List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1959

These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1959.

Key
	Indicates best-performing single of 1959

Issue Date	Song	Artist(s)
January 5	"The Chipmunk Song"	The Chipmunks with David Seville
January 12	"The Chipmunk Song"	The Chipmunks with David Seville
January 19	"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"	The Platters
January 26
February 2
February 9	"Stagger Lee"	Lloyd Price
February 16
February 23
March 2
March 9	"Venus"	Frankie Avalon
March 16
March 23
March 30
April 6
April 13	"Come Softly to Me"	The Fleetwoods
April 20
April 27
May 4
May 11	"The Happy Organ"	Dave "Baby" Cortez
May 18	"Kansas City"	Wilbert Harrison
May 25	"Kansas City"	Wilbert Harrison
June 1	"The Battle of New Orleans"	Johnny Horton
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
July 6
July 13	"Lonely Boy"	Paul Anka
July 20
July 27
August 3
August 10	"A Big Hunk o' Love"	Elvis Presley
August 17	"A Big Hunk o' Love"	Elvis Presley
August 24	"The Three Bells"	The Browns
August 31
September 7
September 14
September 21	"Sleep Walk"	Santo & Johnny
September 28	"Sleep Walk"	Santo & Johnny
October 5	"Mack the Knife"	Bobby Darin
October 12
October 19
October 26
November 2
November 9
November 16	"Mr. Blue"	The Fleetwoods
November 23	"Mack the Knife"	Bobby Darin
November 30
December 7
December 14	"Heartaches by the Number"	Guy Mitchell
December 21	"Heartaches by the Number"	Guy Mitchell
December 28	"Why"	Frankie Avalon

Sources

Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Pop Charts, 1955-1959 (ISBN 0-89820-092-X)
Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Lists of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

1940–1959	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960–1979	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980–1999	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000–present	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

By decade	1940s 1950–1958 1958–1969 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

See also	Hot 100 Year-end List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

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