List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1963 (U.S.)
This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, then called "Middle-Road Singles",[1][2] in 1963.
Top-ten singles[edit]
Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 1962 | ||||||
December 15 | "My Dad" | Paul Petersen | 2 | January 5 | 10 | [3][4] |
December 29 | "It's Up To You" | Ricky Nelson | 4 | January 12 | 8 | [5][6] |
Singles from 1963 | ||||||
January 5 | "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" | Bobby Vee | 2 | January 12 | 9 | [4][6] |
"Half Heaven - Half Heartache" | Gene Pitney | 5 | January 12 | 5 | [4][6] | |
"Trouble Is My Middle Name" | Bobby Vinton | 7 | January 12 | 4 | [4][6] | |
January 12 | "Walk Right In" | The Rooftop Singers | 1 | January 26 | 11 | [6][7] |
"My Coloring Book" | Kitty Kallen | 7 | January 19 | 5 | [6][8] | |
January 19 | "My Coloring Book" | Sandy Stewart | 8 | January 19 | 4 | [8] |
January 26 | "Fly Me To The Moon" | Joe Harnell and his Orchestra | 4 | February 23 | 7 | [7][9] |
February 2 | "Shake Me I Rattle (Squeeze Me I Cry)" | Marion Worth | 10 | February 2 | 1 | [10] |
February 9 | "Rhythm of the Rain" | The Cascades | 1 | March 2 | 10 | [11][12] |
"From a Jack to a King" | Ned Miller | 3 | February 16 | 6 | [11][13] | |
February 16 | "What Will Mary Say" | Johnny Mathis | 3 | March 9 | 8 | [13][14] |
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" | Vince Guaraldi Trio | 9 | February 23 | 3 | [13][9] | |
February 23 | "The End of the World" | Skeeter Davis | 1 | March 16 | 11 | [9][15] |
"Our Winter Love" | Bill Pursell | 4 | March 16 | 8 | [9][15] | |
March 2 | "Greenback Dollar" | The Kingston Trio | 6 | March 16 | 4 | [12][15] |
March 9 | "I Wanna Be Around" | Tony Bennett | 5 | March 23 | 6 | [14][16] |
"All I Have to Do Is Dream" | Richard Chamberlain | 6 | March 23 | 6 | [14][16] | |
March 16 | "Days of Wine and Roses" | Henry Mancini and his Orchestra | 10 | March 16 | 1 | [15] |
March 23 | "Can't Get Used to Losing You" | Andy Williams | 1 | April 13 | 11 | [16][17] |
"Follow the Boys"[B] | Connie Francis | 7 | April 20 | 5 | [16][18] | |
March 30 | "In Dreams" | Roy Orbison | 3 | March 30 | 4 | [19] |
"Puff (The Magic Dragon)" | Peter, Paul & Mary | 1 | May 11 | 11 | [19][20] | |
April 6 | "Young Lovers" | Paul & Paula | 3 | April 20 | 6 | [21][18] |
April 20 | "Watermelon Man" | Mongo Santamaria | 3 | May 4 | 5 | [18][22] |
"Mecca" | Gene Pitney | 4 | May 4 | 6 | [18][22] | |
"Young and in Love" | Dick & DeeDee | 6 | May 4 | 4 | [18][22] | |
"Over the Mountain (Across the Sea)" | Bobby Vinton | 8 | April 27 | 3 | [18][23] | |
April 27 | "Losing You" | Brenda Lee | 2 | May 18 | 8 | [23][24] |
May 4 | "Days of Wine and Roses"[C] | Andy Williams | 9 | May 4 | 2 | [22] |
May 11 | "Charms" | Bobby Vee | 5 | May 11 | 2 | [20] |
"Take These Chains from My Heart" | Ray Charles | 3 | May 25 | 6 | [20][25] | |
"I Love You Because" | Al Martino | 1 | May 25 | 9 | [20][25] | |
May 18 | "Still" | Bill Anderson | 3 | June 8 | 8 | [24][26] |
May 25 | "Sukiyaki" | Kyu Sakamoto | 1 | June 8 | 11 | [25][26] |
"Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" | Nat King Cole | 3 | June 22 | 8 | [25][27] | |
"18 Yellow Roses" | Bobby Darin | 5 | June 8 | 7 | [25][26] | |
June 1 | "Blue on Blue" | Bobby Vinton | 2 | June 22 | 10 | [28][27] |
June 8 | "The Good Life" | Tony Bennett | 7 | June 22 | 4 | [26][27] |
June 15 | "Every Step of the Way" | Johnny Mathis | 10 | June 15 | 1 | [29] |
June 22 | "My Summer Love" | Ruby & the Romantics | 6 | July 6 | 4 | [27][30] |
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" | Rolf Harris | 1 | July 13 | 8 | [27][31] | |
"On Top of Spaghetti" | Tom Glazer & the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus | 4 | July 13 | 5 | [27][31] | |
July 6 | "Falling" | Roy Orbison | 7 | July 13 | 3 | [30][31] |
July 13 | "No One" | Ray Charles | 6 | July 20 | 3 | [31][32] |
"Detroit City" | Bobby Bare | 4 | August 3 | 6 | [31][33] | |
"Hopeless" | Andy Williams | 3 | August 3 | 6 | [31][33] | |
July 20 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Peter, Paul & Mary | 1 | August 3 | 11 | [32][33] |
"My True Confession" | Brook Benton | 8 | July 27 | 2 | [32][34] | |
July 27 | "Till Then" | The Classics | 7 | August 3 | 2 | [34][33] |
"More" | Kai Winding & Orchestra | 2 | August 10 | 9 | [34][35] | |
August 3 | "Green, Green" | The New Christy Minstrels | 3 | August 17 | 6 | [33][36] |
"Abilene" | George Hamilton IV | 4 | August 17 | 3 | [33][36] | |
August 10 | "Danke Schoen" | Wayne Newton & The Newton Brothers | 3 | August 24 | 7 | [35][37] |
"My Whole World Is Falling Down" | Brenda Lee | 8 | August 17 | 3 | [35][36] | |
"True Love Never Runs Smooth" | Gene Pitney | 5 | August 24 | 4 | [35][37] | |
August 17 | "I Wonder" | Brenda Lee | 9 | August 17 | 1 | [36] |
August 24 | "Frankie and Johnny" | Sam Cooke | 2 | September 14 | 5 | [37][38] |
"Painted, Tainted Rose" | Al Martino | 3 | September 21 | 8 | [37][39] | |
"Make The World Go Away" | Timi Yuro | 8 | August 24 | 4 | [37] | |
"I (Who Have Nothing)" | Ben E. King | 10 | August 24 | 1 | [37] | |
August 31 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton | 1 | September 7 | 11 | [40][41] |
"I Want To Stay Here" | Steve & Eydie | 8 | September 21 | 4 | [40][39] | |
September 7 | "You Can Never Stop Me Loving You" | Johnny Tillotson | 4 | September 21 | 5 | [41][39] |
September 14 | "Wonderful! Wonderful!" | The Tymes | 2 | September 21 | 6 | [38][39] |
September 21 | "Hey There Lonely Boy" | Ruby & the Romantics | 5 | September 28 | 2 | [39][42] |
September 28 | "I Can't Stay Mad at You" | Skeeter Davis | 2 | November 2 | 9 | [42][43] |
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" | Peter, Paul & Mary | 2 | October 19 | 7 | [42][44] | |
"That Sunday, That Summer" | Nat King Cole | 3 | October 12 | 8 | [42][45] | |
"Why Don't You Believe Me?" | The Duprees | 10 | September 28 | 1 | [42] | |
October 5 | "Talk to Me" | Sunny & the Sunglows | 4 | October 26 | 7 | [46][47] |
"Two Tickets to Paradise" | Brook Benton | 8 | October 5 | 4 | [46] | |
"More" | Vic Dana | 10 | October 5 | 1 | [46] | |
October 12 | "Maria Elena" | Los Indios Tabajaras | 3 | November 2 | 9 | [45][48] |
"The Grass is Greener" | Brenda Lee | 7 | November 9 | 5 | [45][49] | |
October 19 | "Washington Square" | The Village Stompers | 1 | November 2 | 9 | [44][48] |
October 26 | "I'm Leaving It Up to You" | Dale & Grace | 1 | November 23 | 10 | [47][50] |
November 2 | "500 Miles" | Bobby Bare | 4 | November 16 | 5 | [48][51] |
November 16 | "Dominique" | Sœur Sourire | 1 | December 7 | 11 | [51][52] |
"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" | Gene Pitney | 6 | November 30 | 4 | [51][53] | |
"Your Other Love" | Connie Francis | 10 | November 16 | 2 | [51] | |
November 23 | "Since I Fell for You" | Lenny Welch | 3 | December 28 | 10 | [50][54] |
"Living a Lie" | Al Martino | 8 | November 30 | 4 | [50][53] | |
November 30 | "Have You Heard" | The Duprees | 8 | December 21 | 4 | [53][55] |
"Wives and Lovers"[D] | Jack Jones | 9 | December 21 | 5 | [53][55] | |
December 7 | "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" | The Caravelles | 2 | December 21 | 5 | [52][55] |
1962 peaks[edit]
Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 1 | "Rumors" | Johnny Crawford | 2 | December 15 | 6 | [56][3] |
December 8 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence | 1 | December 15 | 12 | [57][3] |
"Dear Lonely Hearts" | Nat King Cole | 2 | December 22 | 6 | [57][58] | |
"Ruby Ann" | Marty Robbins | 4 | December 22 | 5 | [57][58] | |
December 15 | "Your Cheating Heart" | Ray Charles | 7 | December 22 | 4 | [3][58] |
December 22 | "Let's Kiss and Make Up"[A] | Bobby Vinton | 10 | December 22 | 3 | [58] |
1964 peaks[edit]
Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 7 | "There! I've Said It Again" | Bobby Vinton | 1 | January 4 | 11 | [52][59] |
December 14 | "Popsicles and Icicles" | The Murmaids | 2 | January 11 | 9 | [60][61] |
"Talk Back Trembling Lips" | Johnny Tillotson | 6 | January 4 | 6 | [60][59] | |
December 21 | "Midnight Mary" | Joey Powers | 7 | January 4 | 5 | [55][59] |
December 28 | "Forget Him" | Bobby Rydell | 3 | January 18 | 8 | [54][62] |
Notes[edit]
A The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending January 12, 1963.[6]
B The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending April 13, 1963.[17]
C The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 18, 1963.[24]
D The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending December 21, 1963.[55]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, January 5, 1963. p. 43. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, December 28, 1963. p. 24. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 15, 1962 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - January 5, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 29, 1962 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - January 12, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - January 26, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - January 19, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - February 23, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - February 2, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - February 9, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - March 2, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - February 16, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - March 9, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - March 16, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - March 23, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - April 13, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - April 20, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - March 30, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - May 11, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - April 6, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - May 4, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - April 27, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - May 18, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - May 25, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - June 8, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - June 22, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - June 1, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - June 15, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - July 6, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - July 13, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - July 20, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - August 3, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - July 27, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - August 10, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - August 17, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4 37.5 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - August 24, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - September 14, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - September 21, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - August 31, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - September 7, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - September 28, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - November 2, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - October 19, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - October 12, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - October 5, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - October 26, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - November 2, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - November 9, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - November 23, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 51.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - November 16, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 7, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 53.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - November 30, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 28, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 55.4 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 21, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 1, 1962 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 8, 1962 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 58.2 58.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 22, 1962 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - January 4, 1964 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 14, 1963 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - January 11, 1964 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - January 18, 1964 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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