| Cover | | Date  | Title • Artist  Album | Points  | Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Mack the Knife [article] Mack the Knife [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_6052.jpg) | 1. | 08/1959 | | 413
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US R&B 6 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #251] written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
![Running Bear [article] Running Bear [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_23129.jpg) | 2. | 10/1959 | | 374
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US R&B 3 | written by The Big Bopper |
| 3. | 04/1959 | | 345
 | US 2 UK ✫1 US R&B 4 | written by Bobby Darin |
![(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I [article] (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14257.jpg) | 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 written by Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman |
| 5. | 06/1959 | | 327
 | US ✫1 UK 3 US R&B 6 | |
| 6. | 07/1959 | | 320
 | US ✫1 UK 6 US country ✫1 US R&B 10 | written by Jean Villard Gilles, Marc Herrand, Bert Reisfeld |
| 7. | 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 written by Sid Wayne, Bix Reichner |
![A Big Hunk O' Love [article] A Big Hunk O' Love [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14259.jpg) | 8. | 07/1959 | | 304
 | US ✫1 UK 4 US R&B 10 | |
| 9. | 04/1959 | | 302
 | US ✫1 UK 16 US country ✫1 US R&B 3 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1960] |
| 10. | 12/1959 | | 299
 | US 2 UK 3 US R&B 3 | written by Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones |
| 11. | 03/1959 | | 299
 | US ✫1 UK 6 US R&B 5 | written by Gretchen Christopher |
| 12. | 10/1959 | | 292
 | US ✫1 UK 5 US R&B 19 | written by Harlan Howard |
| 13. | 08/1959 | | 291
 | US 4 UK 2 US country 8 US R&B 22 | |
| 14. | 02/1959 | | 281
 | US ✫1 UK 16 US AC ✫1 US R&B 10 | written by Ed Marshall, Peter DeAngelis |
| 15. | 11/1959 | | 269
 | US 3 UK 3 US R&B 14 | written by Joe Turner Layton, Henry Creamer |
| 16. | 12/1959 | | 269
 | US 2 UK 12 US country ✫1 US R&B 13 | written by Joe Allison, Audrey Allison [RCA Victor 47-7643] |
| 17. | 02/1959 | | 268
 | US 2 UK 6 US R&B 2 | |
| 18. | 08/1959 | | 267
 | US 5 UK 3 US R&B 5 | rock version of "red river valley" |
![Lipstick on Your Collar [article] Lipstick on Your Collar [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_9538.jpg) | 19. | 05/1959 | | 262
 | US 5 UK 3 US R&B 10 | |
| 20. | 12/1959 | | 262
 | US 4 UK 4 US R&B 12 | |
| 21. | 04/1959 | | 257
 | US 2 UK 9 US R&B ✫1 | |
![El Paso [article] El Paso [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_27813.jpg) | 22. | 11/1959 | | 256
 | US ✫1 UK 19 US country ✫1 | |
| 23. | 08/1959 | | 252
 | US 2 UK 7 US R&B 12 | written by Paul Anka |
| 24. | 01/1959 | | 250
 | US 5 UK 3 US R&B 28 | as Chris Barber's Jazz Band written by Sidney Bechet |
| 25. | 02/1959 | | 243
 | US 5 UK 3 | as Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group |
| 26. | 07/1959 | | 240
 | US ✫1 UK 22 US R&B 4 | |
| 27. | 11/1959 | | 229
 | US ✫1 UK 20 US R&B 6 | |
| 28. | 10/1959 | | 229
 | US 9 UK 3 US R&B 27 | [dedicated to Carole King] |
| 29. | 03/1959 | | 226
 | US 9 UK 3 US R&B 30 | B side to Never Be Anyone Else But You |
| 30. | 02/1959 | | 226
 | US 13 UK ✫1 | written by Paul Anka |
| 31. | 09/1959 | | 220
 | US 4 UK 9 US R&B 17 | |
![Teen Angel [article] Teen Angel [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_27567.jpg) | 32. | 12/1959 | | 219
 | US ✫1 UK 37 US R&B 5 | |
| 33. | 07/1959 | | 217
 | US 7 UK 7 US R&B 5 | |
| 34. | 06/1959 | | 211
 | US 14 UK ✫1 | |
![Living Doll [article] Living Doll [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_9122.jpg) | 35. | 07/1959 | | 211
 | US 30 UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard & The Drifters written by Lionel Bart |
| 36. | 04/1959 | | 211
 | US ✫1 US R&B ✫1 | written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller |
| 37. | 09/1959 | | 211
 | US 4 UK 13 US R&B 7 | #1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940 written by Joe Garland, Andy Razaf |
| 38. | 11/1959 | | 206
 | US 10 UK 7 US R&B 2 | written by Tyran Carlo, Roquel Davis, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy, Marv Johnson |
| 39. | 08/1959 | | 204
 | US 3 UK 23 US R&B ✫1 | |
| 40. | 09/1959 | | 203
 | US ✫1 US R&B 3 | |
| 41. | 03/1959 | | 198
 | US 2 UK 28 US R&B 14 | |
| 42. | 05/1959 | | 197
 | US 4 UK 24 US country ✫1 US R&B 11 | [Columbia 41393] |
| 43. | 03/1959 | | 195
 | US ✫1 US R&B 5 | |
| 44. | 11/1959 | | 191
 | US 7 UK 11 US R&B 10 | B side to God Bless America written by Edgar Leslie, Lawrence Wright |
| 45. | 11/1959 | | 189
 | US 8 UK 11 US R&B 2 | |
| 46. | 08/1959 | | 188
 | US 7 UK 15 US R&B ✫1 | |
| 47. | 07/1959 | | 188
 | US 2 US R&B ✫1 | as Phil Phillips & the Twilights written by Phil Phillips, George Khoury |
| 48. | 09/1959 | | 187
 | US 2 US R&B ✫1 | |
![There Goes My Baby [article] There Goes My Baby [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_42577.jpg) | 49. | 06/1959 | | 185
 | US 2 US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #193] |
| 50. | 11/1959 | | 180
 | US 3 UK 30 US R&B 16 | |
| 51. | 10/1959 | | 180
 | UK ✫1 | written by Joseph McCarthy, Howard Johnson, James V. Monaco |
| 52. | 08/1959 | | 179
 | US 8 UK 14 US R&B ✫1 | B side to I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday |
| 53. | 05/1959 | | 176
 | US 6 UK 17 US R&B 13 | |
| 54. | 02/1959 | | 176
 | US 6 UK 14 | |
| 55. | 11/1959 | | 175
 | US 4 UK 28 US R&B 13 | |
| 56. | 06/1959 | | 174
 | US 9 UK 11 US R&B 17 | |
| 57. | 10/1959 | | 174
 | UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
![It's Just a Matter of Time [article] It's Just a Matter of Time [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_7002.jpg) | 58. | 01/1959 | | 173
 | US 3 US R&B ✫1 | written by Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis |
| 59. | 09/1959 | | 172
 | US 7 UK 18 US country 11 | |
| 60. | 06/1959 | | 168
 | US 9 UK 11 | |
| 61. | 02/1959 | | 168
 | UK ✫1 | |
| 62. | 08/1959 | | 168
 | UK ✫1 | |
| 63. | 04/1959 | | 167
 | US 4 UK 27 US R&B 30 | |
| 64. | 02/1959 | | 167
 | US 3 US R&B 5 | |
| 65. | 04/1959 | | 164
 | US 3 US R&B 11 | |
![What Do You Want [article] What Do You Want [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_911.jpg) | 66. | 11/1959 | | 162
 | UK ✫1 | |
| 67. | 01/1959 | | 162
 | UK ✫1 | |
| 68. | 06/1959 | | 160
 | US 3 US R&B 14 | written by traditional |
| 69. | 04/1959 | | 159
 | US 5 UK 28 | as Dion & The Belmonts written by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman |
| 70. | 05/1959 | | 158
 | US 106 UK ✫1 | |
| 71. | 12/1959 | | 152
 | US 3 US R&B 19 | as Dion & The Belmonts #1 hit for Hal Kemp & His Orchestra in 1937 |
| 72. | 04/1959 | | 152
 | US 4 US R&B 11 | as The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny written by Les Baxter |
| 73. | 10/1959 | | 150
 | US 6 US R&B ✫1 | |
| 74. | 07/1959 | | 149
 | US 9 UK 19 | B side to Just a Little Too Much |
![What'd I Say (Part I) [article] What'd I Say (Part I) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_34339.jpg) | 75. | 07/1959 | | 146
 | US 6 US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #10] written by Ray Charles |
| 76. | 01/1959 | | 142
 | US 5 US R&B 20 | |
| 77. | 09/1959 | | 141
 | US 5 US R&B 20 | |
| 78. | 09/1959 | | 141
 | US 9 UK 25 | with The Curls |
| 79. | 02/1959 | | 141
 | US 3 | as David Seville and The Chipmunks written by David Seville (as Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) |
| 80. | 06/1959 | | 141
 | US 3 US R&B 15 | [Chancellor 1037] |
| 81. | 03/1959 | | 140
 | US 5 US R&B 27 | |
| 82. | 10/1959 | | 133
 | US 12 UK 12 US R&B 10 | |
| 83. | 12/1959 | | 131
 | US 6 US R&B 27 | |
![What a Diff'rence a Day Makes [article] What a Diff'rence a Day Makes [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_12113.jpg) | 84. | 05/1959 | | 131
 | US 8 US R&B 4 | hit for the Dorsey Brothers in 1934 written by MarÃa Grever, Stanley Adams |
| 85. | 01/1959 | | 130
 | US 6 US R&B 19 | |
| 86. | 06/1959 | | 130
 | UK 2 | as Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group |
| 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 written by Ray Evans, Jay Livingston |
| 89. | 10/1959 | | 128
 | US 6 | written by Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann |
| 90. | 06/1959 | | 128
 | US 30 UK 6 US R&B 20 | written by Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn |
| 91. | 10/1959 | | 126
 | US 15 UK 17 US R&B 2 | B side to True Love, True Love |
| 92. | 12/1959 | | 125
 | US 5 US R&B 19 | written by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman [Ace 575] |
| 93. | 01/1959 | | 123
 | US 8 US R&B 12 | written by Henry Mancini |
| 94. | 08/1959 | | 123
 | US 8 US R&B 12 | with the Jewels |
| 95. | 07/1959 | | 123
 | US 20 UK 9 US R&B 27 | |
| 96. | 06/1959 | | 121
 | US 27 UK 6 | written by Henry Mancini |
| 97. | 01/1959 | | 120
 | US 11 UK 15 | |
| 98. | 12/1959 | | 119
 | US 7 | |
| 99. | 08/1959 | | 117
 | US 7 | |
| 100. | 03/1959 | | 117
 | US 8 US R&B 21 | |
| 101. | 11/1959 | | 116
 | UK 3 | |
| 102. | 09/1959 | | 116
 | UK 3 | written by Phil Phillips, George Khoury |
| 103. | 05/1959 | | 116
 | UK 3 | |
| 104. | 03/1959 | | 116
 | UK 3 | |
| 105. | 01/1959 | | 116
 | UK 3 | |
| 106. | 07/1959 | | 116
 | US 16 UK 11 US R&B 29 | as David Seville and The Chipmunks written by Lewis F. Muir, Maurice Abrahams, Grant Clarke |
| 107. | 03/1959 | | 114
 | US 35 UK 6 | |
![Only You (and You Alone) (Loin de Vous) [article] Only You (and You Alone) (Loin de Vous) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_16075.jpg) | 108. | 04/1959 | | 114
 | US 9 US R&B 18 | written by Buck Ram, Ande Rand |
| 109. | 04/1959 | | 114
 | US 9 US R&B 18 | written by Buck Ram, Ande Rand |
| 110. | 05/1959 | | 114
 | US 9 US R&B 17 | B side to Lipstick On Your Collar; written by Neil Sedaka |
| 111. | 01/1959 | | 114
 | US 7 | |
| 112. | 05/1959 | | 113
 | US 8 US R&B 26 | |
![The Little Drummer Boy [article] The Little Drummer Boy [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_18861.jpg) | 113. | 02/1959 | | 110
 | US 15 UK 13 | [R] written by Katherine K. Davis |
| 114. | 09/1959 | | 110
 | US 10 US R&B 18 | based on traditional irish song "londonderry air", 1855 written by Frederick Weatherly |
| 115. | 04/1959 | | 108
 | US 12 UK 28 US R&B 3 | |
| 116. | 05/1959 | | 108
 | US 9 US R&B 14 | written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller |
| 117. | 03/1959 | | 108
 | US 23 UK 15 US R&B 4 | |
| 118. | 11/1959 | | 108
 | US 9 | |
| 119. | 12/1959 | | 107
 | UK 4 | |
| 120. | 11/1959 | | 102
 | US 19 UK 26 US R&B 2 | |
| 121. | 05/1959 | | 98
 | US 10 | B side to Bobby Sox to Stockings |
| 122. | 08/1959 | | 97
 | US 13 UK 23 | |
| 123. | 07/1959 | | 96
 | UK 5 | |
| 124. | 11/1959 | | 96
 | UK 5 | |
| 125. | 08/1959 | | 96
 | UK 5 | |
| 126. | 05/1959 | | 95
 | US 18 UK 26 US R&B 9 | |
| 127. | 12/1959 | | 95
 | US 45 UK 7 | |
| 128. | 11/1959 | | 94
 | US 25 UK 14 US R&B 17 | rock version of "reveille" |
| 129. | 03/1959 | | 93
 | US 16 UK 20 | |
| 130. | 03/1959 | | 90
 | US 22 UK 14 | B side to Take A Message to Mary |
| 131. | 12/1959 | | 90
 | US 26 UK 12 | |
| 132. | 06/1959 | | 90
 | US 17 UK 18 | |
| 133. | 03/1959 | | 89
 | US 9 | written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman [Chancellor 1033] |
| 134. | 04/1959 | | 89
 | US 11 US R&B 3 | |
| 135. | 02/1959 | | 89
 | US 29 UK 10 | |
| 136. | 11/1959 | | 89
 | UK 6 | |
| 137. | 06/1959 | | 89
 | UK 6 | |
| 138. | 12/1959 | | 89
 | UK 6 | |
| 139. | 02/1959 | | 89
 | UK 6 | written by Katherine K. Davis |
| 140. | 06/1959 | | 88
 | US 11 US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #157] #1 hit for Ben Selvin in 1934 written by Harry Warren, Al Dubin |
| 141. | 02/1959 | | 87
 | US 12 US R&B 3 | written by Joseph Rock, James Beaumont, Lenny Martin |
| 142. | 03/1959 | | 85
 | US 42 UK 9 | |
| 143. | 03/1959 | | 85
 | US 23 UK 19 | |
| 144. | 03/1959 | | 84
 | US 13 US R&B 2 | |
| 145. | 11/1959 | | 84
 | US 9 | [Chancellor 1044] |
| 146. | 11/1959 | | 81
 | UK 7 | |
| 147. | 12/1959 | | 81
 | UK 7 | written by Joe Beal, Jim Boothe |
| 148. | 01/1959 | | 80
 | US 21 UK 21 | |
| 149. | 07/1959 | | 79
 | US 16 US R&B ✫1 | |
| 150. | 04/1959 | | 78
 | US 17 US R&B 2 | |
| 151. | 03/1959 | | 78
 | US 12 US R&B 9 | |
| 152. | 10/1959 | | 77
 | US 37 UK 12 | B side to First Love, First Tears |
| 153. | 11/1959 | | 77
 | US 13 US country 7 | |
| 154. | 08/1959 | | 76
 | US 10 US R&B 28 | [Dore 522] |
| 155. | 02/1959 | | 75
 | US 14 US R&B 11 | written by Huey "Piano" Smith |
| 156. | 06/1959 | | 75
 | US 11 US R&B 29 | |
| 157. | 11/1959 | | 75
 | US 17 US R&B ✫1 | |
| 158. | 07/1959 | | 73
 | US 12 US R&B 15 | US: B-side to A Big Hunk O' Love |
| 159. | 08/1959 | | 72
 | US 18 US R&B 2 | |
| 160. | 03/1959 | | 72
 | US 30 UK 17 | |
| 161. | 11/1959 | | 72
 | US 14 US R&B 9 | B side to Uh! Oh! (Part I) |
| 162. | 05/1959 | | 71
 | US 25 UK 23 | written by Baker Knight |
| 163. | 06/1959 | | 71
 | US 11 | |
| 164. | 06/1959 | | 71
 | US 28 UK 23 US R&B 13 | |
| 165. | 02/1959 | | 70
 | UK 8 | |
| 166. | 08/1959 | | 70
 | US 20 US R&B 2 | |
| 167. | 05/1959 | | 70
 | UK 9 | |
| 168. | 05/1959 | | 70
 | UK 9 | written by Gretchen Christopher |
| 169. | 04/1959 | | 69
 | US 11 | [Felsted 8571] |
| 170. | 11/1959 | | 69
 | US 20 UK 30 | |
| 171. | 10/1959 | | 68
 | US 20 US R&B 2 | |
| 172. | 06/1959 | | 67
 | US 47 UK 13 | |
| 173. | 03/1959 | | 66
 | US 12 | |
| 174. | 09/1959 | | 66
 | US 14 US country 26 | a parody of "the battle of new orleans" |
| 175. | 02/1959 | | 65
 | US 11 | new version of 1952-hit |
| 176. | 05/1959 | | 65
 | US 16 US R&B 7 | |
| 177. | 03/1959 | | 65
 | US 11 | with Carol Kay & The Teen-Aires [tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & the Big Bopper] |
| 178. | 09/1959 | | 65
 | US 13 | written in 1862; #1 hit for the Columbia Stellar Quartet in 1918 |
| 179. | 11/1959 | | 65
 | US 12 | B side to Hound Dog Man [Chancellor 1044] |
| 180. | 12/1959 | | 65
 | US 13 | written by Lee Ricks, Slim Gaillard |
| 181. | 01/1959 | | 64
 | US 13 | |
| 182. | 09/1959 | | 64
 | US 20 US R&B 3 | |
| 183. | 05/1959 | | 64
 | US 26 UK 29 US R&B 27 | written by Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton |
| 184. | 12/1959 | | 63
 | US 16 US R&B 13 | |
| 185. | 08/1959 | | 63
 | US 24 US country 2 | written by Mel Tillis, Webb Pierce |
| 186. | 11/1959 | | 61
 | UK 10 | |
| 187. | 05/1959 | | 61
 | UK 10 | as Cliff Richard & The Drifters |
| 188. | 05/1959 | | 61
 | UK 10 | |
| 189. | 06/1959 | | 61
 | UK 10 | |
| 190. | 10/1959 | | 61
 | US 17 US R&B 15 | hit for Nat King Cole in 1952 written by Irving Gordon |
| 191. | 06/1959 | | 61
 | US 20 US R&B 6 | |
| 192. | 11/1959 | | 61
 | US 15 | |
| 193. | 01/1959 | | 60
 | US 33 UK 24 | |
| 194. | 05/1959 | | 60
 | US 14 | |
| 195. | 07/1959 | | 60
 | US 15 | |
| 196. | 09/1959 | | 60
 | US 15 | |
| 197. | 07/1959 | | 59
 | US 17 US R&B 22 | |
| 198. | 06/1959 | | 59
 | US 15 | m.t.a.: metropolitan transit authority of boston |
| 199. | 11/1959 | | 59
 | US 23 UK 50 US R&B 17 | |
| 200. | 03/1959 | | 58
 | US 20 US R&B 12 | |