List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1963

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These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1963.

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1963 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

The #1 song of 1963, "Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys, never reached #1 on the weekly charts.[1][2]

Issue Date Song Artist(s) Reference
January 5 "Telstar" The Tornados
January 12 "Go Away Little Girl" Steve Lawrence
January 19
January 26 "Walk Right In" The Rooftop Singers
February 2
February 9 "Hey Paula" Paul & Paula
February 16
February 23
March 2 "Walk Like a Man" The Four Seasons
March 9
March 16
March 23 "Our Day Will Come" Ruby & the Romantics
March 30 "He's So Fine" The Chiffons
April 6
April 13
April 20
April 27 "I Will Follow Him" Little Peggy March
May 4
May 11
May 18 "If You Wanna Be Happy" Jimmy Soul
May 25
June 1 "It's My Party" Lesley Gore
June 8
June 15 "Sukiyaki" Kyu Sakamoto
June 22
June 29
July 6 "Easier Said Than Done" The Essex
July 13
July 20 "Surf City" Jan and Dean
July 27
August 3 "So Much in Love" The Tymes
August 10 "Fingertips Pt. 2" Little Stevie Wonder
August 17
August 24
August 31 "My Boyfriend's Back" The Angels
September 7
September 14
September 21 "Blue Velvet" Bobby Vinton
September 28
October 5
October 12 "Sugar Shack" Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs [3][4]
October 19
October 26
November 2
November 9
November 16 "Deep Purple" Nino Tempo and April Stevens
November 23 "I'm Leaving It Up to You" Dale & Grace
November 30
December 7 "Dominique" The Singing Nun
December 14
December 21
December 28

Sources[edit]

  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • 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.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Kowal, Barry. Billboard Magazine's (USA) Top 100 Single Recordings of 1963, Hits of All Decades. August 27, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 - 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  4. ^ Kowal, Barry. "Billboard (USA) Magazine's (Magazine Chart) Top 100 Singles of 1963", Hits of All Decades. September 20, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2018.