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Contents. List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1959. Bobby Darin spent nine weeks at number one in 1959, the most by any act. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart published by Billboard magazine which ranks the best-performing singles in the United States. In 1959, it was compiled based on a combination of sales and airplay data sourced from ...
General sources. List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1959. This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1959. Frankie Avalon and Ricky Nelson each had five top-ten hits in 1959, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.
1967. 1968. 1969. 1970s →. The Beatles earned the most number-one hits (18 songs) and remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart (55 weeks) during 1958–1969. Elvis Presley remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 22 weeks during 1958–1969. The Supremes scored 12 number-one singles during 1958 ...
1959 in jazz. Events. [edit] January 5– The first sessions for Ella Fitzgerald's George and Ira Gershwin Songbookare held. January 12– Tamla Records is founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit, Michigan. January 22– Buddy Hollyrecords some acoustic demos in his New York City apartment, the last songs he will record.
Elvis Presley had the highest number of hits at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart between January 1950 until August 1958 (10 songs) in addition, Presley remained the longest at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart between January 1950 until August 1958 (57 weeks). Patti Page was the artist with second-longest most ...
Nineteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1959. Russ Conway secured the record for most top 10 hits in 1959 with six hit singles. Shirley Bassey was one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single "As I Love You".
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.
The biggest hit version was recorded by Guy Mitchell on August 24, 1959. The recording was released by Columbia Records on August 31, 1959, as catalog number 41476. It spent the weeks of December 14 and December 21, 1959 at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [5]