Top 100 songs for December 1, 1958
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1958 and the 1950s.
This week’s No. 1 is “To Know Him, Is To Love Him” by The Teddy Bears. Meanwhile, “Lonely Teardrops” by Jackie Wilson rises from No. 88 to No. 42. 8 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Lonely Teardrops — Jackie Wilsonup 46 places, No. 88 → No. 42
- Gotta Travel On — Billy Grammerup 43 places, No. 86 → No. 43
- Love Of My Life — The Everly Brothersup 37 places, No. 85 → No. 48
New to this week’s Top 10
- Problems — The Everly BrothersNo. 8
New to this week’s Top 40
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes — The PlattersNo. 22
- Bimbombey — Jimmie RodgersNo. 23
- Whole Lotta Loving — Fats DominoNo. 26
- A Part Of Me — Jimmy ClantonNo. 38
First-week entries
- The Chipmunk Song — The Chipmunks With David SevilleNo. 62
- Turvy II — Cozy ColeNo. 66
- Nobody But You — Dee ClarkNo. 70
- The Teen Commandments — Paul Anka-Geo. Hamilton IV-Johnny NashNo. 87
- Little Red Riding Hood — Big BopperNo. 90
- I Want To Be Happy Cha Cha — The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren CovingtonNo. 92
- A House, A Car And A Wedding Ring — Mike PrestonNo. 93
- Seven Minutes In Heaven — Poni-TailsNo. 99
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.