List of Billboard number-one singles of 1958

Template:Short description Template:Italic title 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,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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.

Issue date	Best Sellers in Stores<ref name="Whitburn">Template:Cite book</ref>	Most Played by Jockeys<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Honor Roll of Hits	Top 100<ref name="Whitburn" />	Template:Abbr
Template:Dts	"At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer	"April Love" Pat Boone with Billy Vaughn	"April Love"	"At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts		"At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors	"At the Hop"		<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts	"Don't"/I Beg of You" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires				<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts		"Sugartime" The McGuire Sisters with Neal Hefti			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts			""Sugartime"	"Get a Job" The Silhouettes	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts				"Don't" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts	"Tequila" The Champs	"Don't" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires	"Catch a Falling Star"	"Tequila" The Champs	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts		"Catch a Falling Star" Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and The Ray Charles Singers	"Tequila"		<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts		"Tequila" The Champs			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts		"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" Laurie London with Geoff Love			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts	"Twilight Time" The Platters		"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"	"Twilight Time" The Platters	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts	"Witch Doctor" David Seville			"Witch Doctor" David Seville	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts	"All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" The Everly Brothers	"Twilight Time" The Platters			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts		"All I Have To Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers	"All I Have To Do Is Dream"	"All I Have To Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts	"The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley			"The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts		"The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts	"Hard Headed Woman"/"Don't Ask Me Why" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires	"Hard Headed Woman" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires	"Hard Headed Woman"	"Yakety Yak" The Coasters	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts		"Patricia" Pérez Prado and His Orchestra	"Patricia"	"Patricia" Pérez Prado and His Orchestra	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts	"Poor Little Fool" Template:Small	rowspan="22" Template:N/A		rowspan="22" Template:N/A	<ref name = "Aug 11">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts	"Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" Template:Small	"Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)"	<ref name = "Aug 18">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts	"Bird Dog" Template:Small		<ref name = "Aug 25">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts	"Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" Template:Small		<ref name = "Sep 8">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts	"It's All in the Game" Tommy Edwards		<ref name = "Sep 29">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Dts		"It's All in the Game"	<ref name = "Oct 6">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Template:Dts	"Tom Dooley"	<ref name = "Nov 17">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Hot 100

Ricky Nelson's (pictured in 1966) "Poor Little Fool" was the first song to top the Billboard Hot 100.

Key

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Indicates best-performing single of 1958

Template:Abbr	Issue date	Song<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	Artist(s)	Reference
1	Template:Dts	"Poor Little Fool"	Ricky Nelson	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "Aug 11" />
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2	Template:Dts	"Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)"Template:Dagger	Domenico Modugno	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "Aug 18" />
3	Template:Dts	"Little Star"	The Elegants	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "Aug 25" />
re	Template:Dts	"Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)"Template:Dagger	Domenico Modugno	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "Sep 8" />
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	Template:Dts			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "Sep 22" />
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4	Template:Dts	"It's All in the Game"	Tommy Edwards	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "Sep 29" />
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5	Template:Dts	"It's Only Make Believe"	Conway Twitty	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "Nov 10">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
6	Template:Dts	"Tom Dooley"	The Kingston Trio	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = "Nov 17">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
re	Template:Dts	"It's Only Make Believe"	Conway Twitty	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
7	Template:Dts	"To Know Him Is to Love Him"	The Teddy Bears	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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8	Template:Dts	"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"	The Chipmunks with David Seville	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Number-one artists

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
4	Ricky Nelson	2
	Conway Twitty
	The Chipmunks with David Seville
7	The Elegants	1
	The Kingston Trio

See also

• 1958 in music
• Lists of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1958
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

Further reading

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (Template:ISBN)