Billboard #1 Hits of 1959 - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 15 times
The average score is 10 of 15

Answer Stats

Hint	Extra Hint	Explanation	Answer	% Correct
Mack the Knife	5 October (6 wks.) 23 November (3 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	Bobby Darin	86%
The Battle of New Orleans	1 June (6 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	Johnny Horton	86%
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	19 January (3 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	The Platters	86%
A Big Hunk o' Love	10 August (2 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	Elvis Presley	79%
Venus	9 March (5 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	Frankie Avalon	71%
Kansas City	18 May (2 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	Wilbert Harrison	71%
Lonely Boy	13 July (4 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	Paul Anka	64%
The Happy Organ	11 May (1 wk.)	Listen on YouTube	Dave "Baby" Cortez	57%
Stagger Lee	9 February (4 wks.)	Listen on YouTube Note: The clips in this video are from the film Shag (1989) starring Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Annabeth Gish, and Page Hannah. The film takes place in 1963, four years after this song charted as a hit, but the song has the right syncopation for the Carolina Shag — the name of a dance … not what you were thinking!	Lloyd Price	57%
Sleep Walk	21 September (2 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	Santo & Johnny	57%
Come Softly to Me	13 April (4 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	The Fleetwoods	57%
Why	28 December (1 wk.)	Listen on YouTube	Frankie Avalon	50%
Mr. Blue	16 November (1 wk.)	Listen on YouTube	The Fleetwoods	50%
Heartaches by the Number	14 December (2 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	Guy Mitchell	43%
The Three Bells	24 August (4 wks.)	Listen on YouTube	The Browns	43%

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