POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 7, 1959
1

The Three Bells

The Browns

—

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 1

2

Sleep Walk

Santo & Johnny

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 3

3

Sea Of Love

Phil Phillips With The Twilights

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

4

I'm Gonna Get Married

Lloyd Price

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 5

5

Red River Rock

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↑ 4

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 9

6

('til) I Kissed You

The Everly Brothers

↑ 7

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

7

Broken-Hearted Melody

Sarah Vaughan

↑ 7

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 14

8

Lavender-Blue

Sammy Turner

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

9

What'd I Say (Part I & II)

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 3

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

10

I Want To Walk You Home

Fats Domino

—

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

11

Baby Talk

Jan & Dean

↑ 6

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

12

There Goes My Baby

The Drifters

↓ 4

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 8

13

A Big Hunk O' Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 7

14

Kissin' Time

Bobby Rydell

↑ 1

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 15

15

It Was I

Skip And Flip

↓ 4

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

16

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 12

17

What A Diff'rence A Day Makes

Dinah Washington

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 18

18

Thank You Pretty Baby

Brook Benton

↓ 2

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

19

What Is Love?

The Playmates

—

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

20

I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day

Fats Domino

↑ 2

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 22

21

Makin' Love

Floyd Robinson

↑ 6

Peak: 20 • 18 wks • Prev: 27

22

My Wish Came True

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 1

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 21

23

See You In September

The Tempos

↑ 7

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 30

24

Mack The Knife

Bobby Darin

↑ 19

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 43

25

Here Comes Summer

Jerry Keller

—

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

26

Robbin' The Cradle

Tony Bellus

↑ 6

Peak: 25 • 26 wks • Prev: 32

27

I Loves You, Porgy

Nina Simone

↑ 1

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 28

28

Primrose Lane

Jerry Wallace With The Jewels

↑ 17

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 45

29

Morgen

Ivo Robic and The Song-Masters

↑ 11

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 40

30

High Hopes

Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids"

↑ 11

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 41

31

Just A Little Too Much

Ricky Nelson

↓ 11

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

32

Forty Miles Of Bad Road

Duane Eddy And The Rebels

↓ 9

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 23

33

My Own True Love

Jimmy Clanton

↑ 3

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 36

34

Poison Ivy

The Coasters

↑ 20

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 54

35

Caribbean

Mitchell Torok

↓ 4

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 31

36

Small World

Johnny Mathis

↓ 3

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 33

37

Lonely Boy

Paul Anka

↓ 13

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

38

Till There Was You

Anita Bryant

↓ 3

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 35

39

Mona Lisa

Carl Mann

↓ 2

Peak: 25 • 16 wks • Prev: 37

40

Mona Lisa

Conway Twitty

↓ 11

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 29

41

Put Your Head On My Shoulder

Paul Anka

↑ 26

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 67

42

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 34

43

Sweeter Than You

Ricky Nelson

↓ 17

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 26

44

I Ain't Never

Webb Pierce

↓ 6

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 38

45

I Got Stripes

Johnny Cash

↑ 2

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 47

46

The Mummy

Bob McFadden And Dor

↑ 5

Peak: 39 • 8 wks • Prev: 51

47

With Open Arms

Jane Morgan

↓ 8

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

48

Hey Little Girl

Dee Clark

↑ 13

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 61

49

Like I Love You

Edd Byrnes and Friend

↓ 7

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 42

50

The Angels Listened In

The Crests

↑ 12

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 62

51

Mary Lou

Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks

↑ 5

Peak: 26 • 16 wks • Prev: 56

52

Just Ask Your Heart

Frankie Avalon

↑ 13

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 65

53

You're Gonna Miss Me

Connie Francis

↑ 16

Peak: 34 • 10 wks • Prev: 69

54

Johnny Reb

Johnny Horton

↑ 6

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 60

55

Midnight Flyer

Nat King Cole

↑ 3

Peak: 51 • 12 wks • Prev: 58

56

I've Been There

Tommy Edwards

↑ 7

Peak: 53 • 10 wks • Prev: 63

57

Angel Face

Jimmy Darren

—

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 57

58

Somethin Else

Eddie Cochran

↑ 10

Peak: 58 • 9 wks • Prev: 68

59

The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown Story)

Dick Flood

↑ 25

Peak: 23 • 8 wks • Prev: 84

60

The Way I Walk

Jack Scott

↓ 14

Peak: 35 • 14 wks • Prev: 46

61

Tiger

Fabian

↓ 17

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

62

So High So Low

LaVern Baker

↓ 10

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 52

63

Lonely Guitar

Annette

↓ 4

Peak: 50 • 11 wks • Prev: 59

64

True True Happiness

Johnny Tillotson

↑ 8

Peak: 54 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

65

Leave My Kitten Alone

Little Willie John

↑ 13

Peak: 60 • 15 wks • Prev: 78

66

Okefenokee

Freddie Cannon

↑ 17

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 83

67

Linda Lu

Ray Sharpe

↓ 18

Peak: 46 • 13 wks • Prev: 49

68

Mau-Mau

The Wailers

↑ 3

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 71

69

Tennessee Stud

Eddy Arnold

↓ 16

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

70

Waterloo

Stonewall Jackson

↓ 22

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 48

71

I'm A Hog For You

The Coasters

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 8 wks

72

Lonely Street

Andy Williams

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 16 wks

73

Gee

George Hamilton IV

↑ 8

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 81

74

The Caterpillar Crawl

The Strangers

↑ 26

Peak: 49 • 7 wks • Prev: 100

75

Mr. Blue

The Fleetwoods

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 20 wks

76

The Battle Of Kookamonga

Homer And Jethro

★ NEW

Peak: 14 • 10 wks

77

Come On And Get Me

Fabian

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 8 wks

78

Battle Hymn Of The Republic

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

★ NEW

Peak: 13 • 16 wks

79

On An Evening In Roma

Dean Martin

↓ 9

Peak: 59 • 13 wks • Prev: 70

80

Smile

Tony Bennett

↓ 4

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

81

Sal's Got A Sugar Lip

Johnny Horton

↑ 14

Peak: 81 • 7 wks • Prev: 95

82

Where

The Platters

★ NEW

Peak: 44 • 9 wks

83

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Jivin' Gene And The Jokers

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 4 wks

84

Teen Beat

Sandy Nelson

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 16 wks

85

Just As Much As Ever

Bob Beckham

↑ 3

Peak: 32 • 21 wks • Prev: 88

86

Suzie Baby

Bobby Vee and The Shadows

↑ 1

Peak: 77 • 4 wks • Prev: 87

87

The Shape I'm In

Johnny Restivo

★ NEW

Peak: 80 • 3 wks

88

There Is Something On Your Mind

Big Jay McNeely And Band

↓ 6

Peak: 44 • 16 wks • Prev: 82

89

Lipstick On Your Collar

Connie Francis

↓ 34

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 55

90

Poco-Loco

Gene & Eunice

↑ 4

Peak: 48 • 13 wks • Prev: 94

91

I Cried

Joe Damiano

↑ 1

Peak: 91 • 3 wks • Prev: 92

92

I'll Be Satisfied

Jackie Wilson

↓ 15

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 77

93

Half-Breed

Marvin Rainwater

↓ 18

Peak: 66 • 7 wks • Prev: 75

94

Since You've Been Gone

Clyde McPhatter

↓ 28

Peak: 38 • 13 wks • Prev: 66

95

Ciao, Ciao Bambina

Jacky Noguez And His Musette Orchestra

↓ 45

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 50

96

Sweet Bird Of Youth

Nat King Cole

—

Peak: 96 • 2 wks • Prev: 96

97

You Were Mine

Fireflies

★ NEW

Peak: 21 • 16 wks

98

Chapel Of Dreams

The Dubs

↓ 24

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

99

Betty My Angel

Jerry Fuller

↓ 9

Peak: 90 • 2 wks • Prev: 90

100

You Better Know It

Jackie Wilson

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 10 wks

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