"Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley was the number 1 hit song on December 17, 1957.
June in January - Bing Crosby
"Mack The Knife" by Bobby Darin was the number 1 hit on November 4, 1959
The number one song on December 1, 1969 was "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam.
(Just Like) Starting Over, a song by John Lennon, since he died Dec. 8, 1980, and of course radio stations were playing alot of his songs.
He only had two charted hits: 'Donna' went to number two in December 1958, and 'La Bamba' went to number 22 in January 1959. Isn't it interesting that 'La Bamba' is the only one today that gets any airplay? He also had a minor chart hit with 'C'mon Let's Go'.