VG-lista 1959
This is a complete list of all the singles that entered the VG-lista - the official Norwegian hit-chart - in 1959. 48 singles entered the VG-lista in 1959 altogether and these are all listed below according to how well they have charted over time.
1959
Week | Artist | Single | Country | Weeks | Straight to #1 ? | ||
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Top 1 | Top 10 | Top 20 | |||||
1 | Louis Prima | "Buona sera" | |||||
2 | Connie Francis | "Carolina Moon" | 1 | 21 | No | ||
3 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | 14 | 25 | No | ||
4 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
5 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
6 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
7 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
8 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
9 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
10 | Little Richard | "Baby Face" | 3 | 14 | No | ||
11 | Little Richard | "Baby Face" | |||||
12 | Little Richard | "Baby Face" | |||||
13 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
14 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
15 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
16 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
17 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
18 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
19 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | |||||
20 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | 10 | 26 | No | ||
21 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | |||||
22 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | |||||
23 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | |||||
24 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | |||||
25 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | |||||
26 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | |||||
27 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | |||||
28 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | |||||
29 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | |||||
30 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | 5 | 18 | No | ||
31 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | |||||
32 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | |||||
33 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | |||||
34 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | |||||
35 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | 10 | 23 | No | ||
36 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | |||||
37 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | |||||
38 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | |||||
39 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | |||||
40 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | |||||
41 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | |||||
42 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | |||||
43 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | |||||
44 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | |||||
45 | Craig Douglas | "Only Sixteen" | 4 | 15 | No | ||
46 | Craig Douglas | "Only Sixteen" | |||||
47 | Craig Douglas | "Only Sixteen" | |||||
48 | Craig Douglas | "Only Sixteen" | |||||
49 | Cliff Richard | "Travellin' Light" | 3 | 15 | No | ||
50 | Cliff Richard | "Travellin' Light" | |||||
51 | Cliff Richard | "Travellin' Light" | |||||
52 | Emile Ford | "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For" | 7 | 15 | No | ||
53 | Emile Ford | What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For |
Top singles of 1959
Position | Artist | Song title | Highest position | Points |
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1 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | 1 | 465 |
2 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | 1 | 458 |
3 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | 1 | 414 |
4 | Billy Vaughn | "Morgen" | 2 | 364 |
5 | Vidar Sandbeck | "Pengegaloppen [no]" | 2 | 354 |
6 | Elvis Presley | "I Need Your Love Tonight" | 2 | 304 |
7 | Connie Francis | "My Happiness" | 2 | 302 |
8 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | 1 | 299 |
9 | Craig Douglas | "Only Sixteen" | 1 | 271 |
10 | Emile Ford & The Checkmates | "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" | 1 | 269 |
10 | Elvis Presley | "A Big Hunk O' Love" | 2 | 269 |
12 | Conway Twitty | "Mona Lisa" | 2 | 262 |
13 | Cliff Richard | "Travellin' Light" | 1 | 261 |
14 | Little Richard | "Baby Face" | 1 | 239 |
15 | Gunnar Engedahl & Erling Stordahl | "Ungkarsvalsen" | 4 | 216 |
16 | Ricky Nelson | "Never Be Anyone Else But You" | 3 | 214 |
17 | Guy Mitchell | "Heartaches by the Number" | 3 | 208 |
18 | Ruby Murray | "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" | 2 | 186 |
19 | Vidar Sandbeck | "Gull og grønne skoger [no]" | 4 | 183 |
20 | Stonewall Jackson | "Waterloo" | 2 | 175 |
21 | Cliff Richard | "High Class Baby" | 3 | 148 |
22 | Elvis Presley | "A Fool Such as I" | 5 | 130 |
23 | Ricky Nelson | "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" | 3 | 127 |
24 | The Browns | "The Three Bells" | 6 | 125 |
25 | Bruno Martino | "Piove [it]" | 8 | 122 |
26 | Lloyd Price | "Personality" | 6 | 120 |
27 | Conway Twitty | "It's Only Make Believe" | 2 | 113 |
28 | Little Richard | "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" | 4 | 112 |
29 | Gunnar Engedahl & Erling Stordahl | "Piken i dalen [no]" | 5 | 107 |
30 | Shirley Bassey | "Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me" | 6 | 103 |
31 | Bobby Darin | "Dream Lover" | 5 | 100 |
32 | The Fleetwoods | "Mr. Blue" | 5 | 99 |
33 | Cliff Richard | "Move It" | 5 | 97 |
33 | Nora Brockstedt | "Augustin" | 5 | 97 |
35 | The Coasters | "Charlie Brown" | 5 | 85 |
36 | Cliff Richard | "Never Mind" | 5 | 82 |
37 | Jerry Keller | "Here Comes Summer" | 8 | 73 |
38 | Connie Francis | "Lipstick On Your Collar" | 7 | 80 |
39 | Lloyd Price | "Stagger Lee" | 8 | 58 |
40 | Floyd Robinson | "Makin' Love" | 7 | 53 |
41 | Jane Morgan | "The Day the Rains Came" | 7 | 49 |
42 | Bing Crosby | "White Christmas" | 6 | 41 |
43 | Paul Anka | "Lonely Boy" | 9 | 36 |
44 | Bobby Darin | "Mack the Knife" | 9 | 34 |
45 | Pat Boone | "I'll Remember Tonight" | 9 | 23 |
46 | Sam Cooke | "Only Sixteen" | 10 | 22 |
47 | Bruno Martino | "Come prima" | 9 | 12 |
48 | Lord Rockingham's XI | "Hoots Mon" | 10 | 11 |
External links
- VG-Lista - the official Norwegian hit-chart
- VG-lista - Top 100 singles of all time in Norway