List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1963

Kyu Sakamoto hit #1 in 1963 with "Ue o Muite Arukō", titled "Sukiyaki" in the U.S., becoming the first and only Japanese song to do so.

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1963.

That year, all but two acts (The Four Seasons and Bobby Vinton) achieved their first number-one singles, with a total of 19, which were Steve Lawrence, The Rooftop Singers, Paul & Paula, Ruby & the Romantics, The Chiffons, Little Peggy March, Jimmy Soul, Lesley Gore, Kyu Sakamoto, The Essex, Jan & Dean, The Tymes, Stevie Wonder (as ‘Little Stevie Wonder’), The Angels, Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs, Nino Tempo, April Stevens, Dale & Grace, and The Singing Nun. These artists only went to the top with these songs once (excluding Wonder, who would later go on to have ten songs hit number one).

Chart history

Key

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Indicates best-performing single of 1963 The original #1 song of 1963, "Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys, never reached number one on the weekly charts.

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82	January 5	"Telstar"	The Tornados	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
83	January 12	"Go Away Little Girl"	Steve Lawrence	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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84	January 26	"Walk Right In"	The Rooftop Singers	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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85	February 9	"Hey Paula"	Paul & Paula	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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86	March 2	"Walk Like a Man"	The Four Seasons	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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87	March 23	"Our Day Will Come"	Ruby & the Romantics	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
88	March 30	"He's So Fine"	The Chiffons	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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89	April 27	"I Will Follow Him"	Little Peggy March	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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90	May 18	"If You Wanna Be Happy"	Jimmy Soul	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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91	June 1	"It's My Party"	Lesley Gore	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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92	June 15	"Sukiyaki"	Kyu Sakamoto	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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93	July 6	"Easier Said Than Done"	The Essex	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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94	July 20	"Surf City"	Jan and Dean	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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95	August 3	"So Much in Love"	The Tymes	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
96	August 10	"Fingertips"	Little Stevie Wonder	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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97	August 31	"My Boyfriend's Back"	The Angels	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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98	September 21	"Blue Velvet"	Bobby Vinton	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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100	November 16	"Deep Purple"	Nino Tempo & April Stevens	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
101	November 23	"I'm Leaving It Up to You"	Dale & Grace	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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102	December 7	"Dominique"	The Singing Nun	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs	5
2	The Chiffons	4
	The Singing Nun
4	Paul & Paula	3
	The Four Seasons
	Little Peggy March
	Kyu Sakamoto
	Little Stevie Wonder
	The Angels
	Bobby Vinton
11	Steve Lawrence	2
	The Rooftop Singers
	Jimmy Soul
	Lesley Gore
	The Essex
	Jan and Dean
	Dale & Grace
18	The Tornados	1
	Ruby & the Romantics
	The Tymes
	Nino Tempo
	April Stevens

See also

• 1963 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1963
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (Template:ISBN)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.