Top 100 songs for December 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 “Mack The Knife” by Bobby Darin. Meanwhile, “Smokie - Part 2” by Bill Black's Combo rises from No. 98 to No. 65. 8 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Smokie - Part 2 — Bill Black's Comboup 33 places, No. 98 → No. 65
- Why — Frankie Avalonup 29 places, No. 53 → No. 24
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans — Freddie Cannonup 29 places, No. 60 → No. 31
New to this week’s Top 10
- Oh! Carol — Neil SedakaNo. 9
- Danny Boy — Conway TwittyNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Why — Frankie AvalonNo. 24
- This Friendly World — FabianNo. 25
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans — Freddie CannonNo. 31
- Sandy — Larry HallNo. 37
- Among My Souvenirs — Connie FrancisNo. 38
- I Wanna Be Loved — Ricky NelsonNo. 40
First-week entries
- A Year Ago Tonight — The CrestsNo. 71
- What About Us — The CoastersNo. 77
- The Happy Reindeer — Dancer, Prancer And NervousNo. 83
- Lucky Devil — Carl Dobkins, Jr.No. 93
- Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop — Little Anthony And The ImperialsNo. 96
- Go, Jimmy, Go — Jimmy ClantonNo. 98
- How About That — Dee ClarkNo. 99
- Uh! Oh! Part 1 — The Nutty SquirrelsNo. 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.