List of UK top-ten singles in 1963
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The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1963, as well as singles which peaked in 1962 and 1964 but were in the top 10 in 1963. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and four singles were in the top ten in 1963. Nine singles from 1962 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Dominique" by The Singing Nun, "Glad All Over" by The Dave Clark Five, "I Only Want to Be with You" by Dusty Springfield and "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa" by Gene Pitney were all released in 1963 but did not reach their peak until 1964. "(Dance With The) Guitar Man" by Duane Eddy & the Rebelettes, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee and "The Next Time"/"Bachelor Boy" by Cliff Richard and The Shadows were the singles from 1962 to reach their peak in 1963. Twenty-nine artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1963. The Beatles, The Dave Clark Five, Dusty Springfield, Gerry and the Pacemakers and The Searchers were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1963.
The 1962 Christmas number-one, "Return to Sender" by Elvis Presley, remained at number one for the first week of 1963. The first new number-one single of the year was "The Next Time"/"Bachelor Boy" by Cliff Richard and The Shadows. Overall, seventeen different singles peaked at number-one in 1963, with The Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers (3) having the joint most singles hit that position.
Background
[edit]Multiple entries
[edit]One-hundred and four singles charted in the top 10 in 1963, with ninety-four singles reaching their peak this year.
Twenty-seven artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1963. The Shadows secured the record for most top 10 hits in 1963 with nine hit singles, four of which were with Cliff Richard.
The Searchers were one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single "Sweets for My Sweet". Del Shannon, Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, Kenny Lynch and Tommy Roe were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 1963.
Chart debuts
[edit]Thirty-seven artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1963, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, eight went on to record another hit single that year: Brian Poole, The Crystals, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Kenny Lynch, Paul & Paula, The Searchers, The Springfields and The Tremeloes. Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas, Dusty Springfield, Freddie and the Dreamers all had two more top 10 singles in 1963. The Beatles had three other entries in their breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
- Notes
Jet Harris and Tony Meehan scored three chart hits as a duo in 1963, including number-one single "Diamonds" in February. They had both been members of The Shadows (formerly The Drifters) since its inception, as well as joining The Vipers Skiffle Group before going solo. "Just Like Eddie" was Heinz's first foray into the chart under his own name, but he had been a bassist in The Tornados, the group debuting with the number-one hit "Telstar" at the end of 1962.
Songs from films
[edit]Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Summer Holiday" (from Summer Holiday), "Theme from The Legion's Last Patrol (Concerto disperato)" (The Legion's Last Patrol), "She Loves You" (A Hard Day's Night), "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Carousel) and "Dominique" (The Singing Nun).
Additionally, a melody used in "Never on Sunday" was turned into a hit single recorded by Brenda Lee as "All Alone Am I". "Do You Want to Know a Secret?", written by Lennon-McCartney and performed by The Beatles and taken into the top 10 by Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas, was inspired by the tune "I'm Wishing" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. "Secret Love" had first been heard in the 1953 film Calamity Jane, sang by Doris Day. Kathy Kirby took her cover version to number four. "María Elena" started as an instrumental featured in the film Bordertown.
Best-selling singles
[edit]Until 1970 there was no universally recognised year-end best-sellers list. However, in 2011 the Official Charts Company released a list of the best-selling single of each year in chart history from 1952 to date. According to the list, "She Loves You" by The Beatles is officially recorded as the biggest-selling single of 1963. "She Loves You" (1) was also ranked as the best-selling single of the decade, while "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (2) also ranked in the top 10 best-selling singles of the 1960s. "She Loves You" also stands as the 8th biggest-selling single of all time in the UK (as of December 2017).
Top-ten singles
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| Symbol | Meaning |
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| ‡ | Single peaked in 1962 but still in chart in 1963. |
| ♦ | Single released in 1963 but peaked in 1964. |
| (#) | Year-end best-selling single. |
| Entered | The date that the single first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) |
Weeks in top 10 |
Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) |
Weeks at peak |
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| 3 October 1962 | 16 | "Telstar" ‡ [E] | The Tornados | 1 | 10 October 1962 | 5 |
| 31 October 1962 | 10 | "Let's Dance" ‡ [F] | Chris Montez | 2 | 7 November 1962 | 4 |
| 7 November 1962 | 12 | "Lovesick Blues" ‡ | Frank Ifield | 1 | 14 November 1962 | 5 |
| 21 November 1962 | 9 | "Bobby's Girl" ‡ | Susan Maughan | 3 | 5 December 1962 | 1 |
| 28 November 1962 | 10 | "(Dance With The) Guitar Man" | Duane Eddy | 4 | 2 January 1963 | 2 |
| 5 December 1962 | 8 | "Sun Arise" ‡ | Rolf Harris | 3 | 19 December 1962 | 1 |
| 12 December 1962 | 9 | "Return to Sender" ‡ | Elvis Presley | 1 | 19 December 1962 | 3 |
| 19 December 1962 | 11 | "The Next Time"/"Bachelor Boy" | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | 1 | 9 January 1963 | 3 |
| 26 December 1962 | 2 | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Brenda Lee | 6 | 2 January 1963 | 1 |
| Singles in 1963 | ||||||
| 2 January 1963 | 7 | "Dance On!" | The Shadows | 1 | 30 January 1963 | 1 |
| 9 January 1963 | 2 | "It Only Took A Minute" | Joe Brown & the Bruvvers | 6 | 16 January 1963 | 1 |
| 16 January 1963 | 3 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Mark Wynter | 6 | 23 January 1963 | 1 |
| 6 | "Like I Do" | Maureen Evans | 3 | 30 January 1963 | 2 | |
| 23 January 1963 | 4 | "Globetrotter" | The Tornados | 5 | 30 January 1963 | 2 |
| 30 January 1963 | 7 | "Diamonds" | Jet Harris & Tony Meehan | 1 | 6 February 1963 | 3 |
| 4 | "Don't You Think It's Time" | Mike Berry and the Outlaws | 6 | 30 January 1963 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Up on the Roof" | Kenny Lynch | 10 | 30 January 1963 | 1 | |
| 6 February 1963 | 5 | "Little Town Flirt" | Del Shannon | 4 | 20 February 1963 | 1 |
| 8 | "The Wayward Wind" | Frank Ifield | 1 | 27 February 1963 | 3 | |
| 1 | "Some Kinda Fun" | Chris Montez | 10 | 6 February 1963 | 1 | |
| 13 February 1963 | 8 | "Please Please Me" | The Beatles | 2 | 27 February 1963 | 3 |
| 7 | "Island of Dreams" [G] | The Springfields | 5 | 3 April 1963 | 1 | |
| 20 February 1963 | 4 | "Loop-De-Loop" | Frankie Vaughan | 5 | 6 March 1963 | 1 |
| 2 | "All Alone Am I" | Brenda Lee | 7 | 27 February 1963 | 1 | |
| 3 | "Sukiyaki" | Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | 10 | 20 February 1963 | 3 | |
| 27 February 1963 | 5 | "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" | Bobby Vee | 3 | 6 March 1963 | 1 |
| 6 March 1963 | 6 | "That's What Love Will Do" | Joe Brown & the Bruvvers | 3 | 20 March 1963 | 2 |
| 8 | "Summer Holiday" | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | 1 | 20 March 1963 | 3 | |
| 13 March 1963 | 6 | "Like I've Never Been Gone" | Billy Fury | 3 | 3 April 1963 | 1 |
| 1 | "Walk Right In" | The Rooftop Singers | 10 | 13 March 1963 | 1 | |
| 20 March 1963 | 2 | "Hey Paula" | Paul & Paula | 8 | 20 March 1963 | 1 |
| 8 | "Foot Tapper" | The Shadows | 1 | 3 April 1963 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Tell Him" | Billie Davis | 10 | 20 March 1963 | 1 | |
| 27 March 1963 | 4 | "Charmaine" | The Bachelors | 6 | 3 April 1963 | 1 |
| 3 April 1963 | 8 | "From a Jack to a King" | Ned Miller | 2 | 17 April 1963 | 3 |
| 6 | "Rhythm of the Rain" | The Cascades | 5 | 17 April 1963 | 2 | |
| 9 | "How Do You Do It?" | Gerry and the Pacemakers | 1 | 17 April 1963 | 3 | |
| 10 April 1963 | 3 | "Say Wonderful Things" [H] | Ronnie Carroll | 6 | 10 April 1963 | 1 |
| 5 | "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" | Buddy Holly | 3 | 24 April 1963 | 1 | |
| 17 April 1963 | 3 | "The Folk Singer" | Tommy Roe | 4 | 24 April 1963 | 2 |
| 24 April 1963 | 4 | "Say I Won't Be There" | The Springfields | 5 | 1 May 1963 | 2 |
| 8 | "In Dreams" [I] | Roy Orbison | 6 | 15 May 1963 | 2 | |
| 1 May 1963 | 11 | "From Me to You" | The Beatles | 1 | 8 May 1963 | 7 |
| 4 | "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" | Frank Ifield | 4 | 8 May 1963 | 2 | |
| 8 May 1963 | 6 | "Can't Get Used to Losing You" | Andy Williams | 2 | 22 May 1963 | 1 |
| 15 May 1963 | 7 | "Scarlett O'Hara" | Jet Harris & Tony Meehan | 2 | 29 May 1963 | 1 |
| 5 | "Two Kinds of Teardrops" | Del Shannon | 5 | 22 May 1963 | 1 | |
| 2 | "Losing You" [J] | Brenda Lee | 10 | 15 May 1963 | 2 | |
| 22 May 1963 | 6 | "Lucky Lips" | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | 4 | 29 May 1963 | 2 |
| 7 | "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" | Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | 2 | 5 June 1963 | 2 | |
| 29 May 1963 | 2 | "Young Lovers" | Paul & Paula | 9 | 29 May 1963 | 2 |
| 5 June 1963 | 5 | "When Will You Say I Love You" | Billy Fury | 3 | 12 June 1963 | 1 |
| 9 | "Deck of Cards" | Wink Martindale | 5 | 10 July 1963 | 1 | |
| 12 June 1963 | 8 | "Take These Chains from My Heart" | Ray Charles | 5 | 12 June 1963 | 3 |
| 10 | "I Like It" | Gerry and the Pacemakers | 1 | 26 June 1963 | 4 | |
| 19 June 1963 | 5 | "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" | Freddie and the Dreamers | 3 | 26 June 1963 | 2 |
| 26 June 1963 | 8 | "Atlantis" | The Shadows | 2 | 3 July 1963 | 2 |
| 3 July 1963 | 4 | "Bo Diddley" | Buddy Holly | 4 | 17 July 1963 | 1 |
| 2 | "Falling" | Roy Orbison | 9 | 3 July 1963 | 1 | |
| 10 July 1963 | 9 | "Confessin'" | Frank Ifield | 1 | 24 July 1963 | 2 |
| 3 | "Welcome to My World" [K] | Jim Reeves | 6 | 17 July 1963 | 1 | |
| 17 July 1963 | 4 | "It's My Party" | Lesley Gore | 9 | 17 July 1963 | 3 |
| 6 | "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" | Elvis Presley | 1 | 7 August 1963 | 1 | |
| 24 July 1963 | 6 | "Da Doo Ron Ron" | The Crystals | 5 | 24 July 1963 | 3 |
| 8 | "Sweets for My Sweet" | The Searchers | 1 | 14 August 1963 | 2 | |
| 31 July 1963 | 5 | "Twist and Shout" | Brian Poole & The Tremeloes | 4 | 7 August 1963 | 3 |
| 7 August 1963 | 3 | "Sukiyaki" | Kyu Sakamoto | 6 | 14 August 1963 | 1 |
| 14 August 1963 | 4 | "In Summer" | Billy Fury | 5 | 28 August 1963 | 1 |
| 1 | "You Can Never Stop Me Loving You" | Kenny Lynch | 10 | 14 August 1963 | 1 | |
| 21 August 1963 | 6 | "Bad to Me" | Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | 1 | 28 August 1963 | 3 |
| 4 | "Theme from The Legion's Last Patrol" [L] | Ken Thorne | 4 | 4 September 1963 | 1 | |
| 6 | "Wipe Out" | The Surfaris | 5 | 4 September 1963 | 1 | |
| 28 August 1963 | 5 | "I'm Telling You Now" | Freddie and the Dreamers | 2 | 4 September 1963 | 2 |
| 7 | "I'll Never Get Over You" | Johnny Kidd & the Pirates | 4 | 18 September 1963 | 1 | |
| 4 September 1963 | 4 | "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" | The Caravelles | 6 | 18 September 1963 | 1 |
| 7 | "It's All in the Game" | Cliff Richard | 2 | 18 September 1963 | 3 | |
| 11 September 1963 | 21 | "She Loves You" (#1) | The Beatles | 1 | 18 September 1963 | 6 |
| 5 | "Just Like Eddie" | Heinz | 5 | 2 October 1963 | 1 | |
| 5 | "I Want to Stay Here" | Steve and Eydie | 3 | 2 October 1963 | 1 | |
| 25 September 1963 | 3 | "Applejack" [M] | Jet Harris & Tony Meehan | 4 | 2 October 1963 | 1 |
| 2 October 1963 | 8 | "Do You Love Me" | Brian Poole & The Tremeloes | 1 | 16 October 1963 | 3 |
| 7 | "If I Had a Hammer" | Trini Lopez | 4 | 16 October 1963 | 1 | |
| 8 | "Then He Kissed Me" | The Crystals | 2 | 16 October 1963 | 2 | |
| 2 | "Wishing" [N] | Buddy Holly | 10 | 2 October 1963 | 2 | |
| 9 October 1963 | 3 | "Shindig" | The Shadows | 6 | 16 October 1963 | 1 |
| 9 | "Blue Bayou"/"Mean Woman Blues" | Roy Orbison | 3 | 13 November 1963 | 1 | |
| 16 October 1963 | 4 | "The First Time" | Adam Faith | 5 | 23 October 1963 | 1 |
| 23 October 1963 | 9 | "You'll Never Walk Alone" | Gerry and the Pacemakers | 1 | 6 November 1963 | 4 |
| 1 | "Everybody" | Tommy Roe | 9 | 23 October 1963 | 1 | |
| 6 | "I (Who Have Nothing)" | Shirley Bassey | 6 | 30 October 1963 | 1 | |
| 30 October 1963 | 1 | "Hello Little Girl" | The Fourmost | 9 | 30 October 1963 | 1 |
| 5 | "Let It Rock"/"Memphis, Tennessee" | Chuck Berry | 6 | 20 November 1963 | 1 | |
| 6 November 1963 | 5 | "Sugar and Spice" | The Searchers | 2 | 20 November 1963 | 1 |
| 13 November 1963 | 4 | "Be My Baby" | The Ronettes | 4 | 27 November 1963 | 1 |
| 20 November 1963 | 8 | "Don't Talk to Him" | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | 2 | 11 December 1963 | 1 |
| 27 November 1963 | 8 | "Secret Love" | Kathy Kirby | 4 | 18 December 1963 | 2 |
| 3 | "I'll Keep You Satisfied" | Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | 4 | 4 December 1963 | 1 | |
| 4 December 1963 | 8 | "You Were Made for Me" | Freddie and the Dreamers | 3 | 11 December 1963 | 4 |
| 6 | "María Elena" | Los Indios Tabajaras | 5 | 18 December 1963 | 1 | |
| 11 December 1963 | 12 | "Glad All Over" ♦ | The Dave Clark Five | 1 | 22 January 1964 | 2 |
| 9 | "I Only Want to Be with You" ♦ | Dusty Springfield | 4 | 15 January 1964 | 3 | |
| 10 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | The Beatles | 1 | 18 December 1963 | 5 | |
| 18 December 1963 | 6 | "Dominique" ♦ | The Singing Nun | 7 | 1 January 1964 | 2 |
| 25 December 1963 | 8 | "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" ♦ | Gene Pitney | 5 | 8 January 1964 | 2 |
Entries by artist
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The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1963, including singles that reached their peak in 1962 or 1964. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1963 is also shown.
Notes
[edit]- a "I Only Want to Be with You" reached its peak of number four on 15 January 1964 (week ending).
- b "Glad All Over" reached its peak of number one on 22 January 1964 (week ending).
- c "Dominique" reached its peak of number seven on 1 January 1964 (week ending).
- d "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" reached its peak of number five on 8 January 1964 (week ending).
- e "Telstar" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 23 January 1963 (week ending).
- f "Let's Dance" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 2 January 1963 (week ending).
- g "Island of Dreams" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 27 February 1963 (week ending) for 6 weeks.
- h "Say Wonderful Things" was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1963.
- i "In Dreams" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 19 June 1963 (week ending).
- j "Losing You" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 29 May 1963 (week ending).
- k "Welcome to My World" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 7 August 1963 (week ending).
- l "Theme from The Legion's Last Patrol" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 18 September 1963 (week ending).
- m "Applejack" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 16 October 1963 (week ending).
- n "Wishing" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 16 October 1963 (week ending).
- o Figure includes single that first charted in 1962 but peaked in 1963.
- p Figure includes single that peaked in 1962.
- q Figure includes single that peaked in 1964.
- r Figures includes two top 10 hits with the group The Springfields.
- s Figures includes two top 10 hits with the group The Tornados.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]General
- "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
Specific
- ^ "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
External links
[edit]- 1963 singles chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)
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