Billboard Top Country Singles of 1963

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This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country singles of 1963. [1]

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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).

RankPeak [note 1] [2] TitleArtist(s)Label
11"Still" Bill Anderson Decca
21"Act Naturally" Buck Owens Capitol
31"Ring of Fire" Johnny Cash Columbia
43"We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" George Jones and Melba Montgomery United Artists
51"Lonesome 7-7203" Hawkshaw Hawkins King
61"Talk Back Trembling Lips" Ernest Ashworth Hickory
71"Abilene" George Hamilton IV RCA Victor
81"Don't Let Me Cross Over" Carl Butler Columbia
92"Six Days on the Road" Dave Dudley Golden Wing
105"You Comb Her Hair" George Jones United Artists
112"The End of the World" Skeeter Davis RCA Victor
123"Is This Me?" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
133"Second-Hand Rose" Roy Drusky Decca
141"Ballad of Jed Clampett" Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Columbia
153"Guilty"Jim ReevesRCA Victor
162"Make the World Go Away" Ray Price Columbia
172"From a Jack to a King" Ned Miller Fabor
184"The Yellow Bandana" Faron Young Mercury
196"Detroit City" Bobby Bare RCA Victor
207"Not What I Had in Mind"George JonesUnited Artists
212"8 X 10"Bill AndersonDecca
227"Walk Me to the Door" Ray Price Columbia
235"Sweet Dreams (of You)" Patsy Cline Decca
245"T for Texas" Grandpa Jones Monument
257"I Take the Chance" Ernest Ashworth Hickory
261"Ruby Ann" Marty Robbins Columbia
276"Take a Letter, Miss Gray"Justin TubbGroove
285"Hello Trouble" Orville Couch Vee Jay
294"Roll Muddy River" The Wilburn Brothers Decca
308"Leavin' on Your Mind"Patsy ClineDecca
317"Faded Love"Patsy ClineDecca
327"Sands of Love" Webb Pierce Decca
3311"You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind)"Ray PriceColumbia
347"I've Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand"Porter WagonerRCA Victor
359"I'm Saving My Love"Skeeter DavisRCA Victor
3611"Little Ole You"Jim ReevesRCA Victor
37"Tips of My Fingers" Roy Clark Capitol
385"Does He Mean That Much to You" Eddy Arnold Columbia
393"Sing a Little Song of Heartache"Rose MaddoxCapitol
409"The Minute You're Gone" Sonny James Capitol
418"Mr. Heartache, Move On"Coleman O'NealChancellor
428"Pearl Pearl Pearl"Lester Flatt and Earl ScruggsColumbia
4311"Happy to Be Unhappy"Gary BuckPetal
449"The Man Who Robbed the Bank at Santa Fe" Hank Snow RCA Victor
458"Old Showboat" Stonewall Jackson Columbia
462"Mountain of Love" David Houston Epic
4710"You're for Me"Buck OwensCapitol
4811"Can't Hang Up the Phone"Stonewall JacksonColumbia
493"Thanks a Lot"Ernest TubbDecca
5010"Tell Her So"The Wilburn BrothersDecca

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Notes

  1. This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Top Country Singles for 1963" (PDF). The Billboard. December 28, 1963. p. 34.
  2. Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN   0823076326.