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1959 in Review 1 Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 2 Kansas City - Wilbur Harrison 3 What'd I Say - Ray Charles 4 16 Candles - the Crests 5 A Teenager In Love - Dion and the Belmonts 6 I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos 7 Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny 8 It's Just A Matter Of Time - Brook Benton 9 There Goes My Baby - Drifters 10 Come Softly To Me - The Fleetwoods 11 Sea Of Love - Phil Phillips 12 Donna - Ritchie Valens 13 Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka 14 ('Til) I Kissed You - Everly Brothers 15 Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke 16 Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell 17 A Big Hunk O' Love - Elvis Presley 18 Mr. Blue - The Fleetwoods 19 Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford 20 (Sorry) I Ran All The Way Home - the Impalas 21 Red River Rock - Johnny and the Hurricans 22 My Happiness - Connie Francis 23 Poison Ivy - Coasters 24 Misty - Johnnie Mathis 25 La Bamba - Ritchie Valens 26 Dream Lover - Bobby Darin 27 Along Came Jones - Coasters 28 Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price 29 Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson 30 Back In The U.S.A. - Chuck Berry 31 High Hopes - Frank Sinatra 32 Turn Around - Harry Belafante 33 Personality - Lloyd Price 34 Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha - Sam Cooke 35 Love Potion No. 9 - Clovers 36 Hushabye - the Mystics 37 Charlie Brown - Coasters 38 Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton 39 Bongo Rock - Preston Epps 40 The Happy Organ - Dave "Baby" Cortez 77 Sunset Strip • Alfred Hitchcock Presents • The Bob Cummings Show • Dinah Shore Chevy Show • The Donna Reed Show • Edward R. Murrow Father Knows Best • Gunsmoke • Omnibus • Peter Gunn • Phil Silvers Show • Playhouse 90 • Rifleman • Seahunt • Sid Caesar's Hour • The Jack Benny Show Fidel Castro's reign over Cuba began • Representatives of twelve nations agreed to preserve the world's last undeveloped continent. The Antarctic Treaty, signed on December 1, 1959, made the continent a military- free zone reserved for cooperative scientific research • Oklahoma legalizes alcoholic beverages after 51 years • Alaska and Hawaii become 49th and 50th states • Pantyhose are introduced • U.S. restores full citizenship to Japanese-Americans who were interned during WWII. • U.S. Steel Workers strike for 116 days • Mason City, Iowa, February 3, 1959 a tour plane crashed immortalizing Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper. The tragedy marked the end of rock 'n' roll's first wave of creativity. • Herbert Stempel, former champion on the TV quiz show "Twenty- One", was given the answers to questions, told which questions to miss, and coached in presentation.
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