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title
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artist
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Mack the Knife |
Bobby Darin |
| 2 |
The Battle of New Orleans |
Johnny Horton |
| 3 |
Venus |
Frankie Avalon |
| 4 |
Lonely Boy |
Paul Anka |
| 5 |
Personality |
Lloyd Price |
| 6 |
The Three Bells |
The Browns |
| 7 |
Dream Lover |
Bobby Darin |
| 8 |
Come Softly to Me |
The Fleetwoods |
| 9 |
Put Your Head On My Shoulder |
Paul Anka |
| 10 |
Sleep Walk |
Santo & Johnny |
| 11 |
Kansas City |
Wilbert Harrison |
| 12 |
Stagger Lee |
Lloyd Price |
| 13 |
Mr. Blue |
The Fleetwoods |
| 14 |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
The Platters |
| 15 |
Charlie Brown |
The Coasters |
| 16 |
There Goes My Baby |
The Drifters |
| 17 |
Pink Shoe Laces |
Dodie Stevens |
| 18 |
Quiet Village |
Martin Denny |
| 19 |
Sea of Love |
Phil Phillips & The Twilights |
| 20 |
Til I Kissed You |
The Everly Brothers |
| 21 |
A Big Hunk 'O Love |
Elvis Presley |
| 22 |
I'm Gonna Get Married |
Lloyd Price |
| 23 |
A Teenager in Love |
Dion & the Belmonts |
| 24 |
It's Just a Matter of Time |
Brook Benton |
| 25 |
A Fool Such As I |
Elvis Presley |
| 26 |
Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) |
The Impalas |
| 27 |
Donna |
Ritchie Valens |
| 28 |
The Happy Organ |
Dave "Baby" Cortez |
| 29 |
My Heart Is an Open Book |
Carl Dobkins Jr. |
| 30 |
Don't You Know |
Della Reese |
| 31 |
Lipstick on Your Collar |
Connie Francis |
| 32 |
What A Difference A Day Makes |
Dinah Washington |
| 33 |
Sixteen Candles |
The Crests |
| 34 |
Lavender Blue |
Sammy Turner |
| 35 |
Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb |
Ed Byrnes & Connie Stevens |
| 36 |
Waterloo |
Stonewall Jackson |
| 37 |
Red River Rock |
Johnny & the Hurricanes |
| 38 |
Primrose Lane |
Jerry Wallace |
| 39 |
Deck of Cards |
Wink Martindale |
| 40 |
Seven Little Girls |
Paul Evans |
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"The Top Ten" was written by Gary Theroux and Bob Gilbert and published in 1982. It provides a "Top 40" list for each year from 1956 to 1981 and a one page article on each of the top ten songs from each year. It also has a collection of information on pop history to introduce each year." |
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"Mack the Knife" was the consensus #1 song of 1959 -- identified by G & T, Cashbox and EE. Billboard had it #2. |
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With "A Big Hunk O Love" at #21 this was the first year G&T did not have an Elvis song in the top 20. |
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"Lloyd Price had his biggest year in 1959 placing three songs in the G & T Top 40: "Personality," "Stagger Lee," and "I'm Gonna Get Married." |
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