POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 14, 1959
1

The Three Bells

The Browns

—

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 1

2

Sleep Walk

Santo & Johnny

—

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

3

I'm Gonna Get Married

Lloyd Price

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

4

Sea Of Love

Phil Phillips With The Twilights

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 3

5

('til) I Kissed You

The Everly Brothers

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 6

6

Red River Rock

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↓ 1

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 5

7

Broken-Hearted Melody

Sarah Vaughan

—

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 7

8

I Want To Walk You Home

Fats Domino

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

9

Mack The Knife

Bobby Darin

↑ 15

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 24

10

Baby Talk

Jan & Dean

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 11

11

Lavender-Blue

Sammy Turner

↓ 3

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 8

12

Kissin' Time

Bobby Rydell

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 14

13

What'd I Say (Part I & II)

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 9

14

There Goes My Baby

The Drifters

↓ 2

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 12

15

Poison Ivy

The Coasters

↑ 19

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 34

16

Thank You Pretty Baby

Brook Benton

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

17

I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day

Fats Domino

↑ 3

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

18

What A Diff'rence A Day Makes

Dinah Washington

↓ 1

Peak: 8 • 20 wks • Prev: 17

19

It Was I

Skip And Flip

↓ 4

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

20

A Big Hunk O' Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 13

21

Morgen

Ivo Robic and The Song-Masters

↑ 8

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

22

Makin' Love

Floyd Robinson

↓ 1

Peak: 20 • 18 wks • Prev: 21

23

The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown Story)

Dick Flood

↑ 36

Peak: 23 • 8 wks • Prev: 59

24

I Ain't Never

Webb Pierce

↑ 20

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 44

25

My Heart Is An Open Book

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

↓ 9

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 16

26

I Loves You, Porgy

Nina Simone

↑ 1

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 27

27

Hey Little Girl

Dee Clark

↑ 21

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 48

28

Teen Beat

Sandy Nelson

↑ 56

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 84

29

Put Your Head On My Shoulder

Paul Anka

↑ 12

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 41

30

What Is Love?

The Playmates

↓ 11

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

31

Primrose Lane

Jerry Wallace With The Jewels

↓ 3

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 28

32

See You In September

The Tempos

↓ 9

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

33

My Own True Love

Jimmy Clanton

—

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 33

34

Mr. Blue

The Fleetwoods

↑ 41

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 75

35

Just Ask Your Heart

Frankie Avalon

↑ 17

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 52

36

My Wish Came True

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 14

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 22

37

The Battle Of Kookamonga

Homer And Jethro

↑ 39

Peak: 14 • 10 wks • Prev: 76

38

The Angels Listened In

The Crests

↑ 12

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 50

39

The Mummy

Bob McFadden And Dor

↑ 7

Peak: 39 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

40

Caribbean

Mitchell Torok

↓ 5

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 35

41

Here Comes Summer

Jerry Keller

↓ 16

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

42

Robbin' The Cradle

Tony Bellus

↓ 16

Peak: 25 • 26 wks • Prev: 26

43

You're Gonna Miss Me

Connie Francis

↑ 10

Peak: 34 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

44

Small World

Johnny Mathis

↓ 8

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 36

45

High Hopes

Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids"

↓ 15

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 30

46

Forty Miles Of Bad Road

Duane Eddy And The Rebels

↓ 14

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 32

47

Like I Love You

Edd Byrnes and Friend

↑ 2

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 49

48

Mona Lisa

Conway Twitty

↓ 8

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

49

The Caterpillar Crawl

The Strangers

↑ 25

Peak: 49 • 7 wks • Prev: 74

50

Just A Little Too Much

Ricky Nelson

↓ 19

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

51

Midnight Flyer

Nat King Cole

↑ 4

Peak: 51 • 12 wks • Prev: 55

52

I'm A Hog For You

The Coasters

↑ 19

Peak: 38 • 8 wks • Prev: 71

53

I Got Stripes

Johnny Cash

↓ 8

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 45

54

True True Happiness

Johnny Tillotson

↑ 10

Peak: 54 • 9 wks • Prev: 64

55

Till There Was You

Anita Bryant

↓ 17

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 38

56

Okefenokee

Freddie Cannon

↑ 10

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 66

57

So High So Low

LaVern Baker

↑ 5

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 62

58

Battle Hymn Of The Republic

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

↑ 20

Peak: 13 • 16 wks • Prev: 78

59

Mary Lou

Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks

↓ 8

Peak: 26 • 16 wks • Prev: 51

60

Sweeter Than You

Ricky Nelson

↓ 17

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

61

Johnny Reb

Johnny Horton

↓ 7

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 54

62

Somethin Else

Eddie Cochran

↓ 4

Peak: 58 • 9 wks • Prev: 58

63

Linda Lu

Ray Sharpe

↑ 4

Peak: 46 • 13 wks • Prev: 67

64

Lonely Street

Andy Williams

↑ 8

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 72

65

Leave My Kitten Alone

Little Willie John

—

Peak: 60 • 15 wks • Prev: 65

66

With Open Arms

Jane Morgan

↓ 19

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 47

67

I've Been There

Tommy Edwards

↓ 11

Peak: 53 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

68

Fools Hall Of Fame

Pat Boone

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 9 wks

69

Come On And Get Me

Fabian

↑ 8

Peak: 29 • 8 wks • Prev: 77

70

Mona Lisa

Carl Mann

↓ 31

Peak: 25 • 16 wks • Prev: 39

71

Angel Face

Jimmy Darren

↓ 14

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 57

72

You Were Mine

Fireflies

↑ 25

Peak: 21 • 16 wks • Prev: 97

73

Smile

Tony Bennett

↑ 7

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 80

74

Deck Of Cards

Wink Martindale

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 17 wks

75

You Better Know It

Jackie Wilson

↑ 25

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 100

76

The Way I Walk

Jack Scott

↓ 16

Peak: 35 • 14 wks • Prev: 60

77

Suzie Baby

Bobby Vee and The Shadows

↑ 9

Peak: 77 • 4 wks • Prev: 86

78

Tennessee Stud

Eddy Arnold

↓ 9

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 69

79

Where

The Platters

↑ 3

Peak: 44 • 9 wks • Prev: 82

80

The Shape I'm In

Johnny Restivo

↑ 7

Peak: 80 • 3 wks • Prev: 87

81

On An Evening In Roma

Dean Martin

↓ 2

Peak: 59 • 13 wks • Prev: 79

82

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Jivin' Gene And The Jokers

↑ 1

Peak: 69 • 4 wks • Prev: 83

83

Love Potion No. 9

The Clovers

★ NEW

Peak: 23 • 17 wks

84

Gee

George Hamilton IV

↓ 11

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 73

85

Five Feet High And Rising

Johnny Cash

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 3 wks

86

Don't Tell Me Your Troubles

Don Gibson

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 3 wks

87

Chapel Of Dreams

The Dubs

↑ 11

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 98

88

Every Little Thing I Do

Dion & The Belmonts

★ NEW

Peak: 48 • 8 wks

89

(Seven Little Girls) Sitting In The Back Seat

Paul Evans and the Curls

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 18 wks

90

A Worried Man

The Kingston Trio

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 11 wks

91

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

↓ 49

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 42

92

Mau-Mau

The Wailers

↓ 24

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 68

93

Fog Cutter

The Frantics

★ NEW

Peak: 93 • 1 wks

94

Lonely Guitar

Annette

↓ 31

Peak: 50 • 11 wks • Prev: 63

95

Private Eye

The Olympics

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 1 wks

96

Sal's Got A Sugar Lip

Johnny Horton

↓ 15

Peak: 81 • 7 wks • Prev: 81

97

Wish It Were Me

The Platters

★ NEW

Peak: 61 • 7 wks

98

One More Sunrise (Morgen)

Leslie Uggams

★ NEW

Peak: 98 • 1 wks

99

I'll Never Fall In Love Again

Johnnie Ray

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 6 wks

100

I Ain't Never

The Four Preps

★ NEW

Peak: 79 • 2 wks

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