CASH BOX MAGAZINE’S (USA) WEEKLY ALBUM CHARTS FROM 1959
CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 3,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 2 MERRY CHRISTMAS-JOHNNY MATHIS 2 1 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 3 3 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra 4 4 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 5 5 Christmas Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 6 6 South Pacific Soundtrack 7 7 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 8 8 Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1-Van Cliburn 9 12 Music Man Original Broadway Cast 10 9 Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis 11 20 Merry Christmas-Bing Crosby 12 18 My Fair Lady Original Cast 13 10 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 14 14 Concert In Rhythm-Ray Conniff 15 11 The Very Thought Of You-Nat King Cole 16 16 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 17 17 Star Carol-Tennessee Ernie Ford 18 25 Christmas Carols-Mantovani 19 21 When You Come To The End Of The Day-Perry Como 20 13 Ahmad Jamal-Ahmad Jamal CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 10,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 3 ONLY THE LONELY-FRANK SINATRA 2 2 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 3 6 South Pacific Soundtrack 4 1 Merry Christmas-Johnny Mathis 5 4 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 6 7 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 7 13 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 8 8 Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1-Van Cliburn 9 10 Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis 10 5 Christmas Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 11 9 Music Man Original Broadway Cast 12 16 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 13 12 My Fair Lady Original Cast 14 17 Star Carol-Tennessee Ernie Ford 15 - Ricky Sings Again-Ricky Nelson 16 15 The Very Thought Of You-Nat King Cole 17 23 King Creole-Elvis Presley 18 18 Christmas Carols-Mantovani 19 14 Concert In Rhythm-Ray Conniff 20 22 Politely!-Keely Smith CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 17,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 2 SING ALONG WITH MITCH-MITCH MILLER 2 1 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra 3 3 South Pacific Soundtrack 4 5 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 5 15 Ricky Sings Again-Ricky Nelson 6 23 Flower Drum Song Original Cast 7 7 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 8 8 Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1-Van Cliburn 9 6 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 10 9 Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis 11 11 Music Man Original Broadway Cast 12 4 Merry Christmas-Johnny Mathis 13 10 Christmas Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 14 24 Have Twang Guitar Will Travel-Duane Eddy 15 - Fabulous Johnny Cash-Johnny Cash 16 12 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 17 17 King Creole-Elvis Presley 18 13 My Fair Lady Original Cast 19 16 The Very Thought Of You-Nat King Cole 20 RE Stardust-Pat Boone CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 24,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 5 RICKY SINGS AGAIN-RICKY NELSON 2 2 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra 3 1 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 4 6 Flower Drum Song Original Cast 5 3 South Pacific Soundtrack 6 10 Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis 7 4 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 8 14 Have Twang Guitar Will Travel-Duane Eddy 9 9 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 10 8 Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1-Van Cliburn 11 7 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 12 16 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 13 15 Fabulous Johnny Cash-Johnny Cash 14 11 Music Man Original Broadway Cast 15 21 Ahmad Jamal-Ahmad Jamal 16 23 When You Come To The End Of The Day-Perry Como 17 22 Songs Our Daddy Taught Us-Everly Brothers 18 20 Stardust-Pat Boone 19 - Continental Encores-Mantovani 20 19 The Very Thought Of You-Nat King Cole CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 31,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 4 FLOWER DRUM SONG ORIGINAL CAST 2 2 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra 3 7 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 4 3 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 5 1 Ricky Sings Again-Ricky Nelson 6 6 Have Twang Guitar Will Travel-Duane Eddy 7 9 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 8 6 Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis 9 5 South Pacific Soundtrack 10 12 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 11 11 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 12 13 Fabulous Johnny Cash-Johnny Cash 13 10 Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1-Van Cliburn 14 - The "Hungry "i" "-Kingston Trio 15 20 The Very Thought Of You-Nat King Cole 16 14 Music Man Original Broadway Cast 17 - Peter Gunnn Theme-Henry Mancini 18 - Come Dance With Me-Frank Sinatra 19 RE Concert In Rhythm-Ray Conniff 20 - Open Fire,Two Guitars-Johnny Mathis CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 7,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 1 FLOWER DRUM SONG ORIGINAL CAST 2 3 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 3 5 Ricky Sings Again-Ricky Nelson 4 2 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra 5 4 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 6 6 Have Twang Guitar Will Travel-Duane Eddy 7 20 Open Fire,Two Guitars-Johnny Mathis 8 18 Come Dance With Me-Frank Sinatra 9 8 Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis 10 10 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 11 17 Peter Gunn Theme-Henry Mancini 12 7 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 13 12 Fabulous Johnny Cash-Johnny Cash 14 11 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 15 9 South Pacific Soundtrack 16 14 The "Hungry "i" "-Kingston Trio 17 13 Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1-Van Cliburn 18 16 Music Man Original Broadway Cast 19 15 The Very Thought Of You-Nat King Cole 20 22 Stardust-Pat Boone CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 14,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 1 FLOWER DRUM SONG ORIGINAL CAST 2 11 Peter Gunn Theme-Henry Mancini 3 6 Have Twang Guitar Will Travel-Duane Eddy 4 8 Come Dance With Me-Frank Sinatra 5 3 Ricky Sings Again-Ricky Nelson 6 2 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 7 7 Open Fire,Two Guitars-Johnny Mathis 8 16 The "Hungry "i" "-Kingston Trio 9 4 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra 10 5 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 11 12 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 12 10 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 13 9 Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis 14 14 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 15 15 South Pacific Soundtrack 16 17 Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1-Van Cliburn 17 13 Fabulous Johnny Cash-Johnny Cash 18 18 Music Man Original Broadway Cast 19 22 Concert In Rhythm-Ray Conniff 20 24 Ahmad Jamal-Ahmad Jamal CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 21,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 2 PETER GUNN THEME-HENRY MANCINI 2 1 Flower Drum Song Original Cast 3 4 Come Dance With Me-Frank Sinatra 4 7 Open Fire,Two Guitars-Johnny Mathis 5 3 Have Twang Guitar Will Travel-Duane Eddy 6 8 The "Hungry "i" "-Kingston Trio 7 5 Ricky Sings Again-Ricky Nelson 8 9 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra 9 10 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 10 6 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 11 14 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 12 15 South Pacific Soundtrack 13 11 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 14 17 Fabulous Johnny Cash-Johnny Cash 15 13 Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis 16 12 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 17 18 Music Man Original Broadway Cast 18 16 Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1-Van Cliburn 19 20 Ahmad Jamal-Ahmad Jamal 20 - Billy Vaughn Plays-Billy Vaughn CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 28,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 1 PETER GUNN THEME-HENRY MANCINI 2 3 Come Dance With Me-Frank Sinatra 3 5 Have Twang Guitar Will Travel-Duane Eddy 4 2 Flower Drum Song Original Cast 5 4 Open Fire,Two Guitars-Johnny Mathis 6 6 The "Hungry "i" "-Kingston Trio 7 7 Ricky Sings Again-Ricky Nelson 8 9 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 9 12 South Pacific Soundtrack 10 13 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 11 11 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 12 10 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 13 8 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra 14 16 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 15 14 Fabulous Johnny Cash-Johnny Cash 16 17 Music Man Original Broadway Cast 17 20 Billy Vaughn Plays-Billy Vaughn 18 18 Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1-Van Cliburn 19 15 Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis 20 25 Jimmie Rodgers' Golden Year-Jimmie Rodgers CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 7,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 1 PETER GUNN THEME-HENRY MANCINI 2 2 Come Dance With Me-Frank Sinatra 3 5 Open Fire,Two Guitars-Johnny Mathis 4 4 Flower Drum Song Original Cast 5 3 Have Twang Guitar Will Travel-Duane Eddy 6 6 The "Hungry "i" "-Kingston Trio 7 8 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 8 7 Ricky Sings Again-Ricky Nelson 9 14 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 10 12 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 11 10 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 12 11 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 13 15 Fabulous Johnny Cash-Johnny Cash 14 9 South Pacific Soundtrack 15 17 Billy Vaughn Plays-Billy Vaughn 16 20 Jimmie Rodgers' Golden Year-Jimmie Rodgers 17 - Ritchie Vallens-Ritchie Vallens 18 16 Music Man Original Broadway Cast 19 22 Near You-Roger Williams 20 13 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 14,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 1 PETER GUNN THEME-HENRY MANCINI 2 2 Come Dance With Me-Frank Sinatra 3 3 Open Fire,Two Guitars-Johnny Mathis 4 6 The "Hungry "i" "-Kingston Trio 5 4 Flower Drum Song Original Cast 6 5 Have Twang Guitar Will Travel-Duane Eddy 7 7 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 8 9 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 9 11 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 10 8 Ricky Sings Again-Ricky Nelson 11 13 Fabulous Johnny Cash-Johnny Cash 12 14 South Pacific Soundtrack 13 20 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra 14 10 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 15 17 Ritchie Vallens-Ritchie Vallens 16 19 Near You-Roger Williams 17 - Still More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 18 - The End-Earl Grant 19 12 Gigi Original Film Soundtrack 20 16 Jimmie Rodgers' Golden Year-Jimmie Rodgers CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 21,1959 TW LW Song-Artist 1 1 PETER GUNN THEME-HENRY MANCINI 2 2 Come Dance With Me-Frank Sinatra 3 3 Open Fire,Two Guitars-Johnny Mathis 4 5 Flower Drum Song Original Cast 5 6 Have Twang Guitar Will Travel-Duane Eddy 6 4 The "Hungry "i" "-Kingston Trio 7 17 Still More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 8 10 Ricky Sings Again-Ricky Nelson 9 12 South Pacific Soundtrack 10 14 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio 11 15 Ritchie Vallens-Ritchie Vallens 12 8 But Not For Me-Ahmad Jamal 13 9 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 14 23 Welcome To The Club-Nat King Cole 15 7 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller 16 13 Only The Lonely-Frank Sinatra 17 22 Billy Vaughn Plays-Billy Vaughn 18 20 Jimmie Rodgers' Golden Year-Jimmie Rodgers 19 11 Fabulous Johnny Cash-Johnny Cash 20 - Broadway In Rhythm-Ray Conniff * On March 28th,1959 Cash Box began publishing two weekly charts, a weekly mono and a weekly stereo chart.On January 16th,1965 Cash Box once again merged the two charts.So between March 28th,1959 and June 9th,1965 you will find both a stereo and mono weekly album chart.