1959-05-30 — 2UE 950 AM ( Sydney, New South Wales )
2UE - 950 AM - SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
THE ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC SURVEY OF HIT TUNES
2UE OFFICIAL TOP 40
COMMENCING SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1959
TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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1 | 4 | | Col Joye With The Joy Boys | Bye Bye Baby Goodbye | 5 | | 2 | 1 | | Elvis Presley | (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I | 7 | | 3 | 2 | | Frankie Avalon | Venus | 11 | | 4 | 5 | | Dodie Stevens | Pink Shoe Laces | 8 | | 5 | 6 | | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | Petite Fleur (Little Flower) | 14 | | 6 | 7 | | Johnny Cash | Don't Take Your Guns To Town | 9 | | 7 | 3 | | Andy Williams | The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au) | 13 | | 8 | 9 | | Billy Williams | Nola | 10 | | 9 | 28 | | Elvis Presley | I Need Your Love Tonight | 5 | | 10 | 16 | | The Fleetwoods | Come Softly To Me | 4 | | 11 | 8 | | Nicola Paone | Blah, Blah, Blah | 7 | | 12 | 10 | | Billy Grammer | Gotta Travel On | 14 | | 13 | 12 | | Dave "Baby" Cortez | The Happy Organ | 3 | | 14 | 11 | | Ritchie Valens | Donna | 12 | | 15 | 14 | | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Manhattan Spiritual | 5 | | 16 | 24 | | Annette With The Afterbeats | Tall Paul | 9 | | 17 | 15 | | The Platters | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | 18 | | 18 | 19 | | Brook Benton | It's Just A Matter Of Time | 8 | | 19 | 22 | | The Virtues | Guitar Boogie Shuffle | 3 | | 20 | 30 | | Lloyd Price | (You've Got) Personality | 2 | | 21 | 21 | | The Diamonds | She Say (Oom Dooby Doom) | 12 | | 22 | 39 | | The Chipmunks | Alvin's Harmonica | 2 | | 23 | 13 | | Tommy Sands And The Raiders | Bigger Than Texas | 11 | | 24 | 17 | | Johnny Western | The Ballad Of Paladin | 6 | | 25 | 27 | | Travis And Bob | Tell Him No | 2 | | 26 | 20 | | The Coasters | Charlie Brown | 7 | | 27 | 23 | | Frank Sinatra | French Foreign Legion | 6 | | 28 | 18 | | Perry Como | Tomboy | 10 | | 29 | 33 | | Ricky Nelson | Never Be Anyone Else But You | 3 | | 30 | 36 | | Duane Eddy | The Lonely One | 3 | | 31 | 29 | | Jack Scott | Goodbye Baby | 10 | | 32 | 26 | | Jimmie Rodgers | Waltzing Matilda | 12 | | 33 | -- | | Tommy Edwards | The Morning Side Of The Mountain | 1 | | 34 | 38 | | Shirley Bassey | Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me | 2 | | 35 | 34 | | Jerry Wallace | A Touch Of Pink | 2 | | 36 | -- | | Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two | Luther Played The Boogie | 1 | | 37 | -- | | Kay Starr | (I Don't Care) Only Love Me | 1 | | 38 | 37 | | Ricky Nelson | It's Late | 3 | | 39 | 32 | | Jimmie Rodgers | Bimbombey | 21 | | 40 | -- | | The Platters | Enchanted | 1 | |
NOTE: Survey does not list Artists. The artists listed are a best-guess
of the Artists who released these singles at the time of this survey
although several of the songs listed were recorded by mulitple
artists which was a common practice at the time of this survey.
Survey also contains "EIGHTY TOP 40 PREDICTIONS" without noting the
Artist.
THESE DROPPED OUT
To Know Him Is To Love Him
My Heart Sings
Stagger Lee
Red River Rose
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