1959 - The Golden Age of Music
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Top Hits of 1959 - Songs You May Have Forgotten 



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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters 1/19 
My Happiness -  Connie Francis 1/19 
The All American - Boy Bill Parsons (Bobby Bare) 2/02
Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price 2/09 
16 Candles -  Crests 2/09 
Donna -  Ritchie Valens 2/23 
Venus - Frankie Avalon 3/09 
Charlie Brown -  The Coasters 3/09 
Alvin's Harmonica - The Chipmunks 3/16 
It's Just a Matter of Time -  Brook Benton 4/06 
Come Softly to Me -  The Fleetwoods 4/13 
Pink Shoe Laces - Dodie Stevens 4/13
(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I - Elvis Presley 4/27 
The Happy Organ - Dave Baby Cortez 5/11 
Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) - The Impalas 5/11 
Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison 5/18 
Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton 6/01 
Quiet Village - Martin Denny 6/01 
Dream Lover -  Bobby Darin 6/08 
Personality -  Lloyd Price 6/15 
Lonely Boy -  Paul Anka 7/13 
Waterloo - Stonewall Jackson 7/13 
Tiger - Fabian 7/20 
My Heart Is An Open Book - Carl Dobkins, Jr. 8/03 
A Big Hunk Of Love -  Elvis Presley 8/10 
There Goes My Baby - The Drifters 8/17 
The Three Bells - The Browns 8/24 
Sea of Love -  Phil Phillips 8/24
Lavender Blue - Sammy Turner 8/24 
I'm Gonna Get Married - Lloyd Price 9/14 
Sleep Walk - Santo and Johnny 9/21 
('Til) I Kissed You - Everly Brothers 9/21 
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin 10/05 
Put Your Head on My Shoulder - Paul Anka 10/05 
Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson 10/19 
Mr. Blue - The Fleetwoods 11/16 
Don't You Know - Della Reese 11/30 
Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell 12/14 
Why Frankie - Avalon 12/28 
The Big Hurt - Miss Toni Fisher 12/28

Other Major Hits 1959
Poison Ivy - The Coasters 
A Teenager in Love - Dion and the Belmonts 
What'd I Say - Ray Charles 
Kookie, Kookie. Lend Me Your Comb - Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens
Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners 
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens 
Among My Souvenirs - Connie Francis 
Lipstick on Your Collar -  Connie Francis 
Bobby Sox to Stockings -  Frankie Avalon 
Dance With Me - The Drifters 
Deck of Cards - Wink Martindale
El Paso - Marty Robbins 
High Hopes -  Frank Sinatra 
Hushabye - The Mystics 
I Cried a Tear - LaVern Baker 
Lonely Teardrops -  Jackie Wilson 
Misty -  Johnny Mathis 
Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka 
Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke 
Running Bear -  Johnny Preston
Sea Cruise -  Frankie Ford 
Tall Paul - Annette with the Afterbeats 
Turn Me Loose -  Fabian 

Top Country Hits 1959
Billy Bayou – Jim Reeves  - January 19
Don't Take Your Guns to Town – Johnny Cash  - February 23
When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) – Johnny Horton - April 6
White Lighting – George Jones - April 13
The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton - May 18
Waterloo – Stonewall Jackson - July 27
The Three Bells – The Browns - August 31
Country Girl – Faron Young  - November 9
The Same Old Me – Ray Price - December 7
El Paso – Marty Robbins - December 21

Other Major Country Hits
Am I That Easy to Forget - Carl Belew
Big Midnight Special – Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper
Black Land Farmer – Frankie Miller
Cabin in the Hills – Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys
Chasin' a Rainbow – Hank Snow
Come Walk With Me – Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper
Don't Tell Me Your Troubles – Don Gibson
Family Man – Frankie Miller
Frankie's Man, Johnny – Johnny Cash
Heartaches By the Number – Ray Price
Home – Jim Reeves
I Ain't Never – Webb Pierce
I Got Stripes – Johnny Cash
I'm In Love Again - George Morgan
I've Run Out of Tomorrows – Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys
Jimmy Brown The Newsboy - Mac Wiseman
The Last Ride – Hank Snow
Life to Go – Stonewall Jackson
The Long Black Veil – Lefty Frizzell
Luther Played the Boogie – Johnny Cash
Mommy For a Day – Kitty Wells
My Baby's Gone – The Louvin Brothers
Ninety-Nine – Bill Anderson
Old Moon - Betty Foley
Partners – Jim Reeves
Second Fiddle – Buck Owens
Set Him Free – Skeeter Davis
Somebody's Back In Town - The Wilburn Brothers
Ten Thousand Drums – Carl Smith
Tennessee Stud – Eddy Arnold
That's What It's Like to be Lonesome – Ray Price
There's a Big Wheel – Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper
('Til) I Kissed You – Everly Brothers
A Thousand Miles Ago – Webb Pierce
Under Your Spell Again – Buck Owens
The Wall – Freddie Hart
Which One Is To Blame? - The Wilburn Brothers
Who Cares – Don Gibson
Who Shot Sam – George Jones