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Billboard year-end top 50 country & western singles of 1959

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This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1959.[1]

Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" ranked as the year's No. 1 country and western record.[1] It was released in April 1959, spent 10 weeks at the No. 1 spot, and remained on Billboard's country and western chart for 21 weeks.[2] It was also the No. 1 record of 1961 on the year-end pop chart.[3]

"The Three Bells" by The Browns ranked No. 2 on the year-end country and western chart.[1] It also ranked No. 7 on the year-end pop chart.[3]

"Waterloo" by Stonewall Jackson was another cross-over hit, finishing at No. 4 on the year-end country chart and No. 32 on the year-end pop chart.[1][3]

Columbia Records led all of the labels with 16 records on the year-end chart. RCA Victor followed with eight records on the chart. Decca was third with seven records.[1]

Rank Peak[note 1][4] Title Artist(s) Label
1 1 "The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton Columbia
2 1 "The Three Bells" The Browns RCA Victor
3 2 "Heartaches by the Number" Ray Price Columbia
4 1 "Waterloo" Stonewall Jackson Columbia
5 1 "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" Johnny Cash Columbia
6 1 "White Lightning" George Jones Mercury
7 1 "Country Girl" Faron Young Capitol
8 2 "I Ain't Never" Webb Pierce Decca
9 1 "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" Johnny Horton Columbia
10 1 "Billy Bayou" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
11 2 "Home" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
12 4 "Big Midnight Special" Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper Hickory
13 3 "I'm in Love Again" George Morgan Columbia
14 2 "Country Music is Here to Stay" Simon Crum (Ferlin Husky) Capitol
15 4 "Come Walk with Me" Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper Hickory
16 3 "Who Cares" Don Gibson RCA Victor
17 2 "Life to Go" Stonewall Jackson Columbia
18 4 "I Got Stripes" Johnny Cash Columbia
19 5 "Tennessee Stud" Eddy Arnold Columbia
20 5 "Black Land Farmer" Frankie Miller Starday
21 1 "City Lights" Ray Price Columbia
22 7 "I've Run Out of Tomorrow" Hank Thompson Capitol
23 4 "Which One Is to Blame" Wilburn Brothers Decca
24 2 "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" Charlie Walker Columbia
25 7 "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" Ray Price Columbia
26 5 "Partners" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
27 6 "A Thousand Miles Ago" Webb Pierce Decca
28 1 "The Same Old Me" Ray Price Columbia
29 9 "Cabin in the Hills" Flatt & Scruggs Columbia
30 6 "Somebody's Back in Town" Wilburn Brothers Decca
31 9 "Am I That Easy to Forget" Carl Belew Decca
32 5 "Set Him Free" Skeeter Davis RCA Victor
33 5 "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy" Mac Wiseman Dot
34 5 "Gotta Travel On" Billy Grammer Monument
35 7 "Who Shot Sam" George Jones Mercury
36 5 "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles" Don Gibson RCA Victor
37 5 "Mommy for a Day" Kitty Wells Decca
38 5 "Ten Thousand Drums" Carl Smith Columbia
39 4 "Under Your Spell Again" Buck Owens Capitol
40 12 "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" Bill Anderson Decca
41 8 "Luther Plays the Boogie" Johnny Cash Sun
42 7 "Dark Hollow" Jimmie Skinner Mercury
43 6 "Treasure of Love" George Jones Mercury
44 6 "Long Black Veil" Lefty Frizzell Columbia
45 10 "Poor Old Heartsick Me" Margie Bowes Hickory
46 7 "Family Man" Frankie Miller Starday
47 9 "Grin and Bear It" Jimmy C. Newman M-G-M
48 3 "The Last Ride" Hank Snow RCA Victor
49 3 "There's a Big Wheel" Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper Hickory
50 9 "My Baby's Gone" Louvin Brothers Capitol

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Hot C&W and R&B sides of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 80.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 149. ISBN 0823076326.
  3. ^ a b c "Top Sides of 1959-Hot 100 of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 78.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.