Sorry about that. What do you think of this list?



Here are the top 100 songs of 1963.

001 Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer
002 Dominique - Singing Nun
003 He's So Fine - Chiffons
004 Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
005 Hey Paula - Paul and Paula
006 Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence
007 Louie Louie - Kingsmen
008 My Boyfriend's Back - Angles
009 Fingertips Part II - Stevie Wonder
010 Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto
011 I Will Follow Him - Littel Peggy March
012 I`m Leaving It All Up To You - Dale & Grace
013 Surf City - Jan & Dean
014 Its My Party - Leslie Gore
015 Walk Like A Man - Four Seasons
016 You're The Reason I'm Living - Bobby Darin
017 Walk Right In - Rooftop Singers
018 Easier said than Done - Essex
019 Rhythm Of The Rain - Cascades
020 The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis
021 The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - Bobby Vee
022 Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter Paul & Mary
023 Surfin' USA - Beach Boys
024 If I Had A Hammer - Trini Lopez
025 Deep Purple - Nino Tempo & April Stevens
026 So Much In Love - Tymes
027 Since I Fell For You - Lenny Welch
028 Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics
029 Everybody - Tommy Roe
030 If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul
031 Surfer Girl - Beach Boys
032 Can't Get Used To Losing You - Andy Williams
033 Washington Square - Village Stomper
034 Be My Baby - Ronettes
035 Wipe Out - Surfaris
036 Blowin In The Wind - Peter Paul and Mary
037 Heat Wave - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
038 You Can't Sit Down - Dovells
039 Candy Girl - Four Seasons
040 She's A Fool - Lesley Gore
041 It's All Right - Impressions
042 Pipeline - Chantays
043 Memphis - Lonnie Mack
044 I Love You Because - Al Martino
045 In Dreams - Roy Orbison
046 Up On The Roof - Drifters
047 Still - Bill Anderson
048 Ruby Baby - Dion & The Belmonts
049 Busted - Ray Charles
050 Blue On Blue - Bobby Vinton
051 South Street - Orlons
052 Da Doo Run Run - Crystals
053 Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms And The Enchanters
054 Blame It On The Bossa Nova. - Edie Gorme
055 Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis
056 Hotel Happiness - Brook Benton
057 Tell Him - Exciters
058 You Don't Have To Be A Baby - Caravelles
059 Two Faces Have I - Lou Christie
060 Foolish Little Girl - Shirelles
061 My Dad - Paul Petersen
062 Mockingbird - Charles & Inez Foxx
063 You've Really Got A Hold On Me - Miracles
064 Wild Weekend - Rockin Rebels
065 I Can't Stay Mad At You - Skeeter Davis
066 Walkin The Dog - Rufus Thomas
067 Our Winter Love - Bill Purcell
068 Hello Muddah Hello Fadduh - Allan Sherman
069 Denise - Randy and The Rainbows
070 You're The Devil In Disguise - Elvis Presley
071 Sally Go Round The Roses - Jaynettes
072 Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison
073 Baby Workout - Jackie Wilson
074 Judy's Turn To Cry - Leslie Gore
075 Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport - Rolf Harris
076 And Then He Kissed Me - Crystals
077 Those Lazy Hazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole
078 Loosing You - Brenda Lee
079 What Will My Mary Say - Johnny Mathis
080 Two Lovers - Mary Wells
081 Maria Elena - Los Indios Tabajaras
082 From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller
083 Drip Drop - Dion DiMucci
084 Monkey Time - Major Lance
085 It's Up To You - Rick Nelson
086 More - Kai Winding
087 Zip A Dee Doo Dah - Bobby Soxx & The Blue Jeans
088 Fools Rush In - Ricky Nelson
089 Take These Chains From My Heart - Ray Charles
090 Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke
091 Donna The Prima Donna - Dion & The Belmonts
092 One Fine Day - Chiffons
093 Be True To Your School - Beach Boys
094 Loop De Loop - Johnny Thunder
095 Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) - Cookies
096 Young Lovers - Paul & Paula
097 Wiggle Wobble - Les Cooper
098 Reverend Mr. Black - Kingston Trio
099 Pride And Joy - Marvin Gaye
100 Hey Girl - Freddie Scott

Louie Louie's still overrated!

That's a fun list, but it HAS to be based on sales or airplay or some other index of popularity, rather than being a critic's (or critics') list. I can't really see any critic completely excluding, say, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, but putting the Singing Nun, Paul & Paula, and "Sukiyaki" in the top ten...

Nice to see Allan Sherman, though!

It's based on sales. The next year had over twenty hits by British bands, you know who had 10 of them, The Stones, The Kinks and the Animals also heading the list. I still consider that the bigesst change on the charts in the rock era. Though many of those songs were recorded in 63. You know America and Canada took a year to catch on.