1958 Top Ten Music Charts

1958’s Biggest Artists and Songs

New Artists in the Pop Charts Included:
Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Big Bopper, Johnny Otis Show, Link Wray, Dion and the Belmonts, Ritchie Valens
“Tom and Jerry” had a top 50 Billboard hit with Hey, Schoolgirl. They did much better for themselves when they used their real names, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle later in the 1960s.
‘Novelty Pop’ also came into the pop music culture – David Seville’s Witch Doctor and The Chipmonk Song, Sheb Wooley’s Purple People Eater, The Five Blobs’ The Blob and Beep Beep by The Playmates hit the Billboard Charts, as did Bird Dog (The Everly Brothers), Yakety Yak (The Coasters), Short Shorts (The Royal Teens) and Splish Splash by Bobby Darin.
1958 also brought us some of the memorable pop/rock instrumentals of all time – Miserlou by Dick Dale, Tequila by the Champs, Rumble by Link Wray, March From the River Kwai and Colonel Bogey by Mitch Miller and Rebel Rouser by Duane Eddy.

1958’s Retro Top 10 Hits

1. Tequila – Champs
2. All I Have To Do Is Dream – The Everly Brothers
3. Summertime, Summertime – The Jamies
4. Fever – Peggy Lee
5. For Your Precious Love – Jerry Butler
6. Born Too Late – Poni-Tails
7. Witch Doctor – David Seville
8. One Summer Night – The Danleers
9. Willie and the Hand Jive – Johnny Otis Show
10. Rumble – Link Wray

1958’s ‘One Hit Wonders’

1. Miserlou – Dick Dale (Released again in 1963)
2. Get A Job – The Silhouettes
3. You – The Aquatones
4. To Know Him Is To Love Him – The Teddybears
5. He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands – Mahila Jackson OR Laurie London
6. Walkin’ With Mr. Lee – Lee Allen and His Band
7. Come Prima – Polly Bergan
8. The Blob – The Five Blobs
9. She’s Neat – Dale Wright
10. The Green Mosquito – The Tune Rockers

1958’s Dance Top 10 Hit List

1. La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
2. Book of Love – The Monotones
3. Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
4. Little Star – The Elegants
5. Rockin’ Robin – Bobby Day
6. The Stroll – The Diamonds
7. Splish Splash – Bobby Darin
8. Short Shorts – Royal Teens
9. Do You Want To Dance – Bobby Freeman
10. Come On, Let’s Go – Ritchie Valens

1958’s Doo-Wop Song Top 10 Hit List

1. Little Star – Elegants
2. 16 Candles – The Crests
3. Book Of Love – Monotones
4. I Wonder Why – Dion & the Belmonts
5. Twilight Time – The Platters
6. Get A Job – The Silhouettes
7. Trickle, Trickle – Videos
8. Lollipop – The Chordettes
9. Yakety Yak – Coasters
10. Rama Lama Ding Dong – Edsels

More Doo-Wop Song Hits:

Stormy Weather – Spaniels
So Fine – Fiestas
Oh Gee Oh Gosh – Kodaks
All Night Long – Du Mauriers
I Remember – Five Discs
Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart – Coasters
Drip Drop – Drifters
Oh Baby – The Jesters
False Alarm – Revels
Peppermint Stick – El Chords
Zoom Zoom Zoom – Collegians
Everyday Of The Week – Students

PCM’s 1958 Top 10 Hit List

1. Tequila – Champs
2. Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
3. At The Hop – Danny and the Juniors
4. Get A Job – Silhouettes
5. Twilight Time – The Platters
6. It’s All In The Game – Tommy Edwards
7. Do You Want To Dance – Bobby Freeman
8. Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry
9. Rockin’ Robin – Bobby Day
10. Tears on My Pillow – Little Anthony and the Imperials