This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country singles of 1963.[1]
The year's No. 1 country single was "Still" by Bill Anderson. "Act Naturally" by Buck Owens ranked second, and "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash ranked third.[1]
Patsy Cline died in March 1963 and had three singles that made the year-end list: "Sweet Dreams (of You)" (No. 23), "Leavin' on Your Mind" (No. 30), and "Faded Love" (No. 31).
| Rank | Peak[2] [3] | Title | Artist(s) | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Still" | Decca | ||
| 2 | 1 | "Act Naturally" | Capitol | ||
| 3 | 1 | "Ring of Fire" | Columbia | ||
| 4 | 3 | "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" | United Artists | ||
| 5 | 1 | "Lonesome 7-7203" | King | ||
| 6 | 1 | "Talk Back Trembling Lips" | Hickory | ||
| 7 | 1 | "Abilene" | RCA Victor | ||
| 8 | 1 | "Don't Let Me Cross Over" | Columbia | ||
| 9 | 2 | "Six Days on the Road" | Golden Wing | ||
| 10 | 5 | "You Comb Her Hair" | United Artists | ||
| 11 | 2 | "The End of the World" | RCA Victor | ||
| 12 | 3 | "Is This Me?" | RCA Victor | ||
| 13 | 3 | "Second-Hand Rose" | Decca | ||
| 14 | 1 | "Ballad of Jed Clampett" | Columbia | ||
| 15 | 3 | "Guilty" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor | |
| 16 | 2 | "Make the World Go Away" | Columbia | ||
| 17 | 2 | "From a Jack to a King" | Fabor | ||
| 18 | 4 | "The Yellow Bandana" | Mercury | ||
| 19 | 6 | "Detroit City" | RCA Victor | ||
| 20 | 7 | "Not What I Had in Mind" | George Jones | United Artists | |
| 21 | 2 | "8 X 10" | Bill Anderson | Decca | |
| 22 | 7 | "Walk Me to the Door" | Columbia | ||
| 23 | 5 | "Sweet Dreams (of You)" | Decca | ||
| 24 | 5 | "T for Texas" | Monument | ||
| 25 | 7 | "I Take the Chance" | Hickory | ||
| 26 | 1 | "Ruby Ann" | Columbia | ||
| 27 | 6 | "Take a Letter, Miss Gray" | Justin Tubb | Groove | |
| 28 | 5 | "Hello Trouble" | Vee Jay | ||
| 29 | 4 | "Roll Muddy River" | Decca | ||
| 30 | 8 | "Leavin' on Your Mind" | Patsy Cline | Decca | |
| 31 | 7 | "Faded Love" | Patsy Cline | Decca | |
| 32 | 7 | "Sands of Love" | Decca | ||
| 33 | 11 | "You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind)" | Ray Price | Columbia | |
| 34 | 7 | "I've Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand" | Porter Wagoner | RCA Victor | |
| 35 | 9 | "I'm Saving My Love" | Skeeter Davis | RCA Victor | |
| 36 | 11 | "Little Ole You" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor | |
| 37 | "Tips of My Fingers" | Capitol | |||
| 38 | 5 | "Does He Mean That Much to You" | Columbia | ||
| 39 | 3 | "Sing a Little Song of Heartache" | Rose Maddox | Capitol | |
| 40 | 9 | "The Minute You're Gone" | Capitol | ||
| 41 | 8 | "Mr. Heartache, Move On" | Coleman O'Neal | Chancellor | |
| 42 | 8 | "Pearl Pearl Pearl" | Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs | Columbia | |
| 43 | 11 | "Happy to Be Unhappy" | Gary Buck | Petal | |
| 44 | 9 | "The Man Who Robbed the Bank at Santa Fe" | RCA Victor | ||
| 45 | 8 | "Old Showboat" | Columbia | ||
| 46 | 2 | "Mountain of Love" | Epic | ||
| 47 | 10 | "You're for Me" | Buck Owens | Capitol | |
| 48 | 11 | "Can't Hang Up the Phone" | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia | |
| 49 | 3 | "Thanks a Lot" | Ernest Tubb | Decca | |
| 50 | 10 | "Tell Her So" | The Wilburn Brothers | Decca |