Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1963
The Top Songs from 1963

RankAll Time
Rank
ArtistSingleSample
1 11 The Kingsmen
Louie Louie

2 12 The Ronettes
Be My Baby
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3 21 The Beatles
I Want to Hold Your Hand

4 99 The Beatles
She Loves You

5 169 The Crystals
Da Doo Ron Ron

6 229 Johnny Cash
Ring of Fire

7 286 Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind
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8 502 The Beach Boys
Surfin' U.S.A.
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9 538 Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto
The Girl from Ipanema
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10 581 Roy Orbison
In Dreams

11 585 The Chiffons
He's So Fine

12 655 Martha and The Vandellas
Heatwave

13 871 The Chiffons
One Fine Day

14 881 The Beach Boys
In My Room

15 894 The Drifters
On Broadway

16 943 The Surfaris
Wipeout

17 972 The Crystals
Then He Kissed Me

18 1033 Peter, Paul and Mary
Blowin' in the Wind

19 1035 The Beatles
Please Please Me

20 1132 The Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There

21 1223 The Jaynettes
Sally, Go 'Round the Roses

22 1226 The Four Seasons
Walk Like a Man

23 1260 The Chantays
Pipeline

24 1278 Jan and Dean
Surf City

25 1459 Bobby Bare
Detroit City

26 1671 James Brown
Prisoner of Love

27 1700 Lesley Gore
It's My Party

28 1723 The Trashmen
Surfin' Bird

29 1751 Sonny Boy Williamsson (II)
Help Me

30 1886 Mongo Santamaria
Watermelon Man

31 1895 Patsy Cline
Sweet Dreams (Of You)

32 1901 Dick Dale
Misirlou

33 1975 Stevie Wonder
Fingertips

34 2012 Antonio Carlos Jobim
Insensatez

35 2057 The Beatles
Twist and Shout

36 2074 Buck Owens
Act Naturally

37 2078 Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
Corcovado
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38 2084 Bob Dylan
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
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39 2142 The Angels
My Boyfriend's Back

40 2149 Bob Dylan
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
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41 2180 Sam Cooke
Another Saturday Night

42 2245 Marvin Gaye
Can I Get a Witness

43 2314 Bob Dylan
Masters of War
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44 2324 Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters
Cry Baby

45 2344 Lesley Gore
You Don't Own Me

46 2411 Charles Mingus
Track C - Group Dancers
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47 2444 The Tymes
So Much in Love

48 2461 The Ronettes
Baby, I Love You
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49 2482 Darlene Love
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

50 2489 Darlene Love
A Fine Fine Boy

51 2585 Joan Baez
We Shall Overcome

52 2589 The Righteous Brothers
Little Latin Lupe Lu

53 2591 Dave Dudley
Six Days on the Road

54 2726 Ray Price
Make the World Go Away

55 2766 Dave Clark Five
Glad All Over

56 2876 Dusty Springfield
I Only Want to Be with You
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57 2917 Roy Orbison
Blue Bayou

58 2945 Little Johnny Taylor
Part Time Love

Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Gene Pitney
Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa

Bob B. Soxx & BlueJeans
Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts?

Doris Troy
Just One Look

Rufus Thomas
Walking the Dog

Bob & Earl
Harlem Shuffle

Henry Mancini
Days of Wine and Roses

Darlene Love
(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry

The Rivingtons
The Bird's the Word

The Miracles
Mickey's Monkey

Martha and The Vandellas
Quicksand

The Beach Boys
Be True to Your School

Jan Bradley
Mama Didn't Lie

Little Peggy March
I Will Follow Him

Gene Pitney
Half Heaven - Half Heartache

Dion
Donna the Prima Donna

Bob Dylan
Girl from the North Country
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Elvis Presley
(You're the) Devil in Disguise

Jackie Wilson
Baby Workout

Barbara Lewis
Hello Stranger

Major Lance
Monkey Time, The

Jack Nitzsche
The Lonely Surfer

The Beach Boys
Shut Down

The Impressions
It's All Right

The Marketts
Out of Limits

The Swinging Blue Jeans
Hippy Hippy Shake



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