Other #1 songs on May 9, 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 9 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Alley Mills

Actress

Born May 9, 1951

Wendy Crewson

Actress

Born May 9, 1956

Joy Harjo

Poet Laureate

Born May 9, 1951