Top 100 songs for December 21, 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, “The Little Drummer Boy” by The Harry Simeone Chorale rises from No. 99 to No. 47. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- The Little Drummer Boy — The Harry Simeone Choraleup 52 places, No. 99 → No. 47
- Go, Jimmy, Go — Jimmy Clantonup 39 places, No. 74 → No. 35
- Not One Minute More — Della Reeseup 29 places, No. 81 → No. 52
New to this week’s Top 10
- El Paso — Marty RobbinsNo. 3
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans — Freddie CannonNo. 5
- Among My Souvenirs — Connie FrancisNo. 9
- Hound Dog Man — FabianNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Running Bear — Johnny PrestonNo. 24
- You Got What It Takes — Marv JohnsonNo. 25
- Smokie - Part 2 — Bill Black's ComboNo. 28
- Go, Jimmy, Go — Jimmy ClantonNo. 35
- God Bless America — Connie FrancisNo. 36
- Mighty Good — Ricky NelsonNo. 38
First-week entries
- Climb Ev'ry Mountain — Tony BennettNo. 82
- Baciare Baciare (Kissing Kissing) — Dorothy CollinsNo. 85
- Run Red Run — The CoastersNo. 88
- The Little Drummer Boy — Johnny CashNo. 91
- Swingin' On A Rainbow — Frankie AvalonNo. 93
- Let's Try Again — Clyde McPhatterNo. 94
- This Time Of The Year — Brook BentonNo. 96
- If I Had A Girl — Rod LaurenNo. 98
- Sweet Nothin's — Brenda LeeNo. 99
- Teen Angel — Mark DinningNo. 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.