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

†	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.

No.	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
82	January 5	"Telstar"	The Tornados	[1]
83	January 12	"Go Away Little Girl"	Steve Lawrence	[2]
	January 19			[3]
84	January 26	"Walk Right In"	The Rooftop Singers	[4]
	February 2			[5]
85	February 9	"Hey Paula"	Paul & Paula	[6]
	February 16			[7]
	February 23			[8]
86	March 2	"Walk Like a Man"	The Four Seasons	[9]
	March 9			[10]
	March 16			[11]
87	March 23	"Our Day Will Come"	Ruby & the Romantics	[12]
88	March 30	"He's So Fine"	The Chiffons	[13]
	April 6			[14]
	April 13			[15]
	April 20			[16]
89	April 27	"I Will Follow Him"	Little Peggy March	[17]
	May 4			[18]
	May 11			[19]
90	May 18	"If You Wanna Be Happy"	Jimmy Soul	[20]
	May 25			[21]
91	June 1	"It's My Party"	Lesley Gore	[22]
	June 8			[23]
92	June 15	"Sukiyaki"	Kyu Sakamoto	[24]
	June 22			[25]
	June 29			[26]
93	July 6	"Easier Said Than Done"	The Essex	[27]
	July 13			[28]
94	July 20	"Surf City"	Jan and Dean	[29]
	July 27			[30]
95	August 3	"So Much in Love"	The Tymes	[31]
96	August 10	"Fingertips"	Little Stevie Wonder	[32]
	August 17			[33]
	August 24			[34]
97	August 31	"My Boyfriend's Back"	The Angels	[35]
	September 7			[36]
	September 14			[37]
98	September 21	"Blue Velvet"	Bobby Vinton	[38]
	September 28			[39]
	October 5			[40]
99	October 12	"Sugar Shack"†	Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs	[41][42][43]
	October 19			[44]
	October 26			[45]
	November 2			[46]
	November 9			[47]
100	November 16	"Deep Purple"	Nino Tempo & April Stevens	[48]
101	November 23	"I'm Leaving It Up to You"	Dale & Grace	[49]
	November 30			[50]
102	December 7	"Dominique"	The Singing Nun	[51]
	December 14			[52]
	December 21			[53]
	December 28			[54]

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 (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

References

1. "January 5, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
2. "January 12, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
3. "January 19, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
4. "January 26, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
5. "February 2, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
6. "February 9, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
7. "February 16, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
8. "February 23, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
9. "March 2, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
10. "March 9, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
11. "March 16, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
12. "March 23, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
13. "March 30, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
14. "April 6, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
15. "April 13, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
16. "April 20, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
17. "April 27, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
18. "May 4, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
19. "May 11, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
20. "May 18, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
21. "May 25, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
22. "June 1, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
23. "June 8, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
24. "June 15, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
25. "June 22, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
26. "June 29, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
27. "July 6, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
28. "July 13, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
29. "July 20, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
30. "July 27, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
31. "August 3, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
32. "August 10, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
33. "August 17, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
34. "August 24, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
35. "August 31, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
36. "September 7, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
37. "September 14, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
38. "September 21, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
39. "September 28, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
40. "October 5, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
41. "The Billboard Hot 100 - 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
42. Kowal, Barry. "Billboard (USA) Magazine's (Magazine Chart) Top 100 Singles of 1963", Hits of All Decades. September 20, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
43. "October 12, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
44. "October 19, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
45. "October 26, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
46. "November 2, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
47. "November 9, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
48. "November 16, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
49. "November 23, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
50. "November 30, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
51. "December 7, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
52. "December 14, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
53. "December 21, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.
54. "December 28, 1963". Billboard Hot 100.