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 [note 1] [2] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
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1 | 1 | "Still" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
2 | 1 | "Act Naturally" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
3 | 1 | "Ring of Fire" | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
4 | 3 | "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" | George Jones and Melba Montgomery | United Artists |
5 | 1 | "Lonesome 7-7203" | Hawkshaw Hawkins | King |
6 | 1 | "Talk Back Trembling Lips" | Ernest Ashworth | Hickory |
7 | 1 | "Abilene" | George Hamilton IV | RCA Victor |
8 | 1 | "Don't Let Me Cross Over" | Carl Butler | Columbia |
9 | 2 | "Six Days on the Road" | Dave Dudley | Golden Wing |
10 | 5 | "You Comb Her Hair" | George Jones | United Artists |
11 | 2 | "The End of the World" | Skeeter Davis | RCA Victor |
12 | 3 | "Is This Me?" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
13 | 3 | "Second-Hand Rose" | Roy Drusky | Decca |
14 | 1 | "Ballad of Jed Clampett" | Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs | Columbia |
15 | 3 | "Guilty" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
16 | 2 | "Make the World Go Away" | Ray Price | Columbia |
17 | 2 | "From a Jack to a King" | Ned Miller | Fabor |
18 | 4 | "The Yellow Bandana" | Faron Young | Mercury |
19 | 6 | "Detroit City" | Bobby Bare | 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" | Ray Price | Columbia |
23 | 5 | "Sweet Dreams (of You)" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
24 | 5 | "T for Texas" | Grandpa Jones | Monument |
25 | 7 | "I Take the Chance" | Ernest Ashworth | Hickory |
26 | 1 | "Ruby Ann" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
27 | 6 | "Take a Letter, Miss Gray" | Justin Tubb | Groove |
28 | 5 | "Hello Trouble" | Orville Couch | Vee Jay |
29 | 4 | "Roll Muddy River" | The Wilburn Brothers | Decca |
30 | 8 | "Leavin' on Your Mind" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
31 | 7 | "Faded Love" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
32 | 7 | "Sands of Love" | Webb Pierce | 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" | Roy Clark | Capitol | |
38 | 5 | "Does He Mean That Much to You" | Eddy Arnold | Columbia |
39 | 3 | "Sing a Little Song of Heartache" | Rose Maddox | Capitol |
40 | 9 | "The Minute You're Gone" | Sonny James | 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" | Hank Snow | RCA Victor |
45 | 8 | "Old Showboat" | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia |
46 | 2 | "Mountain of Love" | David Houston | 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 |
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