List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1963
This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1963.
Top-ten singles
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1962 | |||||
| December 15 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence | 1 | January 12 | 9 |
| December 29 | "Hotel Happiness" | Brook Benton | 3 | January 19 | 4 |
| "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" | Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans | 8 | January 12 | 3 | |
| Singles from 1963 | |||||
| January 5 | "Tell Him" | The Exciters | 4 | January 19 | 5 |
| "Pepino the Italian Mouse" | Lou Monte | 5 | January 12 | 3 | |
| January 12 | "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" | Bobby Vee | 3 | February 2 | 6 |
| "My Dad" | Paul Petersen | 6 | January 26 | 4 | |
| "Two Lovers" | Mary Wells | 7 | January 19 | 4 | |
| January 19 | "Hey Paula" | Paul & Paula | 1 | February 9 | 9 |
| January 26 | "Walk Right In" | The Rooftop Singers | 1 | January 26 | 7 |
| "It's Up to You" | Rick Nelson | 6 | February 2 | 2 | |
| February 2 | "Loop de Loop" | Johnny Thunder | 4 | February 9 | 3 |
| "Up on the Roof" | The Drifters | 5 | February 9 | 3 | |
| February 9 | "Walk Like a Man" | The Four Seasons | 1 | March 2 | 7 |
| "Ruby Baby" | Dion | 2 | February 23 | 6 | |
| "Rhythm of the Rain" | The Cascades | 3 | March 9 | 9 | |
| "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" | The Miracles | 8 | February 9 | 3 | |
| February 16 | "From a Jack to a King" | Ned Miller | 6 | February 16 | 3 |
| February 23 | "You're the Reason I'm Living" | Bobby Darin | 3 | March 16 | 7 |
| "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" | Eydie Gormé | 7 | March 2 | 5 | |
| "Wild Weekend" | The Rebels | 8 | March 9 | 3 | |
| March 2 | "What Will My Mary Say" | Johnny Mathis | 9 | March 9 | 4 |
| March 9 | "Our Day Will Come" | Ruby & the Romantics | 1 | March 23 | 6 |
| "The End of the World" | Skeeter Davis | 2 | March 23 | 6 | |
| March 16 | "He's So Fine" | The Chiffons | 1 | March 30 | 9 |
| March 23 | "South Street" | The Orlons | 3 | April 13 | 5 |
| "In Dreams" | Roy Orbison | 7 | March 30 | 3 | |
| March 30 | "Baby Workout" | Jackie Wilson | 5 | April 13 | 5 |
| "Our Winter Love" | Bill Pursell | 9 | March 30 | 1 | |
| April 6 | "Can't Get Used to Losing You" | Andy Williams | 2 | April 13 | 7 |
| "Young Lovers" | Paul & Paula | 6 | April 20 | 4 | |
| April 13 | "I Will Follow Him" | Little Peggy March | 1 | April 27 | 8 |
| "Puff, the Magic Dragon" | Peter, Paul and Mary | 2 | May 11 | 6 | |
| "Do the Bird" | Dee Dee Sharp | 10 | April 13 | 2 | |
| April 20 | "Pipeline" | The Chantays | 4 | May 4 | 5 |
| "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)" | The Cookies | 7 | April 27 | 3 | |
| April 27 | "On Broadway" | The Drifters | 9 | April 27 | 2 |
| "Watermelon Man" | Mongo Santamaría | 10 | April 27 | 2 | |
| May 4 | "If You Wanna Be Happy" | Jimmy Soul | 1 | May 18 | 6 |
| "Surfin' U.S.A." | The Beach Boys | 3 | May 25 | 6 | |
| May 11 | "Foolish Little Girl" | The Shirelles | 4 | May 25 | 3 |
| "Losing You" | Brenda Lee | 6 | May 25 | 4 | |
| "The Reverend Mr. Black" | The Kingston Trio | 8 | May 18 | 2 | |
| May 18 | "I Love You Because" | Al Martino | 3 | June 1 | 6 |
| May 25 | "It's My Party" | Lesley Gore | 1 | June 1 | 7 |
| "Two Faces Have I" | Lou Christie | 6 | June 1 | 3 | |
| "Take These Chains from My Heart" | Ray Charles | 8 | May 25 | 1 | |
| "Another Saturday Night" | Sam Cooke | 10 | May 25 | 1 | |
| June 1 | "Sukiyaki" | Kyu Sakamoto | 1 | June 15 | 8 |
| "Da Doo Ron Ron" | The Crystals | 3 | June 8 | 4 | |
| "You Can't Sit Down" | The Dovells | 3 | June 15 | 5 | |
| June 8 | "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" | Nat "King" Cole | 6 | June 29 | 4 |
| "Still" | Bill Anderson | 8 | June 8 | 3 | |
| June 15 | "Blue on Blue" | Bobby Vinton | 3 | July 6 | 5 |
| "Hello Stranger" | Barbara Lewis | 3 | June 22 | 5 | |
| "Eighteen Yellow Roses" | Bobby Darin | 10 | June 15 | 1 | |
| June 22 | "One Fine Day" | The Chiffons | 5 | July 13 | 4 |
| June 29 | "Easier Said Than Done" | The Essex | 1 | July 6 | 7 |
| "Surf City" | Jan and Dean | 1 | July 20 | 7 | |
| "Memphis" | Lonnie Mack | 5 | July 20 | 5 | |
| July 6 | "So Much in Love" | The Tymes | 1 | August 3 | 7 |
| "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" | Rolf Harris | 3 | July 13 | 5 | |
| July 13 | "Wipe Out" | The Surfaris | 2 | August 10 | 7 |
| July 20 | "Fingertips - Part 2" | Little Stevie Wonder | 1 | August 10 | 7 |
| "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" | Elvis Presley | 3 | August 10 | 6 | |
| "Pride and Joy" | Marvin Gaye | 10 | July 20 | 1 | |
| July 27 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Peter, Paul and Mary | 2 | August 17 | 7 |
| "Just One Look" | Doris Troy | 10 | July 27 | 2 | |
| August 3 | "Judy's Turn to Cry" | Lesley Gore | 5 | August 17 | 5 |
| August 10 | "Candy Girl" | The Four Seasons | 3 | August 24 | 5 |
| "More" | Kai Winding | 8 | August 24 | 4 | |
| August 17 | "My Boyfriend's Back" | The Angels | 1 | August 31 | 9 |
| "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" | Allan Sherman | 2 | August 24 | 6 | |
| August 24 | "Denise" | Randy & the Rainbows | 10 | August 24 | 2 |
| August 31 | "If I Had a Hammer" | Trini Lopez | 3 | September 7 | 5 |
| "Mockingbird" | Inez and Charlie Foxx | 7 | September 7 | 3 | |
| September 7 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton | 1 | September 21 | 8 |
| "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" | Martha and the Vandellas | 4 | September 21 | 6 | |
| "The Monkey Time" | Major Lance | 8 | September 7 | 2 | |
| "Hey Girl" | Freddie Scott | 10 | September 7 | 1 | |
| September 14 | "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" | The Jaynetts | 2 | September 28 | 6 |
| "Then He Kissed Me" | The Crystals | 6 | September 14 | 4 | |
| "Surfer Girl" | The Beach Boys | 7 | September 14 | 2 | |
| September 21 | "Cry Baby" | Garnet Mimms | 4 | October 12 | 6 |
| "Mickey's Monkey" | The Miracles | 8 | September 21 | 2 | |
| September 28 | "Be My Baby" | The Ronettes | 2 | October 12 | 6 |
| "Wonderful! Wonderful!" | The Tymes | 7 | September 28 | 2 | |
| October 5 | "Sugar Shack" | Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs | 1 | October 12 | 10 |
| "Busted" | Ray Charles | 4 | October 19 | 6 | |
| October 12 | "Mean Woman Blues" | Roy Orbison | 5 | November 2 | 5 |
| "Donna the Prima Donna" | Dion | 6 | October 26 | 4 | |
| October 19 | "Deep Purple" | Nino Tempo & April Stevens | 1 | November 16 | 7 |
| "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" | Peter, Paul and Mary | 9 | October 26 | 2 | |
| October 26 | "Washington Square" | The Village Stompers | 2 | November 23 | 7 |
| November 2 | "It's All Right" | The Impressions | 4 | November 9 | 5 |
| "Maria Elena" | Los Indios Tabajaras | 6 | November 16 | 4 | |
| "I Can't Stay Mad at You" | Skeeter Davis | 7 | November 2 | 2 | |
| November 9 | "I'm Leaving It Up to You" | Dale and Grace | 1 | November 23 | 7 |
| "Bossa Nova Baby" | Elvis Presley | 8 | November 16 | 4 | |
| November 16 | "Everybody" | Tommy Roe | 3 | December 7 | 6 |
| "She's a Fool" | Lesley Gore | 5 | December 7 | 4 | |
| "500 Miles Away From Home" | Bobby Bare | 10 | November 16 | 1 | |
| November 23 | "Dominique" | The Singing Nun | 1 | December 7 | 9 |
| November 30 | "(Down at) Papa Joe's" | The Dixiebelles | 9 | November 30 | 1 |
| December 7 | "Louie Louie" | The Kingsmen | 2 | December 14 | 9 |
| "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" | The Caravelles | 3 | December 21 | 4 | |
| "Be True to Your School" | The Beach Boys | 6 | December 21 | 4 | |
| "Walking the Dog" | Rufus Thomas | 10 | December 7 | 2 | |
| December 14 | "Since I Fell for You" | Lenny Welch | 4 | December 28 | 5 |
| "Drip Drop" | Dion | 6 | December 28 | 3 | |
1962 peaks
Main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1962
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3 | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | The Four Seasons | 1 | November 17 | 10 |
| "Limbo Rock" | Chubby Checker | 2 | December 22 | 12 | |
| "Return to Sender" | Elvis Presley | 2 | November 17 | 10 | |
| November 17 | "Bobby's Girl" | Marcie Blane | 3 | December 1 | 8 |
| December 8 | "Telstar" | The Tornados | 1 | December 22 | 8 |
1964 peaks
Main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1964
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 14 | "There! I've Said It Again" | Bobby Vinton | 1 | January 4 | 9 |
| December 21 | "Popsicles and Icicles" | The Murmaids | 3 | January 11 | 6 |
| December 28 | "Forget Him" | Bobby Rydell | 4 | January 18 | 5 |
| "Talk Back Trembling Lips" | Johnny Tillotson | 7 | January 4 | 3 | |
See also
- 1963 in music
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1963 (U.S.)
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1963
References
General sources
- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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