# List of Billboard number-one singles of 1958

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States. The chart was first issued in the magazine issue of August 4, 1958. Prior to that, Billboard published four popular song charts; the Top 100, the first Billboard chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play; Best Sellers in Stores, ranking the best-selling singles in retail stores; Most Played by Jockeys, ranking the most played songs on US radio stations; and the leading song chart, Honor Roll of Hits, which ranked the most popular songs (not singles) in the country. With the foundation of the Hot 100, Top 100 and Most Played by Jockeys were discontinued. Best Sellers in Stores continued until October 13, 1958, while Honor Roll of Hits continued until 1963. In 1958, twenty-five different songs were able to top one of the four charts. A majority of the songs which topped the Best Sellers in Stores, which Billboard considered the predecessor of the Hot 100, were able to also top the two other singles-tracking charts. The first song to top all three charts was Danny & the Juniors' "At the Hop".
On the Hot 100, eight acts hit the top, which were also their first. Those acts include Ricky Nelson, Domenico Modugno, The Elegants, Tommy Edwards, Conway Twitty, The Kingston Trio, The Teddy Bears, and The Chipmunks (even though David Seville went to number one earlier this year with “Witch Doctor“, which hit prior to the creation of the Hot 100).

## Pre-Hot 100

NOTE: The Hot 100 Era officially began on Monday, August 4, 1958, which would be the week ending August 10 (issue date August 4). The Best Sellers in Stores list issued through October 13.
| Issue date | Best Sellers in Stores | Most Played by Jockeys | Honor Roll of Hits | Top 100 |
| January 6 | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer | "April Love" Pat Boone with Billy Vaughn | "April Love" | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer |
| January 13 | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer | "April Love" Pat Boone with Billy Vaughn | "April Love" | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer |
| January 20 | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer | "April Love" Pat Boone with Billy Vaughn | "April Love" | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer |
| January 27 | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors | "At the Hop" | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer |
| February 3 | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors | "At the Hop" | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer |
| February 10 | "Don't"/I Beg of You" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors | "At the Hop" | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer |
| February 17 | "Don't"/I Beg of You" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires | "Sugartime" The McGuire Sisters with Neal Hefti | "At the Hop" | "At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer |
| February 24 | "Don't"/I Beg of You" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires | "Sugartime" The McGuire Sisters with Neal Hefti | ""Sugartime" | "Get a Job" The Silhouettes |
| March 3 | "Don't"/I Beg of You" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires | "Sugartime" The McGuire Sisters with Neal Hefti | ""Sugartime" | "Get a Job" The Silhouettes |
| March 10 | "Don't"/I Beg of You" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires | "Sugartime" The McGuire Sisters with Neal Hefti | ""Sugartime" | "Don't" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
| March 17 | "Tequila" The Champs | "Don't" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires | "Catch a Falling Star" | "Tequila" The Champs |
| March 24 | "Tequila" The Champs | "Catch a Falling Star" Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and The Ray Charles Singers | "Tequila" | "Tequila" The Champs |
| March 31 | "Tequila" The Champs | "Tequila" The Champs | "Tequila" | "Tequila" The Champs |
| April 7 | "Tequila" The Champs | "Tequila" The Champs | "Tequila" | "Tequila" The Champs |
| April 14 | "Tequila" The Champs | "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" Laurie London with Geoff Love | "Tequila" | "Tequila" The Champs |
| April 21 | "Twilight Time" The Platters | "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" Laurie London with Geoff Love | "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" | "Twilight Time" The Platters |
| April 28 | "Witch Doctor" David Seville | "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" Laurie London with Geoff Love | "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" | "Witch Doctor" David Seville |
| May 5 | "Witch Doctor" David Seville | "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" Laurie London with Geoff Love | "Witch Doctor" | "Witch Doctor" David Seville |
| May 12 | "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" The Everly Brothers | "Twilight Time" The Platters | "Witch Doctor" | "Witch Doctor" David Seville |
| May 19 | "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" The Everly Brothers | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers |
| May 26 | "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" The Everly Brothers | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers |
| June 2 | "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" The Everly Brothers | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers |
| June 9 | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley |
| June 16 | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers | "The Purple People Eater" | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley |
| June 23 | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley | "The Purple People Eater" $^{ShebWooley}$ | "The Purple People Eater" | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley |
| June 30 | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley | "The Purple People Eater" $^{ShebWooley}$ | "The Purple People Eater" | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley |
| July 7 | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley | "The Purple People Eater" $^{ShebWooley}$ | "The Purple People Eater" | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley |
| July 14 | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley | "The Purple People Eater" $^{ShebWooley}$ | "The Purple People Eater" | "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley |
| July 21 | "Hard Headed Woman"/"Don't Ask Me Why" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires | "Hard Headed Woman" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires | "Hard Headed Woman" | "Yakety Yak" The Coasters |
| July 28 | "Hard Headed Woman"/"Don't Ask Me Why" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires | "Patricia" Pérez Prado and His Orchestra | "Patricia" | "Patricia" Pérez Prado and His Orchestra |
| August 4 | "Poor Little Fool" Ricky Nelson | Chart discontinued | "Patricia" | Chart discontinued |
| August 11 | "Poor Little Fool" Ricky Nelson | Chart discontinued | "Patricia" | Chart discontinued |
| August 18 | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" Domenico Modugno | Chart discontinued | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" | Chart discontinued |
| August 25 | "Bird Dog" The Everly Brothers | Chart discontinued | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" | Chart discontinued |
| September 1 | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" Domenico Modugno | Chart discontinued | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" | Chart discontinued |
| September 8 | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" Domenico Modugno | Chart discontinued | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" | Chart discontinued |
| September 15 | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" Domenico Modugno | Chart discontinued | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" | Chart discontinued |
| September 22 | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" Domenico Modugno | Chart discontinued | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" | Chart discontinued |
| September 29 | "It's All in the Game" Tommy Edwards | Chart discontinued | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" | Chart discontinued |
| October 6 | "It's All in the Game" Tommy Edwards | Chart discontinued | "It's All in the Game" | Chart discontinued |
| October 13 | "It's All in the Game" Tommy Edwards | Chart discontinued | "It's All in the Game" | Chart discontinued |
| October 20 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | "It's All in the Game" | Chart discontinued |
| October 27 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | "It's All in the Game" | Chart discontinued |
| November 3 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | "It's All in the Game" | Chart discontinued |
| November 10 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | "It's All in the Game" | Chart discontinued |
| November 17 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | "Tom Dooley" | Chart discontinued |
| November 24 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | | Chart discontinued |
| December 1 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | | Chart discontinued |
| December 8 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | | Chart discontinued |
| December 15 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | | Chart discontinued |
| December 22 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | | Chart discontinued |
| December 29 | Chart discontinued | Chart discontinued | | Chart discontinued |

## Hot 100

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing single of 1958 |
| No. | Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) |
| 1 | August 4 | "Poor Little Fool" | Ricky Nelson |
| 1 | August 11 | "Poor Little Fool" | Ricky Nelson |
| 2 | August 18 | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)"† | Domenico Modugno |
| 3 | August 25 | "Little Star" | The Elegants |
| re | September 1 | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)"† | Domenico Modugno |
| re | September 8 | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)"† | Domenico Modugno |
| re | September 15 | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)"† | Domenico Modugno |
| re | September 22 | "Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)"† | Domenico Modugno |
| 4 | September 29 | "It's All in the Game" | Tommy Edwards |
| 4 | October 6 | "It's All in the Game" | Tommy Edwards |
| 4 | October 13 | "It's All in the Game" | Tommy Edwards |
| 4 | October 20 | "It's All in the Game" | Tommy Edwards |
| 4 | October 27 | "It's All in the Game" | Tommy Edwards |
| 4 | November 3 | "It's All in the Game" | Tommy Edwards |
| 5 | November 10 | "It's Only Make Believe" | Conway Twitty |
| 6 | November 17 | "Tom Dooley" | The Kingston Trio |
| re | November 24 | "It's Only Make Believe" | Conway Twitty |
| 7 | December 1 | "To Know Him Is to Love Him" | The Teddy Bears |
| 7 | December 8 | "To Know Him Is to Love Him" | The Teddy Bears |
| 7 | December 15 | "To Know Him Is to Love Him" | The Teddy Bears |
| 8 | December 22 | "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" | The Chipmunks with David Seville |
| 8 | December 29 | "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" | The Chipmunks with David Seville |

### Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one :
| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | Tommy Edwards | 6 |
| 2 | Domenico Modugno | 5 |
| 3 | The Teddy Bears | 3 |
| 4 | Ricky Nelson | 2 |
| 4 | Conway Twitty | 2 |
| 4 | The Chipmunks with David Seville | 2 |
| 7 | The Elegants | 1 |
| 7 | The Kingston Trio | 1 |