POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 31, 1959
1

The Three Bells

The Browns

—

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 1

2

Sea Of Love

Phil Phillips With The Twilights

—

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

3

Sleep Walk

Santo & Johnny

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 8

4

Lavender-Blue

Sammy Turner

↓ 1

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 3

5

I'm Gonna Get Married

Lloyd Price

↑ 6

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

6

What'd I Say (Part I & II)

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

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Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

7

A Big Hunk O' Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

8

There Goes My Baby

The Drifters

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 7

9

Red River Rock

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↑ 11

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 20

10

I Want To Walk You Home

Fats Domino

—

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

11

It Was I

Skip And Flip

↑ 1

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 12

12

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

↓ 7

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 5

13

('til) I Kissed You

The Everly Brothers

↑ 20

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

14

Broken-Hearted Melody

Sarah Vaughan

↑ 7

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 21

15

Kissin' Time

Bobby Rydell

↑ 4

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 19

16

Thank You Pretty Baby

Brook Benton

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

17

Baby Talk

Jan & Dean

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Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

18

What A Diff'rence A Day Makes

Dinah Washington

↓ 9

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 9

19

What Is Love?

The Playmates

↓ 4

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 15

20

Just A Little Too Much

Ricky Nelson

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 22

21

My Wish Came True

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 5

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 16

22

I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day

Fats Domino

↑ 6

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

23

Forty Miles Of Bad Road

Duane Eddy And The Rebels

↓ 9

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

24

Lonely Boy

Paul Anka

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 13

25

Here Comes Summer

Jerry Keller

↓ 1

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 24

26

Sweeter Than You

Ricky Nelson

↓ 3

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 23

27

Makin' Love

Floyd Robinson

↑ 4

Peak: 20 • 18 wks • Prev: 31

28

I Loves You, Porgy

Nina Simone

↑ 11

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 39

29

Mona Lisa

Conway Twitty

↑ 1

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 30

30

See You In September

The Tempos

↓ 4

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 26

31

Caribbean

Mitchell Torok

↑ 14

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

32

Robbin' The Cradle

Tony Bellus

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Peak: 25 • 26 wks • Prev: 32

33

Small World

Johnny Mathis

↑ 4

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 37

34

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

↓ 9

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 25

35

Till There Was You

Anita Bryant

↑ 3

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 38

36

My Own True Love

Jimmy Clanton

↓ 2

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 34

37

Mona Lisa

Carl Mann

↓ 1

Peak: 25 • 16 wks • Prev: 36

38

I Ain't Never

Webb Pierce

↑ 4

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 42

39

With Open Arms

Jane Morgan

↑ 4

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 43

40

Morgen

Ivo Robic and The Song-Masters

↑ 20

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 60

41

High Hopes

Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids"

↑ 9

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 50

42

Like I Love You

Edd Byrnes and Friend

↑ 6

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 48

43

Mack The Knife

Bobby Darin

↑ 16

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 59

44

Tiger

Fabian

↓ 17

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

45

Primrose Lane

Jerry Wallace With The Jewels

↑ 6

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 51

46

The Way I Walk

Jack Scott

↓ 11

Peak: 35 • 14 wks • Prev: 35

47

I Got Stripes

Johnny Cash

↑ 8

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 55

48

Waterloo

Stonewall Jackson

↓ 19

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 29

49

Linda Lu

Ray Sharpe

↓ 3

Peak: 46 • 13 wks • Prev: 46

50

Ciao, Ciao Bambina

Jacky Noguez And His Musette Orchestra

↓ 10

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

51

The Mummy

Bob McFadden And Dor

↑ 30

Peak: 39 • 8 wks • Prev: 81

52

So High So Low

LaVern Baker

↑ 2

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 54

53

Tennessee Stud

Eddy Arnold

↓ 4

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 49

54

Poison Ivy

The Coasters

↑ 19

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 73

55

Lipstick On Your Collar

Connie Francis

↓ 14

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 41

56

Mary Lou

Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks

↑ 7

Peak: 26 • 16 wks • Prev: 63

57

Angel Face

Jimmy Darren

↓ 10

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

58

Midnight Flyer

Nat King Cole

↑ 8

Peak: 51 • 12 wks • Prev: 66

59

Lonely Guitar

Annette

↓ 7

Peak: 50 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

60

Johnny Reb

Johnny Horton

↑ 10

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 70

61

Hey Little Girl

Dee Clark

↑ 25

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 86

62

The Angels Listened In

The Crests

↑ 18

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 80

63

I've Been There

Tommy Edwards

↑ 6

Peak: 53 • 10 wks • Prev: 69

64

Cry

The Knightsbridge Strings

↓ 3

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 61

65

Just Ask Your Heart

Frankie Avalon

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 16 wks

66

Since You've Been Gone

Clyde McPhatter

↓ 4

Peak: 38 • 13 wks • Prev: 62

67

Put Your Head On My Shoulder

Paul Anka

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 18 wks

68

Somethin Else

Eddie Cochran

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 9 wks

69

You're Gonna Miss Me

Connie Francis

★ NEW

Peak: 34 • 10 wks

70

On An Evening In Roma

Dean Martin

↑ 1

Peak: 59 • 13 wks • Prev: 71

71

Mau-Mau

The Wailers

↑ 7

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 78

72

True True Happiness

Johnny Tillotson

↑ 15

Peak: 54 • 9 wks • Prev: 87

73

Ten Thousand Drums

Carl Smith

↑ 9

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 82

74

Chapel Of Dreams

The Dubs

↑ 15

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

75

Half-Breed

Marvin Rainwater

↓ 7

Peak: 66 • 7 wks • Prev: 68

76

Smile

Tony Bennett

↑ 9

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 85

77

I'll Be Satisfied

Jackie Wilson

↓ 20

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 57

78

Leave My Kitten Alone

Little Willie John

↓ 3

Peak: 60 • 15 wks • Prev: 75

79

Katy Too

Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two

↓ 5

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 74

80

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

David Seville And The Chipmunks

↓ 36

Peak: 16 • 9 wks • Prev: 44

81

Gee

George Hamilton IV

↑ 10

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 91

82

There Is Something On Your Mind

Big Jay McNeely And Band

↓ 6

Peak: 44 • 16 wks • Prev: 76

83

Okefenokee

Freddie Cannon

↑ 7

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 90

84

The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown Story)

Dick Flood

★ NEW

Peak: 23 • 8 wks

85

Miami

Eugene Church

↓ 13

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 72

86

Like Young

Andre Previn With David Rose

↓ 3

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 83

87

Suzie Baby

Bobby Vee and The Shadows

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 4 wks

88

Just As Much As Ever

Bob Beckham

↑ 4

Peak: 32 • 21 wks • Prev: 92

89

A Girl's Work Is Never Done

The Chordettes

↑ 4

Peak: 89 • 3 wks • Prev: 93

90

Betty My Angel

Jerry Fuller

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 2 wks

91

Twice As Nice

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 3

Peak: 91 • 2 wks • Prev: 94

92

I Cried

Joe Damiano

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 3 wks

93

You're So Fine

The Falcons

↓ 29

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 64

94

Poco-Loco

Gene & Eunice

↑ 4

Peak: 48 • 13 wks • Prev: 98

95

Sal's Got A Sugar Lip

Johnny Horton

↑ 1

Peak: 81 • 7 wks • Prev: 96

96

Sweet Bird Of Youth

Nat King Cole

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 2 wks

97

Personality

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↓ 44

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 53

98

Hushabye

The Mystics

↓ 42

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 56

99

The Wonder Of You

Ray Peterson

↓ 41

Peak: 25 • 19 wks • Prev: 58

100

The Caterpillar Crawl

The Strangers

★ NEW

Peak: 49 • 7 wks

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