Top 100 songs for July 27, 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 “Lonely Boy” by Paul Anka. Meanwhile, “Makin' Love” by Floyd Robinson rises from No. 98 to No. 66. 8 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Makin' Love — Floyd Robinsonup 32 places, No. 98 → No. 66
- Broken-Hearted Melody — Sarah Vaughanup 29 places, No. 99 → No. 70
- What Is Love? — The Playmatesup 24 places, No. 55 → No. 31
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- What Is Love? — The PlaymatesNo. 31
- Ciao, Ciao Bambina — Jacky Noguez And His Musette OrchestraNo. 32
- It Was I — Skip And FlipNo. 33
- Till There Was You — Anita BryantNo. 36
- Mona Lisa — Carl MannNo. 39
First-week entries
- The Three Bells — The BrownsNo. 63
- I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day — Fats DominoNo. 67
- Sleep Walk — Santo & JohnnyNo. 95
- So High So Low — LaVern BakerNo. 96
- With Open Arms — Jane MorganNo. 97
- Half-Breed — Marvin RainwaterNo. 98
- You Don't Know Girls — Kathy LindenNo. 99
- Who Shot Sam — George JonesNo. 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.