POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 17, 1959
1

A Big Hunk O' Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

—

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 1

2

There Goes My Baby

The Drifters

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 4

3

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

—

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 3

4

Lavender-Blue

Sammy Turner

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 5

5

Lonely Boy

Paul Anka

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 2

6

What'd I Say (Part I & II)

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 9

7

The Three Bells

The Browns

↑ 9

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 16

8

What A Diff'rence A Day Makes

Dinah Washington

—

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 8

9

Just A Little Too Much

Ricky Nelson

↑ 4

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 13

10

Forty Miles Of Bad Road

Duane Eddy And The Rebels

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 11

11

Tiger

Fabian

↓ 5

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 6

12

My Wish Came True

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

13

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 7

14

Here Comes Summer

Jerry Keller

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 18

15

It Was I

Skip And Flip

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 17

16

What Is Love?

The Playmates

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 21

17

Waterloo

Stonewall Jackson

↓ 7

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

18

Sweeter Than You

Ricky Nelson

↓ 6

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 12

19

Thank You Pretty Baby

Brook Benton

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

20

Lipstick On Your Collar

Connie Francis

↑ 6

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 26

21

Small World

Johnny Mathis

↓ 1

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

22

Sea Of Love

Phil Phillips With The Twilights

↓ 7

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 15

23

Kissin' Time

Bobby Rydell

↑ 14

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 37

24

I Want To Walk You Home

Fats Domino

↑ 22

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 46

25

Robbin' The Cradle

Tony Bellus

↑ 3

Peak: 25 • 26 wks • Prev: 28

26

I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day

Fats Domino

↑ 12

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 38

27

Baby Talk

Jan & Dean

↑ 13

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

28

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

David Seville And The Chipmunks

↓ 9

Peak: 16 • 9 wks • Prev: 19

29

See You In September

The Tempos

↑ 6

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 35

30

Till There Was You

Anita Bryant

↑ 1

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

31

Mona Lisa

Carl Mann

↓ 6

Peak: 25 • 16 wks • Prev: 25

32

Ciao, Ciao Bambina

Jacky Noguez And His Musette Orchestra

↓ 8

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

33

Sleep Walk

Santo & Johnny

↑ 22

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 55

34

Broken-Hearted Melody

Sarah Vaughan

↑ 11

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 45

35

I'm Gonna Get Married

Lloyd Price

↑ 30

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 65

36

Red River Rock

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↑ 14

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 50

37

Makin' Love

Floyd Robinson

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 18 wks • Prev: 39

38

The Way I Walk

Jack Scott

↓ 2

Peak: 35 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

39

I Only Have Eyes For You

The Flamingos

↓ 17

Peak: 11 • 13 wks • Prev: 22

40

My Own True Love

Jimmy Clanton

↑ 2

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 42

41

Personality

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↓ 14

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 27

42

Mona Lisa

Conway Twitty

↑ 15

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 57

43

I'll Be Satisfied

Jackie Wilson

↓ 13

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 30

44

Hushabye

The Mystics

↓ 12

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 32

45

High Hopes

Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids"

↑ 3

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 48

46

Frankie

Connie Francis

↓ 12

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

47

Angel Face

Jimmy Darren

↑ 2

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 49

48

Tennessee Stud

Eddy Arnold

↑ 5

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

49

Caribbean

Mitchell Torok

↑ 19

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 68

50

You're So Fine

The Falcons

↓ 21

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 29

51

I Loves You, Porgy

Nina Simone

↑ 27

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 78

52

M.T.A.

The Kingston Trio

↓ 11

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 41

53

Cry

The Knightsbridge Strings

↑ 1

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 54

54

With Open Arms

Jane Morgan

↑ 8

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 62

55

Since You've Been Gone

Clyde McPhatter

↓ 8

Peak: 38 • 13 wks • Prev: 47

56

('til) I Kissed You

The Everly Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 16 wks

57

Ten Thousand Drums

Carl Smith

↓ 5

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 52

58

Linda Lu

Ray Sharpe

↑ 23

Peak: 46 • 13 wks • Prev: 81

59

Twixt Twelve And Twenty

Pat Boone

↓ 16

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 43

60

Leave My Kitten Alone

Little Willie John

↑ 9

Peak: 60 • 15 wks • Prev: 69

61

So High So Low

LaVern Baker

↑ 6

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 67

62

Bobby Sox To Stockings

Frankie Avalon

↓ 18

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

63

On An Evening In Roma

Dean Martin

↓ 2

Peak: 59 • 13 wks • Prev: 61

64

Lonely Guitar

Annette

↑ 11

Peak: 50 • 11 wks • Prev: 75

65

There Is Something On Your Mind

Big Jay McNeely And Band

↓ 5

Peak: 44 • 16 wks • Prev: 60

66

Half-Breed

Marvin Rainwater

↑ 4

Peak: 66 • 7 wks • Prev: 70

67

Miami

Eugene Church

↑ 18

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 85

68

Like Young

Andre Previn With David Rose

↓ 10

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 58

69

The Wonder Of You

Ray Peterson

↓ 18

Peak: 25 • 19 wks • Prev: 51

70

A Boy Without A Girl

Frankie Avalon

↓ 37

Peak: 10 • 14 wks • Prev: 33

71

This I Swear

The Skyliners

↓ 12

Peak: 26 • 12 wks • Prev: 59

72

I Still Get Jealous

Joni James

↓ 1

Peak: 63 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

73

Like I Love You

Edd Byrnes and Friend

↑ 9

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 82

74

I've Been There

Tommy Edwards

↑ 12

Peak: 53 • 10 wks • Prev: 86

75

I Ain't Never

Webb Pierce

↑ 25

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 100

76

I Got Stripes

Johnny Cash

↑ 13

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 89

77

Katy Too

Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two

↓ 11

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

78

Mary Lou

Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks

★ NEW

Peak: 26 • 16 wks

79

Gee

George Hamilton IV

↑ 1

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 80

80

Midnight Flyer

Nat King Cole

↑ 10

Peak: 51 • 12 wks • Prev: 90

81

The Quiet Three

Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels

↓ 8

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 73

82

Morgen

Ivo Robic and The Song-Masters

★ NEW

Peak: 13 • 17 wks

83

Tallahassee Lassie

Freddy Cannon

↓ 6

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 77

84

Time Marches On

Roy Hamilton

↑ 4

Peak: 84 • 3 wks • Prev: 88

85

Don't Tell Me Your Troubles

Don Gibson

↑ 10

Peak: 85 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

86

Primrose Lane

Jerry Wallace With The Jewels

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 21 wks

87

A Girl Like You

Gary Stites

↓ 4

Peak: 80 • 5 wks • Prev: 83

88

Remember When

The Platters

↓ 14

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 74

89

To A Soldier Boy

The Tassels

↓ 25

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 64

90

Mau-Mau

The Wailers

★ NEW

Peak: 68 • 5 wks

91

Furry Murray

The Tradewinds

↑ 5

Peak: 91 • 2 wks • Prev: 96

92

Danny Boy

Sil Austin

↓ 8

Peak: 59 • 12 wks • Prev: 84

93

Just As Much As Ever

Bob Beckham

↑ 5

Peak: 32 • 21 wks • Prev: 98

94

Beach Time

Roger Smith

↓ 18

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 76

95

The Angels Listened In

The Crests

★ NEW

Peak: 22 • 16 wks

96

Bells, Bells, Bells (The Bell Song)

Billy & Lillie

★ NEW

Peak: 88 • 6 wks

97

Smile

Tony Bennett

★ NEW

Peak: 73 • 6 wks

98

If You Love Me

LaVern Baker

★ NEW

Peak: 79 • 2 wks

99

A Girl's Work Is Never Done

The Chordettes

★ NEW

Peak: 89 • 3 wks

100

Sal's Got A Sugar Lip

Johnny Horton

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 7 wks

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