# VG-lista 1959

This is a complete list of all the singles that entered the VG-lista - the official Norwegian hit-chart - in 1959. 48 singles entered the VG-lista in 1959 altogether and these are all listed below according to how well they have charted over time.

## 1959

| Week | Artist | Single | Country | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Straight to #1 ? |
| Week | Artist | Single | Country | Top 1 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Straight to #1 ? |
| 1 | Louis Prima | "Buona sera" | | | | | |
| 2 | Connie Francis | "Carolina Moon" | | 1 | 21 | | No |
| 3 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | 14 | 25 | | No |
| 4 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 5 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 6 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 7 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 8 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 9 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 10 | Little Richard | "Baby Face" | | 3 | 14 | | No |
| 11 | Little Richard | "Baby Face" | | | | | |
| 12 | Little Richard | "Baby Face" | | | | | |
| 13 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 14 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 15 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 16 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 17 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 18 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 19 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | | | | | |
| 20 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | | 10 | 26 | | No |
| 21 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | | | | | |
| 22 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | | | | | |
| 23 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | | | | | |
| 24 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | | | | | |
| 25 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | | | | | |
| 26 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | | | | | |
| 27 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | | | | | |
| 28 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | | | | | |
| 29 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | | | | | |
| 30 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | | 5 | 18 | | No |
| 31 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | | | | | |
| 32 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | | | | | |
| 33 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | | | | | |
| 34 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | | | | | |
| 35 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | | 10 | 23 | | No |
| 36 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | | | | | |
| 37 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | | | | | |
| 38 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | | | | | |
| 39 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | | | | | |
| 40 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | | | | | |
| 41 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | | | | | |
| 42 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | | | | | |
| 43 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | | | | | |
| 44 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | | | | | |
| 45 | Craig Douglas | "Only Sixteen" | | 4 | 15 | | No |
| 46 | Craig Douglas | "Only Sixteen" | | | | | |
| 47 | Craig Douglas | "Only Sixteen" | | | | | |
| 48 | Craig Douglas | "Only Sixteen" | | | | | |
| 49 | Cliff Richard | "Travellin' Light" | | 3 | 15 | | No |
| 50 | Cliff Richard | "Travellin' Light" | | | | | |
| 51 | Cliff Richard | "Travellin' Light" | | | | | |
| 52 | Emile Ford | "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For" | | 7 | 15 | | No |
| 53 | Emile Ford | What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For | | | | | |

## Top singles of 1959

| Position | Artist | Song title | Highest position | Points |
| 1 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | 1 | 465 |
| 2 | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | 1 | 458 |
| 3 | Cliff Richard | "Living Doll" | 1 | 414 |
| 4 | Billy Vaughn | "Morgen" | 2 | 364 |
| 5 | Vidar Sandbeck | "Pengegaloppen [no]" | 2 | 354 |
| 6 | Elvis Presley | "I Need Your Love Tonight" | 2 | 304 |
| 7 | Connie Francis | "My Happiness" | 2 | 302 |
| 8 | Per Asplin | "En glad calypso om våren" | 1 | 299 |
| 9 | Craig Douglas | "Only Sixteen" | 1 | 271 |
| 10 | Emile Ford & The Checkmates | "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" | 1 | 269 |
| 10 | Elvis Presley | "A Big Hunk O' Love" | 2 | 269 |
| 12 | Conway Twitty | "Mona Lisa" | 2 | 262 |
| 13 | Cliff Richard | "Travellin' Light" | 1 | 261 |
| 14 | Little Richard | "Baby Face" | 1 | 239 |
| 15 | Gunnar Engedahl & Erling Stordahl | "Ungkarsvalsen" | 4 | 216 |
| 16 | Ricky Nelson | "Never Be Anyone Else But You" | 3 | 214 |
| 17 | Guy Mitchell | "Heartaches by the Number" | 3 | 208 |
| 18 | Ruby Murray | "Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye" | 2 | 186 |
| 19 | Vidar Sandbeck | "Gull og grønne skoger [no]" | 4 | 183 |
| 20 | Stonewall Jackson | "Waterloo" | 2 | 175 |
| 21 | Cliff Richard | "High Class Baby" | 3 | 148 |
| 22 | Elvis Presley | "A Fool Such as I" | 5 | 130 |
| 23 | Ricky Nelson | "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" | 3 | 127 |
| 24 | The Browns | "The Three Bells" | 6 | 125 |
| 25 | Bruno Martino | "Piove [it]" | 8 | 122 |
| 26 | Lloyd Price | "Personality" | 6 | 120 |
| 27 | Conway Twitty | "It's Only Make Believe" | 2 | 113 |
| 28 | Little Richard | "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" | 4 | 112 |
| 29 | Gunnar Engedahl & Erling Stordahl | "Piken i dalen [no]" | 5 | 107 |
| 30 | Shirley Bassey | "Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me" | 6 | 103 |
| 31 | Bobby Darin | "Dream Lover" | 5 | 100 |
| 32 | The Fleetwoods | "Mr. Blue" | 5 | 99 |
| 33 | Cliff Richard | "Move It" | 5 | 97 |
| 33 | Nora Brockstedt | "Augustin" | 5 | 97 |
| 35 | The Coasters | "Charlie Brown" | 5 | 85 |
| 36 | Cliff Richard | "Never Mind" | 5 | 82 |
| 37 | Jerry Keller | "Here Comes Summer" | 8 | 73 |
| 38 | Connie Francis | "Lipstick On Your Collar" | 7 | 80 |
| 39 | Lloyd Price | "Stagger Lee" | 8 | 58 |
| 40 | Floyd Robinson | "Makin' Love" | 7 | 53 |
| 41 | Jane Morgan | "The Day the Rains Came" | 7 | 49 |
| 42 | Bing Crosby | "White Christmas" | 6 | 41 |
| 43 | Paul Anka | "Lonely Boy" | 9 | 36 |
| 44 | Bobby Darin | "Mack the Knife" | 9 | 34 |
| 45 | Pat Boone | "I'll Remember Tonight" | 9 | 23 |
| 46 | Sam Cooke | "Only Sixteen" | 10 | 22 |
| 47 | Bruno Martino | "Come prima" | 9 | 12 |
| 48 | Lord Rockingham's XI | "Hoots Mon" | 10 | 11 |