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"The Happy Organ" by Dave "Baby" Cortez
ending week: 1959-05-11 (total weeks: 1)
"The Happy Organ" is the name of an instrumental composition made famous by Dave "Baby" Cortez in 1959. Cortez co-composed it with Kurt Wood. A significant portion of the tune bears a strong...  [more]
"Come Softly to Me" by The Fleetwoods
ending week: 1959-05-04 (total weeks: 4)
genre: pop
"Come Softly to Me" is a popular song originally written as "Come Softly" by Gretchen Christopher, published in 1959, and performed by The Fleetwoods, consisting of Christopher, Gary Troxel and...  [more]
"Venus" by Frankie Avalon
ending week: 1959-04-06 (total weeks: 5)
"Venus" is the name of a song written by Ed Marshall and Peter DeAngelis. The most successful and well-known recording of it was done by Frankie Avalon and released in 1959 (see 1959 in music). It...  [more]
"Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price
ending week: 1959-03-02 (total weeks: 4)
"Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee", "Stackerlee", "Stack O'Lee", "Stack-a-Lee" and several other variants, is a popular blues folk song based on the murder of William "Billy" Lyons by Stagger...  [more]
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by The Platters
ending week: 1959-02-02 (total weeks: 3)
genre: doo wop
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 operetta Roberta . It was performed by Irene Dunne for the 1935 film...  [more]
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by David Seville and The Chipmunks
ending week: 1959-01-12 (total weeks: 2)
genre: christmas song
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" is a song written by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (a.k.a. David Seville) in 1958. Although it was written and sung by Bagdasarian (in the form of a...  [more]
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by The Chipmunks with David Seville
ending week: 1958-12-29 (total weeks: 2)
genre: christmas song
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" is a song written by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (a.k.a. David Seville) in 1958. Although it was written and sung by Bagdasarian (in the form of a...  [more]
"To Know Him Is to Love Him" by The Teddy Bears
ending week: 1958-12-15 (total weeks: 3)
genre: pop
"To Know Him Is to Love Him" is a song written by Phil Spector, inspired by words on his father's tombstone. It was first recorded by his first vocal group, the only one of which he was a member,...  [more]
"Tom Dooley" by The Kingston Trio
ending week: 1958-11-17 (total weeks: 1)
"Tom Dooley" is an old North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina. It is best known today because of a hit version recorded in...  [more]
"It's Only Make Believe" by Conway Twitty
ending week: 1958-11-10 (total weeks: 1)
"It's Only Make Believe" is a song written by Jack Nance and Conway Twitty, released by Twitty as a single in 1958. The single topped both U.S. and British national charts, and was Twitty's only...  [more]