List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1963 explained

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

That year, all but two acts (The Four Seasons and Bobby Vinton) achieved their first number-one singles, with a total of 19, which were Steve Lawrence, The Rooftop Singers, Paul & Paula, Ruby & the Romantics, The Chiffons, Little Peggy March, Jimmy Soul, Lesley Gore, Kyu Sakamoto, The Essex, Jan & Dean, The Tymes, Stevie Wonder (as ‘Little Stevie Wonder’), The Angels, Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs, Nino Tempo, April Stevens, Dale & Grace, and The Singing Nun. These artists only went to the top with these songs once (excluding Wonder, who would later go on to have ten songs hit number one).

Chart history

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Indicates best-performing single of 1963The original #1 song of 1963, "Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys, never reached number one on the weekly charts.
width=31Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center82January 5"Telstar"The Tornados[1]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=283January 12"Go Away Little Girl"Steve Lawrence[2]
January 19[3]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=284January 26"Walk Right In"The Rooftop Singers[4]
February 2[5]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=385February 9"Hey Paula"Paul & Paula[6]
February 16[7]
February 23[8]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=386March 2"Walk Like a Man"The Four Seasons[9]
March 9[10]
March 16[11]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center87March 23"Our Day Will Come"Ruby & the Romantics[12]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=488March 30"He's So Fine"The Chiffons[13]
April 6[14]
April 13[15]
April 20[16]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=389April 27"I Will Follow Him"Little Peggy March[17]
May 4[18]
May 11[19]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=290May 18"If You Wanna Be Happy"Jimmy Soul[20]
May 25[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=291June 1"It's My Party"Lesley Gore[22]
June 8[23]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=392June 15"Sukiyaki"Kyu Sakamoto[24]
June 22[25]
June 29[26]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=293July 6"Easier Said Than Done"[27]
July 13[28]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=294July 20"Surf City"Jan and Dean[29]
July 27[30]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center95August 3"So Much in Love"The Tymes[31]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=396August 10"Fingertips"Little Stevie Wonder[32]
August 17[33]
August 24[34]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=397August 31"My Boyfriend's Back"The Angels[35]
September 7[36]
September 14[37]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=398September 21"Blue Velvet"Bobby Vinton[38]
September 28[39]
October 5[40]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=599October 12bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="5""Sugar Shack"Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs[41] [42] [43]
October 19[44]
October 26[45]
November 2[46]
November 9[47]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center100November 16"Deep Purple"Nino Tempo & April Stevens[48]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2101November 23"I'm Leaving It Up to You"Dale & Grace[49]
November 30[50]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4102December 7"Dominique"The Singing Nun[51]
December 14[52]
December 21[53]
December 28[54]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1
1Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs5
2The Chiffons4
The Singing Nun
4Paul & Paula3
The Four Seasons
Little Peggy March
Kyu Sakamoto
Little Stevie Wonder
The Angels
Bobby Vinton
11Steve Lawrence2
The Rooftop Singers
Jimmy Soul
Lesley Gore
The Essex
Jan and Dean
Dale & Grace
18The Tornados1
Ruby & the Romantics
The Tymes
Nino Tempo
April Stevens

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: January 5, 1963. .
  2. Web site: January 12, 1963. .
  3. Web site: January 19, 1963. .
  4. Web site: January 26, 1963. .
  5. Web site: February 2, 1963. .
  6. Web site: February 9, 1963. .
  7. Web site: February 16, 1963. .
  8. Web site: February 23, 1963. .
  9. Web site: March 2, 1963. .
  10. Web site: March 9, 1963. .
  11. Web site: March 16, 1963. .
  12. Web site: March 23, 1963. .
  13. Web site: March 30, 1963. .
  14. Web site: April 6, 1963. .
  15. Web site: April 13, 1963. .
  16. Web site: April 20, 1963. .
  17. Web site: April 27, 1963. .
  18. Web site: May 4, 1963. .
  19. Web site: May 11, 1963. .
  20. Web site: May 18, 1963. .
  21. Web site: May 25, 1963. .
  22. Web site: June 1, 1963. .
  23. Web site: June 8, 1963. .
  24. Web site: June 15, 1963. .
  25. Web site: June 22, 1963. .
  26. Web site: June 29, 1963. .
  27. Web site: July 6, 1963. .
  28. Web site: July 13, 1963. .
  29. Web site: July 20, 1963. .
  30. Web site: July 27, 1963. .
  31. Web site: August 3, 1963. .
  32. Web site: August 10, 1963. .
  33. Web site: August 17, 1963. .
  34. Web site: August 24, 1963. .
  35. Web site: August 31, 1963. .
  36. Web site: September 7, 1963. .
  37. Web site: September 14, 1963. .
  38. Web site: September 21, 1963. .
  39. Web site: September 28, 1963. .
  40. Web site: October 5, 1963. .
  41. Web site: The Billboard Hot 100 - 1963 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061020161134/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+Hot+100&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1963. . October 20, 2006. October 17, 2018.
  42. Kowal, Barry. "Billboard (USA) Magazine's (Magazine Chart) Top 100 Singles of 1963", Hits of All Decades. September 20, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  43. Web site: October 12, 1963. .
  44. Web site: October 19, 1963. .
  45. Web site: October 26, 1963. .
  46. Web site: November 2, 1963. .
  47. Web site: November 9, 1963. .
  48. Web site: November 16, 1963. .
  49. Web site: November 23, 1963. .
  50. Web site: November 30, 1963. .
  51. Web site: December 7, 1963. .
  52. Web site: December 14, 1963. .
  53. Web site: December 21, 1963. .
  54. Web site: December 28, 1963. .