Songs · Billboard Hot 100
- Record Power
- 0.4
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #92
- 1 week there · Aug 10, 1959
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 3
- July 1959 – August 1959
Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.What it earned each artist
Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Linden | primary | 100% | 0.4 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 10, 1959 on the timeline →- #1A Big Hunk O' LoveElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
- #2Lonely BoyPaul Anka
- #3My Heart Is An Open BookCarl Dobkins Jr
- #4There Goes My BabyThe Drifters
- #5Lavender-BlueSammy Turner
- #6TigerFabian
- #7The Battle Of New OrleansJohnny Horton
- #8What A Diff'rence A Day MakesDinah Washington
- #9What'd I Say (Part I & II)Ray Charles and his Orchestra
- #10WaterlooStonewall Jackson
The #1 songs of 1959
1959 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.
- The Chipmunk Song · The Chipmunks & David Seville
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes · The Platters
- Stagger Lee · Lloyd Price
- Venus · Frankie Avalon
- Come Softly To Me · The Fleetwoods
- The Happy Organ · Dave "Baby" Cortez
- Kansas City · Wilbert Harrison
- The Battle Of New Orleans · Johnny Horton
- Lonely Boy · Paul Anka
- A Big Hunk O' Love · Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
- The Three Bells · The Browns
- Sleep Walk · Santo & Johnny
- Mack The Knife · Bobby Darin
- Mr. Blue · The Fleetwoods
- Heartaches By The Number · Guy Mitchell
- Why · Frankie Avalon
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