We'd graduated. Some of us were working summer jobs, waiting to go off to college in the fall. Some of us had probably gotten married. Some of us had jobs that we'd hold for a long time afterward. So what were we listening to on the radio? Here's Billboard's top 20 for July 1959. How many do you remember?
1. Lonely Boy - Paul Anka
2. The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
3. Waterloo - Stonewall Jackson
4. Personality - Lloyd Price
5. Tiger - Fabian
6. Lipstick on Your Collar - Connie Francis
7. My Heart is an Open Book - Carl Dobkins, Jr.
8. Dream Lover - Bobby Darin
9. Tallahassee Lassie - Freddie Cannon
10. Bobby Sox to Stockings - Frankie Avalon
11. A Boy withiut a Girl - Frankie Avalon
12. I Only Have Eyes for You - Flamingos
13. 40 Miles of Bad Road - Duane Eddy
14. Big Hunk o' Love - Elvis Presley
15. Frankie - Connie Francis
16. There Goes my Baby - Drifters
17. Along Came Jones - Coasters
18. M.T.A. - Kingston Trio
19. Just a Little too Much - Ricky Nelson
20. Lavender Blue - Sammy Turner
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