Top 100 songs for August 24, 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 Three Bells” by The Browns. Meanwhile, “Primrose Lane” by Jerry Wallace With The Jewels rises from No. 86 to No. 51. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Primrose Lane — Jerry Wallace With The Jewelsup 35 places, No. 86 → No. 51
- I Ain't Never — Webb Pierceup 33 places, No. 75 → No. 42
- Sleep Walk — Santo & Johnnyup 25 places, No. 33 → No. 8
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Mona Lisa — Conway TwittyNo. 30
- ('til) I Kissed You — The Everly BrothersNo. 33
- I Loves You, Porgy — Nina SimoneNo. 39
First-week entries
- Mack The Knife — Bobby DarinNo. 59
- Johnny Reb — Johnny HortonNo. 70
- Poison Ivy — The CoastersNo. 73
- The Mummy — Bob McFadden And DorNo. 81
- Hey Little Girl — Dee ClarkNo. 86
- True True Happiness — Johnny TillotsonNo. 87
- Five Feet High And Rising — Johnny CashNo. 88
- Chapel Of Dreams — The DubsNo. 89
- Okefenokee — Freddie CannonNo. 90
- Twice As Nice — Clyde McPhatterNo. 94
- Poco-Loco — Gene & EuniceNo. 98
- I Looked At Heaven — Tommy EdwardsNo. 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.