Bravo annual charts 1959

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The Bravo annual charts for 1959

The German superstar of that time was Freddy Quinn . Once again he was able to outstrip his competition with the young audience. The song was also made famous by the film Freddy, the Guitar and the Sea . However, the second and third place became better known. The Kingston Trio received the Country And Western Grammy Award for Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley in 1958 and was also successful in Germany with this American folk song . In the course of this success, the Nilsen Brothers from Denmark came third with the German cover version. However, the evergreen of the year was Dalidas The day when the rain came , a song that is still the first to be associated with the exotic chansonnière . Another song that still rings in people's ears today and is not missing in any oldies show on the radio or television came in 11th place: Souvenirs by Bill Ramsey . It is also noticeable that the rock 'n' roll seemed to have completely passed the readers of the most important German youth magazine apart from hits by Peter Kraus . However, little sociological data are known about the readership of that time.

The German youth magazine BRAVO published in its 2/1960 issue under the title Schlager-Parade 1959 “the 20 most popular records of the past year.” They were determined from a survey of disc jockeys and music publishers. Christian Müller awarded points to the titles listed weekly in the BRAVO - musicbox and used them to determine the hits of 1959 in his brochure Die BRAVO - musicbox .

BRAVO hit parade 1959

  1. The guitar and the sea - Freddy Quinn
  2. Tom Dooley - Nilsen Brothers
  3. Sugar Baby - Peter Kraus
  4. My Happyness - Gitta Lind & Christa Williams
  5. The day the rain came - Dalida
  6. Petite fleur - Chris Barber
  7. Charly Brown - Hans Blum
  8. Only you, you, you alone - Melitta Berg
  9. Goodbye, goodbye Bambina - Caterina Valente , Ralf Bendix , Peter Alexander
  10. I learned that in Paris - Chris Howland
  11. Kitty Cat - Peter Kraus
  12. Marina - Rocco Granata
  13. Tomorrow - Ivo Robić , Billy Vaughn
  14. La Paloma - Billy Vaughn
  15. Ave Maria no morro - Trio San José
  16. Chico-chico Charly - Heidi Brühl
  17. Under strange stars - Freddy Quinn
  18. Mr. Music - Conny
  19. Mandolins and moonlight - Peter Alexander, Willy Hagara
  20. Patricia - Perez Prado

The hits of 1959

(after Christian Müller)

  1. The guitar and the sea - Freddy Quinn - 650 points
  2. Tom Dooley - Kingston Trio - 485 points
  3. Tom Dooley - Nilsen Brothers - 473 points
  4. The day the rain came - Dalida - 374 points
  5. Mr. Music - Conny - 343 points
  6. I learned that in Paris - Chris Howland - 333 points
  7. Charly Brown - Hans Blum - 293 points
  8. Only you, you, you alone - Alice Babs - 287 points
  9. Only you, you, you alone - Melitta Berg - 287 points
  10. La Paloma - Billy Vaughn - 277 points

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