

Since You've Been Gone

Clyde McPhatter

↓ 9

Peak: 38 • 13 wks • Prev: 38

48

High Hopes

Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids"

↑ 10

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 58

49

Angel Face

Jimmy Darren

↑ 26

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

50

Red River Rock

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↑ 16

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 66

51

The Wonder Of You

Ray Peterson

↓ 7

Peak: 25 • 19 wks • Prev: 44

52

Ten Thousand Drums

Carl Smith

↓ 9

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 43

53

Tennessee Stud

Eddy Arnold

↑ 14

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 67

54

Cry

The Knightsbridge Strings

↑ 6

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 60

55

Sleep Walk

Santo & Johnny

↑ 22

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 77

56

Dream Lover

Bobby Darin

↓ 10

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 46

57

Mona Lisa

Conway Twitty

↑ 14

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 71

58

Like Young

Andre Previn With David Rose

↑ 3

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 61

59

This I Swear

The Skyliners

↓ 19

Peak: 26 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

60

There Is Something On Your Mind

Big Jay McNeely And Band

↓ 4

Peak: 44 • 16 wks • Prev: 56

61

On An Evening In Roma

Dean Martin

↓ 2

Peak: 59 • 13 wks • Prev: 59

62

With Open Arms

Jane Morgan

↑ 6

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 68

63

Bongo Rock

Preston Epps

↓ 13

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 50

64

To A Soldier Boy

The Tassels

↓ 9

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 55

65

I'm Gonna Get Married

Lloyd Price

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 14 wks

66

Katy Too

Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two

↑ 3

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

67

So High So Low

LaVern Baker

↑ 5

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

68

Caribbean

Mitchell Torok

↑ 5

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 73

69

Leave My Kitten Alone

Little Willie John

↑ 1

Peak: 60 • 15 wks • Prev: 70

70

Half-Breed

Marvin Rainwater

↑ 15

Peak: 66 • 7 wks • Prev: 85

71

I Still Get Jealous

Joni James

↓ 8

Peak: 63 • 6 wks • Prev: 63

72

Just Keep It Up

Dee Clark

↓ 19

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 53

73

The Quiet Three

Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels

↓ 22

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 51

74

Remember When

The Platters

↓ 29

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 45

75

Lonely Guitar

Annette

↓ 18

Peak: 50 • 11 wks • Prev: 57

76

Beach Time

Roger Smith

↓ 12

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

77

Tallahassee Lassie

Freddy Cannon

↓ 36

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 41

78

I Loves You, Porgy

Nina Simone

↑ 13

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 91

79

Only Sixteen

Sam Cooke

↓ 31

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

80

Gee

George Hamilton IV

↑ 19

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 99

81

Linda Lu

Ray Sharpe

↑ 5

Peak: 46 • 13 wks • Prev: 86

82

Like I Love You

Edd Byrnes and Friend

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 9 wks

83

A Girl Like You

Gary Stites

↓ 3

Peak: 80 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

84

Danny Boy

Sil Austin

↓ 3

Peak: 59 • 12 wks • Prev: 81

85

Miami

Eugene Church

↑ 11

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 96

86

I've Been There

Tommy Edwards

★ NEW

Peak: 53 • 10 wks

87

Soldier's Joy

Hawkshaw Hawkins

↑ 5

Peak: 87 • 2 wks • Prev: 92

88

Time Marches On

Roy Hamilton

↑ 1

Peak: 84 • 3 wks • Prev: 89

89

I Got Stripes

Johnny Cash

↑ 6

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 95

90

Midnight Flyer

Nat King Cole

↑ 4

Peak: 51 • 12 wks • Prev: 94

92

You Don't Know Girls

Kathy Linden

↑ 1

Peak: 92 • 3 wks • Prev: 93

93

Who Shot Sam

George Jones

↑ 5

Peak: 93 • 3 wks • Prev: 98

94

Tall Cool One

The Wailers

↓ 20

Peak: 36 • 23 wks • Prev: 74

95

Don't Tell Me Your Troubles

Don Gibson

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 3 wks

96

Furry Murray

The Tradewinds

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 2 wks

97

Alimony

Frankie Ford

↑ 3

Peak: 97 • 2 wks • Prev: 100

98

Just As Much As Ever

Bob Beckham

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 21 wks

99

Back In The U.S.A.

Chuck Berry

↓ 37

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 62

100

I Ain't Never

Webb Pierce

★ NEW

Peak: 24 • 14 wks

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