Billboard Hot 100 — May 25, 1959
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of May 25, 1959. "Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison held #1 for a 2nd straight week, the last week of its run. 11 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Bobby Sox To Stockings" by Frankie Avalon at #60, which would go on to peak at #8. The biggest climber was "Bongo Rock" by Preston Epps, up 32 places from #80 to #48.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison — 2 weeks at the top so far, 7 weeks on the chart since debuting April 13, 1959.
- New in the top 10: "Personality" by Lloyd Price and His Orchestra (up from #22 to #9); "Only You" by Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles (up from #14 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You)" by Joni James, down 41 places from #58 to #99.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "It's Just A Matter Of Time" by Brook Benton, 18 weeks and counting (peak #3).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Kansas City Wilbert Harrison |
| 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | The Battle Of New Orleans Johnny Horton |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | Dream Lover Bobby Darin |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) The Impalas |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | The Happy Organ Dave "Baby" Cortez |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | A Teenager In Love Dion & The Belmonts |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | Quiet Village The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny |
| 9 | 22 | 9 | 5 | Personality Lloyd Price and His Orchestra |
| 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | Only You Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles |
| 11 | 11 | 2 | 10 | (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires |
| 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Turn Me Loose Fabian |
| 13 | 18 | 13 | 6 | Endlessly Brook Benton |
| 14 | 21 | 14 | 8 | So Fine The Fiestas |
| 15 | 12 | 5 | 12 | Guitar Boogie Shuffle The Virtues |
| 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 | Enchanted The Platters |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | 15 | Pink Shoe Laces Dodie Stevens |
| 18 | 23 | 18 | 7 | Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye Kathy Linden |
| 19 | 16 | 16 | 9 | Take A Message To Mary The Everly Brothers |
| 20 | 17 | 4 | 9 | I Need Your Love Tonight Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires |
| 21 | 15 | 1 | 12 | Come Softly To Me The Fleetwoods |
| 22 | 19 | 8 | 10 | Tell Him No Travis & Bob |
| 23 | 20 | 13 | 10 | That's Why (I Love You So) Jackie Wilson |
| 24 | 24 | 11 | 9 | Three Stars Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and the Teen-Aires |
| 25 | 27 | 12 | 15 | Since I Don't Have You The Skyliners |
| 26 | 28 | 22 | 9 | Poor Jenny The Everly Brothers |
| 27 | 25 | 12 | 10 | The Tijuana Jail The Kingston Trio |
| 28 | 40 | 28 | 7 | Lonely For You Gary Stites |
| 29 | 46 | 29 | 3 | I'm Ready Fats Domino |
| 30 | 53 | 30 | 3 | Tallahassee Lassie Freddy Cannon |
| 31 | 26 | 1 | 16 | Venus Frankie Avalon |
| 32 | 29 | 28 | 10 | Six Nights A Week The Crests |
| 33 | 31 | 31 | 9 | Guess Who Jesse Belvin |
| 34 | 45 | 34 | 4 | Just Keep It Up Dee Clark |
| 35 | 36 | 35 | 10 | Someone Johnny Mathis |
| 36 | 34 | 34 | 7 | I've Come Of Age Billy Storm |
| 37 | 30 | 30 | 11 | Come To Me Marv Johnson |
| 38 | 32 | 32 | 9 | Almost Grown Chuck Berry |
| 39 | 39 | 14 | 16 | Sea Cruise Frankie Ford |
| 40 | 33 | 6 | 14 | Never Be Anyone Else But You Ricky Nelson |
| 41 | 57 | 41 | 2 | Lipstick On Your Collar Connie Francis |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 10 | For A Penny Pat Boone |
| 43 | 66 | 43 | 2 | Frankie Connie Francis |
| 44 | 48 | 44 | 6 | I Waited Too Long LaVern Baker |
| 45 | 42 | 42 | 5 | Gidget Jimmy Darren |
| 46 | 56 | 46 | 4 | You Made Me Love You Nat King Cole |
| 47 | 61 | 47 | 6 | My Heart Is An Open Book Carl Dobkins, Jr. |
| 48 | 80 | 48 | 2 | Bongo Rock Preston Epps |
| 49 | 41 | 31 | 12 | Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha Sam Cooke |
| 50 | 38 | 20 | 12 | This Should Go On Forever Rod Bernard |
| 51 | 74 | 51 | 2 | Tall Cool One The Wailers |
| 52 | 43 | 43 | 11 | As Time Goes By Johnny Nash |
| 53 | 50 | 50 | 6 | You're So Fine The Falcons |
| 54 | 52 | 52 | 5 | Castin' My Spell The Johnny Otis Show |
| 55 | 64 | 55 | 2 | My Melancholy Baby Tommy Edwards |
| 56 | 54 | 47 | 5 | Crossfire Johnny And The Hurricanes |
| 57 | 67 | 57 | 5 | Rockin' Crickets Hot-Toddys featuring Bill Pennell |
| 58 | 51 | 50 | 7 | Bonaparte's Retreat Billy Grammer |
| 59 | 63 | 59 | 2 | So Close Brook Benton |
| 60 | NEW | 60 | 1 | Bobby Sox To Stockings Frankie Avalon |
| 61 | 88 | 61 | 2 | Along Came Jones The Coasters |
| 62 | 59 | 59 | 5 | Summer Dreams The McGuire Sisters |
| 63 | NEW | 63 | 1 | A Boy Without A Girl Frankie Avalon |
| 64 | 35 | 9 | 13 | It's Late Ricky Nelson |
| 65 | 49 | 3 | 18 | It's Just A Matter Of Time Brook Benton |
| 66 | 75 | 60 | 4 | Kansas City Rocky Olson |
| 67 | 94 | 67 | 2 | The Wonder Of You Ray Peterson |
| 68 | 44 | 5 | 18 | Tragedy Thomas Wayne With the Delons |
| 69 | 62 | 62 | 3 | Margie Fats Domino |
| 70 | 79 | 70 | 5 | Frankie's Man, Johnny Johnny Cash |
| 71 | 71 | 71 | 5 | A String Of Trumpets The Trumpeteers |
| 72 | 85 | 72 | 2 | Graduation's Here The Fleetwoods |
| 73 | 69 | 68 | 5 | There's No Fool Like A Young Fool Tab Hunter |
| 74 | 78 | 74 | 4 | Young Ideas Chico Holiday |
| 75 | NEW | 75 | 1 | I Must Be Dreaming Nat King Cole |
| 76 | 90 | 76 | 2 | The Class Chubby Checker |
| 77 | NEW | 77 | 1 | What A Diff'rence A Day Makes Dinah Washington |
| 78 | 55 | 30 | 9 | "Yep!" Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels |
| 79 | 68 | 68 | 5 | Robbin' The Cradle Tony Bellus |
| 80 | 65 | 13 | 14 | It Doesn't Matter Anymore Buddy Holly |
| 81 | NEW | 81 | 1 | Hushabye The Mystics |
| 82 | 70 | 55 | 8 | That's My Little Suzie Ritchie Valens |
| 83 | 92 | 83 | 2 | (I Don't Care) Only Love Me Steve Lawrence |
| 84 | 89 | 49 | 8 | Lovey Dovey Clyde McPhatter |
| 85 | 77 | 77 | 2 | Hallelujah, I Love Him So Peggy Lee |
| 86 | 47 | 33 | 9 | I Miss You So Paul Anka |
| 87 | NEW | 87 | 1 | The Battle Of New Orleans Vaughn Monroe |
| 88 | NEW | 73 | 3 | White Lightning George Jones |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | There Is Something On Your Mind Big Jay McNeely And Band |
| 90 | 76 | 72 | 4 | Kansas City Hank Ballard And The Midnighters |
| 91 | 60 | 60 | 7 | The Kissing Tree Billy Grammer |
| 92 | NEW | 92 | 1 | Lonely Saturday Night Don French |
| 93 | 98 | 93 | 2 | Someone To Come Home To The Ames Brothers |
| 94 | 100 | 94 | 2 | I Can't Get You Out Of My Heart Al Martino |
| 95 | 82 | 82 | 5 | Your Cheatin' Heart Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra |
| 96 | NEW | 96 | 1 | Straight Flush The Frantics |
| 97 | 91 | 91 | 2 | Russian Band Stand Spencer & Spencer with the Sonia Pryor Choir |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | Waterloo Stonewall Jackson |
| 99 | 58 | 51 | 7 | I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You) Joni James |
| 100 | 99 | 88 | 4 | Talk Of The School Sonny James |
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