The Worst Hit Songs of 1959
The Worst Hit Songs of 1959 Note: The qualification for a song to be on this list is that it had to be on the 1959 Year-End Billboard Hot 100, which is linked right here 1959 was the first full year of the Billboard Hot 100 magazine, which officially started the previous year in August 1958. 1959 also has the first full Year-End Top 100 under the magazine. After listening to the list a few times, I have to say, 1959 was horrible. In fact, I can tell you the Year-End lists for 1959-1962 are all pretty dreadful. The late 50s and early 60s were not a good time for music. There may have been some good jazz albums being released at this time, but for popular music, it was a complete dead zone. The most noteworthy thing in music that happened this year was probably the plane crash that occurred on February 3, 1959, which claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson ("The Big Bopper"), coined "The Day the Music Died". The fact that such a horrib...