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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top Songs of 1963

1962 <-

1963

-> 1964

Video playlist

Cover

Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

12/1963

I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles

from Meet the Beatles!

465

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #16]
[Capitol 5112]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

03/1963

Can't Get Used to Losing You by Andy Williams

from Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests

447

2
US

✫1
AC

7
R&B

2
UK

[Columbia 42674]
written by Doc Pomus (as Jerome "Doc" Pomus) & Mort Shuman

06/1963

(You're the) Devil in Disguise by Elvis Presley

411

3
US

9
R&B

✫1
UK

[RCA Victor 47-8188]
written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye

05/1963

Sukiyaki (Ue O Muite Arukou) by Kyu Sakamoto

from Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits

405

✫1
US

✫1
AC

18
R&B

6
UK

[Capitol 4945]
written by Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, A.B. Quintanilla (as Abraham Quintanilla Jr.) & Pete Astudillo

11/1963

Dominique by The Singing Nun

from The Singing Nun

384

✫1
US

✫1
AC

7
UK

[Philips 40152]
written by The Singing Nun (as Jeanine Deckers)

01/1963

Walk Right In by The Rooftop Singers

from Walk Right In!

384

✫1
US

✫1
AC

23
country

4
R&B

10
UK

[Vanguard 35017]
written by Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods

08/1963

Be My Baby by The Ronettes

from …Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica

380

2
US

4
R&B

4
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #22]
[Philles 116]
written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry & Phil Spector

05/1963

It's My Party by Lesley Gore

from I'll Cry if I Want To

363

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

9
UK

produced by Quincy Jones
[Mercury 72119]
written by Herb Wiener, Wally Gold & John Gluck (as John Gluck Jr.)

11/1963

Glad All Over by The Dave Clark Five

from Glad All Over

360

6
US

✫1
UK

written by Dave Clark & Mike Smith

10.

01/1963

Rhythm of the Rain by The Cascades

from Rhythm of the Rain

360

3
US

✫1
AC

7
R&B

5
UK

[Valiant 6026]
written by John Gummoe (as John Claude Gummoe)

11.

06/1963

Wipe Out by The Surfaris

from Wipe Out

356

2
US

10
R&B

5
UK

[instrumental]
[Dot 16479]
written by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller & Ron Wilson

12.

08/1963

Then He Kissed Me by The Crystals

343

6
US

8
R&B

2
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #493]
[Philles 115]
written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry

13.

01/1963

Walk Like a Man by The Four Seasons

from Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others

341

✫1
US

3
R&B

12
UK

[Vee-Jay 485]
written by Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio

14.

07/1963

If I Had a Hammer by Trini Lopez

from Trini Lopez at PJ's

335

3
US

12
R&B

4
UK

[live]
[Reprise 20198]
written by Pete Seeger & Lee Hays

15.

02/1963

He's So Fine by The Chiffons

from He's So Fine

335

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

16
UK

[Laurie 3152]
written by Ronnie Mack (as Ronald Mack)

16.

04/1963

Da Doo Ron Ron by The Crystals

from The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits, Volume 1

331

3
US

5
R&B

5
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #114]
[Philles 112]
written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich

17.

03/1963

How Do You Do It? by Gerry & the Pacemakers

from How Do You Like It?

329

9
US

✫1
UK

written by Mitch Murray

18.

08/1963

Bad to Me by Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas

from Little Children

329

9
US

✫1
UK

written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

19.

08/1963

You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry by The Caravelles

from You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry

327

3
US

2
AC

6
UK

[Smash 1852]
written by Bob Merrill & Terry Shand

20.

09/1963

Mean Woman Blues by Roy Orbison

326

5
US

8
R&B

3
UK

charted as Blue Bayou / Mean Woman Blues in UK charts
[Monument 824]
written by Claude Demetrius

21.

09/1963

Deep Purple by Nino Tempo & April Stevens

from Deep Purple

320

✫1
US

4
R&B

17
UK

#1 hit for Larry Clinton in 1939
[Atco 6273]
written by Peter DeRose & Mitchell Parish

22.

06/1963

Blowin' in the Wind by Peter, Paul & Mary

from In the Wind

311

2
US

✫1
AC

13
UK

[Warner 5368]
written by Bob Dylan

23.

06/1963

So Much in Love by The Tymes

from So Much in Love

308

✫1
US

4
R&B

21
UK

originally titled "so in love"
[Parkway 871]
written by George Williams [George R. Williams], Bill Jackson & Roy Straigis

24.

06/1963

Surf City by Jan & Dean

from Surf City and Other Swingin' Cities

299

✫1
US

3
R&B

26
UK

[Liberty 55580]
written by Jan Berry & Brian Wilson

25.

11/1963

There! I've Said It Again by Bobby Vinton

from There! I've Said It Again

298

✫1
US

✫1
AC

34
UK

#1 hit for Vaughn Monroe in 1945
[Epic 9638]
written by Redd Evans & David Mann

26.

09/1963

Maria Elena by Los Indios Tabajaras

from Maria Elena

297

6
US

3
AC

5
UK

#1 hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1941 [instrumental]
[RCA 47-8216]
written by Lorenzo Barcelata

27.

02/1963

Our Day Will Come by Ruby & The Romantics

from Our Day Will Come

292

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

38
UK

[Kapp 501]
written by Bob Hilliard & Mort Garson

28.

03/1963

If You Wanna Be Happy by Jimmy Soul

from If You Wanna Be Happy

292

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

39
UK

[S.P.Q.R. 3305]
written by Carmela Guida, Frank Guida & Joseph Royster

29.

06/1963

I Like It by Gerry & the Pacemakers

290

17
US

✫1
UK

written by Mitch Murray

30.

04/1963

Take These Chains from My Heart by Ray Charles

from Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Volume Ywo)

289

8
US

3
AC

7
R&B

5
UK

with the Jack Halloran Singers
[ABC-Paramount 10435]
written by Fred Rose & Hy Heath

31.

10/1963

I'm Leaving It Up to You by Dale & Grace

from I'm Leaving It Up to You

287

✫1
US

✫1
AC

6
R&B

[Montel 921]
written by Dewey Terry & Don Harris (as Donald Harris)

32.

02/1963

In Dreams by Roy Orbison

from In Dreams

281

7
US

3
AC

19
R&B

6
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #312]
[Monument 806]
written by Roy Orbison

33.

11/1963

Louie, Louie by The Kingsmen

from The Kingsmen in Person

277

2
US

✫1
R&B

26
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #55]

[Wand 143]
written by Richard Berry

34.

08/1963

Hello Muddah! Hello Fadduh! by Allan Sherman

from My Son, the Nut

276

2
US

14
UK

[comedy]
[live]
adaptation of ponchielli's dance of the hours
written by Amilcare Ponchielli & Allan Sherman

35.

08/1963

Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton

from Blue on Blue

270

✫1
US

✫1
AC

hit for Tony Bennett in 1951
[Epic 9614]
written by Bernie Wayne & Lee Morris

36.

09/1963

Sugar Shack by The Fireballs

from Sugar Shack

270

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

as Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
[Dot 16487]
written by Keith McCormack & Faye Voss

37.

09/1963

Everybody by Tommy Roe

from Sweet Pea

270

3
US

9
UK

[ABC-Paramount 45-10478]
written by Tommy Roe

38.

06/1963

Easier Said Than Done by The Essex

from Easier Said Than Done

268

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

[Roulette 4494]
written by William Linton & Larry Huff

39.

03/1963

I Will Follow Him by Little Peggy March

268

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

[RCA 8139]
written by Jacques Plante, Franck Pourcel (as J.W. Stole), Paul Mauriat (as Del Roma), Norman Gimbel & Arthur Altman

40.

06/1963

Fingertips by Stevie Wonder

from The 12 Year Old Genius: Recorded Live

268

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

as Little Stevie Wonder
[Tamla 54080]
written by Clarence Paul & Henry Cosby

41.

03/1963

Young Lovers by Paul & Paula

from Paul & Paula Sing for Young Lovers

265

6
US

3
AC

14
R&B

9
UK

[Philips 40096]
written by Ray Hildebrand & Jill Jackson

42.

08/1963

My Boyfriend's Back by The Angels [US girl group]

from My Boyfriend's Back

265

✫1
US

2
R&B

[Smash 1834]
written by Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein & Richard Gottehrer

43.

05/1963

Forget Him by Bobby Rydell

from Forget Him

262

4
US

3
AC

13
UK

[Cameo 280]
written by Tony Hatch (as Mark Anthony)

44.

03/1963

Losing You by Brenda Lee

from Let Me Sing

261

6
US

2
AC

13
R&B

10
UK

[Decca 31478]
written by Jean Renard & Carl Sigman

45.

08/1963

It's All in the Game by Cliff Richard

252

25
US

10
AC

2
UK

as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
[Epic 9633]
written by Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes

46.

06/1963

I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) by Frank Ifield

from I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)

249

58
US

16
AC

✫1
UK

[Vee-Jay 553]
written by Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds & Al Neiburg

47.

03/1963

Puff (The Magic Dragon) by Peter, Paul & Mary

from Moving

247

2
US

✫1
AC

10
R&B

[Warner 5348]
written by Peter Yarrow & Leonard Lipton

48.

09/1963

Washington Square by The Village Stompers

from Washington Square

244

2
US

✫1
AC

22
R&B

[instrumental]
[Epic 9617]
written by Bobb Goldsteinn & David Shire

49.

10/1963

You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry & the Pacemakers

244

48
US

✫1
UK

charted as You'll Never Walk Alone / It's Alright in Australia charts
written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

50.

12/1963

As Usual by Brenda Lee

from By Request

242

12
US

5
AC

5
UK

[Decca 31570]
written by Alex Zanetis

51.

12/1963

Hippy Hippy Shake by The Swinging Blue Jeans

from Hippy Hippy Shake

241

24
US

2
UK

written by Chan Romero

52.

03/1963

Pipeline by The Chantays

from Pipeline

240

4
US

11
R&B

16
UK

[instrumental]
[Dot 16440]
written by Brian Carman & Bob Spickard

53.

11/1963

I Only Want to Be with You by Dusty Springfield

237

12
US

4
UK

[Philips 40162]
written by Mike Hawker & Ivor Raymonde

54.

09/1963

Busted by Ray Charles

from Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul

236

4
US

3
R&B

21
UK

[ABC-Paramount 10481]
written by Harlan Howard

55.

12/1963

For You by Ricky Nelson

from Rick Nelson Sings For You

236

6
US

✫1
AC

14
UK

as Rick Nelson
hit for John Boles in 1930
[Decca 31574]
written by Al Dubin & Joe Burke

56.

04/1963

From Me to You by The Beatles

230

116
US

✫1
UK

[Vee-Jay 522]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

57.

01/1963

The Wayward Wind by Frank Ifield

229

104
US

✫1
UK

[Vee-Jay 499]
written by Stan Lebowsky & Herb Newman

58.

08/1963

Sally, Go 'Round the Roses by The Jaynetts

227

2
US

4
R&B

[Tuff 369]
written by Zell Sanders (as Zelma Sanders) & Lona Stevens

59.

08/1963

She Loves You by The Beatles

from The Beatles' Second Album

226

✫1
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #64]
(in the US : first release; white label; did not chart)
[Swan 4152]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

60.

02/1963

Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard

from Summer Holiday

225

✫1
UK

as Cliff Richard & The Shadows & The Norrie Paramor Strings
written by Bruce Welch & Brian Bennett

61.

09/1963

Do You Love Me by The Tremeloes

225

✫1
UK

as Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
[London 9625]
written by Berry Gordy

62.

01/1963

Diamonds by Jet Harris & Tony Meehan

225

✫1
UK

written by Jerry Lordan

63.

06/1963

Sweets for My Sweet by The Searchers

from Hear! Hear!

225

✫1
UK

[Mercury 72172*]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

64.

03/1963

Foot Tapper by The Shadows

224

✫1
UK

[instrumental]
written by Bruce Welch & Hank B. Marvin (as Hank Marvin)

65.

01/1963

Ruby Baby by Dion

from Ruby Baby

224

2
US

5
R&B

as Dion Di Muci
[Columbia 42662]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

66.

10/1963

Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa by Gene Pitney

from Blue Gene

221

17
US

6
AC

5
UK

[Musicor 1034]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

67.

04/1963

I Love You Because by Al Martino

from I Love You Because

221

3
US

✫1
AC

48
UK

[Capitol 4930]
written by Leon Payne

68.

07/1963

I Want to Stay Here by Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

217

28
US

8
AC

3
UK

[Columbia 42815]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

69.

10/1963

Sugar and Spice by The Searchers

214

44
US

2
UK

[Liberty 55646]
written by Tony Hatch (as Fred Nightingale)

70.

12/1963

Pretty Paper by Roy Orbison

from More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits

212

15
US

10
AC

6
UK

[Monument 830]
written by Willie Nelson

71.

03/1963

Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys

from Surfin' USA

208

3
US

20
R&B

34
UK

[Capitol 4932]
written by Chuck Berry & Brian Wilson

72.

09/1963

Blue Bayou by Roy Orbison

from In Dreams

206

29
US

26
R&B

3
UK

B side to Mean Woman Blues ; charted as Blue Bayou / Mean Woman Blues in UK charts
[Monument 824]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson

73.

05/1963

Hello Stranger by Barbara Lewis

205

3
US

✫1
R&B

[Atlantic 2184]
written by Barbara Lewis

74.

12/1963

You Don't Own Me by Lesley Gore

from Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts

202

2
US

produced by Quincy Jones
[Mercury 72206]
written by John Medora (as John Madara) & David White

75.

11/1963

Popsicles and Icicles by The Murmaids

201

3
US

2
AC

[Chattahoochee 628]
written by David Gates

76.

05/1963

Blue on Blue by Bobby Vinton

from Blue on Blue

201

3
US

2
AC

[Epic 9593]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

77.

06/1963

One Fine Day by The Chiffons

from One Fine Day

200

5
US

6
R&B

29
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #460]

[Laurie 3179]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

78.

12/1963

Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um by Major Lance

from Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um/The Best of Major Lance

200

5
US

✫1
R&B

40
UK

[Okeh 7187]
written by Curtis Mayfield

79.

03/1963

Foolish Little Girl by The Shirelles

from Foolish Little Girl

197

4
US

9
R&B

38
UK

[Scepter 1248]
written by Helen Miller & Howard Greenfield

80.

02/1963

South Street by The Orlons

from South Street

195

3
US

4
R&B

[Cameo 243]
written by Dave Appell & Kal Mann

81.

10/1963

Bossa Nova Baby by Elvis Presley

from Fun in Acapulco

195

8
US

20
R&B

13
UK

[RCA Victor 47-8243]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

82.

04/1963

Scarlett O'Hara by Jet Harris & Tony Meehan

194

2
UK

written by Jerry Lordan

83.

01/1963

Please Please Me by The Beatles

from Please Please Me

194

2
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #184]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

84.

08/1963

I'm Telling You Now by Freddie and The Dreamers

from I'm Telling You Now

194

2
UK

written by Freddie Garrity & Mitch Murray

85.

11/1963

Don't Talk to Him by Cliff Richard

194

2
UK

as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
written by Bruce Welch & Cliff Richard

86.

05/1963

Do You Want to Know a Secret? by Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas

from Little Children

194

2
UK

written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

87.

06/1963

Atlantis by The Shadows

194

2
UK

[instrumental]
written by Jerry Lordan

88.

08/1963

Cry Baby by Garnet Mimms

193

4
US

✫1
R&B

as Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters
[United Artists 629]
written by Bert Russell & Jerry Ragovoy (as Norman Meade)

89.

08/1963

(Love Is Like a) Heatwave by Martha and the Vandellas

from Heat Wave

193

4
US

✫1
R&B

[Gordy 7022]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

90.

09/1963

It's Alright by The Impressions

from The Impressions

193

4
US

✫1
R&B

[ABC-Paramount 10487]
written by Curtis Mayfield

91.

11/1963

I'll Keep You Satisfied by Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas

from Little Children

187

30
US

4
UK

written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

92.

01/1963

You're the Reason I'm Living by Bobby Darin

from You're the Reason I'm Living

187

3
US

9
R&B

[Capitol 4897]
written by Bobby Darin

93.

04/1963

You Can't Sit Down by The Dovells

from You Can't Sit Down

185

3
US

10
R&B

[Parkway 867]
written by Dee Clark, Cornell Muldrow & Kal Mann (as Jon Sheldon)

94.

07/1963

Candy Girl by The Four Seasons

from Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others

184

3
US

13
R&B

[Vee-Jay 539]
written by Larry Santos

95.

10/1963

Since I Fell for You by Lenny Welch

from Since I Fell for You

184

4
US

3
AC

[Cadence 1439]
written by Buddy Johnson

96.

03/1963

Baby Workout by Jackie Wilson

from Baby Workout

180

5
US

✫1
R&B

[Brunswick 55239]
written by Alonzo Tucker & Jackie Wilson

97.

12/1963

Anyone Who Had a Heart by Dionne Warwick

from Anyone Who Had a Heart

178

8
US

2
AC

6
R&B

42
UK

[Scepter 1262]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

98.

02/1963

One Broken Heart for Sale by Elvis Presley

from It Happened at The World's Fair

175

11
US

21
R&B

12
UK

with The Mellow Men
[RCA Victor 47-8134]
written by Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott

99.

12/1963

Out of Limits by The Marketts

from Out of Limits!

174

3
US

[Warner 5391**]
written by Michael Gordon (as Michael Z. Gordon) & Marius Constant

100.

04/1963

Another Saturday Night by Sam Cooke

from Ain't That Good News

171

10
US

✫1
R&B

23
UK

[RCA Victor 8164]
written by Sam Cooke

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