| Label |
Point Total 1959 |
Top Twenty 1959 |
Number Ones 1959 |
| ABC-Paramount |
1234 |
9 |
2 |
| RCA Victor |
1049 |
13 |
2 |
| Atco |
1002 |
6 |
1 |
| Chancellor |
812 |
9 |
1 |
| Columbia |
810 |
8 |
2 |
| Mercury |
762 |
11 |
1 |
| Imperial |
558 |
11 |
0 |
| Dolton |
500 |
2 |
2 |
| Atlantic |
463 |
5 |
0 |
| MGM |
460 |
7 |
0 |
| Cadence |
459 |
5 |
0 |
| Liberty |
371 |
4 |
1 |
| Laurie |
258 |
4 |
0 |
| Capitol |
240 |
6 |
0 |
| Del-fi |
240 |
1 |
0 |
| ERIC |
224 |
1 |
1 |
| Fury |
196 |
1 |
1 |
| ORIGINAL SOUND |
195 |
2 |
0 |
| COED |
192 |
1 |
0 |
| Crystalette |
183 |
1 |
0 |
| Decca |
173 |
1 |
0 |
| Clock |
172 |
1 |
1 |
| CUB |
157 |
1 |
0 |
| Khoury s |
156 |
1 |
0 |
| BIGTOP |
145 |
2 |
0 |
| Cameo |
144 |
2 |
0 |
| Monument |
141 |
1 |
0 |
| Warwick |
138 |
1 |
0 |
| Hunt |
135 |
1 |
0 |
| Brunswick |
134 |
3 |
0 |
| Fernwood |
130 |
1 |
0 |
| Warner Brothers |
129 |
1 |
0 |
| Dot |
128 |
2 |
0 |
| Fraternity |
127 |
1 |
0 |
| Rendezvous |
126 |
1 |
0 |
| Challenge |
125 |
1 |
0 |
| Dore |
103 |
2 |
0 |
| Time |
99 |
1 |
0 |
| Jamie |
83 |
1 |
0 |
| Carlton |
82 |
2 |
0 |
| Disneyland |
69 |
1 |
0 |
| Signet |
68 |
1 |
0 |
| Guaranteed |
67 |
1 |
0 |
| SANDY |
63 |
1 |
0 |
| PALETTE |
63 |
1 |
0 |
| Roulette |
52 |
4 |
0 |
| end |
43 |
1 |
0 |
| Calico |
41 |
1 |
0 |
| Old Town |
40 |
1 |
0 |
| brent |
37 |
1 |
0 |
| Coral |
34 |
2 |
0 |
| Ace |
28 |
2 |
0 |
| CREST |
28 |
1 |
0 |
| Felsted |
23 |
1 |
0 |
| 20th Fox |
19 |
1 |
0 |
| hanover |
18 |
1 |
0 |
| London |
17 |
1 |
0 |
| Kapp |
13 |
1 |
0 |
| Flick |
6 |
1 |
0 |
| Abner |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Strand |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Bethlehem |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Checker |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| JIN |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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| *The Power Points are based on how the record did in the weekly Billboard top twenty. For each week a record was in the top twenty it is awarded one point for each ranking slot -- the 20th ranked record would receive one point, while the top record would receive 20 points for that week. If a record is in the top ten, it received 5 bonus points and if a record was ranked #1, it received 5 bonus points. The power points for a label is the total of all the points earned by records from that label that made the top twenty for at least one week. The top twenty for 1956, 1957, and 1958 through July 28th are taken from the Top 100 chart which had been in use since 1955 in an effort to combine the Best Seller, Most Played by Jockeys, and Most Played by Jukeboxes charts. With the publication of the Hot 100, the Best Seller, the other charts were soon all abandoned and all top twenty listings from August 4th, 1958 through 1963 (end of the Elvis Era), are taken from the Billboard Hot 100. |
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| Click on the appropriate button above to view an historical acccount of the record labels for the year, a chart ranking the popularity of the labels in the Billboard top twenty for the year, or a list of the labels that had records in the top twenty for the year. |
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| "Stagger Lee" was one of two number one records for ABC- Paramount which emerged as the top label for 1959. |
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| RCA wasn't just Elvis Presley. Neil Sedaka had his first top ten record for the label in 1959. |
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| Bobby Darin's smash success with "Mack the Knife" propelled Atco records into being the third most popular label of 1959. |
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| Chancellor's 1959 success was mostly due to teen idols Frankie Avalon and Fabian. |
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Columbia made the top five mostly due to Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" which was Billboard's top record of 1959.
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