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 three 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 and the ''Most Played by Jockeys'', ranking the most played songs on US radio stations. With the foundation of the Hot 100, ''Top 100'' and ''Most Played by Jockeys'' were discontinued and ''Best Sellers in Stores'' continued until October 13, 1958. 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, were able to also top the two other charts. The first song to top all three charts was

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At the Hop "At the Hop" is a 1950s pop song written by Artie Singer, John Medora, and David White and originally released by Danny & the Juniors. The song was released in the fall of 1957 and reached number one on the US charts on January 6, 1958, becomi ...

". On the Hot 100, eight acts hit the top, which were also their first. Those acts include

Ricky Nelson Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician, songwriter and actor. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet''. In 1957, he bega ...

, Domenico Modugno,

The Elegants The Elegants was an American doo-wop vocal group, that started in 1958 by Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa, Frank Tardogno, Carman Romano and James Moschello in South Beach, Staten Island, New York. Before their nursery rhyme inspired song, " Little ...

Tommy Edwards Thomas Jefferson Edwards (October 15, 1922 – October 23, 1969) was an American singer and songwriter. His most successful gramophone record, record was the multi-million-selling song "It's All in the Game (song), It's All in the Game", becomin ...

, Conway Twitty,

The Kingston Trio The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, ...

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, and

The Chipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks or simply The Chipmunks, are an American animated virtual band and media franchise first created by Ross Bagdasarian for novelty records in 1958. The group consists of three ...

(even though

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went to number one earlier this year with “

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“, 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.

Hot 100

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American Radio History archive
of nearly all ''Billboard'' magazines between 1920 and 2016 {{Number-one singles in the United States

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1958 record charts

Pre-Hot 100

Hot 100

Number-one artists

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