List of number one hits in the UK charts (1959)

This is a list of the number one hits on the UK charts in 1959. It is based on the Official Singles Chart Top 30 and Official Albums Chart Top 10 as determined by the Chart Information Network . There were 17 number one singles and 1 number one album that year.

Singles • Albums • Hit parades of the year • Bottom of page

Singles

← 1958 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1960 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 13, 1958 - January 16, 1959 5 weeks 5 Conway Twitty It's Only Make Believe Conway Twitty, Jack Nance - January 17, 1959 - January 23, 1959 1 week 1 Jane Morgan The Day the Rains Came Music: Gilbert Bécaud; Original text: Pierre Lanoe; English text: Carl Sigman - January 24, 1959 - February 13, 1959 3 weeks 3 Elvis Presley One Night / I Got Stung Dave Bartholomew , Pearl King, Anita Steiman / Aaron H. Schroeder , David Hess, David Hill - February 14, 1959 - March 13, 1959 4 weeks 4th Shirley Bassey As I Love You Jay Livingston , Raymond B. Evans - March 14, 1959 - March 20, 1959 1 week 1 The Platters Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Music: Jerome Kern ; Text: Otto A. Harbach - March 21, 1959 - April 17, 1959 4 weeks 4th Russ Conway Side Saddle Trevor Herbert Stanford - April 18, 1959 - May 8, 1959 3 weeks 3 Buddy Holly It Doesn't Matter Anymore Paul Anka - December 12, 1959 - January 22, 1959 6 weeks 6th Elvis Presley (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I / I Need Your Love Tonight William Marvin Trader / Sid Wayne, S. Bickley Reichner - June 13, 1959 - June 26, 1959 2 weeks 2 Russ Conway Roulette Trevor Herbert Stanford - June 27, 1959 - July 24, 1959 4 weeks 4th Bobby in it Dream Lover Bobby Darin - July 25, 1959 - September 4, 1959 6 weeks 6th Cliff Richard & the Drifters Living Doll Lionel Beard - September 5, 1959 - October 2, 1959 4 weeks 4th Craig Douglas Only Sixteen Sam Cooke - October 3, 1959 - October 9, 1959 1 week 1 Jerry Keller Here Comes Summer Jerry Paul Keller - October 10, 1959 - October 23, 1959 2 weeks 2 Bobby in it Mack the Knife Music: Kurt Weill ; Text: Bertolt Brecht - October 24, 1959 - November 27, 1959 5 weeks 5 Cliff Richard & the Shadows Travellin 'Light Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett - November 28, 1959 - December 18, 1959 3 weeks 3 Adam Faith What Do You Want a Les Vandyke - December 12, 1959 - January 22, 1960 6 weeks 6th Emile Ford and the Checkmates What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For a James Vincent Monaco , Joseph McCarthy -
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^a In the week from December 12th to 18th, two titles were in first place at the same time.

Albums

← 1958 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1960 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) November 2, 1958 - March 5, 1960 17 weeks (115 in total) 115 (Soundtrack) South Pacific -
← 1958				→ 1960 →

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The charts from New Musical Express magazine were used for the singles and the Melody Maker charts for the albums . The dates refer to the validity date of the charts, i.e. the week following the sales week.

Annual hit parade

← 1958

Single hits of the year in the UK charts

1960 →

space		Interpreter		Title Author (s)
1		Cliff Richard & the Drifters		Living Doll Lionel Beard
2		Emile Ford and the Checkmates		What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For James Vincent Monaco , Joseph McCarthy
3		Buddy Holly		It Doesn't Matter Anymore Paul Anka
4th		Cliff Richard & the Shadows		Travellin 'Light Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett
5		Lord Rockingham's XI		Hoots Mon Henry MacLeod Robertson
6th		Russ Conway		Side Saddle Trevor Herbert Stanford
7th		Bobby in it		Dream Lover Bobby Darin
8th		Adam Faith		What Do You Want Les Vandyke
9		Elvis Presley		(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I / I Need Your Love Tonight William Marvin Trader / Sid Wayne, S. Bickley Reichner
10		Lonnie Donegan		The Battle of New Orleans Jimmy Driftwood

← 1958

1960 →

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• British Hit Singles & Albums. 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8 .
• GEMA repertoire search

Web links

• Official Charts: All The Number 1 Singles
• Chart Surfer: Number 1 - Hits UK 1959
• everyhit: Top Hits of 1959

See also: Number one hits in 1959 in Australia , Belgium , Germany , France , Norway , Spain, and the United States .