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Hi, folks! From here on, for the sake of brevity, there won't be anymore beating around the bush. I will just give the titles of the songs that made it to number one, along with the recording artist. They will be in chronological order and the number in parenthesis is the number of weeks the song stayed as number one in the Billboard's chart. Again, credit is hereby given to my reference,
Joel Whitburn, the author of Top 40 Hits.
Here is the hit parade of 1958:
At The Hop by Danny and the Juniors (7), Don't by Elvis (5), Sugartime by the McGuire Sisters (4), Get A Job by The Silhouettes (2), Tequila by The Champs (5), Catch A Falling Star by Perry Como (1), He's Got the Whole World In His Arms by Laurie London (4), Twilight Time by The Platters (1), Witch Doctor by David Seville (3), All I Have To Do Is Dream by The Everly Brothers (5), The Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley (6), Hard-headed Woman by Elvis (2), Yakety Yak by the Coasters (1), Patricia by Perez Prado (1), Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson (2), Volare by Domenico Modugno (5), Little Star by The Elegants (1), Bird Dog by The Everly Brothers (1), It's All In the Game by Tommy Edwards (6), It's Only Make Believe by Conway Twitty (2), Tom Dooley by The Kingston Trio (1), To Know Him Is To Love Him by The Teddy Bears (3), The Chipmunk Song by The Chipmunks (4).
For the year 1959, we have:
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by The Platters (3), Stagger Lee by Lloyd Price (2), Venus by Frankie Avalon (5), Come Softly To Me by The Fleetwoods (4), The Happy Organ by Dave Cortez (1), Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison (2), The Battle Of New Orleans by Johnny Horton (6), Lonely Boy by Paul Anka (4), A Big Hunk O' Love by Elvis (2), The Three Bells by The Browns (4), Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny (2), Mack, The Knife by Bobby Darin (9), Mr Blue by The Fleetwoods (1), Heartaches By The Number by Guy Mitchell (2), Why by Frankie Avalon (1).
For The Year 1960:
El Paso by Marty Robbins (2), Running Bear by Johnny Preston (3), Teen Angel by Mark Dinning (2), The Theme From "A Summer Place" by Percy Faith & His Orch. (9), Stuck On You by Elvis (4), Cathy's Clown by The Everly Brothers (5), Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Connie Francis (2), Alley Oop by Hollywood Argyles (1), I'm Sorry by The Platters (3), Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Brian Hyland (1), It's Now Or Never by Elvis (5), The Twist by Chubby Checker (1), My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own by Connie Francis (2), Mr. Custer by Larry Verne (1), Save The Last Dance For Me by The Drifters (3), I Want To Be Wanted by Brenda Lee (1) Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles (1), Stay by Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs (1), Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Elvis (6).
These songs comprise the cream of the crop among songs popular in 1958, 1959 and 1960. Maybe they were not your favorites but they were bestsellers during their time.
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