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