Billboard Hot 100 — June 8, 1959
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of June 8, 1959. "The Battle Of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton held #1 for a 2nd straight week, on its way to 6 weeks on top. 9 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "I'm Gonna Change Him" by Cathy Carr at #67, which would go on to peak at #63. The biggest climber was "Lonely Boy" by Paul Anka, up 34 places from #52 to #18.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "The Battle Of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton — 2 weeks at the top so far, 7 weeks on the chart since debuting April 27, 1959.
- Biggest fall: "Tell Him No" by Travis & Bob, down 32 places from #26 to #58.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Pink Shoe Laces" by Dodie Stevens, 17 weeks and counting (peak #3).
- Gone from the chart: "Venus" by Frankie Avalon after 17 weeks (peak #1); "Tragedy" by Thomas Wayne With the Delons after 19 weeks (peak #5).
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 | The Battle Of New Orleans Johnny Horton |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | Dream Lover Bobby Darin |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | Personality Lloyd Price and His Orchestra |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | Kansas City Wilbert Harrison |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | Quiet Village The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | A Teenager In Love Dion & The Belmonts |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 13 | Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) The Impalas |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | Only You Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles |
| 10 | 10 | 1 | 13 | The Happy Organ Dave "Baby" Cortez |
| 11 | 15 | 11 | 5 | Tallahassee Lassie Freddy Cannon |
| 12 | 13 | 12 | 8 | Endlessly Brook Benton |
| 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | So Fine The Fiestas |
| 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye Kathy Linden |
| 15 | 30 | 15 | 4 | Along Came Jones The Coasters |
| 16 | 17 | 16 | 5 | I'm Ready Fats Domino |
| 17 | 23 | 17 | 4 | Lipstick On Your Collar Connie Francis |
| 18 | 52 | 18 | 2 | Lonely Boy Paul Anka |
| 19 | 22 | 19 | 4 | Frankie Connie Francis |
| 20 | 32 | 20 | 6 | Just Keep It Up Dee Clark |
| 21 | 16 | 12 | 12 | Enchanted The Platters |
| 22 | 14 | 9 | 11 | Turn Me Loose Fabian |
| 23 | 36 | 23 | 7 | Crossfire Johnny And The Hurricanes |
| 24 | 38 | 24 | 4 | Bongo Rock Preston Epps |
| 25 | 35 | 25 | 3 | Bobby Sox To Stockings Frankie Avalon |
| 26 | 49 | 26 | 4 | My Melancholy Baby Tommy Edwards |
| 27 | 19 | 2 | 12 | (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires |
| 28 | 24 | 24 | 9 | Lonely For You Gary Stites |
| 29 | 21 | 5 | 14 | Guitar Boogie Shuffle The Virtues |
| 30 | 20 | 3 | 17 | Pink Shoe Laces Dodie Stevens |
| 31 | 31 | 31 | 8 | My Heart Is An Open Book Carl Dobkins, Jr. |
| 32 | 44 | 32 | 8 | You're So Fine The Falcons |
| 33 | 18 | 16 | 11 | Take A Message To Mary The Everly Brothers |
| 34 | 28 | 28 | 9 | I've Come Of Age Billy Storm |
| 35 | 60 | 35 | 2 | I Only Have Eyes For You The Flamingos |
| 36 | 25 | 13 | 12 | That's Why (I Love You So) Jackie Wilson |
| 37 | 71 | 37 | 3 | Little Dipper The Mickey Mozart Quintet |
| 38 | 54 | 38 | 4 | So Close Brook Benton |
| 39 | 66 | 39 | 3 | Waterloo Stonewall Jackson |
| 40 | 39 | 31 | 11 | Guess Who Jesse Belvin |
| 41 | 37 | 37 | 4 | Tall Cool One The Wailers |
| 42 | 40 | 32 | 11 | Almost Grown Chuck Berry |
| 43 | 47 | 43 | 4 | The Wonder Of You Ray Peterson |
| 44 | 41 | 22 | 11 | Poor Jenny The Everly Brothers |
| 45 | 65 | 45 | 4 | The Class Chubby Checker |
| 46 | 29 | 4 | 11 | I Need Your Love Tonight Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires |
| 47 | 59 | 47 | 3 | Hushabye The Mystics |
| 48 | 64 | 48 | 4 | Graduation's Here The Fleetwoods |
| 49 | 58 | 49 | 3 | What A Diff'rence A Day Makes Dinah Washington |
| 50 | 33 | 33 | 8 | I Waited Too Long LaVern Baker |
| 51 | 56 | 51 | 5 | Margie Fats Domino |
| 52 | 50 | 30 | 13 | Come To Me Marv Johnson |
| 53 | 45 | 45 | 6 | You Made Me Love You Nat King Cole |
| 54 | 51 | 42 | 7 | Gidget Jimmy Darren |
| 55 | 46 | 12 | 17 | Since I Don't Have You The Skyliners |
| 56 | 68 | 56 | 2 | Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario Jimmie Rodgers |
| 57 | 27 | 11 | 11 | Three Stars Tommy Dee with Carol Kay and the Teen-Aires |
| 58 | 26 | 8 | 12 | Tell Him No Travis & Bob |
| 59 | 70 | 59 | 7 | Robbin' The Cradle Tony Bellus |
| 60 | 34 | 1 | 14 | Come Softly To Me The Fleetwoods |
| 61 | 43 | 12 | 12 | The Tijuana Jail The Kingston Trio |
| 62 | 87 | 62 | 2 | This I Swear The Skyliners |
| 63 | 48 | 35 | 12 | Someone Johnny Mathis |
| 64 | 67 | 64 | 7 | A String Of Trumpets The Trumpeteers |
| 65 | 42 | 28 | 12 | Six Nights A Week The Crests |
| 66 | 61 | 57 | 7 | Rockin' Crickets Hot-Toddys featuring Bill Pennell |
| 67 | NEW | 67 | 1 | I'm Gonna Change Him Cathy Carr |
| 68 | 84 | 68 | 3 | There Is Something On Your Mind Big Jay McNeely And Band |
| 69 | 53 | 53 | 3 | A Boy Without A Girl Frankie Avalon |
| 70 | 82 | 70 | 2 | Mona Lisa Carl Mann |
| 71 | NEW | 71 | 1 | Only Sixteen Sam Cooke |
| 72 | 57 | 57 | 7 | Frankie's Man, Johnny Johnny Cash |
| 73 | 75 | 73 | 5 | White Lightning George Jones |
| 74 | 69 | 69 | 3 | I Must Be Dreaming Nat King Cole |
| 75 | 55 | 55 | 7 | Summer Dreams The McGuire Sisters |
| 76 | 77 | 76 | 4 | I Can't Get You Out Of My Heart Al Martino |
| 77 | 98 | 77 | 2 | There Goes My Baby The Drifters |
| 78 | 73 | 73 | 2 | Danny Boy Sil Austin |
| 79 | 74 | 74 | 2 | Velvet Waters The Megatrons |
| 80 | 72 | 72 | 3 | Lonely Saturday Night Don French |
| 81 | 90 | 81 | 2 | Sweet Chile Sheb Wooley |
| 82 | 62 | 62 | 4 | (I Don't Care) Only Love Me Steve Lawrence |
| 83 | 88 | 74 | 6 | Young Ideas Chico Holiday |
| 84 | NEW | 84 | 1 | Forty Days Ronnie Hawkins |
| 85 | NEW | 72 | 5 | Kansas City Hank Ballard And The Midnighters |
| 86 | 78 | 78 | 4 | Someone To Come Home To The Ames Brothers |
| 87 | 80 | 6 | 16 | Never Be Anyone Else But You Ricky Nelson |
| 88 | 76 | 76 | 5 | Old Spanish Town The Bell Notes |
| 89 | 79 | 50 | 9 | Bonaparte's Retreat Billy Grammer |
| 90 | 93 | 90 | 2 | Mary Ann Thomas Bobby Freeman |
| 91 | 92 | 91 | 3 | Straight Flush The Frantics |
| 92 | NEW | 92 | 1 | I Know Perry Como |
| 93 | 97 | 93 | 2 | Pointed Toe Shoes Carl Perkins |
| 94 | 99 | 94 | 2 | Cherrystone Addrisi Brothers |
| 95 | NEW | 95 | 1 | La Plume De Ma Tante Hugo & Luigi |
| 96 | 100 | 96 | 2 | Jack O'Diamonds Ruth Brown |
| 97 | 86 | 86 | 2 | It's Only The Good Times Tommy Edwards |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | One Love, One Heart The Four Coins |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | Flower Of Love The Crests featuring Johnny Mastro |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | The Whistling Organ Dave "Baby" Cortez |
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