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=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	82	January 5	"Telstar"	The Tornados	^[1]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	83	January 12	"Go Away Little Girl"	Steve Lawrence	^[2]
January 19	^[3]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	84	January 26	"Walk Right In"	The Rooftop Singers	^[4]
February 2	^[5]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	85	February 9	"Hey Paula"	Paul & Paula	^[6]
February 16	^[7]
February 23	^[8]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	86	March 2	"Walk Like a Man"	The Four Seasons	^[9]
March 9	^[10]
March 16	^[11]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	87	March 23	"Our Day Will Come"	Ruby & the Romantics	^[12]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	88	March 30	"He's So Fine"	The Chiffons	^[13]
April 6	^[14]
April 13	^[15]
April 20	^[16]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	89	April 27	"I Will Follow Him"	Little Peggy March	^[17]
May 4	^[18]
May 11	^[19]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	90	May 18	"If You Wanna Be Happy"	Jimmy Soul	^[20]
May 25	^[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	91	June 1	"It's My Party"	Lesley Gore	^[22]
June 8	^[23]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	92	June 15	"Sukiyaki"	Kyu Sakamoto	^[24]
June 22	^[25]
June 29	^[26]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	93	July 6	"Easier Said Than Done"		^[27]
July 13	^[28]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	94	July 20	"Surf City"	Jan and Dean	^[29]
July 27	^[30]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	95	August 3	"So Much in Love"	The Tymes	^[31]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	96	August 10	"Fingertips"	Little Stevie Wonder	^[32]
August 17	^[33]
August 24	^[34]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	97	August 31	"My Boyfriend's Back"	The Angels	^[35]
September 7	^[36]
September 14	^[37]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	98	September 21	"Blue Velvet"	Bobby Vinton	^[38]
September 28	^[39]
October 5	^[40]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	99	October 12	bgcolor=#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=center	100	November 16	"Deep Purple"	Nino Tempo & April Stevens	^[48]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	101	November 23	"I'm Leaving It Up to You"	Dale & Grace	^[49]
November 30	^[50]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	102	December 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

1	Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs	5
2	The Chiffons	4
	The Singing Nun
4	Paul & Paula	3
	The Four Seasons
	Little Peggy March
	Kyu Sakamoto
	Little Stevie Wonder
	The Angels
	Bobby Vinton
11	Steve Lawrence	2
	The Rooftop Singers
	Jimmy Soul
	Lesley Gore
	The Essex
	Jan and Dean
	Dale & Grace
18	The Tornados	1
	Ruby & the Romantics
	The Tymes
	Nino Tempo
	April Stevens

See also

• 1963 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1963
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

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. .