Top 100 songs for December 14, 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 “Heartaches By The Number” by Guy Mitchell. Meanwhile, “Uh! Oh! Part 1” by The Nutty Squirrels rises from No. 100 to No. 54. 9 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Uh! Oh! Part 1 — The Nutty Squirrelsup 46 places, No. 100 → No. 54
- Pretty Blue Eyes — Steve Lawrenceup 24 places, No. 44 → No. 20
- Go, Jimmy, Go — Jimmy Clantonup 24 places, No. 98 → No. 74
New to this week’s Top 10
- Why — Frankie AvalonNo. 5
- It's Time To Cry — Paul AnkaNo. 9
- The Big Hurt — Miss Toni FisherNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Pretty Blue Eyes — Steve LawrenceNo. 20
- Tear Drop — Santo & JohnnyNo. 30
- First Name Initial — Annette With The AfterbeatsNo. 32
- I'm Movin' On — Ray Charles and his OrchestraNo. 40
First-week entries
- The Village Of St. Bernadette — Andy WilliamsNo. 70
- Not One Minute More — Della ReeseNo. 81
- The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) — David Seville And The ChipmunksNo. 89
- Do-Re-Mi — Mitch MillerNo. 92
- Ebb Tide — Bobby FreemanNo. 93
- I Don't Know What It Is — The BluenotesNo. 96
- Candy Apple Red — Bonnie GuitarNo. 97
- CooCoo-U — The Kingston TrioNo. 98
- Just Come Home — Hugo & LuigiNo. 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.