Top 100 songs for September 7, 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, “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” by Paul Anka rises from No. 67 to No. 41. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Put Your Head On My Shoulder — Paul Ankaup 26 places, No. 67 → No. 41
- The Caterpillar Crawl — The Strangersup 26 places, No. 100 → No. 74
- The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown Story) — Dick Floodup 25 places, No. 84 → No. 59
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Mack The Knife — Bobby DarinNo. 24
- Primrose Lane — Jerry Wallace With The JewelsNo. 28
- High Hopes — Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids"No. 30
- Poison Ivy — The CoastersNo. 34
First-week entries
- I'm A Hog For You — The CoastersNo. 71
- Lonely Street — Andy WilliamsNo. 72
- Mr. Blue — The FleetwoodsNo. 75
- The Battle Of Kookamonga — Homer And JethroNo. 76
- Come On And Get Me — FabianNo. 77
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic — The Mormon Tabernacle ChoirNo. 78
- Where — The PlattersNo. 82
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do — Jivin' Gene And The JokersNo. 83
- Teen Beat — Sandy NelsonNo. 84
- The Shape I'm In — Johnny RestivoNo. 87
- You Were Mine — FirefliesNo. 97
- You Better Know It — Jackie WilsonNo. 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.