Top 100 songs for June 15, 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 Battle Of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton. Meanwhile, “A Boy Without A Girl” by Frankie Avalon rises from No. 69 to No. 28. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- A Boy Without A Girl — Frankie Avalonup 41 places, No. 69 → No. 28
- There Goes My Baby — The Driftersup 29 places, No. 77 → No. 48
- This I Swear — The Skylinersup 26 places, No. 62 → No. 36
New to this week’s Top 10
- Tallahassee Lassie — Freddy CannonNo. 7
- Lonely Boy — Paul AnkaNo. 8
New to this week’s Top 40
- A Boy Without A Girl — Frankie AvalonNo. 28
- Hushabye — The MysticsNo. 31
- This I Swear — The SkylinersNo. 36
- Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario — Jimmie RodgersNo. 37
- The Wonder Of You — Ray PetersonNo. 38
- The Class — Chubby CheckerNo. 39
- I Waited Too Long — LaVern BakerNo. 40
First-week entries
- Tiger — FabianNo. 55
- Twixt Twelve And Twenty — Pat BooneNo. 61
- Since You've Been Gone — Clyde McPhatterNo. 62
- M.T.A. — The Kingston TrioNo. 74
- Wonderful You — Jimmie RodgersNo. 80
- With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming — Patti PageNo. 81
- Little Boy Blue — Huelyn DuvallNo. 88
- Taboo — Arthur LymanNo. 92
- A Prayer And A Juke Box — Little Anthony And The ImperialsNo. 93
- Forty Miles Of Bad Road — Duane Eddy And The RebelsNo. 96
- Small World — Johnny MathisNo. 97
- High Hopes — Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids"No. 98
- With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming — Enoch Light & The Light BrigadeNo. 99
- Cap And Gown — Marty RobbinsNo. 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.