Top 100 songs for May 11, 1959
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1959 and the 1950s.
This week’s No. 1 is “The Happy Organ” by Dave "Baby" Cortez. Meanwhile, “Kansas City” by Rocky Olson rises from No. 98 to No. 60. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Kansas City — Rocky Olsonup 38 places, No. 98 → No. 60
- Just Keep It Up — Dee Clarkup 33 places, No. 81 → No. 48
- Summer Dreams — The McGuire Sistersup 26 places, No. 88 → No. 62
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Personality — Lloyd Price and His OrchestraNo. 38
- I Miss You So — Paul AnkaNo. 40
First-week entries
- I'm Ready — Fats DominoNo. 75
- Margie — Fats DominoNo. 87
- Eternally — Thomas Wayne With the DelonsNo. 92
- Little Dipper — The Mickey Mozart QuintetNo. 93
- Tallahassee Lassie — Freddy CannonNo. 96
- Kansas City (Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey) — Little RichardNo. 97
- Love Me In The Daytime — Doris DayNo. 100
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.