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| Now Showing Sunday, Mar 8 1959 | |||
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| UK | |||
| Casino, London | |||
| Seven Wonders of the World | |||
| Dominion, London | |||
| South Pacific | |||
| Aired on Sunday, Mar 8 1959 | |||
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| USA | |||
| ABC | |||
| 1930 | Maverick | Passage to Fort Doom | |
| CBS | |||
| 1900 | Lassie | The Puppy Story | |
| 2100 | General Electric Theatre | The Incredible Jewel Robbery | |
| 2130 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | The Right Price | |
| Aired on Sunday, Mar 8 1959 | |||
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| UK | |||
| BBC Sunday Night Theatre | Brian Rix Presents #5: A Policeman's Lot | ||
| Armchair Theatre | The Bird, the Bear and the Actress | ||
| Sunday Night at the London Palladium | Episode | ||
| Aired on Sunday, Mar 8 1959 | |||
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| USA | |||
| Sea Hunt | Murder at Sixty Feet | ||
| Loretta Young Show | The Prettiest Girl in Town | ||
| ABC | |||
| 7:30 pm | Maverick | Passage to Fort Doom | |
| 7:30 pm | Maverick | ||
| CBS | |||
| 7:00 pm | Lassie | The Puppy Story | |
| 7:00 pm | Lassie | ||
| 9:00 pm | General Electric Theatre | The Incredible Jewel Robbery | |
| 9:00 pm | General Electric Theatre | ||
| 9:30 pm | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | The Right Price | |
| 9:30 pm | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | ||
| UK Chart Friday, Mar 6 1959 | ||
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| Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | The Platters | 2 |
| A Pub With No Beer | Slim Dusty | 3 |
| Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight?) | Lonnie Donegan | 4 |
| Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me | Shirley Bassey | 5 |
| Petite Fleur | Chris Barber | 6 |
| I Got Stung | Elvis Presley | 7 |
| One Night | Elvis Presley | 7 |
| Side Saddle | Russ Conway | 8 |
| The Little Drummer Boy | The Beverley Sisters | 9 |
| My Happiness | Connie Francis | 10 |
| (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings | Paul Anka | 11 |
| Problems | The Everly Brothers | 12 |
| To Know Him, Is To Love Him | The Teddy Bears | 12 |
| Baby Face | Little Richard | 14 |
| Stagger Lee | Lloyd Price | 15 |
| It Doesn't Matter Anymore | Buddy Holly | 16 |
| The Little Drummer Boy | The Harry Simeone Chorale | 16 |
| The Day The Rains Came | Jane Morgan | 18 |
| Gigi | Billy Eckstine | 19 |
| Tomboy | Perry Como | 20 |
| US Chart Monday, Mar 2 1959 | ||
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| Stagger Lee | Lloyd Price | 1 |
| Donna | Ritchie Valens | 2 |
| Charlie Brown | The Coasters | 3 |
| 16 Candles | The Crests | 4 |
| Petite Fleur (Little Flower) | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | 5 |
| I Cried A Tear | LaVern Baker | 6 |
| Venus | Frankie Avalon | 7 |
| Peter Gunn | Ray Anthony | 8 |
| The All American Boy | Bill Parsons | 9 |
| Alvin's Harmonica | David Seville | 10 |
| The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au) | Andy Williams | 11 |
| Tall Paul | Annette | 12 |
| I've Had It | The Bell Notes | 13 |
| Lonely Teardrops | Jackie Wilson | 14 |
| It's Just A Matter Of Time | Brook Benton | 15 |
| Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | The Platters | 16 |
| My Happiness | Connie Francis | 17 |
| Gotta Travel On | Billy Grammer | 18 |
| May You Always | The McGuire Sisters | 19 |
| The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack) | Mitch Miller & His Orchestra | 20 |