Peak
37
Weeks
10
Score
838
Chart Year
1959
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position37
Peak DateFeb 2, 1959
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted10
Weeks in Top 401
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc124
Weekly Calc714
Total Score838
Rankings
Year Ranking#238
Decade Ranking#972
Billboard Year#235
Top 5000#14,623
Details
- Label
- Dot Records
- Genre
- Easy Listening
- Media Type
- 45
- Duration
- 2:00
- Composer(s)
- Ralph Rainger;Leo Robin
- Entered Chart
- Dec 29, 1958
- Peak Date
- Feb 2, 1959
- Released
- Nov 1958
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Dot 45-15879
- B-Side
- Tico Tico
- Original Artist
- Bing Crosby
Notes
"Blue Hawaii" is a popular song written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger for the 1937 Paramount Pictures film Waikiki Wedding, starring Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross. Crosby recorded a version with backing by Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians, which was released in 1937 as the B-side of "Sweet Leilani". This reached the No. 5 spot in the charts of the day during a 13-week-stay The song subsequently received numerous cover versions, most successfully as the title track of the 1961 Elvis Presley film, the soundtrack of which stayed at #1 on the album chart for twenty consecutive weeks. Billy Vaughn – Dot Records 45-15879 (1958): This recording peaked at No.37 on the US Hot 100 Other recordings
Instrumental
Chart History (10 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 29, 1958 | 73 | 53 |
| 2 | Jan 5, 1959 | 59 | 67 |
| 3 | Jan 12, 1959 | 49 | 77 |
| 4 | Jan 19, 1959 | 52 | 74 |
| 5 | Jan 26, 1959 | 43 | 83 |
| 6 | Feb 2, 1959 | 37 | 89 |
| 7 | Feb 9, 1959 | 55 | 71 |
| 8 | Feb 16, 1959 | 50 | 76 |
| 9 | Feb 23, 1959 | 51 | 75 |
| 10 | Mar 2, 1959 | 77 | 49 |