| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 08/1959 | | 413
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 6 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #251]
 [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1960]
[Atco 6147]
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht |
 | 2. | 10/1959 | | 374
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Mercury 71474]
written by The Big Bopper (as J. P. Richardson) |
| 3. | 04/1959 | | 346
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 4 | [Atco 6140]
written by Bobby Darin |
| 4. | 03/1959 | | 345
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 16 | hit for Hank Snow in 1953 ; charted as A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7506]
written by Bill Trader |
| 5. | 06/1959 | | 328
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B 6 | [ABC-Paramount 10022]
written by Paul Anka |
| 6. | 07/1959 | | 320
| US ✫1
UK 6
US country ✫1
US R&B 10 | [RCA 47-7555]
written by Jean Villard Gilles, Marc Herrand & Bert Reisfeld |
| 7. | 04/1959 | | 317
| US ✫1
UK 16
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1960]
[Columbia 41339]
written by Jimmie Driftwood |
 | 8. | 03/1959 | | 316
| US 4
UK ✫1 | US: B-side to (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I ; charted as A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight in UK charts
[RCA 47-7506]
written by Sid Wayne & Bix Reichner |
 | 9. | 07/1959 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B 10 | [RCA 47-7600]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Sidney Wyche |
| 10. | 12/1959 | | 300
| US 2
UK 3
US R&B 3 | [Cub 9049]
written by Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones & Charles Merenstein |
| 11. | 03/1959 | | 299
| US ✫1
UK 6
US R&B 5 | [Dolton 1]
written by Gretchen Christopher |
| 12. | 10/1959 | | 292
| US ✫1
UK 5
US R&B 19 | [Columbia 41476]
written by Harlan Howard |
| 13. | 08/1959 | | 291
| US 4
UK 2
US country 8
US R&B 22 | written by Don Everly |
| 14. | 02/1959 | | 281
| US ✫1
UK 16
US AC ✫1
US R&B 10 | [Chancellor 1031]
written by Ed Marshall |
| 15. | 11/1959 | | 270
| US 3
UK 3
US R&B 14 | [Swan 4043]
written by Joe Turner Layton & Henry Creamer |
| 16. | 12/1959 | | 268
| US 2
UK 12
US country ✫1
US R&B 13 | [RCA Victor 47-7643]
written by Joe Allison & Audrey Allison |
| 17. | 02/1959 | | 268
| US 2
UK 6
US R&B 2 | [Atco 6132]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 18. | 08/1959 | | 267
| US 5
UK 3
US R&B 5 | [instrumental]
rock version of "red river valley"
written by traditional |
 | 19. | 05/1959 | | 262
| US 5
UK 3
US R&B 10 | [MGM 12793]
written by George Goehring & Edna Lewis |
| 20. | 12/1959 | | 262
| US 4
UK 4
US R&B 12 | [Decca 30967]
written by Ronnie Self |
| 21. | 04/1959 | | 257
| US 2
UK 9
US R&B ✫1 | [ABC-Par 10018]
written by Harold Logan & Lloyd Price |
 | 22. | 11/1959 | | 256
| US ✫1
UK 19
US country ✫1 | [Columbia 4-41511]
written by Marty Robbins |
| 23. | 08/1959 | | 252
| US 2
UK 7
US R&B 12 | [ABC-Paramount 10040]
written by Paul Anka |
| 24. | 01/1959 | | 250
| US 5
UK 3
US R&B 28 | as Chris Barber's Jazz Band
[instrumental]
[Laurie 3022]
written by Sidney Bechet |
| 25. | 02/1959 | | 243
| US 5
UK 3 | as Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
written by Marty Bloom, Ernest Breur & Billy Rose |
 | 26. | 07/1959 | | 240
| US ✫1
UK 22
US R&B 4 | [instrumental]
[Canadian-american 103]
written by Santo Farina & Johnny Farina |
| 27. | 11/1959 | | 229
| US ✫1
UK 20
US R&B 6 | [Chancellor 1045]
written by Bob Marcucci (as Robert Marcucci) & Peter DeAngelis |
| 28. | 10/1959 | | 229
| US 9
UK 3
US R&B 27 | [dedicated to Carole King]
[RCA 7595]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield |
| 29. | 03/1959 | | 226
| US 9
UK 3
US R&B 30 | B side to Never Be Anyone Else But You
[Imperial 5565]
written by Dorsey Burnette |
| 30. | 02/1959 | | 226
| US 13
UK ✫1 | [Coral 62074]
written by Paul Anka |
 | 31. | 12/1959 | | 219
| US ✫1
UK 37
US R&B 5 | [MGM 12845]
written by Jean Dinning & Red Surrey |
| 32. | 07/1959 | | 217
| US 7
UK 7
US R&B 5 | [Mercury 71477]
written by Sherman Edwards & Hal David |
| 33. | 09/1959 | | 213
| US 4
UK 9
US R&B 17 | [instrumental]
[Original Sound]
written by Sandy Nelson & Art Egnoian |
| 34. | 06/1959 | | 211
| US 14
UK ✫1 | [Kapp 277]
written by Jerry Keller |
 | 35. | 07/1959 | | 211
| US 30
UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard & The Drifters
[ABC 10042]
written by Lionel Bart |
| 36. | 04/1959 | | 211
| US ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Fury 1023]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
 | 37. | 09/1959 | | 211
| US 4
UK 13
US R&B 7 | [instrumental]
#1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
[Rendezvous 110]
written by Joe Garland & Andy Razaf |
| 38. | 11/1959 | | 206
| US 10
UK 7
US R&B 2 | [United Artists 185]
written by Tyran Carlo, Roquel Davis, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) & Marv Johnson |
| 39. | 09/1959 | | 203
| US ✫1
US R&B 3 | |
| 40. | 03/1959 | | 199
| US 2
UK 28
US R&B 14 | [Cub 9022]
written by Artie Zwirn & Garry Giosasi |
| 41. | 05/1959 | | 197
| US 4
UK 24
US country ✫1
US R&B 11 | [Columbia 41393]
written by John D. Loudermilk & Marijohn Wilkin |
| 42. | 03/1959 | | 196
| US ✫1
US R&B 5 | [instrumental]
[Clock 1009]
written by Dave Baby Cortez & Kurt Wood |
| 43. | 11/1959 | | 191
| US 7
UK 11
US R&B 10 | US B side to God Bless America
[MGM 12841]
written by Edgar Leslie & Lawrence Wright |
| 44. | 08/1959 | | 190
| US 3
UK 23
US R&B ✫1 | [ABC-Par 10032]
written by Harold Logan & Lloyd Price |
| 45. | 11/1959 | | 190
| US 8
UK 11
US R&B 2 | [Imperial 5629]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), John Marascalo & Tommy Boyce |
| 46. | 08/1959 | | 189
| US 7
UK 15
US R&B ✫1 | [Atco 6146]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
 | 47. | 07/1959 | | 188
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | as Phil Phillips & the Twilights
[Mercury 71465]
written by Phil Phillips & George Khoury |
| 48. | 09/1959 | | 188
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | [RCA 47-7591]
written by Bobby Worth |
| 49. | 06/1959 | | 186
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #193]
[Atlantic 2025]
written by Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson & George Treadwell |
| 50. | 11/1959 | | 180
| US 3
UK 30
US R&B 16 | [Signet 275]
written by Wayne Shanklin |
| 51. | 08/1959 | | 180
| US 8
UK 14
US R&B ✫1 | B side to I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday
[Imperial 5606]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) |
| 52. | 10/1959 | | 180
| UK ✫1 | written by Joseph McCarthy, Howard Johnson & James V. Monaco |
| 53. | 05/1959 | | 177
| US 6
UK 17
US R&B 13 | [Swan 4031]
written by Bob Crewe, Frank Slay & Frederick Picariello |
| 54. | 02/1959 | | 176
| US 6
UK 14 | [Imperial 5565]
written by Baker Knight |
| 55. | 11/1959 | | 175
| US 4
UK 28
US R&B 13 | [ABC-Paramount 10064]
written by Paul Anka |
| 56. | 06/1959 | | 175
| US 9
UK 11
US R&B 17 | [instrumental]
[Jamie 1126]
written by Al Casey & Duane Eddy |
| 57. | 10/1959 | | 174
| UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
written by Roy Bennett & Sid Tepper |
 | 58. | 01/1959 | | 173
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Mercury 71394]
written by Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks & Clyde Otis |
| 59. | 09/1959 | | 172
| US 7
UK 18
US country 11 | [Dot 15968]
written by T. Texas Tyler |
| 60. | 06/1959 | | 168
| US 9
UK 11 | [Imperial 5595]
written by Johnny Burnette |
| 61. | 02/1959 | | 168
| UK ✫1 | [instrumental]
[Capitol 4188]
written by Russ Conway (as Trevor Stanford) |
| 62. | 08/1959 | | 168
| UK ✫1 | written by Sam Cooke |
| 63. | 04/1959 | | 168
| US 4
UK 27
US R&B 30 | [Warner 5047]
written by Irving Taylor |
| 64. | 02/1959 | | 167
| US 3
US R&B 5 | [Crystalette 724]
written by Mickie Grant |
| 65. | 04/1959 | | 164
| US 3
US R&B 11 | |
 | 66. | 11/1959 | | 162
| UK ✫1 | |
| 67. | 01/1959 | | 162
| UK ✫1 | |
| 68. | 06/1959 | | 160
| US 3
US R&B 14 | [Big Top 45-3016]
written by traditional, Eliot Daniel & Larry Morey |
| 69. | 04/1959 | | 160
| US 5
UK 28 | as Dion & The Belmonts
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
| 70. | 05/1959 | | 158
| US 106
UK ✫1 | [instrumental]
[Cub 9034]
written by Russ Conway (as Trevor Stanford) |
| 71. | 04/1959 | | 152
| US 4
US R&B 11 | as The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny
[instrumental]
[Liberty 55162]
written by Les Baxter |
| 72. | 12/1959 | | 152
| US 3
US R&B 19 | as Dion & The Belmonts
#1 hit for Hal Kemp & His Orchestra in 1937
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart |
| 73. | 10/1959 | | 150
| US 6
US R&B ✫1 | [Mercury 71512] |
| 74. | 07/1959 | | 149
| US 9
UK 19 | B side to Just a Little Too Much
[Imperial 5595]
written by Baker Knight |
| 75. | 07/1959 | | 147
| US 6
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #10]
[Atlantic 45-2031]
written by Ray Charles |
| 76. | 09/1959 | | 141
| US 5
US R&B 20 | [Cadence 1370] |
| 77. | 09/1959 | | 141
| US 9
UK 25 | with The Curls |
 | 78. | 02/1959 | | 141
| US 3 | as David Seville and The Chipmunks
written by David Seville (as Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) |
| 79. | 06/1959 | | 140
| US 3
US R&B 15 | [Chancellor 1037]
written by Ollie Jones |
| 80. | 03/1959 | | 140
| US 5
US R&B 27 | [instrumental]
[Hunt 324]
written by Arthur Smith |
| 81. | 10/1959 | | 133
| US 12
UK 12
US R&B 10 | [Columbia 41483]
written by Erroll Garner & Johnny Burke |
| 82. | 12/1959 | | 132
| US 6
US R&B 27 | [MGM 12857]
written by Ben Weisman & Fred Wise |
| 83. | 01/1959 | | 131
| US 5
US R&B 20 | with the DeLons
[Fernwood 109]
written by Fred Burch & Gerald Nelson |
 | 84. | 05/1959 | | 131
| US 8
US R&B 4 | hit for the Dorsey Brothers in 1934
[Mercury 71435]
written by María Grever & Stanley Adams |
| 85. | 01/1959 | | 131
| US 6
US R&B 19 | [Time 1004] |
 | 86. | 06/1959 | | 130
| UK 2 | as Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
written by Jimmie Driftwood |
| 87. | 06/1959 | | 130
| UK 2 | written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
| 88. | 07/1959 | | 129
| US 29
UK 5 | #1 hit for Nat King Cole in 1950
[MGM 12804]
written by Ray Evans & Jay Livingston |
| 89. | 10/1959 | | 128
| US 6 | [Cameo 169]
written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann |
| 90. | 06/1959 | | 128
| US 30
UK 6
US R&B 20 | [Capitol 4214]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn |
| 91. | 10/1959 | | 127
| US 15
UK 17
US R&B 2 | B side to True Love, True Love
[Atlantic 2040]
written by George Treadwell, Irving Nahan, Jerry Leiber, Lewis Lebish & Mike Stoller |
| 92. | 12/1959 | | 124
| US 5
US R&B 19 | [Ace 575]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
| 93. | 01/1959 | | 123
| US 8
US R&B 12 | [instrumental]
[Capitol 4041]
written by Henry Mancini |
| 94. | 08/1959 | | 123
| US 8
US R&B 12 | with the Jewels
[Challenge 59047] |
| 95. | 07/1959 | | 123
| US 20
UK 9
US R&B 27 | [RCA 47-7529]
written by Floyd Robinson |
| 96. | 06/1959 | | 121
| US 27
UK 6 | written by Henry Mancini |
| 97. | 01/1959 | | 120
| US 11
UK 15 | written by Larry Markes & Richard Charles Krieg (as Dick Charles) |
| 98. | 12/1959 | | 119
| US 7 | written by Eula Parker |
| 99. | 08/1959 | | 117
| US 7 | [Chancellor 1040]
written by Diane DeNota, Joe Ricci & Pete Damato |
| 100. | 03/1959 | | 117
| US 8
US R&B 21 | [Sandy 1017] |
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