Top Country Songs of 1959 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

1958 <-1959-> 1960
Top songs: #1: The Three Bells by The Browns - #2: ('Til) I Kissed You by The Everly Brothers - #3: The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton - #4: He'll Have to Go by Jim Reeves - #5: El Paso by Marty Robbins
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#1
07/1959

The Three Bells
The Browns

from Sweet Sounds by The Browns   
398 pts
1
US
1
ctry
10
R&B
6
UK
[RCA Victor 7555]
written by Jean Villard, Marc Herrand & Bert Reisfeld
('Til) I Kissed You
#2
08/1959

('Til) I Kissed You
The Everly Brothers

from The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers   The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers
371 pts
4
US
8
ctry
22
R&B
2
UK
[Cadence 1369]
written by Don Everly
The Battle of New Orleans
#3
04/1959

The Battle of New Orleans
Johnny Horton

from The Spectacular Johnny Horton   The Spectacular Johnny Horton
350 pts
1
US
1
ctry
3
R&B
16
UK
Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1960
[Columbia 41339]
written by Jimmie Driftwood
#4
12/1959

He'll Have to Go
Jim Reeves

from He'll Have to Go   
319 pts
2
US
1
ctry
13
R&B
12
UK
[RCA Victor 7643]
written by Joe Allison & Audrey Allison
El Paso
#5
11/1959

El Paso
Marty Robbins

from Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs   
317 pts
1
US
1
ctry


19
UK
[Columbia 41511]
written by Marty Robbins
#6
05/1959

Waterloo
Stonewall Jackson

from The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson   The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson
241 pts
4
US
1
ctry
11
R&B
24
UK
[Columbia 41393]
written by John D. Loudermilk & Marijohn Wilkin
#7
09/1959

Deck of Cards
Wink Martindale

188 pts
7
US
11
ctry


18
UK
[Dot 15968]
written by T. Texas Tyler
#8
11/1959

Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair)
The Browns

from Town & Country   
92 pts
13
US
7
ctry




[RCA Victor 7614]
written by Evelyn Danzig & Jack Segal
The Battle of Kookamonga
#9
09/1959

The Battle of Kookamonga
Homer and Jethro

79 pts
14
US
26
ctry




a parody of "the battle of new orleans"
[RCA Victor 47-7585]
written by Jimmy Driftwood & J. J. Reynolds
#10
07/1959

I Ain't Never
Webb Pierce

69 pts
24
US
2
ctry




[Decca 9-30923]
written by Mel Tillis & Webb Pierce
#11
01/1959

Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Johnny Cash

from The Fabulous Johnny Cash   
57 pts
32
US
1
ctry




[Columbia 4-41313]
written by Johnny Cash
#12
01/1959

Who Cares
Don Gibson

39 pts
43
US
3
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7437]
written by Don Gibson
I Got Stripes
#13
08/1959

I Got Stripes
Johnny Cash

38 pts
43
US
4
ctry




[Columbia 4-41427]
written by Charles Williams & Johnny Cash
#14
07/1959

Ten Thousand Drums
Carl Smith

36 pts
43
US
5
ctry




[Columbia 41417]
written by Mel Tillis & Carl Smith
#15
03/1959

White Lightning
George Jones

from White Lightning and Other Favorites   
36 pts
73
US
1
ctry




[Mercury 71406]
written by J. P. Richardson
Tennessee Stud
#16
06/1959

Tennessee Stud
Eddy Arnold

34 pts
48
US
5
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7542]
written by Jimmie Driftwood
#17
12/1959

No Love Have I
Webb Pierce

33 pts
54
US
4
ctry




[Decca 9-31021]
written by Mel Tillis
#18
02/1959

The Hanging Tree
Marty Robbins

from Marty's Greatest Hits   
33 pts
38
US
15
ctry




[Columbia 41325]
written by Max Steiner, Mack David & Jerry Livingston
#19
12/1959

Mary, Don't You Weep
Stonewall Jackson

from The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson   The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson
31 pts
41
US
12
ctry




[Columbia 4-41533]
written by traditional, Mel Tillis & Marijohn Wilkin
#20
08/1959

Johnny Reb
Johnny Horton

from Johnny Horton Makes History   
26 pts
54
US
10
ctry




B side to Sal's Got a Sugar Lip
[Columbia 41437]
written by Merle Kilgore
#21
04/1959

Frankie's Man Johnny
Johnny Cash

from The Fabulous Johnny Cash   
26 pts
57
US
9
ctry




[Columbia 4-41371]
written by Johnny Cash
#22
11/1959

Riverboat
Faron Young

from Sings the Best   
25 pts
83
US
4
ctry




[Capitol 4291]
written by Bill Anderson
#23
07/1959

Country Girl
Faron Young

from Sings the Best   
25 pts


1
ctry




[Capitol 4233]
written by Roy Drusky
#24
10/1959

The Same Old Me
Ray Price

25 pts


1
ctry




[Columbia 4-41477]
written by Fuzzy Owen
#25
01/1959

When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
Johnny Horton

from The Spectacular Johnny Horton   The Spectacular Johnny Horton
25 pts


1
ctry




[Columbia 4-41308]
written by Tillman Franks
#26
08/1959

Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
Don Gibson

23 pts
85
US
5
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7566]
written by Don Gibson
#27
05/1959

Heartaches by the Number
Ray Price

22 pts


2
ctry




[Columbia 4-41374]
written by Harlan Howard
#28
07/1959

Katy Too
Johnny Cash

from Greatest!   
22 pts
66
US
11
ctry




as Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
[Sun 321]
written by Johnny Cash & Jack Clement
#29
03/1959

Home
Jim Reeves

from He'll Have to Go   
22 pts


2
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7479]
written by Roger Miller
#30
05/1959

Lonesome Old House
Don Gibson

20 pts
71
US
11
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7505]
written by Don Gibson
#31
07/1959

Half-Breed
Marvin Rainwater

20 pts
66
US
16
ctry




[MGM 12803]
written by John D. Loudermilk
Who Shot Sam
#32
07/1959

Who Shot Sam
George Jones

19 pts
93
US
7
ctry




[Mercury 71464]
written by George Jones, Darrell Edwards, Ray Jackson & Patsy Timmons
#33
10/1959

There's a Big Wheel
Wilma Lee Cooper & Stoney Cooper

from The Big Wheel   
18 pts


3
ctry




[Hickory 1107]
written by Don Gibson
#34
02/1959

I'm in Love Again
George Morgan

18 pts


3
ctry




[Columbia 4-41318]
written by George Morgan & Vic McAlpin
#35
10/1959

The Last Ride
Hank Snow

18 pts


3
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7586]
written by Robert Halcomb & Ted Daffan
The Little Drummer Boy
#36
12/1959

The Little Drummer Boy
Johnny Cash

18 pts
63
US
24
ctry




Christmas
[Columbia 4-41481]
written by Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone
#37
08/1959

Five Feet High and Rising
Johnny Cash

from Songs of Our Soil   Songs of Our Soil
18 pts
76
US
14
ctry




[Columbia 4-41427]
written by Johnny Cash
#38
05/1959

Big Midnight Special
Wilma Lee Cooper & Stoney Cooper

from The Big Wheel   
17 pts


4
ctry




[Hickory 1098]
written by Stoney Cooper
#39
10/1959

Under Your Spell Again
Buck Owens

from Buck Owens [1961 album]   
17 pts


4
ctry




[Capitol 4245]
written by Buck Owens & Dusty Rhodes
#40
01/1959

Which One Is to Blame
The Wilburn Brothers

17 pts


4
ctry




[Decca 9-30787]
written by Redd Stewart & Sunny Dull
#41
11/1959

Amigo's Guitar
Kitty Wells

16 pts


5
ctry




[Decca 9-30987]
written by John D. Loudermilk, Kitty Wells & Roy Botkin
#42
12/1959

Wishful Thinking
Wynn Stewart

from Wynn Stewart   
16 pts


5
ctry




[Challenge 9061]
written by Wynn Stewart
#43
08/1959

Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
Mac Wiseman

from Great Folk Ballads   
15 pts


5
ctry




[Dot 45-15946]
written by A. P. Carter
#44
04/1959

Black Land Farmer
Frankie Miller [country singer]

15 pts


5
ctry




[Starday 424]
written by Frankie Miller [country singer]
#45
03/1959

Set Him Free
Skeeter Davis

from I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too   
15 pts


5
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7471]
written by Skeeter Davis, Helen Moyers & Marie Wilson
#46
07/1959

Partners
Jim Reeves

from He'll Have to Go   
15 pts


5
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7557]
written by Danny Dill
#47
11/1959

Under Your Spell Again
Ray Price

15 pts


5
ctry




[Columbia 4-41477]
written by Buck Owens & Dusty Rhodes
#48
02/1959

Mommy for a Day
Kitty Wells

15 pts


5
ctry




[Decca 9-30804]
written by Buck Owens & Harlan Howard
#49
08/1959

Sal's Got a Sugar Lip
Johnny Horton

15 pts
81
US
19
ctry




[Columbia 41437]
written by Jimmie Driftwood
#50
08/1959

Soldier's Joy
Hawkshaw Hawkins

15 pts
87
US
15
ctry




[Columbia 4-41419]
written by Jimmy Driftwood
#51
03/1959

Chip Off the Old Block
Eddy Arnold

15 pts
97
US
12
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7435]
written by James Lee
#52
05/1959

Somebody's Back in Town
The Wilburn Brothers

14 pts


6
ctry




[Decca 9-30871]
written by Don Helms, Teddy Wilburn & Doyle Wilburn
#53
04/1959

A Thousand Miles Ago
Webb Pierce

14 pts


6
ctry




[Decca 9-30858]
written by Mel Tillis & Webb Pierce
#54
06/1959

The Long Black Veil
Lefty Frizzell

14 pts


6
ctry




[Columbia 4-41384]
written by Marijohn Wilkin & Danny Dill
#55
06/1959

Chasin' a Rainbow
Hank Snow

14 pts


6
ctry




as Hank Snow and The Rainbow Ranch Boys
[RCA Victor 47-7524]
written by Ted Harris
#56
10/1959

Family Man
Frankie Miller [country singer]

13 pts


7
ctry




[Starday 457]
written by J. A. Balthrop
#57
01/1959

That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome
Ray Price

13 pts


7
ctry




[Columbia 4-41309]
written by Bill Anderson
#58
08/1959

Old Moon
Betty Foley

13 pts


7
ctry




[Bandera 1304]
written by O'Brien Fisher & Waco Austin
#59
01/1959

Dark Hollow
Jimmie Skinner

13 pts


7
ctry




US B side to Walkin' My Blues Away
[Mercury 71387]
written by Bill Browning
#60
03/1959

Luther Played the Boogie
Johnny Cash

from Greatest!   
12 pts


8
ctry




as Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
[Sun 316]
written by Johnny Cash
#61
06/1959

Cabin in the Hills
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

11 pts


9
ctry




as Flatt & Scruggs
[Columbia 4-41389]
written by Cal DeVoll
#62
04/1959

Am I That Easy to Forget
Carl Belew

from Carl Belew [1960 album]   
11 pts


9
ctry




[Decca 9-30842]
written by Carl Belew & W. S. Stevenson
#63
07/1959

Grin and Bear It
Jimmy Newman

11 pts


9
ctry




[MGM 12812]
written by John D. Loudermilk & Marijohn Wilkin
#64
10/1959

A Woman's Intuition
The Wilburn Brothers

11 pts


9
ctry




[Decca 9-30968]
written by Madelyn Burroughs
#65
10/1959

Igmoo (The Pride of South Central High)
Stonewall Jackson

10 pts
95
US
29
ctry




[Columbia 4-41488]
written by Marijohn Wilkin & Wayne Walker
#66
12/1959

Timbrook
Lewis Pruitt

10 pts


10
ctry




[Peach 725]
written by Jim Howell
#67
11/1959

Face to the Wall
Faron Young

10 pts


10
ctry




[Capitol 4291]
written by Bill Anderson & Faron Young
#68
03/1959

Poor Old Heartsick Me
Margie Bowes

10 pts


10
ctry




[Hickory 1094]
written by Helen Carter
#69
02/1959

Beyond the Shadow
The Browns

9 pts


11
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7427]
written by Tommy Russell
#70
06/1959

Draggin' the River
Ferlin Husky

9 pts


11
ctry




[Capitol 4186]
written by Vic McAlpin
#71
10/1959

Are You Willing, Willie
Marion Worth

from Marion Worth   
9 pts


12
ctry




[Cherokee 503]
written by Marion Worth
#72
05/1959

I Cried a Tear
Ernest Tubb

9 pts


12
ctry




[Decca 9-30872]
written by Al Julia
#73
07/1959

Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down
Kitty Wells

9 pts


12
ctry




[Decca 9-30890]
written by Bob Gallion
#74
03/1959

Thanks a Lot
Johnny Cash

from Greatest!   
9 pts


12
ctry




as Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
[Sun 316]
written by Charlie Rich
#75
07/1959

Ninety-Nine
Bill Anderson

from Country Heart Songs   
9 pts


13
ctry




[Decca 9-30914]
written by Bill Anderson
#76
05/1959

You Dreamer You
Johnny Cash

8 pts


13
ctry




[Columbia 4-41371]
written by Johnny Cash
#77
05/1959

Anybody's Girl
Hank Thompson

8 pts


13
ctry




as Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys
[Capitol 4182]
written by Hank Thompson & Billy Gray
#78
04/1959

Frankie's Man, Johnny
Johnny Sea

8 pts


13
ctry




[NRC 019]
written by Johnny Cash
#79
04/1959

How Can I Think of Tomorrow
James O'Gwynn

8 pts


13
ctry




[Mercury 71419]
written by James O'Gwynn & Roy Crocker
#80
09/1959

Next Time
Ernest Tubb

8 pts


14
ctry




[Decca 9-30952]
written by Glenn Douglas
#81
02/1959

My Reason for Living
Ferlin Husky

from Gone   
8 pts


14
ctry




[Capitol 4123]
written by Ferlin Husky & Gertrude Cox
I'm Movin' On
#82
12/1959

I'm Movin' On
Don Gibson

8 pts


14
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7629]
written by Clarence E. Snow
#83
04/1959

That's the Way It's Gotta Be
Faron Young

8 pts


14
ctry




[Capitol 4164]
written by Roy Drusky
#84
08/1959

My Love and Little Me
Margie Bowes

8 pts


15
ctry




[Hickory 1102]
written by Phil Everly
#85
09/1959

Homebreaker
Skeeter Davis

8 pts


15
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7570]
written by Marie Wilson & Skeeter Davis
#86
11/1959

Money to Burn
George Jones

from Singing the Blues   
8 pts


15
ctry




[Mercury 71514]
written by Johnny Nelms
#87
01/1959

The Best Years of Your Life
Carl Smith

8 pts


15
ctry




[Columbia 4-41290]
written by Keith Lloyd
#88
03/1959

Gotta Travel On
Bill Monroe

8 pts


15
ctry




as Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
[Decca 9-30809]
written by Paul Clayton, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Ronnie Gilbert, Larry Ehrlich & Dave Lazer
#89
08/1959

Sailor Man
Johnnie & Jack

7 pts


16
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7545]
written by Jimmie Driftwood
#90
06/1959

I'll Catch You When You Fall
Charlie Walker

7 pts


16
ctry




[Columbia 4-41388]
written by Harlan Howard
#91
02/1959

A Long Time Ago
Faron Young

7 pts


16
ctry




US B side to Last Night at a Party
[Capitol 4113]
written by Merril Killgore & Faron Young
#92
08/1959

John Wesley Hardin
Jimmie Skinner

7 pts


17
ctry




[Mercury 71470]
written by Jimmie Skinner
#93
08/1959

I'm Beginning to Forget You
Jim Reeves

7 pts


17
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7557]
written by Willie Phelps
#94
02/1959

Yankee, Go Home
Goldie Hill

7 pts


17
ctry




featuring Red Sovine
[Decca 9-30826]
written by Harlan Howard
#95
11/1959

Chain Gang
Freddie Hart

from The Spirited Freddie Hart   
7 pts


17
ctry




[Columbia 4-41456]
written by Harlan Howard
#96
05/1959

You Take the Table and I'll Take the Chairs
Bob Gallion

7 pts


18
ctry




[MGM 12777]
written by John D. Loudermilk
#97
01/1959

The Knoxville Girl
The Wilburn Brothers

7 pts


18
ctry




[Decca 9-30787]
written by traditional
#98
03/1959

All the Time
Kitty Wells

7 pts


18
ctry




[Decca 9-30804]
written by Wayne Walker & Mel Tillis
#99
11/1959

Big Harlan Taylor
George Jones

from The Novelty Side   
6 pts


19
ctry




[Mercury 71514]
written by Roger Miller
#100
12/1959

Dead or Alive
Bill Anderson

6 pts


19
ctry




[Decca 9-30993]
written by Bill Anderson

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