Top 100 songs for June 29, 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, “Like Young” by Andre Previn With David Rose rises from No. 83 to No. 55. 11 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Like Young — Andre Previn With David Roseup 28 places, No. 83 → No. 55
- It Was I — Skip And Flipup 28 places, No. 98 → No. 70
- High Hopes — Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids"up 24 places, No. 92 → No. 68
New to this week’s Top 40
- M.T.A. — The Kingston TrioNo. 28
- Forty Miles Of Bad Road — Duane Eddy And The RebelsNo. 31
- There Goes My Baby — The DriftersNo. 34
- Twixt Twelve And Twenty — Pat BooneNo. 35
- Robbin' The Cradle — Tony BellusNo. 39
First-week entries
- Just A Little Too Much — Ricky NelsonNo. 63
- The Quiet Three — Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The RebelsNo. 67
- Till There Was You — Anita BryantNo. 85
- Sweet Someone — Eddie and BettyNo. 87
- The Five Pennies — Dodie StevensNo. 89
- See You In September — The TemposNo. 90
- Kissin' Time — Bobby RydellNo. 93
- Beach Time — Roger SmithNo. 94
- Here Comes Summer — Jerry KellerNo. 98
- Happy Vacation — Jackie LeeNo. 99
- The Way I Walk — Jack ScottNo. 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.