POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 24, 1959
1

The Three Bells

The Browns

↑ 6

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 7

2

Sea Of Love

Phil Phillips With The Twilights

↑ 20

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 22

3

Lavender-Blue

Sammy Turner

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

4

A Big Hunk O' Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 1

5

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

↓ 2

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 3

6

What'd I Say (Part I & II)

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

—

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

7

There Goes My Baby

The Drifters

↓ 5

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 2

8

Sleep Walk

Santo & Johnny

↑ 25

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 33

9

What A Diff'rence A Day Makes

Dinah Washington

↓ 1

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 8

10

I Want To Walk You Home

Fats Domino

↑ 14

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 24

11

I'm Gonna Get Married

Lloyd Price

↑ 24

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 35

12

It Was I

Skip And Flip

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

13

Lonely Boy

Paul Anka

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

14

Forty Miles Of Bad Road

Duane Eddy And The Rebels

↓ 4

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 10

15

What Is Love?

The Playmates

↑ 1

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 16

16

My Wish Came True

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 4

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 12

17

Baby Talk

Jan & Dean

↑ 10

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 27

18

Thank You Pretty Baby

Brook Benton

↑ 1

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

19

Kissin' Time

Bobby Rydell

↑ 4

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

20

Red River Rock

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↑ 16

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 36

21

Broken-Hearted Melody

Sarah Vaughan

↑ 13

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 34

22

Just A Little Too Much

Ricky Nelson

↓ 13

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 9

23

Sweeter Than You

Ricky Nelson

↓ 5

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 18

24

Here Comes Summer

Jerry Keller

↓ 10

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 14

25

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

↓ 12

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 13

26

See You In September

The Tempos

↑ 3

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

27

Tiger

Fabian

↓ 16

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 11

28

I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day

Fats Domino

↓ 2

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 26

29

Waterloo

Stonewall Jackson

↓ 12

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 17

30

Mona Lisa

Conway Twitty

↑ 12

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 42

31

Makin' Love

Floyd Robinson

↑ 6

Peak: 20 • 18 wks • Prev: 37

32

Robbin' The Cradle

Tony Bellus

↓ 7

Peak: 25 • 26 wks • Prev: 25

33

('til) I Kissed You

The Everly Brothers

↑ 23

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 56

34

My Own True Love

Jimmy Clanton

↑ 6

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

35

The Way I Walk

Jack Scott

↑ 3

Peak: 35 • 14 wks • Prev: 38

36

Mona Lisa

Carl Mann

↓ 5

Peak: 25 • 16 wks • Prev: 31

37

Small World

Johnny Mathis

↓ 16

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

38

Till There Was You

Anita Bryant

↓ 8

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

39

I Loves You, Porgy

Nina Simone

↑ 12

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 51

40

Ciao, Ciao Bambina

Jacky Noguez And His Musette Orchestra

↓ 8

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 32

41

Lipstick On Your Collar

Connie Francis

↓ 21

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 20

42

I Ain't Never

Webb Pierce

↑ 33

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 75

43

With Open Arms

Jane Morgan

↑ 11

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 54

44

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

David Seville And The Chipmunks

↓ 16

Peak: 16 • 9 wks • Prev: 28

45

Caribbean

Mitchell Torok

↑ 4

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 49

46

Linda Lu

Ray Sharpe

↑ 12

Peak: 46 • 13 wks • Prev: 58

47

Angel Face

Jimmy Darren

—

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

48

Like I Love You

Edd Byrnes and Friend

↑ 25

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 73

49

Tennessee Stud

Eddy Arnold

↓ 1

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

50

High Hopes

Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids"

↓ 5

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 45

51

Primrose Lane

Jerry Wallace With The Jewels

↑ 35

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 86

52

Lonely Guitar

Annette

↑ 12

Peak: 50 • 11 wks • Prev: 64

53

Personality

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↓ 12

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 41

54

So High So Low

LaVern Baker

↑ 7

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 61

55

I Got Stripes

Johnny Cash

↑ 21

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 76

56

Hushabye

The Mystics

↓ 12

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 44

57

I'll Be Satisfied

Jackie Wilson

↓ 14

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

58

The Wonder Of You

Ray Peterson

↑ 11

Peak: 25 • 19 wks • Prev: 69

59

Mack The Knife

Bobby Darin

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 26 wks

60

Morgen

Ivo Robic and The Song-Masters

↑ 22

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 82

61

Cry

The Knightsbridge Strings

↓ 8

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 53

62

Since You've Been Gone

Clyde McPhatter

↓ 7

Peak: 38 • 13 wks • Prev: 55

63

Mary Lou

Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks

↑ 15

Peak: 26 • 16 wks • Prev: 78

64

You're So Fine

The Falcons

↓ 14

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 50

65

I Only Have Eyes For You

The Flamingos

↓ 26

Peak: 11 • 13 wks • Prev: 39

66

Midnight Flyer

Nat King Cole

↑ 14

Peak: 51 • 12 wks • Prev: 80

67

Frankie

Connie Francis

↓ 21

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 46

68

Half-Breed

Marvin Rainwater

↓ 2

Peak: 66 • 7 wks • Prev: 66

69

I've Been There

Tommy Edwards

↑ 5

Peak: 53 • 10 wks • Prev: 74

70

Johnny Reb

Johnny Horton

★ NEW

Peak: 54 • 8 wks

71

On An Evening In Roma

Dean Martin

↓ 8

Peak: 59 • 13 wks • Prev: 63

72

Miami

Eugene Church

↓ 5

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 67

73

Poison Ivy

The Coasters

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 16 wks

74

Katy Too

Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two

↑ 3

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 77

75

Leave My Kitten Alone

Little Willie John

↓ 15

Peak: 60 • 15 wks • Prev: 60

76

There Is Something On Your Mind

Big Jay McNeely And Band

↓ 11

Peak: 44 • 16 wks • Prev: 65

77

M.T.A.

The Kingston Trio

↓ 25

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

78

Mau-Mau

The Wailers

↑ 12

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 90

79

If You Love Me

LaVern Baker

↑ 19

Peak: 79 • 2 wks • Prev: 98

80

The Angels Listened In

The Crests

↑ 15

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 95

81

The Mummy

Bob McFadden And Dor

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 8 wks

82

Ten Thousand Drums

Carl Smith

↓ 25

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

83

Like Young

Andre Previn With David Rose

↓ 15

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 68

84

To A Soldier Boy

The Tassels

↑ 5

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 89

85

Smile

Tony Bennett

↑ 12

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 97

86

Hey Little Girl

Dee Clark

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 15 wks

87

True True Happiness

Johnny Tillotson

★ NEW

Peak: 54 • 9 wks

88

Five Feet High And Rising

Johnny Cash

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 3 wks

89

Chapel Of Dreams

The Dubs

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 6 wks

90

Okefenokee

Freddie Cannon

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 9 wks

91

Gee

George Hamilton IV

↓ 12

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 79

92

Just As Much As Ever

Bob Beckham

↑ 1

Peak: 32 • 21 wks • Prev: 93

93

A Girl's Work Is Never Done

The Chordettes

↑ 6

Peak: 89 • 3 wks • Prev: 99

94

Twice As Nice

Clyde McPhatter

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 2 wks

95

Twixt Twelve And Twenty

Pat Boone

↓ 36

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 59

96

Sal's Got A Sugar Lip

Johnny Horton

↑ 4

Peak: 81 • 7 wks • Prev: 100

97

A Boy Without A Girl

Frankie Avalon

↓ 27

Peak: 10 • 14 wks • Prev: 70

98

Poco-Loco

Gene & Eunice

★ NEW

Peak: 48 • 13 wks

99

Bells, Bells, Bells (The Bell Song)

Billy & Lillie

↓ 3

Peak: 88 • 6 wks • Prev: 96

100

I Looked At Heaven

Tommy Edwards

★ NEW

Peak: 100 • 1 wks

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