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1959's
Hit Music & Song Charts
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1959's
Biggest Artists, Albums and Songs
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Bobby Darin (1st Best New Artist Grammy Winner,
for 1958, awarded in 1959)
Bobby's career started with a songwriting partnership
with Don Kirshner. His first hit was writeen after a
bet that he could not write a song that started out
with the words, "Splish Splash, I was takin' a
bath." Splish Splash, his first hit, sold over
a million copies. |
Henry Mancini (1st Grammy for Album of the Year)
Henry made a name for himself getting the Grammy for
the Peter Gunn Theme. He later went on to be nominated
for more Grammys and Oscars.
Grammy wins: Breakfast At Tiffany's, Days of Wine and
Roses and The Pink Panther Theme.
Oscar wins: Breakfast At Tiffany's, Days of Wine and
Roses, Victor Victoria. |
Domenico Modugno (Grammy for Record of the Year
& Song of the Year)
Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare) was the top song, and
Domenico co-wrote it, so he didn't mind when young singer
Bobby Rydell recorded it in 1960, hitting number 4 on
Billboard. Bobby's version is the one most remembered
today. |
| On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear
Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll pioneers
- Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big
Bopper" Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger
Peterson. THis was "The Day The Music Died"
in Don McLean's American Pie. |
New
Artists in the Pop Charts Included:
Fabian, Chubby Checker, Bobby Vee, The Miracles,
The Isley Brothers and Cliff Richard. |
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1959's
Retro Pop Top 10 Hit List
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Donna - Ritchie Valens |
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Sleep Walk - Santo
and Johnny |
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The Happy Organ - Dave 'Baby' Cortez |
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Poison Ivy - The Coasters |
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters |
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Waterloo - Stonewall Jackson |
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Dream Lover - Bobby Darin |
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Sea of Love - Phil Phillips with The Twilights |
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Lavender
Blue - Sammy Turner |
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There Goes My Baby - The Drifters |
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1959's
One Hit Wonders &
'Money Song' Top 10 Hit List
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Sea of Love - Phil Phillips |
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Battle Hymn of the
Republic - Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
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Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) - The Impalas |
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Woo-Hoo - Rock-A-Teens |
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Tell Him No - Travis & Bob |
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Red River Rock - Johnny and
the Hurricanes |
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Enchanted Sea -
The Islanders |
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Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson |
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High
School USA - Tommy Facenda |
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Petite Fleur (Little Flower)
- Chris Barber |
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1959's
Dance Top 10 Hit List
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Shout - The Isley Brothers |
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Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin |
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Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson |
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What'd I Say - Ray Charles |
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Kansas City - Wilburt Harrison |
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Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price |
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La Bamba - Ritchie Valens |
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(Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers |
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Kissin' Time - Bobby Rydell |
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Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson |
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1959's
Doo Wop Song Top 10 Hit List
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I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos |
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A Teenager In Love - Dion & the Belmonts |
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Love Potion No. 9 - Clovers |
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Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) - Impalas |
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You're So Fine - Falcons |
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Come Softly To Me - The Fleetwoods |
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Charlie Brown - Coasters |
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Hushabye - Mystics |
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The Angels Listened In - Crests |
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Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners |
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Doo Wop Song Hits:
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Oh Rosemarie - Fascinators |
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Island of Love - The Sheppards |
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Who's That Knocking - Genies |
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Traveling Stranger - Little Anthony & the Imperials |
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Shimmy Shimmy KoKo Bop - Little Anthony and the Imperials |
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PCM's
1959 Top 10 Hit List
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Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin |
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Kansas City - Wilbur harrison |
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What'd I Say - Ray Charles |
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16 Candles - The Crests |
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A Teenager In Love - Dion and the Belmonts |
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I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos |
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Sleep Walk - Santo and Johnny |
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It's Just A Matter of Time - Brook Benton |
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There Goes My Baby - The Drifters |
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Come Softly To Me - The Fleetwoods |
Check Out the Full
PCM 1959
Annual Best
Music
Hits Here
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One Hit Wonders include artists with only one
song in Billboard's Top 40 Pop Charts,
songs of note and well-known hits that did not even make the Billboard Pop Charts.
Hot Pop Songs/PCM Charts are based on DJ requests and online suggestions.
Some songs are listed in multiple years because some charts list the
'release date' as the official date, while others list the chart 'peak date.'
Compromising that data, we try to list songs for the year they saw the most chart action.
Send Your suggestions and corrections to - PCM Song Suggestions
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