Other #1 songs on May 6, 1959
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Kansas City

Wilbert Harrison

#1 song in the UK

It Doesn't Matter Anymore

Buddy Holly

#1 song

The Happy Organ

Dave "Baby" Cortez

Notable May 6 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Jeffery Deaver

Mystery and Crime Writer

Born May 6, 1950

Tom Bergeron

Television Personality

Born May 6, 1955