List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1963

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This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1963.

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Bobby Vinton, Lesley Gore, Peter, Paul and Mary, Dion, The Four Seasons, The Beach Boys, and Elvis Presley each had three top-ten hits in 1963, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles

Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1962
December 15"Go Away Little Girl" Steve Lawrence 1January 129
December 29"Hotel Happiness" Brook Benton 3January 194
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 8January 123
Singles from 1963
January 5"Tell Him" The Exciters 4January 195
"Pepino the Italian Mouse" Lou Monte 5January 123
January 12"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" Bobby Vee 3February 26
"My Dad" Paul Petersen 6January 264
"Two Lovers" Mary Wells 7January 194
January 19"Hey Paula" Paul & Paula 1February 99
January 26"Walk Right In" The Rooftop Singers 1January 267
"It's Up to You" Rick Nelson 6February 22
February 2"Loop de Loop" Johnny Thunder 4February 93
"Up on the Roof" The Drifters 5February 93
February 9"Walk Like a Man" The Four Seasons 1March 27
"Ruby Baby" Dion 2February 236
"Rhythm of the Rain" The Cascades 3March 99
"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" The Miracles 8February 93
February 16"From a Jack to a King" Ned Miller 6February 163
February 23"You're the Reason I'm Living" Bobby Darin 3March 167
"Blame It on the Bossa Nova" Eydie Gormé 7March 25
"Wild Weekend" The Rebels 8March 93
March 2"What Will My Mary Say" Johnny Mathis 9March 94
March 9"Our Day Will Come" Ruby & the Romantics 1March 236
"The End of the World" Skeeter Davis 2March 236
March 16"He's So Fine" The Chiffons 1March 309
March 23"South Street" The Orlons 3April 135
"In Dreams" Roy Orbison 7March 303
March 30"Baby Workout" Jackie Wilson 5April 135
"Our Winter Love" Bill Pursell 9March 301
April 6"Can't Get Used to Losing You" Andy Williams 2April 137
"Young Lovers"Paul & Paula6April 204
April 13"I Will Follow Him" Little Peggy March 1April 278
"Puff, the Magic Dragon" Peter, Paul and Mary 2May 116
"Do the Bird" Dee Dee Sharp 10April 132
April 20"Pipeline" The Chantays 4May 45
"Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)" The Cookies 7April 273
April 27"On Broadway"The Drifters9April 272
"Watermelon Man" Mongo Santamaría 10April 272
May 4"If You Wanna Be Happy" Jimmy Soul 1May 186
"Surfin' U.S.A." The Beach Boys 3May 256
May 11"Foolish Little Girl" The Shirelles 4May 253
"Losing You" Brenda Lee 6May 254
"The Reverend Mr. Black" The Kingston Trio 8May 182
May 18"I Love You Because" Al Martino 3June 16
May 25"It's My Party" Lesley Gore 1June 17
"Two Faces Have I" Lou Christie 6June 13
"Take These Chains from My Heart" Ray Charles 8May 251
"Another Saturday Night" Sam Cooke 10May 251
June 1"Sukiyaki" Kyu Sakamoto 1June 158
"Da Doo Ron Ron" The Crystals 3June 84
"You Can't Sit Down" The Dovells 3June 155
June 8"Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" Nat "King" Cole 6June 294
"Still" Bill Anderson 8June 83
June 15"Blue on Blue" Bobby Vinton 3July 65
"Hello Stranger" Barbara Lewis 3June 225
"Eighteen Yellow Roses"Bobby Darin10June 151
June 22"One Fine Day"The Chiffons5July 134
June 29"Easier Said Than Done" The Essex 1July 67
"Surf City" Jan and Dean 1July 207
"Memphis" Lonnie Mack 5July 205
July 6"So Much in Love" The Tymes 1August 37
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" Rolf Harris 3July 135
July 13"Wipe Out" The Surfaris 2August 107
July 20"Fingertips - Part 2" Little Stevie Wonder 1August 107
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" Elvis Presley 3August 106
"Pride and Joy" Marvin Gaye 10July 201
July 27"Blowin' in the Wind"Peter, Paul and Mary2August 177
"Just One Look" Doris Troy 10July 272
August 3"Judy's Turn to Cry"Lesley Gore5August 175
August 10"Candy Girl"The Four Seasons3August 245
"More" Kai Winding 8August 244
August 17"My Boyfriend's Back" The Angels 1August 319
"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" Allan Sherman 2August 246
August 24"Denise" Randy & the Rainbows 10August 242
August 31"If I Had a Hammer" Trini Lopez 3September 75
"Mockingbird" Inez and Charlie Foxx 7September 73
September 7"Blue Velvet"Bobby Vinton1September 218
"Heat Wave" Martha and the Vandellas 4September 216
"The Monkey Time" Major Lance 8September 72
"Hey Girl" Freddie Scott 10September 71
September 14"Sally Go 'Round the Roses" The Jaynetts 2September 286
"Then He Kissed Me"The Crystals6September 144
"Surfer Girl"The Beach Boys7September 142
September 21"Cry Baby" Garnet Mimms 4October 126
"Mickey's Monkey"The Miracles8September 212
September 28"Be My Baby" The Ronettes 2October 126
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"The Tymes7September 282
October 5"Sugar Shack" Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs 1October 1210
"Busted"Ray Charles4October 196
October 12"Mean Woman Blues"Roy Orbison5November 25
"Donna the Prima Donna"Dion6October 264
October 19"Deep Purple" Nino Tempo & April Stevens 1November 167
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"Peter, Paul and Mary9October 262
October 26"Washington Square" The Village Stompers 2November 237
November 2"It's All Right" The Impressions 4November 95
"Maria Elena" Los Indios Tabajaras 6November 164
"I Can't Stay Mad at You"Skeeter Davis7November 22
November 9"I'm Leaving It Up to You" Dale and Grace 1November 237
"Bossa Nova Baby"Elvis Presley8November 164
November 16"Everybody" Tommy Roe 3December 76
"She's a Fool"Lesley Gore5December 74
"500 Miles Away From Home" Bobby Bare 10November 161
November 23"Dominique" The Singing Nun 1December 79
November 30"(Down at) Papa Joe's" The Dixiebelles 9November 301
December 7"Louie Louie" The Kingsmen 2December 149
"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" The Caravelles 3December 214
"Be True to Your School"The Beach Boys6December 214
"Walking the Dog" Rufus Thomas 10December 72
December 14"Since I Fell for You" Lenny Welch 4December 285
"Drip Drop"Dion6December 283

1962 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1963 which peaked in 1962
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 3"Big Girls Don't Cry"The Four Seasons1November 1710
"Limbo Rock"Chubby Checker2December 2212
"Return to Sender"Elvis Presley2November 1710
November 17"Bobby's Girl" Marcie Blane 3December 18
December 8"Telstar" The Tornados 1December 228

1964 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1963 which peaked in 1964
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 14"There! I've Said It Again"Bobby Vinton1January 49
December 21"Popsicles and Icicles" The Murmaids 3January 116
December 28"Forget Him" Bobby Rydell 4January 185
"Talk Back Trembling Lips" Johnny Tillotson 7January 43

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