1950s Hit Songs

Listed chronologically below are among the most popular and best remembered songs of 1959.

1950s Hit Songs – 1959

Indicates that the artist has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

SONG	ARTIST	PEAK WEEK	HALL OF FAME
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	The Platters	1/19
My Happiness	Connie Francis	1/19
The All American Boy	Bill Parsons (Bobby Bare)	2/09
Stagger Lee	Lloyd Price	1/13
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	The 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

The Number One song of 1959 was Bobby Darin’s tune Mack the Knife.

Connie Francis
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1950s Hit Songs – 1959