List of Billboard number-one singles of 1958
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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,{{cite magazine |date=December 2, 2005 |title=Chart Beat Chat: Fred discusses Madonna & Elvis Presley chart facts, the Eurythmics & more with readers. |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60472/chart-beat-chat |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930023858/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60472/chart-beat-chat |archive-date=September 30, 2014 |access-date=October 4, 2019 |magazine=Billboard |quote=Before there was a Hot 100, there were four different weekly charts. The main chart was Best Sellers in Stores, and that's the list Billboard uses as the pre-Hot 100 chart.}} 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.
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! Issue date ! Best Sellers in Stores{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|date=2013|title=Best Sellers Hot 100 Charts 1950s|publisher=Record Research Inc.|isbn=978-0898202083|author-link=Joel Whitburn}} ! Most Played by Jockeys{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|date=December 1, 1992|title=Billboard Pop Charts 1955-1959|publisher=Record Research Inc.|isbn=978-0898200928|author-link=Joel Whitburn}} ! Honor Roll of Hits ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|January 6}}
|rowspan="5"|"At the Hop" |rowspan="3"|"April Love" |rowspan="3"|"April Love" |rowspan="7"|"At the Hop" |
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scope="row"|{{dts|January 13}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|January 20}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|January 27}}
|rowspan="3"|"At the Hop" |rowspan="4"|"At the Hop" |
scope="row"|{{dts|February 3}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|February 10}}
|rowspan="5"|"Don't"/I Beg of You" |
scope="row"|{{dts|February 17}}
|rowspan="4"|"Sugartime" |
scope="row"|{{dts|February 24}}
|rowspan="3"|""Sugartime" |rowspan="2"|"Get a Job" |
scope="row"|{{dts|March 3}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|March 10}}
|"Don't" |
scope="row"|{{dts|March 17}}
|rowspan="5"|"Tequila" |"Don't" |rowspan="5"|"Tequila" |
scope="row"|{{dts|March 24}}
|"Catch a Falling Star" |rowspan="4"|"Tequila" |
scope="row"|{{dts|March 31}}
|rowspan="2"|"Tequila" |
scope="row"|{{dts|April 7}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|April 14}}
|rowspan="4"|"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" |
scope="row"|{{dts|April 21}}
|rowspan="2"|"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" |"Twilight Time" |
scope="row"|{{dts|April 28}}
|rowspan="2"|"Witch Doctor" |rowspan="3"|"Witch Doctor" |
scope="row"|{{dts|May 5}}
|rowspan="2"|"Witch Doctor" |
scope="row"|{{dts|May 12}}
|rowspan="4"|"All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" |"Twilight Time" |
scope="row"|{{dts|May 19}}
|rowspan="5"|"All I Have To Do Is Dream" |rowspan="4"|"All I Have To Do Is Dream" |rowspan="3"|"All I Have To Do Is Dream" |
scope="row"|{{dts|May 26}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|June 2}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|June 9}}
|rowspan="6"|"The Purple People Eater" |rowspan="6"|"The Purple People Eater" |
scope="row"|{{dts|June 16}}
|rowspan="5"|"The Purple People Eater" |
scope="row"|{{dts|June 23}}
|rowspan="4"|"The Purple People Eater" |
scope="row"|{{dts|June 30}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|July 7}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|July 14}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|July 21}}
|rowspan="2"|"Hard Headed Woman"/"Don't Ask Me Why" |"Hard Headed Woman" |"Hard Headed Woman" |
scope="row"|{{dts|July 28}}
|"Patricia" |rowspan="3"|"Patricia" |"Patricia" |
scope="row"|{{dts|August 4}}
|rowspan="2"|"Poor Little Fool" |rowspan="22" {{N/A|Chart discontinued}} |rowspan="22" {{N/A|Chart discontinued}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|August 11}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|August 18}}
|"Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" |rowspan="7"|"Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" |
scope="row"|{{dts|August 25}}
|"Bird Dog" |
scope="row"|{{dts|September 1}}
|rowspan="4"|"Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" |
scope="row"|{{dts|September 8}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|September 15}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|September 22}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|September 29}}
|rowspan="3"|"It's All in the Game" |
scope="row"|{{dts|October 6}}
|rowspan="6"|"It's All in the Game" |
scope="row"|{{dts|October 13}} |
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scope="row"|{{dts|October 20}}
|rowspan="11" {{N/A|Chart discontinued}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|October 27}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|November 3}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|November 10}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|November 17}}
|"Tom Dooley" |
scope="row"|{{dts|November 24}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|December 1}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|December 8}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|December 15}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|December 22}} |
scope="row"|{{dts|December 29}} |
Hot 100
File:Decca Records Rick Nelson 1966.jpg's (pictured in 1966) "Poor Little Fool" was the first song to top the Billboard Hot 100.]]
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|+Key |style="background-color:#FFFF99"|{{dagger|alt=Best performing single of 1958}} |Indicates best-performing single of 1958 |
=Number-one artists=
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|+ 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 |
rowspan=3| 4
| Ricky Nelson | rowspan=3| 2 |
Conway Twitty |
The Chipmunks with David Seville |
rowspan=2| 7
| The Elegants | rowspan=2| 1 |
The Kingston Trio |
See also
References
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Further reading
- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition ({{ISBN|0-8230-7677-6}})
{{Number-one singles in the United States}}