June 22, 1959

-----DROPOUTS-----
I Waited Too Long - LaVern Baker ----- 33 / 2
Lonely For You - Gary Stites ----- 24 / 5
Enchanted - The Platters ----- 12 / 11
Turn Me Loose - Fabian ----- 9 (2) / 11


 40 --- What A Diff'rence A Day Makes - Dinah Washington (49)
 39 --- Graduation's Here - The Fleetwoods (44)
39 38 --- The Class - Chubby Checker
34 37 --- I've Come Of Age - Billy Storm
RE 36 --- Tall Cool One - The Wailers (46)
37 35 --- Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario - Jimmie Rodgers
34 --- Tiger - Fabian (55)
31 33 --- Hushabye - The Mystics
35 32 --- Little Dipper - The Mickey Mozart Quintet
25 31 --- You're So Fine - The Falcons

36 30 --- This I Swear - The Skyliners
26 29 --- My Melancholy Baby - Tommy Edwards
38 28 --- The Wonder Of You - Ray Peterson
18 27 --- Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye - Kathy Linden
27 26 --- My Heart Is An Open Book - Carl Dobkins Jr.
14 25 --- The Happy Organ - Dave "Baby" Cortez    
23 24 --- Crossfire - Johnny & The Hurricanes
17 23 --- Endlessly - Brook Benton
22 22 --- Just Keep It Up - Dee Clark
28 21 --- A Boy Without A Girl - Frankie Avalon

12 20 --- Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) - The Impalas
29 19 --- I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
19 18 --- I'm Ready - Fats Domino
24 17 --- Waterloo - Stonewall Jackson
21 16 --- Bongo Rock - Preston Epps
11 15 --- So Fine - The Fiestas
09 14 --- Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) - Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens
20 13 --- Bobby Sox To Stockings - Frankie Avalon
10 12 --- Only You - Frank Pourcel's French Fiddles
16 11 --- Frankie - Connie Francis

15 10 --- Lipstick On Your Collar - Connie Francis
13 09 --- Along Came Jones - The Coasters
06 08 --- A Teenager In Love - Dion & The Belmonts
07 07 --- Tallahassee Lassie - Freddy Cannon
04 06 --- Quiet Village - (The Exotic Sounds Of) Martin Denny
05 05 --- Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison      
08 04 --- Lonely Boy - Paul Anka
03 03 --- Dream Lover - Bobby Darin
02 02 --- Personality - Lloyd Price
01 01 --- The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton          


This is the first Top 40 hit for Dinah Washington.  . Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as an early influence. Sadly, she died of an alcohol / pill overdose on 12/14/63 (age 39).