Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963

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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1963.

The album includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the year's No. 1 song, "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs. The remaining three tracks each reached the Hot 100's Top 5.

Rhino re-issued the album with a revised track lineup in 1993. Two tracks on the original 1988 release—"Fingertips" by "Little" Stevie Wonder and "Walk Like a Man" by The 4 Seasons—were replaced on the re-issue with "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul and "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo & April Stevens.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 30, 1997.

Track listing

1988 original release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Sugar Shack" (Billboard peak No. 1 in October)	McCormack/Voss	Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs	2:03
2.	"Surf City" (Billboard peak No. 1 in July)	Berry/Wilson	Jan & Dean	2:29
3.	"He's So Fine" (Billboard peak No. 1 in March)	Mack	The Chiffons	1:55
4.	"It's My Party" (Billboard peak No. 1 in June)	Weiner/Gold/Gluck	Lesley Gore	2:24
5.	"Fingertips - Pt. 2" (Billboard peak No. 1 in August)	Paul/Cosby	Stevie Wonder	3:13
6.	"Louie Louie" (Billboard peak No. 2 in December)	Berry	The Kingsmen	2:45
7.	"Easier Said Than Done" (Billboard peak No. 1 in July)	Linton/Huff	The Essex	2:09
8.	"Walk Like a Man" (Billboard peak No. 1 in March)	Crewe/Gaudio	The Four Seasons	2:17
9.	"My Boyfriend's Back" (Billboard peak No. 1 in August)	Feldman/Goldstein/Gottehrer	The Angels	2:37
10.	"Surfin' U.S.A." (Billboard peak No. 3 in May)	Berry/Wilson	The Beach Boys	2:29

1993 re-release, replacement tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
5.	"If You Wanna Be Happy" (Billboard peak No. 1 in May)	Guida/Guida/Royster	Jimmy Soul	2:23
8.	"Deep Purple" (Billboard peak No. 1 in November)	DeRose/Parish	Nino Tempo & April Stevens	2:45