"Why" is a hit song recorded by Frankie Avalon in 1959 and went to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart for the week of December 28, 1959, making it the last number one single...  [more]

"Heartaches by the Number" is a popular and country song written by Harlan Howard and published in 1959. The biggest hit version was recorded by Guy Mitchell on August 24, 1959. It reached the...  [more]

"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die...  [more]

"Mr. Blue" is a popular song first recorded by DeWayne Blackwell in 1959. It became a hit for The Fleetwoods, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1959 and giving the group its...  [more]

from the album Santo & Johnny "Sleep Walk" is an instrumental steel guitar-based song recorded and released in 1959 by brothers Santo & Johnny. The song was composed by Santo and Johnny Farina as...  [more]

"The Three Bells", also known as "Jimmy Brown" or "Little Jimmy Brown", is a song made popular by The Browns in 1959. The single reached number one on the U.S. country and pop charts, ....  [more]

"A Big Hunk o' Love", a song sung by Elvis Presley, was recorded on June 10, 1958 in RCA's Nashville, Tennessee studio, while Presley was on leave from the U.S. Army. It was released as a single...  [more]

"Lonely Boy" is a song written and recorded by Paul Anka in 1959. Anka sang this song in the movie Girls Town . When released as a single, it topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Anka's first...  [more]

"The Battle of New Orleans" is the name of a song written by Jimmie Driftwood. The song details the 1815 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American fighting alongside Andrew Jackson...  [more]

from the album Beatles for Sale "Kansas City" is the title of a rhythm and blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1952. The song, a 12-bar blues, was first recorded by Little Willie...  [more]