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Elvis Presley had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100.
Frankie Avalon had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100.
Ricky Nelson had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100.

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1959. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 14, 1959, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January through November 1959.

Title Artist(s)
1 " The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton
2 " Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin
3 " Personality" Lloyd Price
4 " Venus" Frankie Avalon
5 " Lonely Boy" Paul Anka
6 " Dream Lover" Bobby Darin
7 " The Three Bells" The Browns
8 " Come Softly to Me" The Fleetwoods
9 " Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison
10 " Mr. Blue" The Fleetwoods
11 " Sleep Walk" Santo & Johnny
12 " Put Your Head on My Shoulder" Paul Anka
13 " Stagger Lee" Lloyd Price
14 " Donna" Ritchie Valens
15 " Pink Shoe Laces" Dodie Stevens
16 " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" The Platters
17 " Charlie Brown" The Coasters
18 " Quiet Village" Martin Denny
19 " My Heart Is an Open Book" Carl Dobkins Jr.
20 " (Till) I Kissed You" The Everly Brothers
21 " Sea of Love" Phil Phillips
22 " The Happy Organ" Dave Cortez
23 " I'm Gonna Get Married" Lloyd Price
24 " Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" The Impalas
25 " A Teenager in Love" Dion and the Belmonts
26 " 16 Candles" The Crests
27 " It's Just a Matter of Time" Brook Benton
28 " Lipstick on Your Collar" Connie Francis
29 " There Goes My Baby" The Drifters
30 " A Big Hunk o' Love" Elvis Presley
31 " Red River Rock" Johnny and the Hurricanes
32 " Waterloo" Stonewall Jackson
33 " Lavender Blue" Sammy Turner
34 " (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" Elvis Presley
35 " Guitar Boogie Shuffle" The Virtues
36 " Teen Beat" Sandy Nelson
37 " Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" Edd Byrnes & Connie Stevens
38 " Tragedy" Thomas Wayne
39 " My Happiness" Connie Francis
40 " Tallahassee Lassie" Freddy Cannon
41 " Tiger" Fabian
42 " Never Be Anyone Else But You" Ricky Nelson
43 " Don't You Know?" Della Reese
44 " I Need Your Love Tonight" Elvis Presley
45 " What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" Dinah Washington
46 " The All American Boy" Bill Parsons
47 " Primrose Lane" Jerry Wallace
48 " Alvin's Harmonica" The Chipmunks
49 " Lonely Street" Andy Williams
50 " What'd I Say" Ray Charles
51 " Broken Hearted Melody" Sarah Vaughan
52 " Only You (And You Alone)" Franck Pourcel
53 " Gotta Travel On" Billy Grammer
54 " Poison Ivy" The Coasters
55 " Turn Me Loose" Fabian
56 " Lonely Teardrops" Jackie Wilson
57 " Hawaiian Wedding Song" Andy Williams
58 " Forty Miles of Bad Road" Duane Eddy
59 " Just Ask Your Heart" Frankie Avalon
60 " Tell Him No" Travis and Bob
61 " Frankie" Connie Francis
62 " I've Had It" The Bell Notes
63 " I Cried a Tear" LaVern Baker
64 " Enchanted" The Platters
65 " Since I Don't Have You" The Skyliners
66 " Peter Gunn Theme" Ray Anthony
67 " The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" The Chipmunks
68 " I Want to Walk You Home" Fats Domino
69 " So Fine" The Fiestas
70 " Bobby Sox to Stockings" Frankie Avalon
71 " The Deck of Cards" Wink Martindale
72 " A Lover's Question" Clyde McPhatter
73 " I Only Have Eyes for You" The Flamingos
74 " It's Late" Ricky Nelson
75 " Petite Fleur" Chris Barber's Jazz Band
76 " Tall Paul" Annette Funicello
77 " The Tijuana Jail" The Kingston Trio
78 " Just a Little Too Much" Ricky Nelson
79 " Goodbye Baby" Jack Scott
80 " Along Came Jones" The Coasters
81 " Three Stars" Tommy Dee & Carol Kay
82 " A Boy Without a Girl" Frankie Avalon
83 " Sweeter Than You" Ricky Nelson
84 " It Was I" Skip & Flip
85 " Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" Kathy Linden
86 " Manhattan Spiritual" Reg Owen Orchestra
87 " Endlessly" Brook Benton
88 " Heartaches by the Number" Guy Mitchell
89 " Sea Cruise" Frankie Ford
90 " That's Why (I Love You So)" Jackie Wilson
91 " You're So Fine" The Falcons
92 " Kissin' Time" Bobby Rydell
93 " My Wish Came True" Elvis Presley
94 " Morgen" Ivo Robić
95 " Baby Talk" Jan and Dean
96 " Take a Message to Mary" The Everly Brothers
97 " The Battle Hymn of the Republic" Mormon Tabernacle Choir
98 " Bongo Rock" Preston Epps
99 " In the Mood" Ernie Fields
100 " Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat" Paul Evans

See also

References

  1. ^ "Top Sides of 1959-Hot 100 of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 78.