The #1 R&B song on January 22, 1959

Lonely Teardrops By Jackie Wilson

Other #1 songs on January 22, 1959

#1 Hit Song

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
The Platters

UK #1 Song

The Day the Rains Came
Jane Morgan

#1 Country Song

Billy Bayou
Jim Reeves

Notable January 22 birthdays in the 1950s

John Wesley Shipp
TV Actor
Born January 22, 1955
Ben Mink
Rock Singer
Born January 22, 1951
Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
Entrepreneur
Born January 22, 1957
Michael Kopsa
Voice Actor
Born January 22, 1956
Nikos Anastopoulos
Soccer Player
Born January 22, 1958
Jim Jarmusch
Director
Born January 22, 1953