AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1959*
No.Song-Artist-Peak Month 1-SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES-PLATTERS-MARCH 1018 2-TOM DOOLEY-KINGSTON TRIO-January 1018 3-PERSONALITY-LLOYD PRICE-July 918 4-(NOW AND THEN THERE'S)A FOOL SUCH AS I-ELVIS PRESLEY-May 904 5-PETITE FLEUR-CHRIS BARBER?S JAZZ BAND-April 844 6-I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN-JOHNNIE RAY-October 840 7-THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS-JOHNNY HORTON-August 826 8-OH YEAH UH HUH-Col Joye & The Joy Boys-November 786 9-BYE,BYE BABY-Col Joye & Joy Boys-July 762 10-THE THREE BELLS-Browns-October 686 11-Venus-Frankie Avalon-May 686 12-Morgen (One More Sunrise)-Ivo Robic & Songmasters-November 670 13-Mona Lisa-Conway Twitty-September 652 14-Gotta Travel On-Billy Grammar-April 644 15-Shout (Parts I & II)-Johnny O?Keefe,Dee Jays & Delltones-December 634 16-Beep Beep-Playmates-February 622 17-Red River Rock-Johnny & The Hurricanes-November 606 18-Hard Headed Woman-Elvis Presley-January 604 19-Bimbombey-Jimmie Rodgers-February 604 20-She Was Only Seventeen(He Was One Year More)-Marty Robbins-January 592 21-To Know Him Is To Love Him-Teddy Bears-March 584 22-Mack The Knife-Bobby Darin-November 580 23-(Rockin' Rollin')Clementine-Col Joye & Joy Boys-September 572 24-Waterloo-Stonewall Jackson-August 564 25-Children?s Marching Song-Mitch Miller/Cyril Stapleton-March 562 26-Lonely Boy-Paul Anka-August 548 27-On The Street Where You Live-Vic Damone-January 542 28-Take A Message To Mary-Everly Brothers-July 532 29-(?Til) I Kissed You-Everly Brothers-November 528 30-Little Drummer Boy-Harry Simeone Chorale-April 528 31-Dream Lover-Bobby Darin-July 522 32-Pink Shoe Laces-Dodie Stevens-June 520 33-Lipstick On Your Collar-Connie Francis-August 500 34-Pussy Cat-Ames Brothers-January 496 35-My Heart Is An Open Book-Carl Dobkins Jr.-September 490 36-I?m Gonna Get Married-Lloyd Price-October 458 37-Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It?s Flavor-Lonnie Donegan-November 454 38-A Big Hunk ?O Love-Elvis Presley-September 432 39-Living Doll-Cliff Richard & The Drifters-November 398 40-Living Doll-Col Joye & The Joy Boys-November 398 41-It?s Only Make Believe-Conway Twitty-February 396 42-Don?t Take Your Guns To Town-Johnny Cash-May 380 43-Guitar Boogie Shuffle-Virtues-June 374 44-Quiet Village-Marin Denny-July 366 45-The Happy Organ-Dave ?Baby? Cortez-June 362 46-I Don?t Care(Only Love Me)-Steve Lawrence/Kay Starr-July 356 47-(I?ll Be With You In) Apple Blossom Time-Tab Hunter-July 356 48-Donna-Richie Valens-May 352 49-Walking Along-The Diamonds-January 336 50-The Battle Hymn Of The Republic-Mormon Tabernacle Choir-October 316 51-Shout (Parts I & II)-Isley Brothers-December 314 52-Nola-Billy Williams-May 270 53-Waltzing Matilda-Jimmie Rodgers-May 258 54-Bigger Than Texas-Tommy Sands-May 258 55-The Shape I?m In-Johnny Restivo-November 248 56-Why Do They Doubt Our Love-Johnny O?Keefe-August 248 57-Come Softly To Me-Fleetwoods-June 226 58-(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings-Paul Anka-April 212 59-The All American Boy-Bill Parsons-March 208 60-Topsy II-Cozy Cole-January 208 61-The Battle Of Kookamonga-Homer & Jethro-October 206 62-Broken Hearted Melody-Sarah Vaughan-October 196 63-I Could Have Danced All Night-Sylvia Syms-February 190 64-Forty Miles Of Bad Road-Duane Eddy-September 184 65-Come Prima-Polly Bergen-April 182 66-Tiger-Fabian-September 180 67-A Teenager In Love-Dion & Belmonts-July 178 68-The Hawaiian Wedding Song-Andy Williams-April 176 69-Stagger Lee-Lloyd Price-April 176 70-I?m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday-Fats Domino-October 164 71-Sleep Walk-Santo & Johnny-December 158 72-Tell Him No-Travis & Bob/Dean & Marc-June 158 73-I Got Stung-Elvis Presley-March 156 74-Mandolins In The Moonlight-Perry Como-February 150 75-Danny Boy-Conway Twitty-November 144 76-Tomboy-Perry Como-May 142 77-Problems-Everly Brothers-March 142 78-For A Penny-Pat Boone-August 116 79-Just A Little Too Much-Ricky Nelson-October 110 80-That Old Black Magic-Louis Prima-February 108 81-The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha)-Pat Boone-July 106 82-Alvin?s Harmonica-David Seville & Chipmunks-June 70 83-Enchanted-Platters-June 70 84-She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)-Diamonds-May 70 85-Blah,Blah,Blah-Nicola Paone-May 40 86-Tall Paul-Annette-May 40 87-Swan-ee River-Johnny O?Keefe-November 38 88-Twixt Twelve And Twenty-Pat Boone-September 36 89-Pathway To Paradise-Johnny Rebb & His Rebels-August 36 90-The Enchanted Sea-Islanders-December 34 91-The Enchanted Sea-Martin Denny-December 34 92-Never Be Anyone Else But You-Ricky Nelson-July 34 93-Firefly-Tony Bennett-February 34 94-Forget Me Not-Kalin Twins-January 34 * The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.