POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 7, 1959
1

Mack The Knife

Bobby Darin

—

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 1

2

Heartaches By The Number

Guy Mitchell

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 4

3

Mr. Blue

The Fleetwoods

—

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 3

4

Don't You Know

Della Reese

↓ 2

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

5

In The Mood

Ernie Fields & Orch.

—

Peak: 4 • 19 wks • Prev: 5

6

We Got Love

Bobby Rydell

↑ 2

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 8

7

So Many Ways

Brook Benton

↓ 1

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 6

8

Be My Guest

Fats Domino

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

9

Oh! Carol

Neil Sedaka

↑ 4

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 13

10

Danny Boy

Conway Twitty

↑ 4

Peak: 10 • 18 wks • Prev: 14

11

Put Your Head On My Shoulder

Paul Anka

↓ 4

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 7

12

Deck Of Cards

Wink Martindale

↓ 1

Peak: 7 • 17 wks • Prev: 11

13

Misty

Johnny Mathis

↓ 1

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 12

14

(Seven Little Girls) Sitting In The Back Seat

Paul Evans and the Curls

↓ 4

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

15

El Paso

Marty Robbins

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 27

16

Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

The Browns

↑ 5

Peak: 13 • 14 wks • Prev: 21

17

The Big Hurt

Miss Toni Fisher

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 18

18

It's Time To Cry

Paul Anka

↑ 22

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 40

19

Uh! Oh! Part 2

The Nutty Squirrels

↑ 6

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 25

20

Come Into My Heart

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↑ 10

Peak: 20 • 14 wks • Prev: 30

21

Hound Dog Man

Fabian

↑ 11

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 32

22

Always

Sammy Turner

↓ 3

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

23

Dance With Me

The Drifters

↓ 8

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

24

Why

Frankie Avalon

↑ 29

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 53

25

This Friendly World

Fabian

↑ 16

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 41

26

Lonely Street

Andy Williams

↓ 10

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 16

27

Woo-Hoo

Rock-A-Teens

↓ 4

Peak: 16 • 12 wks • Prev: 23

28

Reveille Rock

Johnny And The Hurricanes

—

Peak: 25 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

29

Primrose Lane

Jerry Wallace With The Jewels

↓ 12

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 17

30

Unforgettable

Dinah Washington

↓ 10

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

31

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Freddie Cannon

↑ 29

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 60

32

Marina

Rocco Granata and the International Quintet

↑ 4

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 36

33

Just As Much As Ever

Bob Beckham

↑ 6

Peak: 32 • 21 wks • Prev: 39

34

(If You Cry) True Love, True Love

The Drifters

↓ 1

Peak: 33 • 11 wks • Prev: 33

35

The Enchanted Sea

The Islanders

↓ 13

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 22

36

Believe Me

Royal Teens

↓ 7

Peak: 26 • 15 wks • Prev: 29

37

Sandy

Larry Hall

↑ 27

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 64

38

Among My Souvenirs

Connie Francis

↑ 18

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 56

39

You Got What It Takes

Marv Johnson

↓ 5

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 34

40

I Wanna Be Loved

Ricky Nelson

↑ 10

Peak: 20 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

41

Teen Beat

Sandy Nelson

↓ 15

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 26

42

First Name Initial

Annette With The Afterbeats

↑ 6

Peak: 20 • 18 wks • Prev: 48

43

Talk To Me

Frank Sinatra

↓ 5

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

44

Pretty Blue Eyes

Steve Lawrence

↑ 10

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 54

45

I'm Movin' On

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↑ 4

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 49

46

Midnight Stroll

The Revels

↓ 11

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 35

47

Love Potion No. 9

The Clovers

↓ 16

Peak: 23 • 17 wks • Prev: 31

48

You Were Mine

Fireflies

↓ 24

Peak: 21 • 16 wks • Prev: 24

49

Joey's Song

Bill Haley And His Comets

↓ 2

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 47

50

Smooth Operator

Sarah Vaughan

↑ 7

Peak: 44 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

51

Running Bear

Johnny Preston

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 59

52

Tear Drop

Santo & Johnny

↑ 24

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 76

53

If I Give My Heart To You

Kitty Kallen

↓ 11

Peak: 34 • 12 wks • Prev: 42

54

High School U.S.A.

Tommy Facenda

↓ 10

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

55

Battle Hymn Of The Republic

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

↓ 18

Peak: 13 • 16 wks • Prev: 37

56

Wont'cha Come Home

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↓ 4

Peak: 43 • 10 wks • Prev: 52

57

Living Doll

Cliff Richard and The Drifters

↓ 6

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 51

58

I've Been Around

Fats Domino

↓ 13

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 45

59

God Bless America

Connie Francis

↓ 13

Peak: 36 • 11 wks • Prev: 46

60

Marina

Willy Alberti

↑ 21

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 81

61

Mighty Good

Ricky Nelson

↑ 25

Peak: 38 • 9 wks • Prev: 86

62

The Clouds

The Spacemen

↓ 4

Peak: 41 • 14 wks • Prev: 58

63

The Best Of Everything

Johnny Mathis

↓ 1

Peak: 62 • 5 wks • Prev: 62

64

The Enchanted Sea

The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny

↓ 21

Peak: 28 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

65

Smokie - Part 2

Bill Black's Combo

↑ 33

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 98

66

(New In) The Ways Of Love

Tommy Edwards

↑ 1

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 67

67

I'll Walk The Line

Don Costa And His Orchestra And Chorus

↑ 5

Peak: 59 • 6 wks • Prev: 72

68

Honestly And Truly

Tommy Edwards

↓ 2

Peak: 65 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

69

Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)

Ray Peterson

↑ 4

Peak: 64 • 6 wks • Prev: 73

70

Torquay

Fireballs

↓ 15

Peak: 39 • 13 wks • Prev: 55

71

A Year Ago Tonight

The Crests

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 10 wks

72

Talk That Talk

Jackie Wilson

↑ 11

Peak: 34 • 12 wks • Prev: 83

73

Just To Be With You

The Passions

↑ 15

Peak: 69 • 10 wks • Prev: 88

74

Poison Ivy

The Coasters

↓ 4

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 70

75

Tiny Tim

LaVern Baker

↓ 12

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 63

76

Say Man

Bo Diddley

↓ 15

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 61

77

What About Us

The Coasters

★ NEW

Peak: 47 • 10 wks

78

Just Ask Your Heart

Frankie Avalon

↓ 13

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 65

79

Starry Eyed

Gary Stites

↑ 6

Peak: 77 • 7 wks • Prev: 85

80

The Hunch

Paul Gayten

↓ 3

Peak: 68 • 7 wks • Prev: 77

81

Pretend

Carl Mann

↓ 10

Peak: 57 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

82

Morgen

Ivo Robic and The Song-Masters

↓ 14

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 68

83

The Happy Reindeer

Dancer, Prancer And Nervous

★ NEW

Peak: 34 • 6 wks

84

One More Chance

Rod Bernard

↓ 10

Peak: 74 • 9 wks • Prev: 74

85

Happy Anniversary

Jane Morgan

↑ 4

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 89

86

There, I've Said It Again

Sam Cooke

↓ 2

Peak: 81 • 5 wks • Prev: 84

87

We Told You Not To Marry

Titus Turner

↑ 6

Peak: 83 • 6 wks • Prev: 93

88

Beyond The Sunset

Pat Boone

↑ 8

Peak: 71 • 5 wks • Prev: 96

89

Symphony

Sammy Turner

↑ 1

Peak: 82 • 3 wks • Prev: 90

90

The Hunch

Bobby Peterson Quintet

↓ 12

Peak: 71 • 7 wks • Prev: 78

91

Gilee

Sonny Spencer

↓ 9

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 82

92

Tennessee Waltz

Bobby Comstock

↓ 13

Peak: 52 • 7 wks • Prev: 79

93

Lucky Devil

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 17 wks

94

Shadows

5 Satins

↑ 1

Peak: 87 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

95

Teach Me Tiger

April Stevens

↑ 4

Peak: 86 • 3 wks • Prev: 99

96

Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop

Little Anthony And The Imperials

★ NEW

Peak: 24 • 16 wks

97

Happy Anniversary

The Four Lads

↑ 3

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 100

98

Go, Jimmy, Go

Jimmy Clanton

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 16 wks

99

How About That

Dee Clark

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 11 wks

100

Uh! Oh! Part 1

The Nutty Squirrels

★ NEW

Peak: 45 • 6 wks

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