Billboard Hot 100 — June 22, 1959
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of June 22, 1959. "The Battle Of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton held #1 for a 4th straight week, on its way to 6 weeks on top. 12 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Back In The U.S.A." by Chuck Berry at #56, which would go on to peak at #37. The biggest climber was "Forty Miles Of Bad Road" by Duane Eddy And The Rebels, up 46 places from #96 to #50.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "The Battle Of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton — 4 weeks at the top so far, 9 weeks on the chart since debuting April 27, 1959.
- New in the top 10: "Along Came Jones" by The Coasters (up from #13 to #9); "Lipstick On Your Collar" by Connie Francis (up from #15 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "Pink Shoe Laces" by Dodie Stevens, down 52 places from #42 to #94.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Pink Shoe Laces" by Dodie Stevens, 19 weeks and counting (peak #3).
- Gone from the chart: "Tell Him No" by Travis & Bob after 13 weeks (peak #8).
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 | 9 | The Battle Of New Orleans Johnny Horton |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Personality Lloyd Price and His Orchestra |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | Dream Lover Bobby Darin |
| 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | Lonely Boy Paul Anka |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | Kansas City Wilbert Harrison |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | Quiet Village The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Tallahassee Lassie Freddy Cannon |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | A Teenager In Love Dion & The Belmonts |
| 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 | Along Came Jones The Coasters |
| 10 | 15 | 10 | 6 | Lipstick On Your Collar Connie Francis |
| 11 | 16 | 11 | 6 | Frankie Connie Francis |
| 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | Only You Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles |
| 13 | 20 | 13 | 5 | Bobby Sox To Stockings Frankie Avalon |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | 10 | Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens |
| 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | So Fine The Fiestas |
| 16 | 21 | 16 | 6 | Bongo Rock Preston Epps |
| 17 | 24 | 17 | 5 | Waterloo Stonewall Jackson |
| 18 | 19 | 16 | 7 | I'm Ready Fats Domino |
| 19 | 29 | 19 | 4 | I Only Have Eyes For You The Flamingos |
| 20 | 12 | 2 | 15 | Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) The Impalas |
| 21 | 28 | 21 | 5 | A Boy Without A Girl Frankie Avalon |
| 22 | 22 | 20 | 8 | Just Keep It Up Dee Clark |
| 23 | 17 | 12 | 10 | Endlessly Brook Benton |
| 24 | 23 | 23 | 9 | Crossfire Johnny And The Hurricanes |
| 25 | 14 | 1 | 15 | The Happy Organ Dave "Baby" Cortez |
| 26 | 27 | 26 | 10 | My Heart Is An Open Book Carl Dobkins, Jr. |
| 27 | 18 | 11 | 11 | Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye Kathy Linden |
| 28 | 38 | 28 | 6 | The Wonder Of You Ray Peterson |
| 29 | 26 | 26 | 6 | My Melancholy Baby Tommy Edwards |
| 30 | 36 | 30 | 4 | This I Swear The Skyliners |
| 31 | 25 | 25 | 10 | You're So Fine The Falcons |
| 32 | 35 | 32 | 5 | Little Dipper The Mickey Mozart Quintet |
| 33 | 31 | 31 | 5 | Hushabye The Mystics |
| 34 | 55 | 34 | 2 | Tiger Fabian |
| 35 | 37 | 35 | 4 | Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario Jimmie Rodgers |
| 36 | 46 | 36 | 6 | Tall Cool One The Wailers |
| 37 | 34 | 28 | 11 | I've Come Of Age Billy Storm |
| 38 | 39 | 38 | 6 | The Class Chubby Checker |
| 39 | 44 | 39 | 6 | Graduation's Here The Fleetwoods |
| 40 | 49 | 40 | 5 | What A Diff'rence A Day Makes Dinah Washington |
| 41 | 48 | 41 | 4 | There Goes My Baby The Drifters |
| 42 | 40 | 33 | 10 | I Waited Too Long LaVern Baker |
| 43 | 47 | 43 | 9 | Robbin' The Cradle Tony Bellus |
| 44 | 33 | 24 | 11 | Lonely For You Gary Stites |
| 45 | 32 | 12 | 14 | Enchanted The Platters |
| 46 | 51 | 46 | 4 | Mona Lisa Carl Mann |
| 47 | 30 | 9 | 13 | Turn Me Loose Fabian |
| 48 | 41 | 41 | 9 | Gidget Jimmy Darren |
| 49 | 74 | 49 | 2 | M.T.A. The Kingston Trio |
| 50 | 96 | 50 | 2 | Forty Miles Of Bad Road Duane Eddy And The Rebels |
| 51 | 57 | 51 | 3 | Only Sixteen Sam Cooke |
| 52 | 54 | 51 | 7 | Margie Fats Domino |
| 53 | 75 | 53 | 6 | I Can't Get You Out Of My Heart Al Martino |
| 54 | 61 | 54 | 2 | Twixt Twelve And Twenty Pat Boone |
| 55 | 62 | 55 | 2 | Since You've Been Gone Clyde McPhatter |
| 56 | NEW | 56 | 1 | Back In The U.S.A. Chuck Berry |
| 57 | 65 | 57 | 4 | Velvet Waters The Megatrons |
| 58 | 53 | 45 | 8 | You Made Me Love You Nat King Cole |
| 59 | 64 | 59 | 4 | Danny Boy Sil Austin |
| 60 | NEW | 60 | 1 | Lavender-Blue Sammy Turner |
| 61 | 60 | 57 | 9 | Rockin' Crickets Hot-Toddys featuring Bill Pennell |
| 62 | 80 | 62 | 2 | Wonderful You Jimmie Rodgers |
| 63 | NEW | 63 | 1 | I'll Be Satisfied Jackie Wilson |
| 64 | 79 | 64 | 3 | Forty Days Ronnie Hawkins |
| 65 | 63 | 63 | 3 | I'm Gonna Change Him Cathy Carr |
| 66 | 45 | 5 | 16 | Guitar Boogie Shuffle The Virtues |
| 67 | 92 | 67 | 2 | Taboo Arthur Lyman |
| 68 | NEW | 68 | 1 | Remember When The Platters |
| 69 | 52 | 31 | 13 | Guess Who Jesse Belvin |
| 70 | 81 | 70 | 2 | With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming Patti Page |
| 71 | 43 | 2 | 14 | (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires |
| 72 | 68 | 64 | 9 | A String Of Trumpets The Trumpeteers |
| 73 | 58 | 38 | 6 | So Close Brook Benton |
| 74 | 86 | 74 | 3 | I Know Perry Como |
| 75 | 70 | 70 | 4 | Sweet Chile Sheb Wooley |
| 76 | 59 | 4 | 13 | I Need Your Love Tonight Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires |
| 77 | 89 | 77 | 3 | The Whistling Organ Dave "Baby" Cortez |
| 78 | 100 | 78 | 2 | Cap And Gown Marty Robbins |
| 79 | 71 | 68 | 5 | There Is Something On Your Mind Big Jay McNeely And Band |
| 80 | 56 | 30 | 15 | Come To Me Marv Johnson |
| 81 | 87 | 81 | 3 | Flower Of Love The Crests featuring Johnny Mastro |
| 82 | NEW | 82 | 1 | Gotta New Girl Bobby Day |
| 83 | NEW | 83 | 2 | Like Young Andre Previn With David Rose |
| 84 | NEW | 84 | 1 | I Love An Angel Little Bill and The Bluenotes |
| 85 | NEW | 85 | 3 | Cherrystone Addrisi Brothers |
| 86 | NEW | 69 | 4 | I Must Be Dreaming Nat King Cole |
| 87 | 76 | 32 | 13 | Almost Grown Chuck Berry |
| 88 | 97 | 88 | 2 | Small World Johnny Mathis |
| 89 | 84 | 72 | 7 | Kansas City Hank Ballard And The Midnighters |
| 90 | 93 | 90 | 2 | A Prayer And A Juke Box Little Anthony And The Imperials |
| 91 | 50 | 16 | 13 | Take A Message To Mary The Everly Brothers |
| 92 | 98 | 92 | 2 | High Hopes Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids" |
| 93 | 88 | 88 | 2 | Little Boy Blue Huelyn Duvall |
| 94 | 42 | 3 | 19 | Pink Shoe Laces Dodie Stevens |
| 95 | 91 | 91 | 3 | La Plume De Ma Tante Hugo & Luigi |
| 96 | 66 | 1 | 16 | Come Softly To Me The Fleetwoods |
| 97 | NEW | 97 | 1 | Ciao, Ciao Bambina Jacky Noguez And His Musette Orchestra |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | It Was I Skip And Flip |
| 99 | 85 | 12 | 19 | Since I Don't Have You The Skyliners |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Oh, What A Fool The Impalas |
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