This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 during 1959.
Frankie Avalon
Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. ''Billboard'' singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, "Venus" an ...
and
Ricky Nelson
Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician, songwriter and actor. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet''. In 1957, he bega ...
each had five top-ten hits in 1959, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.
Top-ten singles
1958 peaks
1960 peaks
See also
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1959 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1959.
Specific locations
*1959 in British music
* 1959 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
* 1959 in country music
*1959 in jazz
Events
* January 5 – The first sessions fo ...
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List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1959 (U.S.)
These are the ''Billboard magazine'' Hot 100 number one hits of 1959.
A total of 15 songs reached number 1 in the year of 1959, while a 16th song, “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)", began its number-1 run in December 1958.
That y ...
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Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959
This is a list of ''Billboard'' magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1959. 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.
See ...
References
General sources
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Whitburn, Joel. ''The Billboard Pop Charts, 1955–1959'' ()
*''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties'' ()
*Additional information obtained can be verified within ''Billboard's'
online archive servicesand print editions of the magazine.
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1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
United States Hot 100 Top 10