Southeast High School

Class of 1959
(Oklahoma City, OK area)

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The OFFICIAL Southeast High School web site
 

FUN LINKS

50s and 60s Juke Box    The Farmington, NM class of 61 has their music back up!!  Better than ever.  100s of our era songs on what looks like a juke box. Selectable by specific song or continuous play.  GREAT!!!!

Pandora
Continuous free streaming music from an internet radio station that you custom design  yourself.    EX: Type in "Jerry Lee Lewis" or "Coasters" in the artist block to listen to that style of music YA GOTTA DO THIS "STATION". IT'S GREAT STUFF.  

 

  Patchy's 50s music
(Streaming music from the late 50s)


   A list of top music hits of 1959

Another version of list of top 40 songs of 1959, listed by chart rank

 

   50s commercials (still photos)

Actual commercials from the 50s

  Stroll Down Memory Lane

Late 50s song quiz

Is Southeast Haunted?
 

 

                                                          

1959 Oldies Songs
The Songs of 1959 
US - TOP ALBUMS 1959
1.Sound of Music - Original Cast
2.The Kingston Trio at Large - Kingston Trio
3.The Music From Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
4.Here We Go Again - Kingston Trio
5.Heavenly - Johnny Mathis
Sound of Music
Sound Of Music
Original  Broadway Cast
Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio at Large/Here We Go Again!

Let's have a burger and a malt!  

Listed chronologically below are among the most popular and best remembered songs of 1958.

The Number One song of 1959 was Bobby Darin's tune Mack the Knife.


[Star] Indicates that the artist has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1959
SONG ARTIST PEAK WEEK ROCK HALL
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes The Platters 1/19 STAR
My Happiness Connie Francis 1/19  
The All American Boy Bill Parsons (Bobby Bare) 2/02  
Stagger Lee Lloyd Price 2/09 STAR
16 Candles Crests 2/09  
Donna Ritchie Valens 2/23  
Venus Frankie Avalon 3/09  
Charlie Brown The Coasters 3/09 STAR
Alvin's Harmonica The Chipmunks 3/16  
It's Just a Matter of Time Brook Benton 4/06  
Come Softly to Me The Fleetwoods 4/13  
Pink Shoe Laces Dodie Stevens 4/13  
(Now and Then There's)
A Fool Such As I
Elvis Presley 4/27 STAR
The Happy Organ Dave "Baby" Cortez 5/11  
Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) The Impalas 5/11  
Kansas City Wilbert Harrison 5/18  
Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton 6/01  
Quiet Village Martin Denny 6/01  
Dream Lover Bobby Darin 6/08 STAR
Personality Lloyd Price 6/15 STAR
Lonely Boy Paul Anka 7/13  
Waterloo Stonewall Jackson 7/13  
Tiger Fabian 7/20  
My Heart Is An Open Book Carl Dobkins, Jr. 8/03  
A Big Hunk Of Love Elvis Presley 8/10 STAR
There Goes My Baby The Drifters 8/17 STAR
The Three Bells The Browns 8/24  
Sea of Love Phil Phillips 8/24  
Lavender Blue Sammy Turner 8/24  
I'm Gonna Get Married Lloyd Price 9/14 STAR
Sleep Walk Santo and Johnny 9/21  
('Til) I Kissed You Everly Brothers 9/21 STAR
Mack the Knife Bobby Darin 10/05 STAR
Put Your Head on My Shoulder Paul Anka 10/05  
Teen Beat Sandy Nelson 10/19  
Mr. Blue The Fleetwoods 11/16  
Don't You Know Della Reese 11/30  
Heartaches By The Number Guy Mitchell 12/14  
Why Frankie Avalon 12/28  
The Big Hurt Miss Toni Fisher 12/28  
  

 

Connie Francis
Connie Francis
 
 

Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin
 


Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon
 


Paul Anka
Paul Anka
 


Fabian
Fabian
 


Annette Funicello
Annette Funicello
 


 


Although these songs may not have stayed atop the charts as long as the previous group, they have endured. 
1959
SONG ARTIST ROCK HALL
Poison Ivy The Coasters STAR
A Teenager in Love Dion and the Belmonts STAR
What'd I Say Ray Charles STAR
Kookie, Kookie. Lend Me Your Comb Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens  
Since I Don't Have You The Skyliners  
La Bamba Ritchie Valens STAR
Among My Souvenirs Connie Francis  
Lipstick on Your Collar Connie Francis  
Bobby Sox to Stockings Frankie Avalon  
Dance With Me The Drifters STAR
Deck of Cards Wink Martindale  
El Paso Marty Robbins  
High Hopes Frank Sinatra  
Hushabye The Mystics  
I Cried a Tear LaVern Baker  
Lonely Teardrops Jackie Wilson STAR
Misty Johnny Mathis  
Oh Carol Neil Sedaka  
Only Sixteen Sam Cooke STAR
Running Bear Johnny Preston  
Sea Cruise Frankie Ford  
Tall Paul Annette with the Afterbeats  
Turn Me Loose Fabian  
Dion and the Belmonts
Dion and the Belmonts
 


Ray Charles
Ray Charles
 


Drifters
Drifters
 


American Pie
Don McLean
American Pie