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Billboard Hot 100 Charts of 1959

Browse every weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart from 1959 — 52 charts in all. 16 different songs reached #1 during the year. The song that spent the most weeks at #1 during 1959 was "Mack The Knife" by Bobby Darin (9 weeks on top). Bobby Darin held the #1 spot for the most weeks of any artist that year.

52weekly charts
16different #1 songs
9weeks at #1 for the year's biggest song
29weeks on the chart for the year's longest-running debut

Number-one songs of 1959

Reached #1Weeks at #1SongArtist
December 22, 1958 (continued from 1958)4The Chipmunk SongThe Chipmunks With David Seville
January 19, 19593Smoke Gets In Your EyesThe Platters
February 9, 19594Stagger LeeLloyd Price
March 9, 19595VenusFrankie Avalon
April 13, 19594Come Softly To MeThe Fleetwoods
May 11, 19591The Happy OrganDave "Baby" Cortez
May 18, 19592Kansas CityWilbert Harrison
June 1, 19596The Battle Of New OrleansJohnny Horton
July 13, 19594Lonely BoyPaul Anka
August 10, 19592A Big Hunk O' LoveElvis Presley With The Jordanaires
August 24, 19594The Three BellsThe Browns
September 21, 19592Sleep WalkSanto & Johnny
October 5, 19596Mack The KnifeBobby Darin
November 16, 19591Mr. BlueThe Fleetwoods
November 23, 19593Mack The KnifeBobby Darin
December 14, 19592Heartaches By The NumberGuy Mitchell
December 28, 19591WhyFrankie Avalon

Artists with the most weeks at #1 in 1959

  1. Bobby Darin — 9 weeks
  2. Frankie Avalon — 6 weeks
  3. Johnny Horton — 6 weeks
  4. The Fleetwoods — 5 weeks
  5. Lloyd Price — 4 weeks

Longest-running hits that debuted in 1959

Weeks on chartPeakSongArtistDebuted
29#39Harlem NocturneThe ViscountsDecember 28, 1959
28#1VenusFrankie AvalonFebruary 9, 1959
27#1Running BearJohnny PrestonOctober 12, 1959
26#1Mack The KnifeBobby DarinAugust 24, 1959
26#25Robbin' The CradleTony BellusApril 27, 1959
24#3My Heart Is An Open BookCarl Dobkins, Jr.April 13, 1959
24#4Sweet Nothin'sBrenda LeeDecember 21, 1959
23#2He'll Have To GoJim ReevesDecember 28, 1959
23#36Tall Cool OneThe WailersMay 18, 1959
22#1El PasoMarty RobbinsNovember 9, 1959

Every chart from 1959

January 5, 1959 January 12, 1959 January 19, 1959 January 26, 1959 February 2, 1959 February 9, 1959 February 16, 1959 February 23, 1959 March 2, 1959 March 9, 1959 March 16, 1959 March 23, 1959 March 30, 1959 April 6, 1959 April 13, 1959 April 20, 1959 April 27, 1959 May 4, 1959 May 11, 1959 May 18, 1959 May 25, 1959 June 1, 1959 June 8, 1959 June 15, 1959 June 22, 1959 June 29, 1959 July 6, 1959 July 13, 1959 July 20, 1959 July 27, 1959 August 3, 1959 August 10, 1959 August 17, 1959 August 24, 1959 August 31, 1959 September 7, 1959 September 14, 1959 September 21, 1959 September 28, 1959 October 5, 1959 October 12, 1959 October 19, 1959 October 26, 1959 November 2, 1959 November 9, 1959 November 16, 1959 November 23, 1959 November 30, 1959 December 7, 1959 December 14, 1959 December 21, 1959 December 28, 1959
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