Billboard #1 Hits of 1959

Match the title of the song to the exact label credit that identifies the artist or artists. (See the caveats below for more information.)

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Based on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

It may be necessary to select a given answer multiple times.

You must correctly select the exact label credit that goes with the song title, e.g., the quiz distinguishes between a song credited to “Rihanna” and a song credited to “Rihanna featuring Drake.”

Hits that became #1 in the previous year and remained in the #1 spot in January are excluded.

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