HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Lonely Boy” by Paul Anka
“Lonely Boy” by Paul Anka finished No. 5 on the year-end Top 100 of 1959, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year, making it one of the ten biggest hits of the year.
Year-end peakNo. 51959
Year-end charts11959
ArtistPaul Anka12 year-end hits
Decade1950ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1959 was “The Battle Of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton. Paul Anka had 12 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “Lonely Boy”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1959 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1959 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Mack The Knife | Bobby Darin | ▶♪ |
| 3 | Personality | Lloyd Price | ▶♪ |
| 4 | Venus | Frankie Avalon | ▶♪ |
| 5 | Lonely Boy | Paul Anka | ▶♪ |
| 6 | Dream Lover | Bobby Darin | ▶♪ |
| 7 | The Three Bells | The Browns | ▶♪ |
| 8 | Come Softly To Me | The Fleetwoods | ▶♪ |
More hits by Paul Anka
Same title, different hit
“Lonely Boy” by Andrew Gold (1977)
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.