After "Witch Doctor" and others like "The Bird on My Head", this was the year for David Seville's Chipmunks! But, he was not alone on the hit parade! Don't forget Frankie, Fabian, and Ricky, too! Read on.1959 !

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OH, THE SONG!	THE ARTISTS!	When it hit big	WHO HAD IT!
The Chipmunk Song	The Chipmunks (David Seville)	January	Liberty
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	The Platters	January	Mercury
Stagger Lee	Lloyd Price	February	ABC Paramount
Venus	Frankie Avalon	March	Chancellor
Come Softly To Me	The Fleetwoods	April	Dolton
The Happy Organ	Dave "Baby" Cortez	May	Clock
Kansas City	Wilbert Harrison	May	Fury
The Battle of New Orleans	Johnny Horton	June	Columbia
Lonely Boy	Paul Anka	July	ABC Paramount
A Big Hunk O' Love	Elvis Presley	August	RCA Victor
The Three Bells	The Browns	August	RCA Victor
Sleep Walk	Santo & Johnny	September	Canadian-American
Mack The Knife	Bobby Darin	October and November	Atco
Mr. Blue	The Fleetwoods	November	Dolton
Heartaches By The Number	Guy Mitchell	December	Columbia
Why	Frankie Avalon	December	Chancellor

Not so many hits this year, but Bobby Darin pulled it off after a string of rockers, doing a Louis Armstrong song. Listen to him rave about the song on the LP "The Bobby Darin Story"